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Raghava (film)
''Raghava'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Y. Nageswara Rao and starring Suresh and Rajasree. The film was a box office failure. Cast Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Shashi Preetam. Reception Jeevi of ''Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "''Raghava'' is a badly made film with uninspiring story and direction". Gudipoodi Srihari of ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...'' wrote that "The film, with a focus on the faction fights in Rayalaseema, is rather disappointing". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "The film is nothing but an unabashed excuse to make money using what Tollywood considers the flavor of the season". Griddaluru Gopalrao of '' Zamin Ryot'' also a gave a negative review for the film, writing the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Vegesna
Satish Vegesna is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' directed by him received the National Film Awards, National Film Award for National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and the state Nandi Awards for Nandi Award for Best Director, Best Direction, and Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film, Best Home Viewing Feature Film. Early life Vegesna was born in Tanuku of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his BA and worked as a composer in the news daily Eenadu for 7 years. He quit his job to become a writer. Filmography Vegesna initially worked as a writer and became a director. In 1999, he started working with director Muppalaneni Shiva for a few films like Speed Dancer, Priya O Priya. He worked with E. V. V. Satyanarayana for the film Thotti Gang. This along with Kabaddi Kabaddi gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zamin Ryot
''Zamin Ryot'' ( te, జమీన్ రైతు, Jamīn Raitu) is an Indian Telugu-language weekly newspaper published from Nellore. It was started by N. Venkatrama Naidu in . It has been called the longest continuously running Telugu newspaper. It is one of the notable district newspapers in Telugu. Name ''Zamin Ryot'' name is based on words 'Zamin' () and 'Ryot' (). Zamin Ryot is a term used to refer to tenant farmers under the Zamindari system. The newspaper was founded to advocate for the cause of the ryots (peasants and tenant farmers) and against the feudal system. History The publication was started by Nellore Venkatrama Naidu as ''Zamindari Ryot'' in , before changing its name to ''Zamin Ryot''. Originally meant to advocate against the feudal system in the area, it played an important role in reporting on the success of the Salt Satyagraha in Nellore district. The British government searched house and office of Venkatrama Naidu and also of the editor Chundi Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idlebrain
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website that features information, news, and reviews on Telugu cinema. It is one of the oldest websites on the Internet focusing on Telugu films. The site is especially popular for its film reviews written by the founder Jeevi. It was founded in 1999 by G. V. Ramana (better know by his nom de plume Jeevi), a graduate of BITS Pilani, with the help of his friend Sunil Krishna. As of August 2022, it has an archive of nearly 1000 Telugu films reviewed by Jeevi starting with '' Iddaru Mitrulu'' (1999). The site features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, trailers, interviews, movie schedules, chat room, photo galleries and other features related to Telugu cinema. It is considered to be among the most popular websites related to Telugu film industry. History G. V. Ramana (born ), popularly known by his nom de plume Jeevi, is a graduate of BITS Pilani who had short stints in software and finance firms. While he was working in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kousalya (singer)
Kousalya is a playback singer and Music Composer from South Indian Cinema. Started playback singing career in the year 1999 with Telugu movie ''Nee Kosam'', music scored by R.P.Patnaik. She rendered more than 400 songs for Telugu, Tamil and Kannada films. She did her Post Graduation in Carnatic music from Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupathi. Presently pursuing doctoral research in Music Career She started playback singing in the year 1999 with the Telugu movie ''Nee Kosam'', music scored by R.P.Patnaik. Kousalya rendered her voice for dubbing in three movies, ''Sravanamasam'' for heroine Kalyani , ''Bakara'' for heroine Yashika and "Cheekati Rajyam" for Kamalhassan's wife character. She composed " Sri Annamayya Sankeerthana Sudha " with four new Keerthanas released by Aditya Music. She won 3 Nandi Awards as a Best Playback Singer where one for own composition on Etv ''Adade Adharam'', daily serial. Playback singing ''Bangarukonda'', ''Nee Kosam'', ''Chitram'', ''Id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarnalatha
Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. She is considered to be as Humming Queen Of India and Nightingale Of Tamil Cinema. In a career spanning almost 22 years (from 1987 until her death), she recorded over 10,000 songs in many Indian languages, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, and Badaga. she is referred to as Swarangalin Arasi. She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song "Porale Ponnuthayi" from the film ''Karuththamma''. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, under whose musical direction she recorded many memorable songs. She was also the first female playback singer to get a National Award In A. R. Rahman Music. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhuvana Chandra
Bhuvana Chandra is an Indian lyricist, renowned for his work in the Telugu cinema. He served in the Indian Air Force for 18 years before turning into a lyricist. He penned lyrics for more than 2000 songs. He also wrote more than 100 stories, a novel, and many articles in magazines. He participated as a judge in some reality shows. He also acted in the film ''Welcome Obama'' directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. Personal life Bhuvana Chandra was born in Gullapudi, Krishna district and brought up in Chintalapudi, West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He used to frequent the library and read a lot of books since his childhood. He learned Typing, and Shorthand and held tuition for students to make a living. Along with a friend, he went for the selections of Indian Air Force and got selected. His first posting was in Delhi. He served in the Indian Air Force and took voluntary retirement before turning into a lyricist. He participated in the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971 and recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usha (Telugu Singer)
Usha (born 29 May 1980) is an Indian singer who works predominantly in Telugu. She has sung in Kannada and Tamil also. In a career spanning about 10 years, she has established herself as one of the leading playback singers in the Telugu film industry and has worked with many major music directors. Career Music competitions Usha began her singing career with "Paadutha Teeyaga", a music based program on Eenadu Television hosted by singer SP Balasubramanyam. She stood first in the competition and later followed up by winning another music contest titled "Navaragam" on Gemini TV. Usha participated in various music-related shows on TV between 1996 and 2000. Her performance in "Endaro Mahanubhavlu" on Gemini TV won her appreciation and applause from the audience. She later participated in "Meri Awaz Suno" on Star TV and was one of the finalists in the All-India finals. She also participated in various Hindi programs on channels like ELTV and Zee TV. Movie career Usha got her maiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano (singer)
Nagoor Babu, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. Mano has recorded more than 1,000 songs for film and private various Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Hindi films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. Notably, he has recorded 500 songs for music director Ilayaraja. Mano is also recognized for being as the full-fledged dubbing artist for Rajanikanth in Telugu from ''Muthu'' (1995) onwards. Early life and background Mano was born as Nagoor Babu in Tenali, Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. His father Rasool, was a musician in the All India Radio, Vijayawada division and his mother Shaheeda, was a popular Stage actress. Inspired heavily by his mother, Mano joined the stage the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya
''Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya'' (; Expenses are greater than wages) sometimes abbreviated as AAKR is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Tabu and Johnny Lever. This was the remake of Tamil film ''Viralukketha Veekkam'' directed by V. Sekhar. The film was an below average grosser at box office.https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/dec/21aam.htm Plot This is a family story. Jhumri and her husband, Bhishma, move into a new neighborhood. Their neighbors are three bickering couples: Vijay and Anjali who are newly married; Appu Khote and Vimla, who are married and have four children; and Ravi and Meena, who are married and have a daughter. Slowly the husbands are running out of money so they trick their wives and go out for a vacation. Meanwhile, their wives are struggling to pay their rents and decide to work even though their husbands told them not to. When the husbands come back, they kick their wives out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Up! (2000 Film)
''Hands Up!'' is a 2000 Telugu film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao from a story written by Jayasudha. It stars Jayasudha, Bramhanandam, Nagendra Babu and Kota Srinivasa Rao. Plot Cops Nagababu and Brahmanandam fall for their newly transferred senior police official. In an interesting plot sequence, they fall head over heels in love. While fighting for love and against the goons, they learn she is married (to Chiranjeevi in cameo). Cast * Jayasudha as CBI officer Saraswati * Brahmanandam as Jagan * Nagendra Babu as Muddu Krishna * Kota Srinivasa Rao as Ramakoti * Rallapalli * Chandra Mohan * Giri Babu * Tanikella Bharani as Translator * Y. Vijaya * Sonu Sood as Tuglaq * Master Varun as Varun ; Cameo appearances * Chiranjeevi as Saraswati's husband * Nagma as an item number * Deepti Bhatnagar * Shraddha * Ali * Raghava Lawrence Lawrence Raghavendra is an Indian dance choreographer, actor, director, composer, dancer and playback singer. After making his debut as a dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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