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Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)
Mallikarjuna Rao (13 December 1951 – 24 June 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu films. Rao, popularly known as ''Battala Satti'' for his role in the movie ''Ladies Tailor''. He has acted in many movies in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages. He acted in around 375 Telugu movies over the last 25 years. Early life He was born in Kasimkota Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam district. Career Mallikarjuna Rao started his career in films in 1973. He became popular with role of 'Battala Sattigadu' in Ladies Tailor directed by Vamsi. Ladies Tailor, Hello Brother, Tammudu and Badri are some of the films in which he excelled audience with his comedy. Telugu actor, writer Tanikella Bharani treats Mallikarjuna Rao as his guru and to his credit Mallikarjuna Rao introduced L.B. Sriram, actor cum writer to director Vamsi, who gave chance to LB Sriram in his movie. Mallikarjuna Rao was the general secretary of the Movie Artists Association. He also served as the chairm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anakapalle
Anakapalli is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Anakapalli district. The municipality was merged with the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. It has the second largest jaggery market of the country. The city is around 41 km from Visakhapatnam. History The town was originally under the rule of the Kalinga Empire (ancient Orissa), different dynasties ruled this region i.e. Chedi Kingdom of Kalinga (Orissa), Eastern Ganga dynasty of Orissa, Gajapati Kingdom of Orissa, Kakatiya, and Qutub Shahi empires. Around 1755, Kakarlapudi Appala Raju Payakarao took over the rule of the region under the Nawab of Arcot, with Anakapalli as his fortified headquarters. The saga of Anakapalli starts with a historian named "Tallapragada" place and found that Anakapalli. This was proved from the historical evidence found on Bojjana Konda. Satavahanas, Vishnukundina, Gajapathi's, Vijayanagara Samrats, Golkonda Samanta Rajulu ruled the area. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawyer Suhasini
''Lawyer Suhasini'' is a 1987 Telugu-language legal drama film, produced by D. S. Prasad under the Jaya Krishna Combines banner and directed by Vamsy. It stars Bhanu Chander, Suhasini and Rajendra Prasad , with music composed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. It was released on 6 March 1987. Plot Suhasini (Suhasini) is a poor woman who has a younger brother and two sisters along with an irresponsible drunk father. Her elder sister (Sangeetha) is the breadwinner of the family. Suhasini studies for a law degree with the hard-earned money of her sister and she prepares to marry an older person so that she would get a sum of 10,000 rupees. Shankar (Bhanuchander), an advocate incidentally arrives in this scene and finds her self-respect for Suhasini to be quite admirable. In a dramatic situation, he marries Suhasini in humanitarian value. Shankar's mother Lakshmi is an extremely money-minded woman and plans to get his son married for a high dowry. She gets shocked by this marriage and star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhargava Ramudu
''Bhargava Ramudu'' is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by S. Jaya Rama Rao under the Jaya Productions banner, presented by Rao Gopal Rao and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti and music composed by Chakravarthy. Plot The film begins with Minster Rajashekaram a spurious want to hold the ratification of a government project ''Jala Ganga''. He gets ahead of venal an assistant engineer and slays him as he refused. Bhargav is an unemployed engineering graduate who strives for a livelihood. He lives with his mother Parvati and deserts his father owing to his recreant for evading them. He appeals for the position of deceased assistant engineer. Rajashekaram influences Chief Engineer Bhanogi Rao father of Bhargav’s beau Latha to stand it for his person. However, Bhargav acquires the job with his merit. Just before his joining, Parvati falls sick and dies because of a flub made by a doctor. Knowing it, Bhargav assault ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandamama Raave
''Chandamama'' was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children, famous for its illustrations. It also published long-running mythological/magical stories that ran for years. Originally, "Chandamama" was started in Telugu by Chakrapani and Nagi Reddi, who later became noted Telugu film producers. It was edited by Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao, a very close friend of Chakrapani and a literary colossus in Telugu literature, who edited it for 28 years, till his death in August 1980. In 2007, Chandamama was bought by Geodesic, a Mumbai-based software services provider company. They planned to take the then 60-year-old magazine into the digital era. However, the magazine is currently defunct as Geodesic itself was found defaulting on outstanding loans and was ordered to be wound up by the Mumbai High Court. As of July 2016, the current status of the magazine is unknown - as the parent company Geodesic is under the liquidation process and the Chandamama brand and IP is expected to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swati Mutyam
''Swathi Muthyam'' () is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Raadhika, while Gollapudi Maruti Rao, J. V. Somayajulu, Nirmalamma, Sarath Babu, and Y. Vijaya play supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. ''Swathi Muthyam'' depicts the plight of a young widow who is rescued by an autistic man. ''Swathi Muthyam'' was a box office success. The film was screened at the Moscow Film Festival, the Asian and African film festival in Tashkent, the 11th International Film Festival of India in the inaugural mainstream section. The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, three Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986, but was not nominated. The film was later dubbed into T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalaapana
