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''Pelli Choopulu'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Tharun Bhascker and produced by Raj Kandukuri and Yash Rangineni. It features Vijay Deverakonda and Ritu Varma in the lead roles. Partly based on a real-life incident of "Spitfire BBQ" food truck, the film revolves around a boy and a girl who meet during match-making and how their aspirations bring them together forms the rest of the story. The film was released worldwide on 29 July 2016 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success. The film provided breakthrough for the film's cast and crew. It is considered one of the "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade" by ''Film Companion''. The film won two National Film Awards for Best Telugu Film and Best Screenplay, two State Nandi Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Actress, and two Filmfare Awards South including Best Telugu Film. The film was remade in Hindi as '' Mitron'' (2018), in Malayalam as '' Vija ...
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Oh Manapenne!
''Oh Manapenne!'' ( ) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Kaarthikk Sundar in his directorial debut and written by Deepak Sundarrajan. A remake of the Telugu film ''Pelli Choopulu'' (2016), it stars Harish Kalyan and Priya Bhavani Shankar as a boy and girl who meet during a matchmaking event. How their aspirations bring them together forms the rest of the story. The rights to remake ''Pelli Choopulu'' in Tamil were initially acquired by Gautham Vasudev Menon in 2016, and the film titled ''Pon Ondru Kandein'' was to be directed by Senthil Veerasamy, with Vishnu Vishal and Tamannaah Bhatia starring. The project faced delays and was ultimately shelved due to budgetary constraints; by November 2019, it had undergone a complete change in cast and crew. The new film, ''Oh Manapenne!'', began principal photography in December 2019 and wrapped in February 2020. It was released on 22 October 2021 via Disney+ Hotstar. Plot Karthik, lethargic by nature, compl ...
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Tharun Bhascker
Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film ''Pelli Choopulu'' (2016), which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay – Dialogues. He later directed ''Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi'' (2018), and made his debut in a lead role with ''Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'' (2019). Early life Tharun Bhascker was born on 5 November 1988 in Madras and was raised in Hyderabad. His father hailed from Warangal, Telangana, while his mother is from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Bhasckar studied at Hyderabad Public School, and Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology. He later graduated from New York Film Academy. His father, Uday Bhaskar, died in 2015. His mother, Geetha Bhaskar, made her acting debut in Sekhar Kammula's ''Fidaa'' (2017). Film career Bhascker started his career with short films such as ''Anuk ...
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Ritu Varma
Ritu Varma (born 10 March 1990) is an Indian actress who works in Telugu and Tamil films. After appearing in short films and supporting roles, Varma played the lead in the Telugu film ''Pelli Choopulu'' (2016) for which she received Nandi Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South. Early life Ritu Taran Varma was born and brought up in Hyderabad in a North Indian family. Her father is from Madhya Pradesh and she speaks Hindi at home. She is fluent in Telugu and does her own dubbing for her Telugu films.; From 7:21 to 8:00 She did her intermediate from Villa Marie College for Women, Hyderabad and holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Malla Reddy Engineering College. After completing her graduation, she took part in the Miss Hyderabad Beauty pageant and was declared the first runner-up. Career Varma rose to fame with her performance in the Telugu short film ''Anukokunda''. The short film won the Best Film award at the 48HR Film Project ...
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National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. History The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived the ceremony to honor films made across India, on a national scale, to encourage the ...
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Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ...
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Vijay Superum Pournamiyum
''Vijay Superum Pournamiyum'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Jis Joy, starring Asif Ali and Aishwarya Lekshmi, along with Balu Varghese, Siddique, Aju Varghese and Renji Panicker in supporting roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film ''Pelli Choopulu'' (2016) which itself is based on a true story. The film's musical score was composed by debutant Prince George. It was released on 11 January 2019 to positive reviews from the critics and the audience. The movie had a run of 100 days at Kerala box office. The film was produced by A. K. Sunil under the banner of New Surya Films. The film is the third collaboration of Jis Joy and Asif Ali, who earlier worked together in ''Bicycle Thieves'' and ''Sunday Holiday''. The director had earlier said that it would be a small, message-driven film with elements suitable for a family audience. Plot Vijay goes to Pournami's house for a prospective first alliance meeting. He has completed ...
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Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of ...
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Mitron
''Mitron'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Nitin Kakkar, written by Sharib Hashmi and produced by Vikram Malhotra under the Abundantia Entertainment banner. An official remake of the 2016 Telugu film ''Pelli Choopulu'', it stars Jackky Bhagnani with Kritika Kamra, Pratik Gandhi and Shivam Parekh in their film debuts. Set in the Gujarati milieu, the film traces the journey of Jay and Avni, as they set out on the path of finding themselves amidst their social and cultural backgrounds. The film was released on 14 September 2018. Plot Jay's father is not happy with Jay's relaxed approach to life and so, in an attempt to get him to mature, he arranges for him to meet a girl with an eye for marriage. Unfortunately, Jay's father gets the address wrong and they end up at Avni's house. Avni also happens to also be expecting a boy. Both families send the couple upstairs to see if they like each other and by accident, Jay ends up locking them in alon ...
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Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the '' lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several ot ...
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Filmfare Award For Best Film – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1964 for films released around 1963. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Winners *Before 2000 year there have no nominations for Filmfare Awards South in Telugu films,the Panel of Judges Jury members are selected for Best films.https://events.fullhyderabad.com/48th-south-indian-filmfare-awards/2001-april/tickets-dates-videos-reviews-577-1.html 2000s *2001: ''Nuvvu Nenu'' **'' Kushi'' **'' Murari'' *2002: '' Santosham'' **'' Jayam'' **'' Manmadhudu'' **''Indra'' *2003: ''Okkadu'' **''Aithe'' **''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' **''Vasantam'' *2004: '' Varsham'' **'' Anand'' **''Aa Naluguru'' **''Arya'' *2005: ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' **''Athadu'' **''Sankranti'' **'' Super'' **''Chhatrapati'' *2006: ''Bommarillu'' **''Pokiri'' **''Godavari'' **''Sri Ramadasu'' *2007: ''H ...
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Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing four languages, namely, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. They were introduced in 1954, around the films released in 1952-53 and Filmfare Awards initially recognizing the Hindi film industry. In 1964 awards were extended in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi, around the films released in 1963. The inclusion of the Malayalam cinema in the awards came in 1967 while Kannada cinema was recognized in 1970. Each industry is given its own set of creative awards in annual ceremonies that have predominantly been held in Hyderabad and Chennai. Before 1976, the Awards ceremony was held in Mumbai along with Hindi awards. From 1976, Southern region film awards were separated from Hindi and moved to Chennai. Kamal Haasan and Uday Kiran hold the rec ...
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Nandi Award For Best Actress
The Nandi Award for Best Actress was commissioned in 1977. The winner is awarded a "Silver Nandi" and a cash award of 30,000. Most Awards were received by Vijayashanti and Jayasudha (4 awards each). List of winners of Nandi Awards for Best Actress References See also * Nandi Awards * Cinema of Andhra Pradesh {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Actress Actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ... Film awards for lead actress ...
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