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Magadheera
''Magadheera'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind's Geetha Arts, on a story by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Ram Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal and Dev Gill. It is themed on reincarnation and eternal love. Made on a budget of 3544 crore (US$710 million), ''Magadheera'' was the most expensive Telugu film at the time. The film's production began on 2 March 2008 while principal photography commenced on 19 March 2008. The soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani while the cinematography was done by K. K. Senthil Kumar. The action sequences were choreographed by Peter Hein and the duo of Ram–Lakshman. It was the first Telugu film to list a "visual effects producer" in its credits. ''Magadheera'' was released on 31 July 2009 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It collected a distributors' share of 73.6 crore and gross collections of ₹150 crore at the end of its theatrical run. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Charan
Konidela Ram Charan Teja (born 27 March 1985) is an Indian actor, producer, and entrepreneur who works predominantly in Telugu films. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, he is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards and two Nandi Awards. Since 2013, he has featured in ''Forbes India''s Celebrity 100 list. Charan made his acting debut with ''Chirutha'' (2007), a box office hit, winning the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. He rose to prominence starring in S. S. Rajamouli's fantasy action film ''Magadheera'' (2009), the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time at the time, winning the Filmfare Best Actor Award. His notable works include ''Racha'' (2012), ''Naayak'' (2013), ''Yevadu'' (2014), ''Govindudu Andarivadele'' (2014), and ''Dhruva'' (2016). Charan then starred in the blockbusters ''Rangasthalam'' (2018), winning his second Filmfare Best Actor Award, and ''RRR'' (2022), that collected over . In 2016, Charan launched his own production house Konidela Production C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
57th Filmfare Awards South
The 57th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2009 was held on 7 August 2010 in Chennai, India. Nominations The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. The following is a list of the award winners and nominees. Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations. Kannada *Nominations ** 8 nominations: ''MaLeyali Jotheyali'' ** 7 nominations: '' Josh'' ** 6 nominations: ''Love Guru'' and ''Parichaya'' ** 5 nominations: '' Savaari'' ** 4 nominations: ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' ** 3 nominations: '' Kallara Santhe'', ''Raaj The Showman'' and ''Ram'' ** 2 nominations: '' Birugali'' and ''Manasaare'' ** 1 nomination: ''Ambari'' *Awards ** 2 awards: ''Eddelu Manjunatha''*, '' Josh'' and ''MaLeyali Jotheyali'' ** 1 award: ''Ambari'', '' Birugali'', ''Love Guru'', ''Manasaare'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in Telugu and Tamil language films, in addition to a few Hindi films. Aggarwal has worked in more than 50 films and also received two South Indian International Movie Awards. Aggarwal made her acting debut with the 2004 Hindi film '' Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...'' and had her first Telugu film release in 2007, '' Lakshmi Kalyanam''. In the same year, she starred in the box office hit ''Chandamama'', which earned her recognition. The 2009 Telugu fantasy action film ''Magadheera'' marked a turning point in her career, earning her critical acclaim. It ranks among the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time and fetched her Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies including South Filmfare Awards. She subsequently starred in Telugu films such as '' Darling'' (2010), '' Brindavanam'' (2010), '' Mr. Perfect'' (2011), ''Businessman'' (2012), ''Naayak'' (2013), '' Baadshah'' (2013), ''Govindudu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allu Aravind
Allu Aravind (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian film producer and distributor in Telugu cinema under his banner Geetha Arts. He co-owns the Indian Super League club ''Kerala Blasters FC''. A part of the Allu–Konidela family, Aravind is the son of actor Allu Ramalingaiah. His sons are Allu Venkatesh, Allu Arjun and Allu Sirish. He is the maternal uncle of Ram Charan and brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi. Some of his notable works as a producer are ''Vijetha'' (1985), ''Master (1997 film), Master'' (1997), ''Ninaithen Vandhai'' (Tamil) (1998), ''Mangalyam Tantunanena'' (Kannada) (1998), ''Annayya (2000 film), Annayya'' (2000), ''Pellam Oorelithe'' (2003), ''Gangotri (film), Gangotri'' (2003), ''Johnny (2003 film), Johnny'' (2003), ''Bunny (2005 film), Bunny'' (2005), ''Jalsa'' (2008), ''Ghajini (2008 film), Ghajini'' (2008), ''Magadheera'' (2009), ''Darling (2015 Indian film), Darling'' (2015) (Tamil), ''Sarrainodu'' and ''Dhruva (2016 film), Dhruva'' (both in 2016). Apart from f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandramukhi
''Chandramukhi'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by P. Vasu. A remake of Vasu's Kannada film ''Apthamitra'' (2004), which itself loosely based on the Malayalam film ''Manichitrathazhu'' (1993), the film stars Rajinikanth, Prabhu, Jyothika, Nayanthara and Vadivelu with an ensemble supporting cast. It revolves around a woman, who suffers from dissociative identity disorder that affects a family, and a psychiatrist who intends to solve the case while risking his life. ''Chandramukhi'' was produced by Prabhu and his brother Ramkumar Ganesan through their company Sivaji Productions, and is the company's 50th film. The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Vidyasagar. Cinematography was handled by Sekhar V. Joseph and editing was done by Suresh Urs. Principal photography began on 24 October 2004 and was completed in March 2005. The film was made on a budget of 19 crores. ''Chandramukhi'' was released on 14 April 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hein
