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Y. Kasi Viswanath
Yanamadala Kasi Viswanath is an Indian actor and film director who works in Telugu cinema. He worked as an assistant director, associate director and co-director for over 25 films. He debuted as a director with the romantic comedy film ''Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu'' (2002) which became a blockbuster at the box office. Then, he directed ''Toli Choopulone'' (2003) which was Nandamuri Kalyan Ram's debut film. Later, he turned an actor with the film ''Nachavule'' (2008) which became his breakthrough role. Since then, he has acted in more than 90 films. Early life He was born in Purushottapatnam, Seethanagaram mandal near Rajahmundry, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his primary education in his native village. From 6th to 12th standard, he studied in Polavaram government high school. He did his B.Com. degree from Raja Mahendravaram. His uncles used to own a film theater. He used to watch films from his childhood. Inspired by the films he used to prepare simple scrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seethanagaram Mandal
Seethanagaram is one of the 19 mandals in East Godavari district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its headquarters are located at Seethanagaram. The mandal is bounded by Devipatnam mandal, Korukonda mandal, Rajahmundry (rural) mandal and a part of it lies on the banks of Godavari River. It is sub urban growth of Rajamahendravaram City. Demographics census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., the mandal had a population of 71,665. The total population constitute, 35,728 males and 35,937 females —a sex ratio of 1006 females per 1000 males. 7,206 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 3,706 are boys and 3,500 are girls —a ratio of 944 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 66.62% with 42,944 literates. Raghudevapuram is the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Productions
Suresh Productions (also known as Suresh Movies, Vijaya Suresh Combines) is an Indian film production and distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is established in 1964 by D. Ramanaidu. It is one of India's largest film production companies with over 50 years of experience. The production house is located in Ramanaidu Studios, Hyderabad. Suresh Productions has produced more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages, majority of them in the Telugu language. The first film produced by the company was ''Ramudu Bheemudu'' with NTR in 1964. Suresh Productions launched the careers of directors such as B. Gopal, Jayanth C. Paranjee, Muppalaneni Shiva, Tirupathi Swamy Thirupathisamy was an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. After making his debut in 1998 with the successful ''Ganesh'', he has gone on to make other box office hits including '' Azad'' and ''Narasimha''. ..., and Uday Shankar and four music directors. Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priyudu
''Priyudu'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Shravan and starring Varun Sandesh and Preetika Rao. Cast *Varun Sandesh as Karthika *Preetika as Madhu Latha *Ranadhir Reddy as Vara Prasad *Kota Srinivasa Rao *Thagubothu Ramesh *Vennela Kishore *Nassar as Karthik's father *Vijay Sai *Ali as Kuphli Baba, Hukka Baba and Pungi Baba *Pragathi * Surekha Vani *Y. Kasi Viswanath as Madhu Latha's father *Shweta Basu Prasad (cameo appearance) Production Varun Sandhesh plays the role of a businessman's son. Amrita Rao's sister, Preetika, is the heroine. Danayya named the film. The film was shot in Hyderabad and a couple songs were shot in Bangkok. Preetika took lessons in Mumbai to learn Telugu. Soundtrack Music by Mohan Jona. Reception Jeevi of ''Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "Priyudu is a better film for Varun Sandesh after ''Kotha Bangaru Lokam''. A critic from ''The Hindu'' wrote that "The story gives out an outdated approach to narration and also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's My Love Story
''It's My Love Story'' is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Madhura Sreedhar Reddy and starring Arvind Krishna (in his lead debut) and newcomer Nikitha Narayan. Author Chetan Bhagat attended the film's premiere. The film released to negative reviews while the songs were praised. Cast * Arvind Krishna as Arjun *Nikitha Narayan as Vandana *Jayasudha as Lakshmi, Vandana's mother *Sarath Babu as Srinivasa Rao, Vandana's father *Pragathi as Arjun's mother * Kasi Vishwanath as Arjun's father *Vennela Kishore as Sujath A., Vandana's gay boss *RJ Ghajini as Peter *Thagubothu Ramesh as Poola Babji, the drunk flower seller *Sundeep Kishan and Shifa Aqil (cameo appearance in the song "Gallate") Soundtrack Songs by Sunil Kashyap. Songs were released on Madhura Audio. *"Gallate" – Pranavi, Sunil Kashyap *"Muppai Sekanley" – Hemachandra, Sunil Kashyap, Pranavi, Nikitha Nigam *"Neeloni Digule" – Pranavi *"Nindaina Nee Chelimi" – Karunya, Pranavi *"Ninnala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandireega
''Kandireega'' () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy action film directed by Santosh Srinivas and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh under Sri Sai Ganesh Productions. The film stars Ram Pothineni, Hansika Motwani, Sonu Sood and Aksha Pardasany with the music scored by S. Thaman. Released on 12 August 2011, the film was a commercial success, grossing 22 crore at the box office. The film was commercially successful, becoming one of the highest grossing Telugu films of that year. It was remade in Bengali as '' Paglu 2'' (2012) and in Hindi as ''Main Tera Hero'' (2014). Plot Sreenu is the son of Vishwanatham. He is a high school drop-out in Anakapalle and wants to marry his uncle's daughter Bujji. She rejects him, stating that he doesn’t have a basic college education. Sreenu, who is clever and street-smart, decides to go to Hyderabad for further education. While travelling in the train, he bashes up a bunch of rowdies teasing college girls. At the college in Hyderabad, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalavar King
''Kalavar King'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Suresh starring Nikhil Siddharth and Shweta Prasad. The film was released on 26 February 2010. The film was remade in Tamil as ''Eththan'' by the same director. It was also remade in Kannada as ''Melkote Manja'' directed by Jaggesh in 2017. Plot Rajesh (Nikhil Siddharth) is a not-so-innocent village boy who wants to make it big in life easily and in the process ends up taking loans from every person in the village. In a parallel track, we have Shruthi (Shweta Prasad) who is being harassed by the local goon Narender ( Ajay) who also happens to be her brother-in-law. Rajesh & Shruthi meet and a couple of misunderstandings lead to Rajesh turning over a new leaf. He then transforms into a successful loan recovery agent and decides to rescue Shruthi from the clutches of her brother-in-law. Eventually, they realize their love for each other before an insipid climax leads to a happy ending for them and the audience! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namo Venkatesa
''Namo Venkatesa'' ( Hail Venkatesa) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by Srinu Vytla from a story written by Gopimohan. Produced by 14 Reels Entertainment and Suresh Productions, it stars Venkatesh and Trisha and Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Subbaraju, Akash, and Ali in supporting roles. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Prasad Murella and editing by M. R. Varma. The film released on 14 January 2010. Plot Venkataramana a.k.a. Venky is a ventriloquist. He is a naive and good adult, and everyone in his association usually likes him. An astrologer named Palasa predicts that if he does not get married in one month, he will be a single man forever. Venky goes to Paris as part of a group to perform for NRIs, where he meets Paris Prasad and his gang. They fool everyone and try to avoid giving them remuneration. Venky manages them and gets his and his troops' payment. Later, Venky meets Pooja, the niece of Prasad, and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling (2010 Film)
''Darling'' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by A. Karunakaran. It is produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad under his studio Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. It turned out to be a ''Hit'' at the box-office and was one of the highest grossing Telugu movies in 2010. Released on 23 April 2010, the film received generally positive reviews and was commercially successful. The film later was remade in Kannada as ''Bulbul'' (2013) starring Darshan and Rachita Ram. Plot This movie starts in the late 1980s when a group of friends celebrate their farewell party. They promise each other to keep in touch. Among them are Hanumanta Rao, who has a son named Prabha, and Vishwanath who has a daughter named Nandini. To reach their professional goals, Vishwanath and Nandini travel to Switzerland, while Hanumanta Rao becomes a criminal lawyer and settles in India. Thus, Prabha and Nan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride (2009 Film)
''Ride'' is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action romance film starring Nani, Aksha Pardasany, Tanish and Shweta Basu Prasad. It was directed by Ramesh Varma and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh. Prominent singer Hemachandra composed the film's music. The film was released on 5 June 2009 and was a Box Office success. Plot Arjun ( Nani), an engineering college student, longs for a bike. However, his father (Ahuti Prasad) does not fulfill his wish. Mahesh (Tanish), hailing from a middle-class family, has two sisters. His father (Y. Kasi Viswanath) is a retired man, and his family survives on his pension. Mahesh wants to help his father and searches for a job. He gets a job in Kapil Chit Funds as a collection agent, but the manager puts a condition that Mahesh should have a two-wheeler. Mahesh's mother (Tulasi) sells off some silver articles, and he purchases a bike to join the job. One day, Mahesh's father suffers a stroke, and Mahesh loses his bike while bringing medicines. Though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sriwass
Sriwass is an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is known for directing comedy and action films like ''Loukyam'' and ''Dictator A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique. The word originated as the title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times ...''. Filmography References {{Authority control Living people Film directors from Hyderabad, India Telugu film directors Nandi Award winners People from Raichur 1973 births Filmfare Awards South winners Indian action choreographers 21st-century Indian film directors Screenwriters from Hyderabad, India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Babu
Ravi Babu is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in the Telugu film industry. He has written and directed 15 films and starred in over 75 films. Career His work earned an invitation to participate in a course at the Sony Institute in San Jose, California. After the course, Babu did a short stint at TV Asia as ENG producer and also doubled up as cameraman and editor. In 1999, he started his own production house, Flying Frogs, initially to produce television commercials, but would later become a feature film production house. Advertising career Babu wrote and directed an advertising campaign with actress Tamannaah for Celkon phones. He also created an advertising campaign for N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the last election. Filmography As director * ''All films are in Telugu except otherwise noted'' As actor Telugu Tamil Kannada References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babu, Ravi Living people Telugu male ... [...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] |
