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Siva Nageswara Rao
Siva Nageswara Rao is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He is especially known for his work in comedy films. His notable films include ''Money'' (1993), ''Money Money'' (1994), ''Lucky Chance'' (1994), ''Sisindri'' (1995), ''Pattukondi Chooddaam'' (1997), ''Hands Up!'' (2000), ''Dhanalakshmi, I Love You'' (2002), ''Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy'' (2004), ''Bhookailas'' (2007). Early life Siva Nageswara Rao was born and brought up in Uppalapadu near Guntur. He was fascinated by films from childhood. He did his graduation from Hindu College in Guntur. Career He went to Madras to join Telugu film industry in 1979 at the age of 23. He struggled there for six months. In order to earn daily living, he acted in films like ''Burripalem Bullodu'' and ''Sannayi Appanna'' as unofficial junior artist. He joined as an assistant director to Vijaya Nirmala and worked under her for the films ''Antham Kaadidi Aarambham'', ''Doctor Cine Actor'' (1982) e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India. The nickname ''Tollywood'' is a portmanteau of the words Telugu and Hollywood. By 2021, it has emerged as the largest film industry in India in terms of box-office. Since 1909, filmmaker Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was involved in producing short films and travelling to different regions in Asia to promote film work. In 1921, he produced the silent film, '' Bhishma Pratigna'', generally considered to be the first Telugu feature film, and hence, regarded as the ''Father of Telugu cinema''. In 1933, '' Sati Savitri'' directed by Chittajallu Pullayya received an honorary diploma at the 2nd Venice. Known for its big-ticket, and popular film genre catering to wider audience, works such as ''Pathala Bhairavi'' (1951) (only South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devanthakudu (1984 Film)
''Devanthakudu'' is a 1984 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti. It is a remake of Chandrasekhar's own 1983 Kannada film ''Geluvu Nannade''. The film was released on 12 April 1984 and emerged a commercial success. Plot Vijay Kumar is a college student who is daring and dashing and has a weakness for betting and challenges. Chanti is Vijays's friend, who study in the same college. He challenges Vijay to kill a person and escape without being caught and without proof and this person is a professor. Vijay takes it lightly and tries to play away by acting as if he killed the professor but he is really killed by the time he reaches there and he is accused of the murder. The rest of the plot forms on how he frees himself from the blame and who killed the professor and why? Cast *Chiranjeevi as Vijay *Vijayashanti as Shanti *G. V. Narayana Rao as Chanti *Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Ramanujam * Gummadi as Prabh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Telugu Language
Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language family and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India. It is one of the few languages that has primary official status in more than one Indian state, alongside Hindi and Bengali. Telugu is one of six languages designated as a classical language (of India) by the Government of India. Telugu is also a linguistic minority in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, and the union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by members of the Telugu diaspora spread across countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand in the Anglosphere; Myanmar, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius; and the Arabian Gulf count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhra Pradesh (magazine)
''Andhra Pradesh'' is an official monthly magazine brought by the Department of Information and Public Relations Department of Government of Andhra Pradesh. The magazine was started in 1952. It is published in English, Telugu and Urdu languages from Hyderabad. The magazine provides information regarding developmental activities undertaken by the Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as, GOAP, or, Andhra Government, is the subnational government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh fo .... It also features interesting articles of personality development, humor, career counselling, entertainment, short stories and poetry. There is an online edition of the magazine. References External links''Andhra Pradesh'' magazine 1952 establishments in India Government of Andhra Pradesh Monthly magazines published in India News magazines published in Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award For Best First Film Of A Director
The Nandi Award for Best Debut Director winners since 1981:(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 ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Debut Director Debut Director Directorial debut film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninnu Kalisaka
'' Ninnu Kalisaka'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romance film produced by Ramoji Rao on Ushakiran Movies banner and directed by Siva Nageswara Rao. It stars Santosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, and the music is composed by Sunil Kashyap. Plot The film is a tale of two young pairs Abhiram & Deepti, and Chandu & Bindu. Abhiram & Bindu are IT professionals who have been sent to the USA and assigned to the same project when they become good friends. In India Chandu & Deepa are dance professionals, and they team up to win a trophy. So, they also come closer. However, after a few incidents, Abhiram & Bindu start feeling something more than friendship between them and confusion arises about whether it is love. Back in India, Chandu & Deepa win the trophy, everyone asks them whether they are in love then they say ''Yes'' but not with each other but with their pair in abroad. The time comes when the project is wrapped up and Abhiram & Bindu are about to ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photo (film)
''Photo'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic thriller film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao and starring Anand, Anjali and Muktha (Her Telugu debut ) . This film marks the film debut of the lead actor and actresses Anand Anjali and Mukhtha The movie is based on Nandu (credited as Anand), Anjali and Muktha. ''Photo'' is reportedly based on the 2004 Thai film ''Shutter''. This film is the first directorial venture of comedy director Nageswara Rao in the thriller genre. The film was released on 1 September 2006. Plot Cast * Anand as Siddhartha a.k.a. Siddhu * Anjali as Bhanu * Mukta as Swapna *Jayasudha as Swapna's mother *Nutan Prasad as a shaman *Tanikella Bharani *Dharmavarapu Subramanyam *L. B. Sriram *M. S. Narayana *Brahmanandam *Ali * Venu Madhav *Raghu Babu *Krishna Bhagawan *Kondavalasa *Suman Setty *Duvvasi Mohan *Kallu Chidambaram *Jenny * Tadivelu * Master Siva Varma * Dr. Srinivasa Rao * Raghava * Banda Jyothy * Jayavani Production After S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One By Two (1993 Film)
''One By Two'' is a 1993 Telugu-language comedy film directed by Shiva Nageswara Rao. The film stars Srikanth (in his lead debut) and J. D. Chakravarthy in prominent roles. The film was a box office success. Cast * Srikanth as Balaji *J. D. Chakravarthy as Babji *Nirosha *Uttara * Suryakantham *Nagesh *Sudhakar as Abbulu *Babu Mohan as Babloo * Banerji *Tanikella Bharani *Brahmanandam * Rallapalli *Srilakshmi * AVS *Dharmavarapu Subramanyam *Sudhakar *Suthi Velu Kurumaddali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (7 August 1947 – 16 September 2012), better known by his stage name Suthi Velu, was an Indian actor and comedian known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has acted in more than 200 films, and won four state ... *Vijaya Y. Soundtrack References External links * 1993 films 1990s Telugu-language films Films directed by Siva Nageswara Rao {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub ... [...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] |
Siva (1989 Telugu Film)
''Siva'' (also spelt ''Shiva'') is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language crime action film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma in his directorial debut. Produced by Akkineni Venkat and Yarlagadda Surendra under their banners of Annapurna Studios and SS Creations, ''Siva'' stars Nagarjuna, Amala, and Raghuvaran. The film's basic plot, adapted from ''The Way of the Dragon'' (1972), revolves around the conflict between college student-turned-gangster Siva and Bhavani, a reputed crime boss mentored by the politician Machiraju. ''Siva'' explores the concepts of student exploitation by anti-social elements and the impact of crowd psychology. Varma's script was based on his experiences as a student at Siddhartha Engineering College in Vijayawada. Tanikella Bharani wrote the dialogue. Ilaiyaraaja composed ''Siva'' soundtrack and score, and S. Gopala Reddy was its cinematographer. Thota Tharani and Sattibabu were the film's art director and editor, respectively. It's principal photogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rao Gari Illu
''Rao Gari Illu'' () is a 1988 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by Y. Surendra under Annapurna Studios and S. S. Creations banner and directed by Tharani Rao. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayasudha and Revathi, while Nagarjuna has given cameo appearance and music was composed by Chakravarthy. The film is loosely based on the 1965 American film ''The Sound of Music''. Plot The film begins with Anand Rao a Public Prosecutor, who leads a delightful life with his wife Jaya & 5 children. Tragically, Jaya dies in a road accident. Therefrom, Anand Rao becomes a drunkard and his house is completely disintegrated. Whereat, Anand Rao's bestie SP Raghava Rao sends his cousin Shanti as governess to his children. In her acquaintance, they reform and develop a lot of affection toward Shanti. Parallelly, Anand Rao & Raghava Rao always have a rivalry with Tata Rao the underworld mafia broker. They make a sincere effort to seize him and wait for a shot. Meanwhile, Anand Rao's el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
