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Vennela
''Vennela'' ( en, Moonlight) is a 2005 Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Deva Katta, starring Raja and Parvati Melton as well as Sharwanand and Ravi Varma. ''Vennela'' was well received among the young, urban audiences and south Indian students in USA mostly from Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, India. 90% of the film was shot in Michigan, United States. The American university setting was shot at Wayne State University main campus in Detroit and Oakland University in Rochester. Only 10% of the film was shot at City College Hyderabad. The film grossed 5.3 crore at the box office. The film has a sequel '' Vennela 1½'' (2012) made by Vennela Kishore. Plot Pavani ( Parvati Melton) is an independent woman, who wants to pursue higher education in USA. She has been in a committed relationship with Ritesh ( Sharvanand), her classmate and son of a millionaire. Ritesh was an intelligent and popular guy in college. He draws hostility, jealousy, and enmity with his co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vennela 1½
''Vennela '' ( te, వెన్నెల ) is a 2012 Telugu film directed by Vennela Kishore and produced by Vasu & Varma on GR8 Films banner. It is a sequel to the critically acclaimed 2005 Telugu film ''Vennela'' by Deva Katta. It stars Chaitanya Krishna, Monal Gajjar, Bramhanandam & Vennela Kishore in the lead. Sunil Kashyap provided the music while Suresh Bhargav handled the cinematography. It was released on 21 September 2012. Plot The story is set in Bangkok. Krishna is a happy go lucky man who falls for Vennela in first sight. However, he learns that she was engaged to someone else, but tries his luck. Vennela too loves him, but realizes that he is a fraud. Rest of the story is about how they work out their differences. Cast * Chaitanya Krishna as Krishna Krishna * Monal Gajjar as Vennela * Bramhanandam as Papachand * Vennela Kishore as Khadar Basha * Sravan as Sravan * Madhu as Sunil * Harish as Yuvak * Raghu Babu Production While shooting for ''Orange'' (2010) in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vennela Kishore
Bokkala Kishore Kumar (born 19 September 1977), known professionally as Vennela Kishore, is an Indian actor and director who works in Telugu-language films. Known for his comic roles, he was given the moniker "Vennela" after his first feature film ''Vennela'' (2005). He is a recipient of two Nandi Awards, two SIIMA Awards and one IIFA Utsavam Award. Early life Kishore was born and brought up in Kamareddy of present-day Telangana. He moved to Hyderabad for graduation and then emigrated to the US for higher studies. Kishore completed his master's degree in Ferris State University, Michigan and started as a software engineer. Career During his stay in the U.S., Kishore got an opportunity to work in Deva Katta's directorial ''Vennela'' (2005) which marked his entry to the film industry. Kishore received appreciation for his role "Akella Vigneswara Rao" in the film '' DJ''. His other performances include '' Bindaas'', ''Pilla Zamindar'', ''Daruvu'', ''Sarkaru Vaari Paata'', '' Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Varma (actor)
Ravi Varma (born 29 September 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu language, Telugu films. Known for playing supporting roles, Varma debuted as an actor with Telugu cinema, Telugu romantic comedy film, ''Vennela'', written and directed by Deva Katta, starring Raja Abel, Raja and Parvati Melton as well as Sharwanand., which released in the year 2005. Early life and career Varma was born in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India and brought up in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, since 2 years of age. After high school, he studied engineering at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology in Hyderabad and went to New York City to finish his master's degree and found a job at Rediff. Varma enrolled in a 3-month course at New York Film Academy. Later, he was offered the role of Syed in ''Vennela'' in 2005. He debuted in Tamil with ''Sathya (2017 Tamil film), Sathya'', which was a remake of ''Kshanam''. Filmography * ''Vennela'' (2005) * ''Rakhi (2006 film), Rakhi'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deva Katta
Deva Katta is an Indian American film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed cult classic Telugu movies such as ''Vennela'' (2005), ''Prasthanam'' (2010), ''Autonagar Surya'' (2014) and ''Republic (film)'' (2021). In 2010, ''Prasthanam'' was showcased in the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival of India. The film also won two Filmfare awards including Filmfare South Critics Award for Best film and Nandi Award for Best Feature Film in 2010. Early life Katta is a naturalized American citizen. Career Katta holds a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He worked as a vehicle crashworthiness expert at General Motors. He graduated from film school before making a digital documentary film about Indian students in the United States, which was titled ''Valasa''. He then debuted as a successful writer and director with the romantic comedy flick ''Vennela'', portraying Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parvati Melton
Parvati Melton (born January 7, 1988) is an American model turned actress of Indian and German descent known for her works in Telugu and Malayalam language films. She acted with Raja in the film ''Vennela'', which turned out to be a success. She acted in the Blockbuster Malayalam film '' Hallo'' with Mohanlal. She again shot to fame with item song "''Poovai Poovai''" in Telugu movie ''Dookudu'' opposite Mahesh Babu. Biography Parvati was born in New Jersey to a German father Sham Melton and an Indian Punjabi mother Darika Preet. She has one younger sister Ariana Sitara Melton. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She graduated from Emeryville High School and attended Vista Community College in Berkeley, California. She took part in several beauty pageants and won the Miss Teen India Bay Area pageant in 2004 and the Miss India Le Visage USA pageant in 2005. While still studying in Vista College, she was offered the lead role in the Telugu film ''Vennela ''Vennela'' ( en, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Ekambaram