Vamsy is an Indian film director, screenwriter and music director known for his works in Telugu cinema. In 1985, he received the National Film Award for ''Sitaara''. Vamsy has his own style of making the movie with art like the director Bapu. Early life Vamsy was born in Balabhadrapuram,and brought up in the village of Pasalapudi, near Ramachandrapuram of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. Career Vamsy started writing stories at the age of 15. His first story is "Satya Sundari Navvindi" was read in All India Radio in 1975. He has also written 2 novels, "Manchu Pallaki" & "Karma Sakshi" which were published in "Andhra Jyothy Weekly" before beginning his film career. In 1976, he started to explore his career in Madras, beginning his work with V. Madhusudhana Rao as assistant director for many films, later worked as an assistant director to K. Viswanath on Sankarabharanam, Bharathiraja on Seethakoka Chilaka before making his first film ''Manchupallaki'' wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladies Tailor (1987 Film)
''Ladies Tailor'' is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language comedy film, produced by K. Sarada Devi under the Sri Sravanthi Movies banner, presented by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and written and directed by Vamsy. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Archana, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The movie was remade in Marathi as ''Kuthe Kuthe Shodhu Me Tila'' (1989), starring Laxmikant Berde and Varsha Usgaonkar and in Hindi in 2006 with the same name as original, starring Rajpal Yadav and Kim Sharma. Plot Sundaram is a talented but very lazy tailor who believes that good fortune and luck alone will make him a rich and successful person. He is the only tailor in the whole village. Even though Sitaramudu, the assistant of Sundaram, and Battala Satyam, the cloth vendor, keep urging him to work, he never listens to them. One day a Koyadora tells Sundaram that he will become a rich person if he marries a woman with a mole on her right thigh. In the process of discovering this woman, he flirts with man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preminchu Pellaadu
''Preminchu'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Boyina Subba Rao and produced by D. Rama Naidu. The film stars Laya and Sai Kiran with Roopa, Murali Mohan, and Lakshmi in supporting roles. The plot follows Meena (Laya), a blind girl who is abandoned by her mother (Lakshmi) and grows up to be an independent woman. The film was showcased among the Indian panorama section at the 2001 International Film Festival of India. The film won five Nandi Awards. Plot Meena (Laya) is a college girl who was born blind. She is a confident and independent individual, and overcomes the hurdle of blindness. She lives like a normal person with the display of her extraordinary control over the other four senses. She meets Suresh (Sai Kiran) by an accident and their friendship starts growing. His impression for Meena increases when he knows that she is blind. Dolly (Roopa) is a cousin of Suresh. She is in deep love with him. Her father (Kota) encourages his daughter to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anveshana
''Anveshana'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Vamsy. It stars Karthik, Bhanupriya, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Sarath Babu with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The story revolves around an ornithologist and a police officer coming to a forest and trying to solve the mystery of a series of killings, allegedly by a man-eating tiger. The film received positive response for its screenplay, performances, and music, and was commercially successful. It ran for 100 days in 11 centres. It was also dubbed into Tamil as ''Paadum Paravaigal'' in 1986. ''Anveshana'' has attained a cult status over the years. Plot Rao dreams of publishing a book on birds and the origin of music from their sounds. Pandu works as his driver. They stay in a forest house and prepare the thesis for the same. He calls his friend's daughter Hema from a city and appoints her to write the book. James is a forest ranger investigating the case of a man-eating tig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustum (1984 Film)
''Rustum'' is a 1984 Telugu-language action film, produced by S. P. Venkanna Babu under the Maheswari Movies banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi and Urvashi (in her Telugu film debut), with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as a ''Hit' at the box office. Plot The movie starts with Ganga Rayudu, the village panchayat head, who judges a dispute between Musalaiah and a rowdy, Gangaiah, Musalaiah left the village under some unknown circumstances and returned after fifteen years, he learns that his house and farm were illegally acquired by Gangaiah and he is unwilling to return the property to Musalaiah, hence they came to the Panchayat. Rayudu supports Gangaiah and does injustice to Musalaiah, having insufficient power to face Rayudu, he again leaves the village. A newcomer Hari enters the village and fights with Gangaiah and owns his property and does well for the village people. Village people start calling him Rustum. Hari w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitaara
''Sitaara'' () is a 1984 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Vamsy. The film marked the debut of Bhanupriya in Telugu film industry. The film was adapted from Vamsy's own novel ''Mahal lo Kokila'' (). The film deals with the friendship of two people in the backdrop of peasants, zamindars, Indian movie world, and paparazzi. Upon release, the film received very positive reviews and remained a cult classic, and the soundtrack became all time chart-buster. The film has garnered three National Film Awards, and was screened at the 1984 International Film Festival of India, the Moscow Film Festival, and the Asian Film Festival. Plot Devdas ( Subhalekha Sudhakar) is a professional photographer. Once, on a train, he meets a strange melancholic woman (Bhanupriya) who boards the train without a proper ticket. He helps her with the money and tries to strike up a conversation. She only tells him that her name is "Sitaara" and that she has nowhere to go in the big city. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
