Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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Telugu cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, ...
and journalism. She wrote continuously on The Legends of Indian Cinema (Vendi Tera Nirdeshakulu, వెండి తెర నిర్దేశకులు) for ''Sitara Film Weekly Magazine'', the largest circulated Telugu film weekly in India. She also wrote number of dramas for All India Radio and television channels, for daily serials like ''Pelli Chesukundamra'', for E TV., Vaisaali Serial for
Zee Telugu
Zee Telugu is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 12 September 2004 as ''Alpha Telugu'' and was rebranded as ''Zee Telugu'' on 18 May 2005. The channel is owned by Zee Entertainmen ...
and Gharshna serial for E TV. She was also the winner of Akkineni Abhinandana Award for Best Dialogue Writer of the year 2010 and Super Hit Film Weekly Award Super Hit Film Weekly Magazine, for the blockbuster movie, '' Ye Maaya Chesave''.
Early life
Umarji Anuradha was born to a Marathi-speaking Madhva family. Since her paternal uncle, Kuppu Rao Srinivasa Rao,(Peda Naanna) worked for the railways as station master, she had her schooling in Vijayawada, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh and in Mangalagiri, a small but traditionally religiously popular town in Guntur District known for a Panakala Narasimha swamy temple. While continuing her studies, she also continued her habit of drama writing from school days to post-graduation. She was born to G. Nagarajan and Vemaganti Susheela and grew up for some time with Kuppu Rao Nagubai and Kuppu Rao Srinivasa Rao, a railway station master. She was born in the midst of a well-educated, sensible family with a literary background, and started writing from her childhood. Her mother Vemaganti Suseela was also a writer and an Artist of All India Radio Madras. She served as English teacher in the 'Kendriya Vidyalaya' a Central School, Government of India, in Chennai. She has an excellent track record of writing talent and literary taste.
Career
Journalism
She started her career as a contributor for Eenadu News Daily in Chennai along with her husband, PhD., Research Scholar K.V. Sridhar Kumar, who worked as a photo journalist for Eenadu. Later he joined with film director Padma Shri P. Bharathi Raja, for learning and understanding the job of Film Direction. He was awarded Doctorate, for his out standing PhD Research work by the Governor of Tamil Nadu, in Chennai 2005. Later Dr. K.V. Sridhar Kumar changed his name as Gautham Kashyap for the Screen. Umarji Anuradha was recognized as the first woman staff reporter for Eenadu News Daily. She worked as an in-charge for the Eenadu Tamil Nadu edition. Later, since her husband Gautham Kashyap ( Dr. K.V. Sridhar Kumar) was absorbed as Film Script writer in Ramoji Film City, for Usha kiran Movies Films Division, she was transferred to Hyderabad. Umarji Anuradha wrote many articles, columns, features on various film personalities for Eenadu Cinema Page and Sitara Film Magazine on the name of Umarji Kumaran Kumaran is another pen name of Dr. K.V. Sridhar Kumar. Later she was promoted as desk in charge for Maharashtra Desk. She went on a special assignment to establish Mumbai Eenadu. She supervised the starting ceremony of Eenadu Mumbai Edition. She worked for
Eenadu
''Eenadu'' () is the largest circulated Telugu-language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Films
Umarji Anuradha debuted with writing a script for '' Ye Maaya Chesave'' directed by
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi films th ...
, with music by A.R. Rahman. The dialogues in the movie were so phenomenally popular that the name of this movie was referred to very often with her original name. Abhinandana Awards.
She has written four T.V. serials. Then she was introduced to the film field by
Manjula Ghattamaneni
Manjula Swarup ( née Ghattamaneni; born 8 November 1970) is an Indian film producer and actress known for her work in Telugu Cinema. Born to prominent Telugu actor Krishna, she began her acting career by doing a cameo role in the 1999 film ''R ...