Devan Ekambaram (born 25 December 1975) is an Indian American film playback singer, actor and composer. He began his career as a playback singer in Tamil films and later branched out to many other south Indian languages as well like Telugu, Kannada and has sung for over 500 films. Education Devan pursued his higher school studies at the Freehold Township High School, New Jersey. He enrolled and dropped out of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in his second year. Playback singing career Devan began his singing career in the year 1999, when he received an unexpected call from Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman's assistants for a voice audition. He then, went on to record his maiden song "O Maria" for the film ''Kadhalar Dhinam'' along with Yugendran. The song proved to be a hit among all sections and thereafter he received several offers from many other Southern music directors. Devan's second huge hit came in his short piece me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Abel
Raja is an Indian actor working predominantly in Telugu films. He is best known for playing the title role in the Telugu movie '' Anand''. He debuted in 2002, playing a small role in the romantic comedy ''O Chinadana''. Since entering the industry, he has appeared in films like '' Anand'', ''Aa Naluguru'', ''Vennela'', and ''Style''. Personal life Raja was born as Raja Abel in Visakhapatnam. He was born to a British Mother and Telugu father. He canvased in support of YSRCP in the Indian elections of 2014. Raja has quit film industry and is currently serving as a pastor in 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 .... He married Amritha in 2014 and they have a daughter named Leora. Raja is a Christian and has been invited to several Christian meetings as a gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharwanand
Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film ''Aidho Tareekhu.'' For ''Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011), he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut - Tamil, he has also won Nandi Special Jury Award for ''Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju'' (2015). Sharwanand initially acted in films including ''Prasthanam'', ''Engeyum Eppodhum,'' ''Run Raja Run'' and ''Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju''. He then starred in several films including ''Express Raja'', ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' and ''Mahanubhavudu''. Early life Sharwanand Myneni was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and brought up in Hyderabad, Telangana. He has done his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School and completed his Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad. During his college days, Sharwanand was selected as "The Hindu's Best New Face". Sharwanand is also a trained dancer and ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharvanand
Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film ''Aidho Tareekhu.'' For ''Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011), he received SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut - Tamil, he has also won Nandi Special Jury Award for ''Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju'' (2015). Sharwanand initially acted in films including '' Prasthanam'', ''Engeyum Eppodhum,'' ''Run Raja Run'' and ''Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju''. He then starred in several films including ''Express Raja'', ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' and ''Mahanubhavudu''. Early life Sharwanand Myneni was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and brought up in Hyderabad, Telangana. He has done his schooling from The Hyderabad Public School and completed his Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from Wesley Degree College, Secunderabad. During his college days, Sharwanand was selected as "The Hindu's Best New Face". Sharwanand is also a trained dancer and v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tippu (singer)
Ekambaresh Lakshmi Narayanan, better known by his stage name Tippu (born 1 November 1978) is an Indian playback singer who has performed over 4000 songs in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu languages. Biography Tippu has sung over 4000 songs in various languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He has sung many hit songs in his career. He has lent his voice for the films starring South Indian super stars like Dr. Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. He has sung for many stars in South India, but it is his combination with Kannada super star Puneeth Rajkumar that has struck a chord with the audience. This combination has given many hit songs to the industry. The songs 'Shiva antha hoguthidde' from ''Jackie'', 'Yaavanig gothu' from ''Paramaathma'', 'Hey hey Paaru' from ''Raaj'', 'Hejjegondu hejje' from ''Prithvi'', and 'Ley Ley' from ''Raam'' have all been major hits. His combination with the music director V. Harikrishna is very popular. They have delivered hit songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Shankar
Mahesh Shankar is an Indian Music Director. He is also the Chief Technology Officer at Influx, and was responsible for creating Fandromeda, a fantasy sports site which offers games for cricket, football, kabaddi and more. Compositions * ''Mugangal'' 2002 Tamil Music album * ''Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry'' (2003) * '' Flavors'' (2004) * ''Vennela'' (2005) * '' Prayanam'' (2009) * '' Inkosaari'' (2010) * ''Prasthanam'' (2010) * ''Vareva '' (2011) * ''Poga'' (2012) * ''Bangaru Kodipetta'' (2013) * ''D for Dopidi ''D for Dopidi'' () is a 2013 Telugu-language heist comedy film directed by Siraj Kalla, starring Varun Sandesh, Sundeep Kishan, Naveen Polishetty, Rakesh and Melanie Kannokada. It was co-produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. and Telug ...'' (2013) * '' Manamantha'' (2016) * '' Endukila'' Web Series (2017) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayanam (2009 Film)
''Prayanam'' (English: ''Travel'') is a 2009 Telugu film starring Manoj Manchu in the lead role; Payal Ghosh is female lead. The film was written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by ''Seeta Yeleti''. The movie received positive reviews. The story is said revolve around Manoj and Payal Ghosh in an airport. It was considered as a "below average" by box office India, Plot This is a story of a boy and girl who meet for the first time in an airport and fall in love before they board their flights. Dhruv is the boy and Harika is the girl. They are distinctive individuals. Dhruv is a kind of boy who loves to take chances in life. Harika is one who likes to make right choices in life. She is doing a Masters in Lifestyles Design Academy in Malaysia. Right now she is on her way to India to meet a prospective groom whom her parents have chosen for her. Dhruv falls in love at first sight with Harika when he sees her at the airport. But he has only two hours to make her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |