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Pragathi
Pragathi Mahavadi (born April 17, 1975) is Indian film and television actress who has acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam languages. Personal life Pragathi was born in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. Career Pragathi started her career as a model for Mysore Silk Palace. Later, she was introduced by Bhagyaraj as a lead actress in ''Veetla Visheshanga''. At the time, she acted in seven Tamil films and one Malayalam film. She got married and three years after she returned to act in television serials. Partial filmography Telugu # ''Shabash Ramu'' (1993) # ''Bobby'' (2002) # ''Nuvve Nuvve'' (2002) # ''Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu'' (2002) # ''Gangotri'' (2003) # ''Samba'' (2004) # ''Leela Mahal Center'' (2004) # ''Kushi Kushiga'' (2004) # ''Yamagola Malli Modalayindi'' (2007) # ''Chirutha'' (2007) # '' Lakshyam'' (2007) # ''Athidhi'' (2007) # ''Pourudu'' (2008) # ''Ready'' (2008) # ''Chintakayala Ravi'' (2008) # '' Kurradu'' (2009) # ''Kalavaramaye Madilo'' (2009) # ''Namo Venkatesa'' (2010) ...
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Seeta Ramula Kalyanam
''Seeta Ramula Kalyanam'' () is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Eeshwar and starring Nithiin and Hansika Motwani.https://www.123telugu.com/reviews/S/Seetha_Ramula_Kalyanam/Seetha_Ramula_Kalyanam_review.html It was dubbed into Hindi as ''Dushmano Ka Dushman'' and into Tamil as ''Rowdy Kottai''. It was remade in Odia in 2014 as '' Mental'', starring Anubhav Mohanty. The music was composed by Anoop Rubens with editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. Plot Chandra Shekhar "Chandu" (Nithiin) is a daredevil youth, a fearless boy. He meets a beautiful girl named Nandhini, "Nandu" ( Hansika Motwani), the daughter of a dreaded factionalist named Peddi Reddy ( Suman). He falls in love, and starts teasing her and tries to prove that he sincerely loves Nandu. He tells Nandu that he could do anything for her. Nandu tells him that he should not follow her until she calls him. In order to grab her attention, he sends his father ( Chandramohan) and mother (Pragathi) ...
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Kalavar King
''Kalavar King'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Suresh starring Nikhil Siddharth and Shweta Prasad. The film was released on 26 February 2010. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Eththan'' by the same director. It was also remade in Kannada as ''Melkote Manja'' directed by Jaggesh in 2017. Plot Rajesh (Nikhil Siddharth) is a not-so-innocent village boy who wants to make it big in life easily and in the process ends up taking loans from every person in the village. In a parallel track, we have Shruthi (Shweta Prasad) who is being harassed by the local goon Narender ( Ajay) who also happens to be her brother-in-law. Rajesh & Shruthi meet and a couple of misunderstandings lead to Rajesh turning over a new leaf. He then transforms into a successful loan recovery agent and decides to rescue Shruthi from the clutches of her brother-in-law. Eventually, they realize their love for each other before an insipid climax leads to a happy ending for them and the audience! ...
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Veetla Visheshanga
''Veetla Visheshanga'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The film stars Bhagyaraj himself and Pragathi, with Janagaraj, Suresh and Tanikella Bharani in supporting roles. It was released on 14 January 1994, Pongal day. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Mr. Bechara'' (1996) and in Kannada as ''Banallu Neene Buviyallu Neene'' (2002). Plot Gopal, a widower and father of a child, admits a woman in the hospital who had lost her memory. Since he admitted her in the hospital, the doctor asks him to take care of her until she recovers from amnesia. The doctor names her Gowri, which is the name of Gopal's wife and makes her believe that she is married to Gopal and has a child. Due to the circumstances, Gopal has to accept the situation and takes her to his house. Gowri insists that she does not remember any incident about her life with Gopal. To make her believe, the doctor lies to her that she has a birth mark in the part of the bod ...
