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Potugadu
''Potugadu'' (English: ''Hero'') is a 2013 Indian Telugu language film directed by Pavan Wadeyar. It is a remake of the 2012 Kannada film '' Govindaya Namaha'', also directed by Wadeyar with starring Komal. It was produced by Sirisha and Sridhar under the Ramalakshmi Cine Creations banner. The film has four heroines, Sakshi Chowdhary, Simran Kaur Mundi, Rachel and Anupriya Goenka. Achu scored the music, and two tunes from the Kannada film - including the " Pyarge Aagbittaite" - were used in the Telugu version. The shooting was wrapped up in a single extensive schedule and the post-production work was simultaneously in progress. Reportedly ''Potugadu'' was going to be the biggest movie in terms of budget in Manoj's career. The film released on 14 September 2013 and was declared a 'semi-hit' at the box office. Plot Govinda Naama Sastry is a young man who decides to kill himself. He goes to a lonely spot and decides to have one last drink. At about the same time, Venkata Rathnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakshi Chaudhary
Sakshi Chaudhary, born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India is an Indian model and film actress. Sakshi primarily appears in Telugu movies, starting with '' Potugadu'' (2013). Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Sakshi Living people Actresses from Dehradun Indian film actresses Actresses in Telugu cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Manchu
Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with ''Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He received the state Nandi Special Jury Award for his performance in box-office success '' Bindaas'' (2010). He also starred in '' Vedam'' (2010), '' Potugadu'' (2013), and ''Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda'' (2014). Early life Manchu Manoj was born on 20 May 1983, to film actor Mohan Babu and Nirmala Devi. He has an elder sister Lakshmi and an elder brother Vishnu, who are both actors. He received his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Career Child actor Manoj was familiar to the Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child actor in his own banner movies where his father Mohan Babu is shown as a child in flashbacks. He was well received for the role he played in the film ''Major Chandrak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchu Manoj
Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with ''Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He received the state Nandi Special Jury Award for his performance in box-office success '' Bindaas'' (2010). He also starred in '' Vedam'' (2010), '' Potugadu'' (2013), and ''Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda'' (2014). Early life Manchu Manoj was born on 20 May 1983, to film actor Mohan Babu and Nirmala Devi. He has an elder sister Lakshmi and an elder brother Vishnu, who are both actors. He received his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Career Child actor Manoj was familiar to the Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child actor in his own banner movies where his father Mohan Babu is shown as a child in flashbacks. He was well received for the role he played in the film ''Major Chandrak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavan Wadeyar
Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film producer, producer best known for his work in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012), for which he won the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards#Main awards, SIIMA award for the Best Debut Director. Career Wadeyar began his career by working as an assistant director to Yogaraj Bhat in ''Pancharangi'' (2010). He made his directional debut with ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012) that went to become a successful film. He won the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards#Main awards, SIIMA award for the Best Debut Director. He later remade the film in Telugu language, Telugu as ''Potugadu'' (2013). Wadeyar's ''Googly (2013 film), Googly'' starring Yash (actor), Yash and Kriti Kharbanda was a major success. Wadeyar made his acting debut in 2014 film ''Preethi Geethi Ityaadi'' directed by Veerendra. In 2015 he direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simran Kaur Mundi
Simran Kaur Mundi is an Indian actress who made her acting debut in the Hindi film '' Jo Hum Chahein'' in 2011. Prior to that she was a model who was crowned Miss India Universe 2008 in Mumbai on 5 April 2008. Biography Born in Mumbai, she belongs to a Jat family from Mundian Jattan, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. She studied for two years in Delhi Public School, Vijaipur, Guna Madhya Pradesh and later completed her schooling from the boarding school Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. She completed her Bio-Technology degree from the Holkar College of Science Indore in 2007. After her graduation she moved back to Mumbai and worked with Fame Cinemas in Andheri – as a guest relations executive, where she exclusively managed bookings for professionals from the film and media industry. While working at Fame Cinemas she got noticed by Bharat and Dorris, one of the top make up artists in show business who encouraged her to participate in the Femina Miss India 2008 pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anupriya Goenka
Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film '' Potugadu'', having previously starred in the 2013 short film ''Worth the Kiss''. She made her Bollywood debut with ''Bobby Jasoos''. She subsequently starred in the comedy-drama ''Bobby Jasoos'' (2014), the drama ''Paathshala'' (2014), the action comedy ''Dishoom'' (2016) and the crime-drama ''Daddy'' (2017). Goenka went on to star in the action-thrillers '' Tiger Zinda Hai'' (2017) and ''War'' (2019), and the epic period drama ''Padmaavat'' (2018). She made her web debut with ''Stories by Rabindranath Tagore'' and went onto appear in successful series like '' Sacred Games'', '' Abhay'', ''Criminal Justice'', '' Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side'', ''Aashram'' and '' Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors''. Early life Anupriya Goenka w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achu Rajamani
Achu Rajamani often credited as Achu, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has scored music for several Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He made his music direction debut in the Telugu film '' Nenu Meeku Telusa...?'' in 2008. Early life Achu is the grandson of music director B. A. Chidambaranath who is considered to be one among the pioneers of the Malayalam music industry. His father, Rajamani, was also a music director who scored for more than 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. He is a graduate from Loyola College, Chennai. Hailing from a musical family, Achu's natural interest was to become a pilot. He chose music over aviation and became a full-fledged musician. He also assisted prominent music director M. M. Keeravani for few years, before he became an independent Music Composer. Career Achu has worked as a keyboard programmer for 410 songs and has programmed background music for over 175 films. He is also a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indu Nagaraj
Indu Nagaraj is an Indian playback singer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. She is the recipient of a Filmfare Award for the song " Pyarge Aagbittaite" from the film '' Govindaya Namaha'' (2012). Life and career Indu was born into a musical family at Chilkunda village in Mysore, Karnataka. Her father, Vidwan C. A. Nagaraj, is an accomplished vocalist and flutist in South India and her elder sister Lakshmi Nagaraj is also a playback singer. She was trained in Carnatic classical music and Sugama Sangeetha music under her father right from the age of 3. In 2005, Indu along with her sister Lakshmi performed and participated together in the singing reality show '' Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu'' hosted and judged by acclaimed singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. The sisters together performed at various events and were coined the name "Chilkunda Sisters", named after their hometown. Indu got her first offer to act in a Television series ''Minchu'' directed by T. N. Seetharam. Tapping her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra Mohan (Telugu Actor)
Chandra Mohan (born Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao; 23 May 1944) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu films. He has garnered one Filmfare Award South and two Nandi Awards. He received critical reception for his performance in box office hits such as '' Rangula Ratnam'' (1966) for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best Actor, '' Padaharella Vayasu'' (1978) for which he won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu), and ''Siri Siri Muvva'' (1978). His first Tamil film was '' Naalai Namadhe'' (1975). Some of the films in which he starred as the lead actor are '' Seetamalakshmi'' (1978), '' Ram Robert Rahim'' (1980), '' Radha Kalyanam'' (1981), '' Rendu Rellu Aaru'' (1986), and ''Chandamama Raave'' (1987). Early life Chandra Mohan was born as Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao on 23 May 1944, in Pamidimukkala village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He did his schooling in Y.V.R.M.Z.P. High School at Meduru. He graduated from the agriculture c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anudeep Dev
Anudeep Devarakonda is an Indian playback singer, score composer. He is known as Anudeep Dev in the field of music. With '' Ahana Pellanta'' he made his début and did playback singing in about 70 feature films and has sung 100 songs. Some of the feature films with his songs are ''Uyyala Jampala'' and ''Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham''. Career Anudeep was born in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh on 9 May 1989. He completed his bachelor's degree in Hyderabad. He has performed on television shows such as ETV's ''SYE singers Challenge'', ''Padalani undi'' (MAA TV), ''Tara Rum Pum'' (Gemini TV), and ''Amul Sangeetha Maha Yudham'' (Gemini TV). He is associated with his college rock band called ‘Anudeep and the band’. He has worked for music directors including Thaman, Ghibran, Anoop Rubens Anup Rubens, born Enoch Rubens, is an Indian film music composer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetha Madhuri
Geetha Madhuri is an Indian playback singer and voice artist. Madhuri has sung over 1800 songs in several languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. She is a recepeint of numerous Nandi Awards and Filmfare awards. Personal life Madhuri was born to Prabhakar Sastry, a State Bank of India official, and Lakshmi. Madhuri is their only daughter. Her family moved from Palakollu, West Godavari District to Hyderabad when she was very young. Madhuri was schooled at Loyala Model High School, Vanasthalipuram Vanasthalipuram is a residential neighborhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It comes under Hayathnagar Mandal and Hayathnagar Revenue Division in L.B. Nagar zone along the highway towards Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada ... and Little Flower Junior College. She graduated in B Com at Aurora College. She was trained in classical and light music by Kocharlakota Padmavati and Ramachari. Madhuri made her debut as a playback singer with K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghu Babu
Yerra Raghu, known professionally as Raghu Babu, is a Telugu comedian well known for his comic expressions and timing. He has worked in many successful films in Telugu industry. He is the eldest son of famous comedian and character actor Giri Babu. His native place is Ravinuthala. He got married in 1988. He played a crucial role in comedy part in movies, establishing himself as the director's pick in several Telugu films. He is a Nandi Award nominee for a Telugu film. Filmography # '' Dongalu Unnaru Jagratha'' (1990) # ''Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam'' (1992) # ''Uzhiyan'' (1994; Tamil) as Subramani's henchman # '' Murari'' (2001) as Erra Babu # ''Neetho Cheppalani'' (2002) # '' Aadi'' (2002) # ''Bharata Simha Reddy'' (2002) # ''Chennakesava Reddy'' (2002) as Venkat Reddy's son # '' Gemeni'' (2002) # '' Khadgam'' (2002) # ''Anveshana'' (2002) # '' Dhanush'' (2003) # '' Kabaddi Kabaddi'' (2003) # '' Golmaal'' (2003) # ''Raghavendra'' (2003) # '' Dil'' (2003) # '' Kalyana Ramudu'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
