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R.P. Patnaik
Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. He has toured the world to perform his live shows. Patnaik had entered the film industry with a desire to become a film director, and began first as a music director with the movie Neekosam. Cinematographer-turned-director Teja gave him a break with Chitram, that Patnaik made his directorial debut with the 2008 film ''Andamaina Manasulo''. As of March 2016, he finished his sixth Telugu language film ''Manalo Okadu''. His brother Gautam Patnaik is a director who made his directorial debut with ''Keratam'' (2011). Career Patnaik received the Filmfare Award three times consecutively for the films ''Nuvvu Nenu'', ''Santosham'' and ''Excuse Me'', and apart from receiving the Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Award for the film ''Nuvvu Nenu'' in 2001, he has won awards from different cultural organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". 'Composer' is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms 'songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Graduate
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and structure of postgraduate education varies in different countries, as well as in different institutions within countries. While the term "graduate school" or "grad school" is typically used in North America, "postgraduate" is often used in countries such as (Australia, Bangladesh, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and the UK). Graduate degrees can include master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and other qualifications such as graduate certificates and professional degrees. A distinction is typically made between graduate schools (where courses of study vary in the degree to which they provide training for a particular profession) and professional schools, which can include medical school, law school, business school, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramma Chilakamma
''Ramma Chilakamma'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Tammareddy Bharadwaja and starring Sumanth and Laya. The title of the film is based on a song from ''Choodalani Vundi'' (1998). ''Ramma Chilakamma'' is a remake of the Tamil film ''Ennamma Kannu'' (2000). After being delayed, the film released on 13 July 2001 and was a box-office failure. Plot Cast *Sumanth as Kaasi * Laya as Gayatri *Akash as Vishwa *Brahmanandam in a dual role *Tanikella Bharani *Kovai Sarala Production A different film under the same name was planned with Venkat. Tammareddy Bharadwaja reused the title for this film. The title is based on a song from ''Choodalani Vundi'' (1998). The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''Ennamma Kannu'' (2000). Akash played a small role in the film. Soundtrack Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvvu Nenu
''Nuvvu Nenu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Teja who co-wrote it with Dasaradh. The film stars Uday Kiran and Anita while Sunil, Banerjee, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, and Telangana Shakuntala play the supporting roles. This is the official debut film of Anita Hassanandani. Released on 10 August 2001, the film was a commercial success. It won four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film – Telugu and five Nandi Awards in various categories. Plot Ravi is the son of a multimillionaire in Hyderabad. Vasundhara is the daughter of a milk supplier. Ravi and Vasundhara study in the same college. The film starts with Vasundhara showing hatred towards Ravi, as he is a sportsman who is not good at studies. Over a period of time, her hatred turns into love. Finally, he falls in love with her too, but their parents do not agree to their marriage. Their parents plan to avoid their marriage by giving the couple a clause that they s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Circus (film)
''Family Circus'' is a 2001 Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by Teja. It stars Jagapati Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Roja, Kanchi Kaul, and music composed by R. P. Patnaik. It was produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under the Melody Multimedia banner. The film was recorded as ''Average'' at the box office. Plot The film begins with Subramanyam / Subbu a simpleton works as a manager in a firm. He marries a no-nonsense lady Durga and the couple adopts Subbu's deceased sister's two sons. After a while, they are blessed with twin boys, the imps make their life miserable with their mischief for which Subbu has to vacate too many houses. So, Subbu decides to buy a house in a locality full of bizarre characters that include a retired army officer Lance naik Bhagath, a loud-mouthed neighbor Santharam, and some demented feminists. Now, things get worse when Subbu rents a portion to Pataudi who picks it more than the coated amount. Later Subbu regrets viewing Pataudi's family, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitram
''Chitram'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Teja. This film stars debutants Uday Kiran and Reema Sen in the lead roles. The film was sensational hit in 2000. The film is produced by Ramoji Rao.The music of the movie was composed by R.P. Patnaik. The film was released as ''Chithiram'' in Tamil in 2001 with the film mostly featuring scenes dubbed from the original although scenes involving Manivannan and Senthil were added. The movie was remade in Kannada as '' Chitra'' and was a successful venture. The film ran for 100 days in 12 centers. Plot Janaki and her sister are NRIs who want to join a PU college in AP. Janaki stays with her uncle and procures the admission in the same college as Ramana, a die-hard music fan. When Janaki first sees him in the music room practicing they get attracted to each other. When family members of Ramana are away, Janaki happens to come to Ramana's house wearing a saree. As she does not know how to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nee Kosam
