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Rallapalli (actor)
Rallapalli Venkata Narasimha Rao (15 August 1945 – 17 May 2019), popularly known as Rallapalli, was an Indian actor known for his works primarily in Telugu films and television. He received two state Nandi Awards. Life and career Rallapalli Venkata Narasimha Rao was born in Anantapuramu, Andhra Pradesh in 1945. He started off his career in 1960 as a theatre artist before marking his movie debut in 1974 with ''Sthree''. He acted in about 850 films in a variety of roles, including that of a lead actor. He also worked as a staff artiste in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He played pivotal roles in films such as ''Bombay'' and ''Minsara Kanavu'' in Tamil. Death Rallapalli died on 17 May 2019 at Maxcure Hospital, Hyderabad following ill health. Filmography Awards ;Nandi Awards(in Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anantapur
Anantapur, officially Anantapuramu, is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Anantapuru mandal and also the divisional headquarters of Anantapur revenue division. The city is located on National Highway. It was also the headquarters of the ''Datta Mandalam'' (Rayalaseema districts of Andhra Pradesh and Bellary district of Karnataka) in 1799. It was also a position of strategic importance for the British Indian Army during the Second World War. Geography Anantapur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is located at a distance of 484 km from Vijayawada, 148 km from Kurnool and 210 km from Bengaluru which is the closest international airport. Climate Anantapur has a semi-arid climate, with hot and dry conditions for most of the year. Summer start in late February and peak in May with average high temperatures around the range. Anantapur gets pre-monsoon showers starting as early as March, mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaidi (1983 Film)
''Khaidi'' () is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi and Madhavi. The film is loosely based on the 1982 American film '' First Blood''. Released on 28 October 1983, the film was a massive commercial success and Chiranjeevi rose to stardom. In 1984, it was remade in Hindi as '' Qaidi'', and in Kannada under the same title, with Madhavi reprising her role both times. Plot Veerabhadraiah is a feudal lord presiding over a village along with his henchmen, which include his assistant and the village sarpanch. Veerabhadraiah lends money to Venkateswarlu, a local farmer living with his widowed daughter. His son Suryam is a hard working student living in the nearby city and he falls in love with Veerabhadraiah's daughter – Madhulatha. Realising this, Veerabhadraiah asks Venkateswarlu to ask his son to stop seeing his daughter, to which Venkateswarlu does not agree. Veerabhadraiah kills Venkateswarlu and asks Suryam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jwala (1985 Film)
''Jwala'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language film, directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. The film stars Chiranjeevi in a dual role, Raadhika, Silk Smitha and Bhanupriya. The film's score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as ''Prathikara Jwala''. The film was remade in Kannada in 1987 as '' Sathyam Shivam Sundaram'' starring Vishnuvardhan in triple roles ( including the role of the father) unlike this movie. It is listed in one of the Ilayaraja song. Cast * Chiranjeevi as Raju and Yuvaraju (Double Role) * Radhika as Janaki * Bhanupriya as Bhanu * Kaikala Satyanarayana as SP Chakravarthy * Kannada Prabhakar as Sarvottama Rao * Gummadi * P. Sai Kumar as Sarvottama Rao's son * Allu Rama Lingaiah as Pattabhi * Annapoorna as Poorna * Silk Smitha *Jaya Malini * J.V. Ramana Murthi *Ceylon Manohar as Manohar * Rallapalli * Chitti Babu *Vijaya Ranga Raju as Sarvottama Rao's henchman Soundtrack The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babai Abbai
''Babai Abbai'' is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by Jandhyala. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna and Anitha Reddy, with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film is inspired by the Telugu film ''Vaddante Dabbu'' (1954), which itself was based on the English novel ''Brewster's Millions'' (1902) by George Barr McCutcheon. Plot The film begins with two con artists Bala & Veera who are acquainted with a crazy situation and move in together. Out of goodwill, they call each other as Babayi-Abbayi, and their livelihood is making debts and absconding from lenders. Once Bala fuses with a beautiful girl Krishnaveni / Krishna, daughter of a multi-millionaire Vara Prasada Rao and they fall in love. Being cognizant of it, Vara Prasada Rao assigns a task for Bala by allocating a huge amount of Rs.25 lakhs and asks him to spend it within 30 days. Eventually, warns him not to donate or destroy the money. At present, Bala starts the operation under the guidance of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendu Rella Aaru
''Rendu Rellu Aaru'' ( stylised as ''2X2=6'') is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Gogineni.Subba Rao under Vijaya Creations banner and directed by Jandhyala. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Chandra Mohan, Rajani, Preethi and music composed by Rajan–Nagendra. E. V. V. Satyanarayana worked as associate director to the film. The story is based on a novel of same name by Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy. Plot The film begins with two close friends Sadguna Rao and Madhusudan Rao. Madhu is a peculiar person who troubles everyone with puzzles and interesting questions. Once he is acquainted with a beautiful girl Keerthana in funny circumstances and they fall in love. Keertana also holds a mate Vindhya a stage artist. Right now, the story unfolds with Keerthana divulging Vindhya regarding her childhood marriage with a guy Venkata Sivam in their village which she denies and even changed her name from Vighneswari to Keerthana. At present, Keerthana's maternal uncle D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anveshana