Peter Hein ( vi, Peter Hiền) is an Indian action choreographer and stunt coordinator who works in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam language films. He is best known for his action sequences in the films such as ''Anniyan'' (2005), ''Athadu'' (2005), '' Chatrapathi'' (2005), ''Sivaji'' (2007), '' Ghajini'' (2008), ''Magadheera'' (2009), ''Enthiran'' (2010), ''Ranna'' (2015), ''7aum Arivu'' (2011), ''Baahubali'' (2015), ''Pulimurugan'' (2016) ''Odiyan'' (2018), ''Madhura Raja'' (2019) and ''Jack & Daniel'' (2019). Stunt masters such as Ram Laxman, Anal Arasu, Silva, Dhilip Subbarayan, Anbariv, Hari Dinesh and Pradeep Dinesh have worked as fighters and assistants to him. He was nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Award against Hollywood choreographers. He received a Filmfare Award for Best Action for his work in ''Ghajini''. He was the first recipient of the National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreographer for his work in ''Pulimurugan''. Early life and career He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev Gill
Dev Singh Gill is an Indian actor and model known for his work in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies alongside Hindi and Punjabi movies. Career Gill made his debut with film ''Shaheed-E-Azam'' (2002). In 2008, he acted in Telugu language film '' Krishnarjuna''. In 2009 he appeared in ''Magadheera'' (2009), which received positive reviews from the critics upon its release. He played the villain in the Tamil movie ''Sura'' (2010. Gill played the role of an actor in ''Prema Kavali'' (2011). In 2013 he played the role of Pakistani athlete Abdul Khaliq in ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag''. In 2014 He worked in Rajinikanth starrer ''Lingaa ''Lingaa'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, based on a story by Pon Kumaran, and produced by Rockline Venkatesh under Rockline Entertainments. It stars Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty, ...'' (2014). He played a lead role in Punjabi language film '' Saadey CM Saab'' (2016). Filmography Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
57th National Film Awards
The 57th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2009. Three different committees were instituted in order to judge the various entries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections; headed by National award winner director, Ramesh Sippy, for feature films and Mike Pandey along with Samik Bandyopadhyay for non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively. Another committee of five members was also constituted for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Each chairperson for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections announced the award on 15 September 2010 for their respective sections and award ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi with President of India, Pratibha Patil giving away the awards on 22 October 2010. Dadasaheb Phalke award for D. Ramanaidu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is an Indian film editor. In the film industry many call him Chanti Garu. He is the younger brother of Kotagiri Gopala Rao, who died on 6 November 2012, a known film editor and producer, who holds the banner of Giri Films with which he produced several Telugu films. Personal life His ancestors worked as Diwans for Zamindars. He hails from Nuzvid, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. He has three elder brothers and two elder sisters. The eldest of them is Kotagiri Gopala rao. His father died early leaving the family in a miserable condition. Gopal rao took control of the family and shifted to Madras. He has become an editor under the eminent director Adurthi Subba Rao and 10 others. Venkateswara Rao did not want to do editing after completing matriculation. But due to compulsion from his brother, He joined his brother in Madras and trained as an editor. K. Raghavendra Rao gave him the first chance to edit three songs in his film Adavi Ramudu in 1977. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetha Arts
Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is established in 1972 by Allu Aravind. The company is based out of Hyderabad. It has produced around 60 films majority of them in Telugu in addition to a few films in Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada languages. Geetha Arts marked its beginning through the 1974 Teugu film ''Bantrothu Bharya''. The company has made movies featuring actors such as Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Ravichandran, Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun, Ganesh, Nani, Ram Charan, Nikhil Siddharth and Vijay Deverakonda. It has also expanded its presence into film distribution, exhibition and digital content. History Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company established in 1972 by Allu Aravind, the son of veteran Telugu comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. The company was named after the Hindu philosophical text ''Bhagavad Geeta'' which inspired Allu Aravind. It is formerly known as Geetha A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Special Effects
The National Film Award for Best Special Effects is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. , twenty six feature films have been awarded which are made in five different languages: Tamil (ten), Hindi (seven), Telugu (six), Malayalam (two), and Kannada (one). Winners Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNational Film Awards ArchivesNational Film Awardsat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Choreography
The National Film Award for Best Choreography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Hindi (19 awards), Tamil (5 awards), Malayalam (4 awards), Telugu (3 awards), Bengali and Marathi (1 each). The choreographer who has won most Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for Best Choreography is Saroj Khan with 3 wins followed by Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram and Ganesh Acharya with two wins. Sundaram and Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram are the father and son trio who are honored by this award. Winners Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