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Bobby (2002 Film)
''Bobby'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Sobhan and produced by K. Krishna Mohan Rao. The movie stars Mahesh Babu, Aarthi Agarwal, Raghuvaran, and Prakash Raj while Brahmanandam, Sunil, Pragathi, Ravi Babu, and Meher Ramesh play supporting roles. The soundtrack of the movie was scored by Mani Sharma, the cinematography was done by Venkat R. Prasad, and editing was handled by S. Sudhakar Reddy. The film released on 31 October 2002. Plot Yadagiri (Prakash Raj) is a disabled mafia leader in Hyderabad, and KR (Raghuvaran) is a rich businessman. Bhagyamati (Aarthi Agarwal) is Yadagiri's daughter, and Bobby (Mahesh Babu) is KR's son. The story of this film deals with what happens when these two people fall in love with each other. Bobby meets Bhagyamati in a club and falls in love with her. They later find out that their fathers are arch rivals. Bhagyamati's mother was killed in an accident involving their fathers. Knowing this, Bobby and Bhag ...
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Rama Rama Krishna Krishna
''Rama Rama Krishna Krishna'' is a 2010 Telugu language action drama film directed by Sriwass of '' Lakshyam'' fame and produced by noted producer Dil Raju. It stars Ram Pothineni, Arjun Sarja, Priya Anand, and Bindu Madhavi, in the lead roles, whilst Vineet Kumar, Nassar, Brahmanandam, Pragathi, and Sayaji Shinde play pivotal roles. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by Sekhar V. Joseph and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Upon the film's release on 12 May 2010, it received mixed reviews with critics mainly praising Ram's and Sarja's performance. It fared well at the box office. Plot The movie starts in Mumbai when mafia leader Ashok Deva is on an unending war with his opponent Pawar. Deva has a cute family with two sisters Sirisha and Priya, wife Gauthami, and right-hand man Shiva. Gauthami is killed by Pawar and his group on her birthday, and she takes a last word from her husband to leave this violence and lead a peaceful life away from mafia. D ...
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Andari Banduvaya
''Andari Bandhuvaya'' () is a 2010 Telugu-language film. It received Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film for the year 2010. It was directed by Chandra Siddartha. The story and dialogues was written by popular Telugu novelist Balabhadrapatruni Ramani. It is a low budget movie which did well overseas. At box office it couldn't get good collections initially but it met slow success. It was dubbed into Tamil as ''Gokulam'' (2012). It was dubbed into Hindi as "Danveer 2". Plot ''Andari Bandhuvaya'' is a sincere attempt to highlight the importance of human values in today's society. Movie shows two types of environments starts with city shifts to village and then shifts to city. Nandu is simple man who helps and lives in simple manner, he watches all as his family members. Paddu belongs to a poor family and feeds her family with a normal job. She is optimistic and straight forward. Accidentally she visits hero's village. She watches values of village. Her behavior and c ...
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Rakta Charitra 2
''Rakta Charitra 2'' (''Rakht Charitra 2'' in Hindi) is a 2010 Indian political action thriller film based on the life of Paritala Ravindra. The film was directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Prashant Pandey. The film is a sequel to ''Rakta Charitra'', which released two months earlier. Shatrughan Sinha, Vivek Oberoi, Sudeepa, and Radhika Apte among several others reprise their roles from the prequel while also featuring Suriya and Priyamani. This film marks the debut of Tamil actor Suriya into the Telugu and Hindi film industries. The film was released in Tamil as ''Ratha Sarithiram'', which was partly dubbed and partly reshot. Plot The first half-hour is a recap of part I, such as the events of how Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi) takes revenge for the murder of his father and brother, as well as how he comes to power. When no one in Andhra has the courage to stand up against Ravi, a man comes into the light to seek revenge on Prathap. Yeturi Suryanarayana Reddy, a.k.a. Su ...
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Chintakayala Ravi
''Chintakayala Ravi'' is a 2008 Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by Nallamalupu Bujji and directed by Yogi. The cross over cinema, starring Venkatesh, Anushka Shetty, Mamta Mohandas in lead roles and Venu Thottempudi in a supporting role, with songs composed by Vishal–Shekhar and background score composed by Mani Sharma. The film received positive reviews from critics and audience. It was a hit at the box office. Plot Chintakayala Ravi (Venkatesh) works in a bar named Cyber Wave in New York. He is the head waiter; he works with his three friends who also are waiters at the same bar. He has a soft spot for software engineers because he came to the US with the dream of becoming a software pro. However, unavoidable circumstances prevented him from reaching that goal. His mother Seshamamba (Lakshmi) tells everybody in her village in Andhra Pradesh that her son is an outstanding software engineer in America. Ravi is hit hard with sentiment; for the sole reason of n ...
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Rakta Charitra
''Rakta Charitra'' () is a 2010 Indian political action thriller film based on the life of Paritala Ravindra. The film was directed by Ram Gopal Varma and written by Prashant Pandey. Shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi with the latter titled ''Rakht Charitra'', the film stars Vivek Oberoi as Pratap Ravi, while Radhika Apte, Sudeep, Shatrughan Sinha, Abhimanyu Singh, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Sushant Singh play supporting roles. The film marks Oberoi's acting debut in Telugu cinema. A sequel to the film, ''Rakta Charitra 2'' (2010) was released later that year. Plot Narasimha Reddy, a local politician, is a powerful man in the area. His close associate Veera Bhadra (Rajendra Gupta), is his trustworthy ally for his political work, to the extent that Narasimha Reddy gives him the freedom to contest Jilla Parishad polls with his men. Veera Bhadra champions the causes of the poor and oppressed, and they look up to him like their leader. Nagamuni Reddy (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who is th ...
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Yemaindi Ee Vela
''Yemaindi Ee Vela'' (''English'': ''What happened this moment?'') is a 2010 Indian Tollywood romantic drama film, starring Varun Sandesh, Nisha Aggarwal, Nisha Shah and Shashank. The film was directed and written by Sampath Nandi. The movie was a commercial success and resuscitated Varun Sandesh's then-declining career, completing a fifty-day run in 32 centers. It was later remade in Tamil as Ishtam, with Nisha Aggarwal reprising her role from the original and Vimal playing the role portrayed by Varun Sandesh. Plot Seenu (Varun Sandesh) is going for his second marriage and he meets Nimisha (Nisha Shah). Avantika (Nisha Aggarwal) is also going for her second marriage and meets Yuva ( Shashank). Both of them decide to tell their partners about their past. The flashback reveals how Seenu and Avantika meet each other, fall in love, get married against their parents wishes and in no time, get separated as well. As their marriages to their new partners approach, all four want to ca ...
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Brindavanam (2010 Film)
''Brindavanam'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vamshi Paidipally. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal Aggarwal, and Samantha while Prakash Raj, Srihari, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Mukesh Rishi, Ajay, Tanikella Bharani, and Brahmanandam playing pivotal roles. The film was produced by Dil Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations. S. Thaman composed the music with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu, dialogues by Koratala Siva, and editing by Marthand K. The film released on 14 October 2010 and was a critical and commercial success. The film is remade as ''Love Master'' in Odia'','' '' Brindavana'' in Kannada'','' ''Khoka 420'' in Indian Bengali'','' '' Buk Fatey To Mukh Foteyna'' in Bangladeshi Bengali, ''Vrundavan'' in Marathi, '' Hum Hai Jodi No 1'' in Bhojpuri. Plot Krishna alias Krish ( N. T. Rama Rao Jr.) is the son of Surendra ( Mukesh Rishi), a multimillionaire in Hyderabad. He is in a relationship with Indu ( Samantha Ruth ...
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Jhummandi Naadam
''Jhummandi Naadam'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language musical drama film produced by Lakshmi Manchu and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Manoj Manchu and debutant Taapsee Pannu and Mohan Babu in a supporting role. The film has music scored by M.M. Keeravani. The film was released on 1 July 2010. This film is debut of the actress Taapsee Pannu in Indian film industry. Plot Balu (Manoj Manchu) has only one goal in his life - to become a great playback singer like SP Balasubramanyam. He challenges a landlord in his village and comes to Hyderabad to become a singer. Captain Rao (Mohan Babu) stays in the opposite house. He is an old-fashioned man who hates the lifestyle of new generation. Sravya (Taapsee Pannu) is an NRI girl who stays in her father's friend Captain Rao's house. She is in India to do documentary on traditional Telugu music. Balu acts ae to her and in the process, they fall in love. Captain Rao doesn't like them falling in love with each other. The rest ...
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