''Anveshana'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Vamsy. It stars Karthik, Bhanupriya, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Sarath Babu with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The story revolves around an ornithologist and a police officer coming to a forest and trying to solve the mystery of a series of killings, allegedly by a man-eating tiger. The film received positive response for its screenplay, performances, and music, and was commercially successful. It ran for 100 days in 11 centres. It was also dubbed into Tamil as ''Paadum Paravaigal'' in 1986. ''Anveshana'' has attained a cult status over the years. Plot Rao dreams of publishing a book on birds and the origin of music from their sounds. Pandu works as his driver. They stay in a forest house and prepare the thesis for the same. He calls his friend's daughter Hema from a city and appoints her to write the book. James is a forest ranger investigating the case of a man-eating tig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srimathi Kaavali
''Shrimathi'' is a 2011 Indian Kannada romance drama film directed by Ravi Kumar, and remake of 2004 Bollywood film ''Aitraaz'', which in turn, is loosely based on the film ''Disclosure''. The film stars Upendra, Priyanka Trivedi and Celina Jaitly in the lead roles, along with Prem Chopra, Sayaji Shinde and Rekha Das in the supporting roles. It is produced by Shankare Gowda and features the original soundtrack and film score by Ghantadi Krishna. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the title ''XYZ''. Cast * Upendra as Rajakumar * Priyanka Trivedi as Priya * Celina Jaitly as Sonia Roy * Prem Chopra as Roy * Sayaji Shinde * Rekha Das Music Reception Critical response A critic from ''The Times of India'' scored the film at 3.5 out of 5 stars and says "Uppi has put up a brilliant show that keeps the story alive throughout. Hats off to Priyanka for her graceful performance. Celina Jaitley is simply superb. Prem Chopra is excellent. Rekha Das impresses. Cinematography by J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitaara
''Sitaara'' () is a 1984 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Vamsy. The film marked the debut of Bhanupriya in Telugu film industry. The film was adapted from Vamsy's own novel ''Mahal lo Kokila'' (). The film deals with the friendship of two people in the backdrop of peasants, zamindars, Indian movie world, and paparazzi. Upon release, the film received very positive reviews and remained a cult classic, and the soundtrack became all time chart-buster. The film has garnered three National Film Awards, and was screened at the 1984 International Film Festival of India, the Moscow Film Festival, and the Asian Film Festival. Plot Devdas ( Subhalekha Sudhakar) is a professional photographer. Once, on a train, he meets a strange melancholic woman (Bhanupriya) who boards the train without a proper ticket. He helps her with the money and tries to strike up a conversation. She only tells him that her name is "Sitaara" and that she has nowhere to go in the big city. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srivariki Premalekha
''Srivariki Premalekha'' () is a 1984 Telugu-language romantic comedy film written, and directed by Jandhyala; and produced by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao. The story is based on a Novel titled ''Premalekha'', published in "Chatura" magazine, written by Potturi Vijayalakshmi. It is also commercial hit during that period, with many actors subsequently established in the cinema field. The film won a Filmfare Award South and a Nandi Award. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Porutham'' with Naresh and Poornima reprising their roles. Plot This comedy film revolves around a blind Love letter (Prema Lekha) written by Swarna ( Poornima) to Ananda Rao ( Naresh), because in a bet with her friends, she writes a blind love letter to an unknown person if the reply will come early from that boy, it will proves Swarna's theory that a boy can be easily wooed by a girl. While posting the letter she forgot to mention the from address then unknowingly her friend randomly chooses a name called Sony from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustum (1984 Film)
''Rustum'' is a 1984 Telugu-language action film, produced by S. P. Venkanna Babu under the Maheswari Movies banner and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. It stars Chiranjeevi and Urvashi (in her Telugu film debut), with music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as a ''Hit' at the box office. Plot The movie starts with Ganga Rayudu, the village panchayat head, who judges a dispute between Musalaiah and a rowdy, Gangaiah, Musalaiah left the village under some unknown circumstances and returned after fifteen years, he learns that his house and farm were illegally acquired by Gangaiah and he is unwilling to return the property to Musalaiah, hence they came to the Panchayat. Rayudu supports Gangaiah and does injustice to Musalaiah, having insufficient power to face Rayudu, he again leaves the village. A newcomer Hari enters the village and fights with Gangaiah and owns his property and does well for the village people. Village people start calling him Rustum. Hari w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
