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Sumanth Art Productions
Sumanth Art Productions is an Indian film production company in Hyderabad established by M. S. Raju. Successful films like ''Manasantha Nuvve'' (2001)'', Okkadu'' (2003)'', Varsham'' (2004)'', Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (2005) were made under this banner. The first film made on the banner was ''Sathruvu'' (1991) starring Venkatesh. Film production Awards References {{Reflist External linksSumanth Art Productionson Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ... Film production companies based in Hyderabad, India Year of establishment missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around Hyderabad city lakes, artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hyderabad is the List of cities in India by population, fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 74 billion, Hyderabad has the fifth-largest urban economy in India. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiju
Shiju Abdul Rasheed is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Telugu films. He is known by stage name Devi Shiju in Telugu films as he played a role in Kodi Ramakrishna's Devi. He has appeared in more than 50 films and several popular TV series. Career Shiju has a career that has spanned 14 years from Tollywood to Mollywood and on to an international movie. He was born on 4 August 1974 in Kerala, India. In 1996 was his debut and first success in a Tamil movie named ''Mahaprabhu'', directed by A. Venkitesh. His performance as a villain in this movie gave him a major break in his career. He further worked in a Telugu movie named ''Devi'', directed by Kodirama Krishna, which was a super hit. He then worked in various hit movies like ''Manasantha Nuve'', ''Nuvu Nakku Natchavu'', ''Simharasi'' and ''Ammayikosam''. Moving on to Mollywood, he worked in ''I shttamanu Nooruvattam'', ''Kalachakram'', '' Sidhartha'', '' Vachalam'', etc. There was a remarkable change in his career when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sobhan
Sobhan (1968 – 6 January 2008) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked in Telugu films. He was best known for his work in the film '' Varsham'' (2004). Career Sobhan went to Chennai in 1989 to join the film industry. He initially worked for a film called ''Rowdyism'', which was stalled after 10 days of shooting. He then joined Tripuraneni Varaprasad alias Chitti Babu as co director for Raithu Bharatham, He then joined Ram Gopal Varma as a co-director for ''Anaganaga Oka Roju''. Later, he started his profession as a writer for Krishna Vamsi's film ''Sindhooram'' and worked with him for '' Murari'', and also acted in films like ''Kshana Kshanam'' and ''Oka Raju Oka Rani''. Later, he directed a few episodes of Malayalam TV serial ''Navaneetha'' (2000). During the making of Murari, he was in touch with Mahesh Babu, and that led to the film ''Bobby''. Sobhan was known for his able hand in scripting. He helped many directors during the script sessions of many s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhumika Chawla
Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla; 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress and former model known for her work predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film ''Yuvakudu'' (2000) and then seen in '' Kushi'' for which she won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu. Chawla is the recipient of one Filmfare Awards South, and SIIMA Award. She made her debut in Hindi Cinema with the romantic tragedy film ''Tere Naam'' (2003) which was huge critical and commercial success and earned her Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut. Chawla then subsequently appeared in several successful films including ''Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa'' (2004), ''Anasuya'' (2007) and ''Middle Class Abbayi'' (2017). Early life Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, India and completed her schooling there. Her father is a retired Army officer. Bhumika has two siblings, an elder brother and sister. She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Awards, five Filmfare Telugu Awards, four SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and one IIFA Utsavam Award. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, he also owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. The younger son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, Babu made his debut as a child artist in a cameo role in ''Needa'' (1979), at the age of four, and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with ''Rajakumarudu'' (1999) which won him Nandi Award for Best Male Debut. Babu achieved his breakthrough with the supernatural drama '' Murari'' (2001), and the action film ''Okkadu'' (2003). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as ''Athadu'' (2005), ''Pokiri'' (2006), ''Dookudu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunasekhar
Gunasekar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has directed films in action, romance, mythological, and historical drama genres. He has won a National Film Award, multiple Nandi Awards, and a Filmfare Award South. Gunasekhar directed the mythological film ''Ramayanam'' (1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India. His 2003 action film, Okkadu was huge commercial success becoming the highest grossing Telugu film of that year and was remade into various Indian languages. His other notable films include ''Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa'' (1995), ''Choodalani Vundi'' (1998), '' Manoharam'' (2000)'','' and '' Rudhramadevi'' (2015). Career Before venturing into mainstream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma. Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarti Agarwal
Aarthi Agarwal (March 5, 1984 – June 6, 2015) was an American actress of who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. Early life and career Agarwal was born on March 5, 1984, in New Jersey to Gujarati parents. Her younger sister Aditi Agarwal is also an actress in Telugu film industry. At around 14 years of age, actor Suniel Shetty spotted her and invited her to dance on stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the performance, he asked her father to encourage her to take up acting in Bollywood. At age 16, she made her debut with '' Paagalpan''. Agarwal made her Telugu film debut in ''Nuvvu Naaku Nachav'' with actor Venkatesh. She was one of the few non-Telugu speaking actresses to work with noted Indian film stars Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Ravi Teja, and Jr NTR. In 2005, media reported that Agarwal had attempted suicide over the failure of a romantic relationship with a co-star. In 2006, following an accident at home, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nee Sneham
''Nee Sneham'' ( en, Your Friendship) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Paruchuri Murali, and written and produced by M. S. Raju on Sumanth Art Productions banner. The film stars Uday Kiran, Aarti Agarwal, and Jatin Grewal. ''Nee Sneham'' released on 1 November 2002 and was successful at the box office. The soundtrack composed by R. P. Patnaik became quite popular and was critical in the success of the film. Uday Kiran received his second nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for the film. It was remade in Bengali as ''Premi'' (2004) and in Odia as ''Mu Tote Love Karuchi'' (2007). Plot The film opens with Madhav (Uday Kiran) and Sreenu (Jatin Grewal) playing a football cup final in Kolkata. Madhav and Sreenu are best friends, football players, and neighbours. Subsequently, the team wins the cup. A mishap happens when Sreenu tries to save Madhav from an accident. Madhav escapes with minor injuries, but Sreenu loses his leg. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reema Sen
Reema Sen (born 29 October 1981) is an Indian actress and model who primarily appeared in Bengali theatre films, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. Early life and education Sen was born in Kolkata on 29 October 1981. She completed high school from St. Thomas Girls School in Kidderpore, Kolkata, after which her family moved to Mumbai. Personal life Reema Sen married businessman Shiv Karan Singh in 2012. She gave birth to their son, Rudraveer, on 22 February 2013. Career Film and modelling career In Mumbai, she began her modelling career, appearing in a number of advertising campaigns. She then moved to films and made her acting debut with Telugu film ''Chitram'', in which she acted opposite Uday Kiran, whom she later paired with in ''Manasantha Nuvve''. She also appeared in the Tamil film ''Minnale'' alongside Madhavan, which was very successful. Her first Hindi film ''Hum Ho Gaye Aapke'' flopped, and she decided to continue working in Tamil cinema. Her appearance in the Tamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uday Kiran
Uday Kiran (26 June 1980 – 5 January 2014) was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. His first three films, ''Chitram'' (2000), ''Nuvvu Nenu'' (2001), and ''Manasantha Nuvve'' (2001) were successful at the box office, earning him the title "Hat-trick Hero". The three films, all love stories, earned him a 'lover boy' image in the early 2000s. In 2001, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu for ''Nuvvu Nenu'', and became the youngest winner in the category. Subsequently, he acted in successful romantic films ''Kalusukovalani'' (2002) and ''Nee Sneham'' (2002). He also starred in the films '' Sreeram'' (2002) and '' Aunanna Kaadanna'' (2005). In 2006, he made his Tamil debut with the film '' Poi'', directed by veteran director K. Balachander. Most of his films post-2005 like ''Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta'' (2012), ''Jai Sriram'' (2013) were not commercially successful. Uday Kiran died by suicide at his home in Hyderabad in January 2014. Early life Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundarya
K. S. Sowmya (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Telugu_cinema, Telugu films and has also worked in Kannada, Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema and the most Successful actress after yesteryear's superstar Savitri (actress), Mahanati Savitri. In 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as a producer for the Kannada film ''Dweepa''. She has also received Three Nandi Awards, Two Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress, Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Actress and Six Filmfare Awards South for her performances in films such as ''Ammoru'' (1994), ''Pavitra Bandham'' (1996), ''Anthahpuram'' (1998), ''Raja (1999 Indian film), Raja'' (1999), ''Doni Saagali'' (1998), ''Dweepa'' (2002) and ''Apthamitra'' (2004). Personal life and education Soundarya was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjala Zaveri
Anjala Zaveri (born 20 April 1972) is a British actress who has primarily appeared in Telugu and Hindi language films, as well as few films in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. Personal life Zaveri was born on 20 April 1972 in a Gujarati family in Portsmouth, London. She is married to Tarun Arora. Career Zaveri was selected by Vinod Khanna in a nationwide search in England for the film ''Himalay Putra'', which also marked Vinod's son Akshaye Khanna's film debut. She acted in ''Betaabi''. Zaveri starred in the 1998 blockbuster romantic comedy, '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'', starring Salman Khan and Kajol. In the same year, she starred opposite Chiranjeevi in the Telugu movie, ''Choodalani Vundi''. She was very successful in Tollywood films. She was introduced to Tollywood by Suresh Productions in the movie ''Preminchukundam Raa'' opposite Venkatesh and has shared screen with him again in Devi Putrudu ''Devi Putrudu'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language fantasy-drama film writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
