Nanna or Nana was a popular

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show. The show aired on

Gemini TV Gemini TV is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel. It was launched on 9 February 1995 by Gemini Group, owned by A. Manohar Prasad (grandson of L. V. Prasad), in association with Sun TV Network. In 1996-97, Sun ...

from 5 April 2004 as a bi-weekly serial on Monday and Tuesday at 9pm and later shifting to Saturday and Sunday 7pm, ending on 23 January 2005 with 86 episodes. The serial was based on a novel by

Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy (born 13 November 1949 in Vijayawada) is a Telugu writer known for writing thriller plots. Writings Murthy wrote many novels and short stories. The film ''Jyothi Lakshmi'' (2015) is based on one of his novels, ...

which was earlier made into a feature film. The serial won the ''Best T.V. Serial - 2004''

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 ...

Production

The show was produced by Venkat Dega and Ganga Raju Gunnam, with the company Just Yellow Media, and directed by Muralikrishna Mudidhani. The script was written by Aasam Srinivas, based on a novel by

. The show's music was composed by Kalyani Mallik. This show again replay in Maa tv at 11:30 A.M.

Cast

Nutan Prasad Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film ...

as a Kakarla Dasaratha Ramayya *Master Vamsi Mohan as Siddhart “Siddu” *Naveen as Kakarla Sambasivarao “Sambudu” *Anitha Chowdary as Julie/Sarada *

Preeti Amin Preeti, also: Preety, Preity, Priti, or Prethy, is a female given name in India. Etymology The name Preeti is derived from the Sanskrit word " प्रीति" (prīti), meaning "pleasure", "joy", "kindness", "favor", "grace", "love", from ...

/Swathi as Kavitha (Sambasiva's wife) *Raghunatha Reddy as Kakarla Dasaratharamayya’s best friend. *

Sivannarayana Naripeddi Sivannarayana Naripeddi is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films and television. He is best known for his role as 'Appaji' in the popular Telugu TV sitcom '' Amrutham'' (20012007). He won the Nandi Award for Best Comedian for A''mmamma.com ...

as Panchaksharam (Sambasivarao's best friend) * Ragini as Suguna *Chitralekha as Nandini * Bharani Shankar as Bharani *

Vasu Inturi Inturi Srinivasa Rao, better known as Vasu Inturi, is an Indian actor and writer who works in Telugu films and television. He is known for the role of Sarvam in the TV sitcom ''Amrutham'', which won him Nandi TV Award for Best Comedian in 2 ...

as S.I. Anki Reddy

Awards

References

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