, the daughter of famous Telugu hero Ghattamaneni Krishna and sister of famous Telugu hero Mahesh Babu The meaning of this super hit feature film ''Ye Maaya Chesave'', is 'What magic have you done?'. It is a 2010 Telugu-language romantic drama film story written by Gautham Menon, dialogues by Umarji Anuradha and directed by Gautham Menon. The music is by A.R. Rahman The film stars Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles. It was produced by Manjula Ghattamaneni under the banner Indira Productions. Other credits include cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa, dialogues by Umarji Anuradha and editing by Anthony Gonsalves. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as '' Ye Maaya Chesave'' and Tamil as ''
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, starring Silambarasan and Trisha. Jointly produced Elred Kumar, Jayaraman, VTV Ganesh and P. Madan under the ban ...
'' with a different cast and climax. The television rights were sold to Zee Telugu. The particular highlight of the movie is the climax part of it. ''Ye Maya Chesave'' became a super hit in Telugu language because of its very sensible dialogues with a positive climax. This film attracted the youth to movie theaters. This is the first super hit box office film for hero Naga Chaithnya and for the heroine Samantha Ruth Prabhu With this film, Umarji Anuradha could get attention from the film industry and immediately she got two more offers like ''
Gaganam
''Payanam'' () is a 2011 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. It is simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled ''Gaganam'' (). The plot of the film is based on a flight hijacking incident. ...
'', Hero
Nagarjuna
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directed by famous director
Radha Mohan
Radha Mohan is an Indian film director of the South Indian film industry. He is known for his work in the films '' Mozhi'' (2007), '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), '' Payanam'' (2011) and ''Kaatrin Mozhi'' (2018).
Career
Radha Mohan began work o ...
, and ''
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Nithya Menon
Nithya Menen (born 8 April 1988) is an Indian actress and singer who has acted in more than 50 feature films and in six different languages: Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, English, and Telugu.In her acting career, Nithya has won three Film ...
, directed by Jayendran. '' Maro Charithra'' (in Telugu language it means "Another History"): Though ''Maro Charithra'' released later, this film started prior to '' Ye Maya Chesave''. This was directed by Ravi Yadav (cinematographer of Hindi film ''Race''), produced by famous producer
Dil Raju
Velamakucha Venkata Ramana Reddy (born 17 December 1970), known professionally as Dil Raju, is an Indian film producer and distributor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also financed some Tamil and Hindi films and owns the productio ...
. ''
Gaganam
''Payanam'' () is a 2011 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. It is simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages, the latter titled ''Gaganam'' (). The plot of the film is based on a flight hijacking incident. ...
'' (In Telugu language Gaganam means The Sky) was directed by
Radha Mohan
Radha Mohan is an Indian film director of the South Indian film industry. He is known for his work in the films '' Mozhi'' (2007), '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), '' Payanam'' (2011) and ''Kaatrin Mozhi'' (2018).
Career
Radha Mohan began work o ...
, (Aakasham).
Personal life
Umarji Anuradha, at her 23 years old, (1993) she married her senior, Dr Kavuri Venkata Shridhar Kumar, screen name Gautham Kashyap, a writer, poet and mimicry artist. He did PhD on The Aesthetic Methodology of Film Story, Screenplay and Direction under the guidance of Prof L.B. Sankara Rao, Presidency college and under the guidance of Director Padma Shri P. Bharathi Raja and Director Padma Shri K. Viswanath. Their marriage was performed in Tirumala Tirupati Hills on 13 August 1993 by Telugu film lyricist Sirivennela Sitarama Sasthry. The couple has one son, Naahushi Kavuri, (born 1997 March, 1st). Sridhar Kumar worked as a part-time tutor at Presidency College. Later in 1998 he joined and worked at Ramoji Film City for Ushakiron Movies Film Story Department as film story, script writer. Now they live in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Writing style
Umarji Anuradha has adopted a very common style of language and slang. She did intensive research on Telugu-speaking Malayalis Style, and Christian families' traditions in Kerala. Critiques acclaimed that the dialogues of the film were short and sweet.