''Nee Kosam'' (English: ''For You'') is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film produced by Ghanta Srinivasa Rao under the Kalpana Creations banner. This movie marks the debut of Srinu Vaitla as a director. The film features Ravi Teja and Maheswari in the lead roles. This is also the first collaboration between Ravi Teja and Srinu Vaitla. The music has been composed R. P. Patnaik. Despite the film being a box office failure, the film won several Nandi Awards. Plot Sasirekha (Maheswari) is the daughter of a rich father (Jayaprakash Reddy), who is a strict disciplinarian and hates any kind of love affair. Ravi (Ravi Teja), an orphan, falls in love with Sasi and she also slowly develops feelings for Ravi. One day Ravi meets Sasi's father in the outskirts of the city and tells him all about his love. However, he is accidentally killed by Ravi in a scuffle. Sasi soon finds out that the real culprit is Ravi. Infuriated, she breaks up with him. Ravi, unable to bear the rejec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amish
The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches, another Anabaptist denomination. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, Christian pacifism, and slowness to adopt many conveniences of modern technology, with a view neither to interrupt family time, nor replace face-to-face conversations whenever possible, and a view to maintain self-sufficiency. The Amish value rural life, manual labor, humility and '' Gelassenheit'' (submission to God's will). The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Mennonite Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann. Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish. In the second half of the 19th century, the Amish divided into Old Order Amish and Amish Mennonites; the latter do not abstain fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends Book
''Friends Book'' is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language suspense drama film directed by R. P. Patnaik (who also composed the music). The film stars Nishal, Nanduri Uday, Surya Teja, and Archana Sharma. Cast *Nishal as Nischal *Nanduri Uday as Akshay *Surya Teja as Surya * Archana Sharma as Nithya *Archana Shetty as Madhu * Soori as Venugopal *Suresh *Rao Ramesh * Chalapathi Rao *Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao is an Indian film director, producer, actor and writer from Andhra Pradesh. He is also known as a remake specialist. He had several hit films to his credit including ''Subhamastu'', '' Subhakankshalu'', '' Suswagatam'' a ... Release ''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "The first half appeared to drag a bit, but as the mystery deepens, it could be an edge-of-the-seat thriller". ''123 Telugu'' gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that " There is absolutely no logic in muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulasi Dalam (film)
''Tulasi Dalam'' is a 2016 Indian Telugu horror thriller film directed and produced by R. P. Patnaik. The film features Nishchal and Vandana Gupta in the lead roles and R. P. Patnaik in an important role with Brahmanandam and Duvvasi Mohan in the supporting roles. The film was released worldwide on 11 March 2016. Plot Satvik (Nishchal Deva) who is an orphan moving to Las Vegas to be with his girlfriend, Nisha (Vandana Guptra). He stays in an apartment with a roommate, Subbu (Suneel Boddepalli). Satvik is a staunch non-believer in ghosts, and keeps rubbishing other’s beliefs too. During a heated argument, Subbu challenges Satvik to spend a night in the nearby cemetery, all by himself. Satvik accepts this challenge, and succeeds too. But that’s when the actual trouble starts. Satvik starts experiencing paranormal activities ever since he returns from the graveyard. He starts to notice the spirit of a young girl, Shanti, following him around. Giving up, he finally approaches Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broker (2010 Film)
''Broker'' is a 2010 Telugu film written, composed and directed by R. P. Patnaik who also portrays the lead role in the film. Kannada film ''Agraja'' (2014) was loosely inspired from this film. A sequel titled ''Broker 2'' was released in 2014. Plot Ganapati alias Gani is a mediator who has a lot of contacts with politicians and government officers. Several people approach him and offer bribe to the officials to get their things done quickly. He is the right hand of a big politician in dealing with land encroachments. He also saves a corrupt officer Dharmateja when ACB officials rides his house and got suspended. Many people suffer due to this. Once he helps his old teacher to receive his retirement benefits in exchange for a bribe. Being principled, he kills himself when he learns of it. Gani also loses his son in a fly-over collapse incident. Gani helped the contractor in getting the project from officials through bribes. His wife hates him because of his lobbying job. But he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017. The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second-most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh. The print location of Nagpur was discontinued from September 1997, and that of Jaipur from June 2006. ''HT'' launched a youth daily, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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