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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] |
Tanuku
Tanuku is a town in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Tanuku mandal in Narasapuram revenue division. Tanuku is the fourth largest city in the West Godavari district after Bhimavaram, Tadepalligudem and Palakollu in terms of population. History In the ancient period, the town was known as ''Tarakapuri'', the capital of Asura King Tarakasura. Geography Tanuku is a located at . It has a tropical climate and an annual rainfall of . The Gosthani River flows through the town. Demographics census of India, the town had a population 90,430. Civic administration and politics Tanuku Municipality was constituted in 1979 as a ''second grade municipality''. It was upgraded to ''first grade'' in 2002 and has 34 election wards. Its jurisdiction is spread over an area of . The present municipal chairman is SS REDDY GARU. and the municipal commissioner is M. Sambasivarao. Tanuku assembly constituency represents An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018 Film)
''Srinivasa Kalyanam'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romantic film, romantic Drama (film and television)#Family_drama, family drama produced by Dil Raju on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner and directed by Satish Vegesna. The film stars Nitin (actor), Nithin, Raashi Khanna, and Nandita Swetha, with music composed by Mickey J. Meyer. The film released on 9 August 2018. The film was a huge commercial failure, with losses over 14Cr. Plot Srinivas "Vasu" (Nithin) is a traditional guy who believes that marriage is the greatest festival in life and not just an event, but a beautiful moment. He lives away from his family. His cousin Padmavathi "Paddu" (Nandita Swetha) is in love with him and decides to propose him on the day he arrives. Vasu works as an architect in Chandigarh and meets Sridevi "Sri" (Raashi Khanna), who does several petty jobs for a living. They both eventually fall in love with each other. After the marriage of their friend Priya, they both re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajababu (2006 Film)
''Rajababu'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language family drama film directed by Muppalaneni Siva. A remake of the 2003 Malayalam film ''Balettan'', the films stars Rajasekhar and debutante Sridevika. Plot The film follows Rajababu who learns that he has a second family after his father, Dasaradharamaiah, dies. The problems that ensue after Rajababu meets his second family form the rest of the story. Cast Production Following his previous films, Rajasekar opted for a remake with this film. Soundtrack Music by S. A. Rajkumar, who collaborated with Rajasekar for two other films. Reception A critic from ''The Hindu'' opined that "The film is a family drama though the director fails to elevate the hero's image in this film and the entire narration becomes boring.". A critic from ''Sify'' stated that "On the whole, it is a boring affair". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' said that "Avoid this one at all costs". Jeevi of ''Idlebrain'' gave the film a more favourable review an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kithakithalu
''Kithakithalu'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film starring Allari Naresh, Geetha Singh, Madhu Shalini and Jayalalitha. The film is made by Allari Naresh's home banner under the direction of his father E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It's based on the Tamil movie ''Chinna Veedu''. This movie started divisively but sneaked through with success as the other major summer releases bombed at the . Along with ''Pokiri'', ''Kithakitalu'' was the only film which fared well at the for the summer in Telugu cinema. Plot Relangi Rajababu is such a "nice guy" that he files a case against a girl who attempted to harass him, and did not succumb to her, because he wished to remain "pure" for the woman he marries. After landing a job as an SI, his parents force him to get married because his dowry will be useful for his sister's wedding. No girl wants to marry him now, because they wonder if he is man enough since he rejected a girl like her. He ends up marrying a rich, plump girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvvante Naakishtam
''Nuvvante Naakishtam'' () is a 2005 Telugu-language romance film written, produced and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film stars Aryan Rajesh, Anu Mehta, Allari Naresh, Rama Prabha, and Suman. In July 2005, with inclusion of Satyanarayana's sons Rajesh and Naresh, the film was reported as ''almost ready''. The movie is a remake of 2003 Kannada movie ''Neenandre Ishta'' starring Darshan. Plot When wealthy NRI Yuvaraj (Aryan Rajesh) comes to a village seeking a bride for himself, he finds a suitable choice in Radha (Anuradha Mehta). But it develops that she is in love with Devudu ( Allari Naresh), a man thought to be dead. This is because of her father who doesn't want his daughter to marry a poor guy. He sends Devudu for earning money with the inherent idea of getting rid of him in the city. Devudu survives and leaves Singapore in a ship for earning money. When Devudu returns, the questions arise, why was he thought to be dead, and was it because somebody wished hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandem
''Pandem '' () is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by Valluripally Ramesh Babu under the Maharshi Cinema banner and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy in his Telugu debut. It stars Jagapati Babu, Kalyani and music composed by Chakri. It was dubbed into Hindi as ''Mera Challenge''. Plot The film begins in a village where Seenu is a slacker whom the public considers as hopeless. Lingaraju is its venomous president who has been unanimously elected for the past 25 years and behested on the village. Seeta a native returned after several years as a school teacher in the same town. Seenu & Seeta are childhood friends and he falls for her in the first instance itself. From there, he plays several efforts to gain her love which ends humorously but to avail. So, he directly proceeds to proclaim his love. At that point, Seenu discovers Seeta's intention and qualities that her spouse should hold. Firstly, an upright altruistic may not be a millionaire but be pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leela Mahal Center
''Leela Mahal Center'' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action romance directed by Devi Prasad and starring Aryan Rajesh and Sadaf. The film is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film ''Amarkalam''. Plot Prabhu has a troubled childhood with divorced parents. His mother marries another man. Upset that he has to call his stepfather as his own father, he leaves his house at a young age. He grows up to be a thug who works at Leela Mahal Center, a cinema theatre. GK, a former Mumbai-based don, who was sent to jail by his own friend, Sudheer. GK tells Prabhu to kidnap Anjali, a violinist. She is initially disturbed by Prabhu and starts to fall in love with him after Singhamalai tells Anjali about Prabhu's past life. A terrorist gang comes to kidnap Anjali as a bargain for their fellow friends in jail. How Prabhu fights the gang and saves Anjali form the rest of the story. It is revealed that Anjali is none other than GK’s daughter. GK & Sudheer become friends again. Cast *Aryan Raje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenu Pelliki Ready
''Nenu Pelliki Ready'' () is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Vamsy and starring Srikanth, Laya, Anita, Vidya and Sangeetha. Plot Gopi is a happy single man. Due to his grandparents' influence, he goes to a marriage bureau and chooses three women (Savitri, Bhavana, Neha). Gopi does not fall in love with the women although they all fall in love with him. The film is about how Gopi distances himself from them and falls in love with the bureau owner Priya. Cast *Srikanth as Gopikrishna * Laya as Bhavna * Anita as Savithri *Vidya as Neha * Sangeeta as Priya *M. S. Narayana as Gopikrishna's grandfather * Sunil * Mallikarjuna Rao *Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao * Jeeva *Dharmavarapu Subramanyam *Ali * Ananth * Benarjee *Gowtham Raju *Ahuti Prasad *Rama Prabha as Gopikrishna's grandmother *Jayalalita *Jenny Soundtrack The music is composed by Chakri. *"Nuvvunte Chaalu" (Male) - Hariharan *"Gopalakrishna Pelli Kaavaala Gopemma Laanti Pilla Kaavaala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyam (2003 Film)
''Satyam'' is a 2003 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by debutant Surya Kiran (director), Surya Kiran and produced by actor Nagarjuna (actor), Nagarjuna under Annapurna Studios banner. The film stars Sumanth and Genelia D'Souza in lead roles. The film received positive reviews and was very successful at the box-office. Released on 19 December 2003, it was one of the biggest box-office successes in Sumanth's career and it was also Genelia's debut in Telugu cinema. Chakri (music director), Chakri won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu. It was remade in Bengali as ''Shakti (2004 film), Shakti''. Plot Satyam is an aspiring songwriter who inadvertently gets misunderstood both by his father Vishwanath and his love interest Ankita. He ghostwrites for a selfish and popular film lyricist. He decides to prove himself as an independent songwriter before expressing his love to Ankita. In the meantime, a classmate of Ankita propo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003 Film)
''Kabaddi Kabaddi'' is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language sports romantic comedy film produced by Valluripally Ramesh Babu for Maharshi Cinema, and directed by Venky. Starring Jagapati Babu, Kalyani and music composed by Chakri. Plot The film begins in the village Venkannapalem where Rambabu a typical village bloke is the son of a weaver Veerabhadrayah. He spends most of his time with his gang from different age groups. Kaveri is the sister of Nagendra head of the adjacent village Sakhinetipally. Nagendra is the coach of the Sakhinetipally Kabaddi team which has won 99 matches continuously all over the state. Rambabu crushes Kaveri at the first sight, and after a while, she too responds. Nagendra objects to it as Rambabu is wayward. In the clash, Rambabu challenges to defeat the Sakhinetipally Kabaddi team and asks for Kaveri's hand in bonus, Nagendra agrees to it. Now, Rambabu is in the process of gathering his team, he requires 11 members to play, but no one comes to his aid. So, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hai (film)
''Hai'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. He introduces his son Aryan Rajesh and newcomer Nikita. Plot Aryan Rajesh and Priya are in love. Priya's father wants to test if Aryan Rajesh is truly in love with her. Cast * Aryan Rajesh as Aryan Rajesh *Nikita as Priya *Prakash Raj as Priya's father * Chandramohan *Jayasudha *Chalapathi Rao * Mallikarjuna Rao *L. B. Sriram * Surya Ganesh *Sana * Benarjee *Khayyum *Chitram Seenu * Babloo Production Newcomer Nikita from Mumbai was signed as the heroine. A hotel set was erected in Dubai. Soundtrack Music by Koti. *"Ninnu Choosina" lyrics by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and sung by Sandeep and Sujatha. *"Premalo Paddadurao" lyrics by Surendra Krishna and sung by Sri Ram Prabhu, Tippu, Koti, Murali, Kannan, and Saroja. *"Hai Re Hai" lyrics by Surendra Krishna and sung by R.P. Patnaik and Usha. *"Manasoorukode lyrics by Surendra Krishna and sung by Tippu, Harini. *"Excuse Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuva Rathna
''Yuva Rathna'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao and starring Taraka Ratna and Jivida. Cast * Taraka Ratna as Rathna * Jividha Sharma as Sandhya * Chandramohan as Rathna's father * Tanikella Bharani * L. B. Sriram * M. S. Narayana * Sunil * Chitram Seenu * Khayyum * Sudha * Sana * Krishnapriya Production This was the first film Taraka Ratna shot for but ended up releasing second. Harikrishna gave a voiceover in the beginning of the film while Balakrishna gave a voiceover at the end of the film. Soundtrack The soundtrack features five songs composed by M. M. Keeravani with lyrics by Chandrabose. R. P. Patnaik composed one song ("Chiru Chirugali") with lyrics by Kulasekhar. The audio launch was held on 20 October 2002. Taraka Ratna's uncles Harikrishna, Balakrishna, Ramakrishna, and Chandrababu Naidu graced the occasion. *"Needi 98480" – Shaan, chorus *"Sandhya Sandhya – KK, Hrithika *"Sakhiya" – Kumar Sanu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |