Madhavapeddi Suresh
Madhavapeddi Suresh is an Indian music composer and playback singer who works in Telugu cinema and television. He is the recipient of four Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works. A close relative of noted playback singer Madhavapeddi Satyam, Suresh began his career at the age of 16 as a harmonium player in Vijayawada.'''' His first film was '' Parivartana'' (1975), in which he played accordion in the troupe of music director T. Chalapathi Rao.'''' Later he became a keyboard player and worked for many famous composers in around 1,500 films in recording and re-recording. Suresh debuted as a music director with the film ''Hai Hai Nayaka'' (1989) directed by his collegemate Jandhyala.'''' Later, he composed music for over 60 films including ''Brundavanam'' (1992), ''Bhairava Dweepam'' (1994), ''Madam'' (1994), ''Maatho Pettukoku'' (1995), ''Ramayanam'' (1997)''.'' He received the Nandi Award for Best Music Director for the film ''Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam'' (1996). Suresh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tenali
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra Paris''. It is one of the twelve urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and the twelfth most populous city in the state, with a population of 199,345 as of 2011. Tenali City is also part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA). Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the eight poets and jester of Maharaja Krishnadevaraya, hails from Tenali. Etymology The word ''Tenali'' is derived from ''Teravali''. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali City, making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh, resembling Paris, where three canals pass through the city. Hence Tenali is affectionately called "Andhra Paris". In 2011 the city limits were expanded by many kilometers. The expansion included the villa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brundavanam (1992 Film)
''Brundavanam'' is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language comedy film co-written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Ramya Krishna, with music composed by Madhavapeddi Suresh. The film was produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Combines banner. The film won two state Nandi Awards. Plot The film begins with Latha daughter of a millionaire Panakala Swamy abscond the house to avoid a forced match and lands Tirupati. Whereupon, she is acquainted with a guy Ravi whose association begins with petty quarrels. Ravi lives along with his parents and grandmother Lakshmi Devi. He has a close friend Balu who crushes on Tara friend of Latha. Since Balu is affrighted by his grandfather Jeedimetla Zamindar, he plans for his espousal, by forging Ravi and Latha as his parents in disguise. In that process, Ravi and Latha fall for each other. Parallelly, Panakalu fixes Latha's alliance with Balu. Meanwhile, Guru Murthy an NRI, brought up by Ravi's gra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s and 1990s with filmi soundtracks. He also delivered major box office successes in Bengali, Telugu, and Kannada films. His music was well received into the 21st century. In 1986, he was recognised by Guinness World Records for recording more than 180 songs in one year. Early life Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri was born into a Bengali Brahmin family in Calcutta. His parents, Aparesh Lahiri and Bansuri Lahiri, both were Bengali singers and musicians in classical music and Shyama Sangeet who belong to Lahiri Mohan Family of Sirajganj, East Bengal (Now Bangladesh). His parents, were both singers who met while performing for All India Radio. He was their only child. His relatives includ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music. Laxmikant “Pyromaniac” Pyeralal is considered among the most successful composer in Hindi film history and composed music for about 750 Hindi movies from 1963 to 1998, working for almost all notable filmmakers, including Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Shakti Samanta, Manmohan Desai, Yash Chopra, Boney Kapoor, J. Om Prakash, Raj Khosla, L V Prasad, Subhash Ghai, Mahesh Bhatt, K Vishwanath, K Viswanath and Manoj Kumar. Early life Laxmikant Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar was born on the day of Lakshmi Puja, Laxmi Pujan, Dipawali on 3 November 1937. Probably, because of the day of his birth, his parents named him Laxmikant, after the goddess Laxmi. His father died when he was a child. Because of the poor financial condition of the family he could no ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramesh Naidu
Pasupuleti Ramesh Naidu (1933–1988) was an Indian music composer, multi instrumentalist, and singer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the film Megha Sandesam in 1982. He won three Nandi Awards. He was associated primarily with directors like Dasari Narayana Rao, Vijaya Nirmala and Jandhyala. His major works include Srivariki Premalekha, Sivaranjani, Ananda Bhairavi , Meghasandesam, and Swayamkrushi. Early life He was born in Kondapalli in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India. At the age of fourteen, under the guidance of B. R. Chopra, Naidu got trained in music instrumentation and orchestration at the music company H. M. V. His debut film as a music director was for the Marathi film ''Bandval Pahija''. He was first introduced to Telugu movies in ''Dampatyam'' by Krishnaveni. He moved to Bombay again and later to Calcutta. He married a orth Indian ( Punjabiwoman, and worked for about ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Naushad
Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films. His first film as an independent music director was ''Prem Nagar'' in 1940. His first musically successful film was ''Rattan'' (1944), followed by 35 silver jubilee hits, 12 golden jubilee and 3 diamond jubilee mega successes. Naushad was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the Padma Bhushan in 1981 and 1992 respectively for his contribution to the Hindi film industry. Early life and education Naushad Ali was born and raised in Lucknow, a city with a long tradition as a centre of Indian Muslim culture. His father, Wahid Ali, was a munshi (court clerk). As a child, Naushad would visit the annual fair at the Deva Sharif in Barabanki, 25 km from Lucknow, where all the great qawwals and musicians of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anveshitha
Anveshitha is an Indian Telugu-language supernatural drama television series written by Ilyas - Jyotsna and directed by Ilyas Ahmed under the pseudonym Pradyumna. The serial premiered on ETV on 16 July 1997. The show ran for 100 episodes, and by the time of the telecast of its last episode on 9 June 1999. The serial was based on a paranormal novel of the same name written by the director Ilyas Ahmed. It became hugely popular among Telugu audience, winning eight Nandi Awards in different categories. Each of its episodes lasted for about 18–24 minutes and drew in the elements of the paranormal, black magic, fantasy, horror, mystery and drama. It was produced by Ramoji Rao, the head of the Ramoji Group and the then head of ETV. The serial portrays several supernatural elements like witchcraft, black magic, the Astral world, Astral travel, demonic possessions, spirits, ghosts, working of the Ouija board, extrasensory perception, spirit guides, zombies, telepathy and Séance ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Supernatural Fiction
Supernatural fiction or supernaturalist fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that exploits or is centered on supernatural themes, often contradicting naturalist assumptions of the real world. Description In its broadest definition, supernatural fiction overlaps with examples of weird fiction, horror fiction, vampire literature, ghost story, and fantasy. Elements of supernatural fiction can be found in writing from the genre of science fiction. Amongst academics, readers and collectors, however, supernatural fiction is often classed as a discrete genre defined by the elimination of "horror", "fantasy", and elements important to other genres. The one genre supernatural fiction appears to embrace in its entirety is the traditional ghost story. The fantasy and supernatural fiction genres would often overlap and may be confused each for each other, though there exist some crucial differences between the two genres. Fantasy usually takes place in another world, where fantast ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ETV (Telugu)
ETV is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel. The channel was launched on 27 August 1995 focusing on the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of the ETV Network owned by Ramoji Group. It is the second oldest Telugu satellite channel after Gemini TV. It is also one of the earliest private satellite channels in South India. Name The letter E in ETV stands as a Telugu letter "ఈ" meaning "This" collectively meaning as "This TV". The letter E also stands as a short cut form of Eenadu, a Telugu newspaper owned by Ramoji Rao. ''Eenadu'' is a polysemic word which has two meanings in Telugu language "this day" and "this land". History Launch ETV was launched on 27 August 1995 by Ramoji Group which owned Eenadu, the largest circulated Telugu-language daily newspaper. The company leased a high-quality transponder on the Intelsat satellite system, and uplinked from Padduka near Colombo, Sri Lanka. ETV began with an ambitious 18-hour service of ent ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam
''Sri Krishnarjuna Vijayam'' is a 1996 Indian Telugu-language mythological film, produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy under the Chandamama Vijaya Combines banner and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Roja and music composed by Madhavapeddi Suresh. The film is remake of N. T. Rama Rao's old Telugu Movie '' Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam'' (1966). It won four Nandi Awards. Plot The film begins with tournaments at the fort of Hastinapuram where Bhima & Duryodhana compete in '' Gada Yuddh'' which converts to dispute, Dronacharya hinders and declares them as equivalents. Now, Arjuna shows his extraordinary talent in archery and Dronacharya praises him as a powerful warrior in the universe. Whereupon, Karna arrives and challenges Arjuna but he is vilified for his caste. Though Kunti recognizes him as her first progeny she quiets as afraid of the world. However, Duryodhana keeps him to save face as per the ruse of Shakuni by accolading him as king of Ang ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nandi Award For Best Music Director ...
The Nandi Award for Best Music Director winners since 1977. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Music Director Music Director A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ramayanam (1997 Film)
''Ramayanam'', also known as ''Bala Ramayanam'' (), is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language mythological film directed by Gunasekhar and produced by M. S. Reddy. Based on the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'', the film features overs 3000 child actors. It stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Lord Rama and Smitha Madhav as Sita. The film is released on 11 April 1997. It received the National Film Award for Best Children's Film and two Nandi Awards. Plot The story deals with lord Rama and his retaliation against Ravana for the kidnapping of his wife goddesses Sita. Cast * N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Rama * Smitha Madhav as Sita * Narayanam Nikhil as Lakshmana * Swathi Kumar as Ravana * Arun Gangadhar as Anjaneya * Aditya Varma as Dasharatha * Chiranjeevi as Bharata * Manisha Chudamani as Kausalya * Vasundhara as Kaikeyi * Suma as Sumitra * Svetha Rao as Urmila * Sunaina as Sabari Soundtrack The music was composed by Madhavapeddi Suresh. Songs: # "Adi Subhodaya Vela" - ''S. P. Balasubrahmanyam'' # ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |