|
Siva Balaji
Siva Balaji (born as Siva Balaji Manoharan on 14 October 1981) is an Indian actor, television personality, and producer who is known for his works in the Telugu Film Industry. He was introduced as a hero by director Suresh Krissna through the film ''Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story'' (2003). He shot to fame with his performance as a hot blooded youth with gray shades in ''Arya'' (2004). He continued to star in films such as ''Sankranti'' (2005), ''Pote Poni'' (2006), ''Chandamama'' (2007), and ''Shambo Shiva Shambo'' (2010). Siva Balaji is known for appearing in several films as the solo lead, part of multistarrers, and in supporting roles. He won the Copper Nandi Award for his performance in the film ''Pothe Poni''. Siva Balaji is also a television personality. He appeared on the Telugu version of the ''Bigg Boss'' reality show that is broadcast on Star Maa, where he emerged as the title winner of season 1. Early life and family Siva Balaji was born and brought up in Chennai, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ela Cheppanu
''Ela Cheppanu'' (English translation: ''How Should I Say?'') is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language film starring Tharun, Shriya Saran, and Vijayachander. The film was directed by B.V. Ramana. It is the remake of the Bollywood film ''Tum Bin''.https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/ela-cheppanu/telugu/ela-cheppanu-movie-reviews-983-2.html Plot After Amar Varma's (Siva Balaji) accidental death in India, Germany-based Varma Industries is on the verge of collapse. Priya (Shriya Saran), Amar's fiancée, is devastated, Amar's dad (Vijayachander) is in shock and unresponsive towards others while Amar's sister ( Suhani Kalita) and grandmother (Sowcar Janaki) are in mourning. Inspector who is investigating the case is determined to find the person responsible for the accident despite his superiors' indifference towards the case. Months after Amar's death, a highly respected and talented business worker named Sekhar ( Tarun) offers to re-build and restore Varma Industries without any compensat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navdeep
Navdeep Pallapolu (born 26 January 1986) is an Indian actor and television personality who appears in Telugu films along with Tamil films. He made his film debut in 2004 with the patriotic sports drama '' Jai''. He starred in films such as ''Arinthum Ariyamalum'' (2005), ''Gowtam SSC'' (2005), ''Chandamama'' (2007), '' Arya 2'' (2009), '' Baadshah'' (2013), ''Ice Cream'' (2014), ''Dhruva'' (2016), ''Nene Raju Nene Mantri'' (2017), '' Ala Vaikunthapurramloo'' (2020), and '' Run'' (2020). Navdeep is also prominent in the television industry, as he finished in 4th place in the first season of the reality TV show ''Bigg Boss Telugu''. In 2018, he hosted the game show for film and serial celebrities on Star Maa, ''Tollywood Squares''. In 2020, he was a judge on the comedy TV show ''Adhirindi''. Navdeep further starred in web series such as ''Mana Mugguri Love Story'' (2017), ''Gangstars'' (2018), and ''Masti's'' (2020). Film career Navdeep has appeared in both Telugu and Tamil film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi
Pasupuleti Venkata Bangarraju, know professionally as Krishna Vamsi, is an Indian film director, producer and choreographer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Vamsi started his career as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma. He made his directorial debut with the 1995 crime film '' Gulabi'', starring J. D. Chakravarthi. He has received two National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and four Nandi Awards. In 1996, he directed the film '' Ninne Pelladata'', one of the highest grossing Telugu films of the time. He subsequently directed the critically acclaimed crime film, ''Sindhooram'' under his production house ''Andhra Talkies''; both the films won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. In 2002, he ventured into Bollywood with '' Shakti: The Power'', a remake of his own 1998 Telugu cult classic ''Antahpuram''. Personal life Krishna Vamsi is married to Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagale Vennela
''Pagale Vennela'' is a 2007 Telugu movie that is directed by C.V.Reddi. Siva Balaji plays the lead role. The film released on 26 January 2007. Cast * Siva Balaji as Balu * Mythili as Swapna * Jayaprakash Reddy * Sunil * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam * Brahmanandam * Kovai Sarala as Sarala * Tanikella Bharani as Swapna's father * Sana as Swapna's mother * Raghu Babu as Bosubabu * Mallikarjuna Rao * M. S. Narayana * Mada Venkateswara Rao * Venu Madhav * Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao * Apoorva Music Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas Kanneboina Srinavasa Rao Yadav, known professionally as Vandemataram Srinivas, is an Indian music director and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has won two Filmfare Awards and six Nandi Awards. He got the prefix "Va .... References External links * 2007 films 2000s Telugu-language films {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandi Award
The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of the Telugu people. Nandi Awards are presented in four categories: Gold (Swarnam), Silver (Rajatam), Bronze (Kamsyam), and Copper (Raagi). A variant, the Nandi Natakotsavam Awards for Theatre, is also given every year by the government for social, mythological and poetic dramas. History The Government of Andhra Pradesh commissioned the Nandi Film Awards to recognise and commend the best films produced in the Telugu language in Andhra Pradesh from 1964 onwards. The objective of the film awards is to encourage the production of films in the Telugu language with high technical excellence and aesthetic values bearing cultural, educational, and social relevance and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammareddy Bharadwaja
Tammreddy Bharadwaja is an Indian film director and producer who works in Telugu cinema. Bharadwaja directed over 20 films and produced around 10 films in his career. He also served as the president of the APFCC (Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce). He is known for his role as a liaison between Telugu film producers and film workers unions. He is the son of Tammareddy Krishna Murthy, a veteran film producer who received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award. Bharadwaja started his film career as a producer with ''Kothala Rayudu'' (1979). His second film was '' Mogudu Kavali'' (1980). Both of them starred Chiranjeevi and were commercially successful. He later turned a director and made successful films like ''Alajadi'' (1989), ''Pachani Samsaram'' (1993), ''Swarnakka'' (1998). In 2006, he directed ''Pothe Poni'' which won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Gold. Early life Tammreddy Bharadwaja is born in a film family. His father, Tammareddy Krishna Murthy is a film producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annavaram
Annavaram is a temple town on the banks of the Pampa River. It is located in Kakinada district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The village has the temple of Veera Venkata Satyanarayana, a form of Vishnu on the Ratnagiri Hill. Etymology ''Anna'' translates to ''food'' in Telugu, the local language and the place was known for distribution of food, which might have given the settlement its name as Annavaram. Another derivative was from ''Anina varam'', possessing boon from the lord, would have also given the name. Transport National Highway 16 passes through the village. The APSRTC operates bus services from Annavaram bus station. Annavaram railway station is located on the Howrah-Chennai main line. It is classified as a ''B–category'' station in the Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarada Saradaga
''Sarada Saradaga'' ( ''Funny funnily'') is a 2006 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by G.V.Prasad on Damini Entertainments Pvt Ltd banner and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. Starring Rajendra Prasad, Srikanth, Sindhu Tolani, Siva Balaji, Pranathi and music also composed by S.V.Krishna Reddy. Plot The film begins with Raghava (Srikanth) owner of a beauty parlor, who suffers from his lady customers as they are so fascinated by him. To discard them his assistant Ali (Ali) falsifies Raghava as a married person. Once, a charming girl (Sindhu Tolani) acquainted with Raghava whom he too loves. Being incognizant of it, Ali rehashes with her also when disheartened Lavanya leaves him. Nevertheless, Raghava wants her back. During that plight, Balaraju (Rajendra Prasad) the close friend of Raghava plots a by creating a character Maya as Raghava's wife who is a domineering woman and also having illegal affair with a guy Subba Rao. Being aware of it, Lavanya wants to see Maya, so, Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumkuma (film)
''Kumkuma'' is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language family drama film directed by Jyothindranath Vemuri and starring Seema (lead debut), Siva Balaji and newcomer Jayant. Cast * Seema as Madhuri *Siva Balaji as Karthik *Jayant as Vamsi * Ranganath as Jayant's father Soundtrack The music is composed by Ghantadi Krishna. Reception B. Anuradha of ''Rediff.com'' said that "However, he emurideserves some credit -- for attempting a female-centric film in the male-dominated Telegu film industry". Jeevi of ''Idlebrain.com 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 writt ...'' opined that "On a whole, ''Kunkuma'' is a boring and sluggish flick". References {{Reflist 2000s Telugu-language films 2005 drama films 2005 films Indian drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srikanth (Telugu Actor)
Meka Srikanth (born 23 March 1968) is an Indian actor who is known for works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 120 films. The actor has received one state Nandi Awards, Nandi Award, and one Filmfare Award South. He has starred in films like ''Swarabhishekam'', which won the National Film Awards, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for 2004. Srikanth's another film ''Virodhi (2011 film), Virodhi'' premiered at the Indian panorama section, at the 2011 International Film Festival of India. ''Sri Rama Rajyam'' also had a special screening at International Film Festival of India on 28 November 2011. He has also appeared in some other language films including Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films. Early life Srikanth was born on 23 March 1968 in Gangavati, Karnataka, Gangavati of present-day Karnataka, India. His father, Meka Parameswara Rao (19462020), was a wealthy landlord who migrated from Mekavaripalem of Krishna district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daggubati Venkatesh
Daggubati Venkatesh (born 13 December 1960) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few hindi films. Venkatesh debuted with the 1986 film ''Kaliyuga Pandavulu'' for which he won his first Nandi Award. In a career spanning over 35 years, he starred in many successful films and establishing himself as a major actor in Telugu films. Venkatesh won five Nandi Awards for Best Actor and six Filmfare Awards South in various categories. Along with his brother D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh co-owns of Suresh Productions, one of the largest film production companies in India, under which he acted in several films. He is also the mentor of the ''Telugu Warriors'', representing Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in the Celebrity Cricket League. Early life Venkatesh was born on 13 December 1960 in a Telugu family to film producer and former Member of Parliament, D. Ramanaidu and Rajeshwari in Madras (present-day Chennai), India. He has an elder brother Suresh Babu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
