Aadi Lakshmi
''Aadi Lakshmi'' is a 2006 Indian Telugu language romantic thriller film directed by R. V. Suresh and starring Srikanth, Vadde Naveen and Sridevi. The film was released on 8 December 2006. Cast * Srikanth as Aadi / Shankar * Vadde Naveen as Lakshmi Prasad * Sridevi as Surekha * Poornima as Poornima * Babloo Prithiveeraj * Sudha as Lakshmi Prasad * Nutan Prasad as Judge * Mallikarjuna Rao as Malli * Naramalli Sivaprasad * Sivaji Raja as police inspector * Ali * Uttej as police constable * Abhinayasri as police inspector * Jenny as doctor * Vijaya Ranga Raju as doctor * Raghunatha Reddy * Kadambari Kiran * Sana * Raghu Babu * Chittajalu Lakshmipati * Chakri (Cameo appearance) Production The film is directed by R. V. Suresh, who previously directed ''Sivayya'' and ''Manasichi Choodu'' with Vadde Naveen under the name of Suresh Varma. The film includes portions shot at the hospital set in Nanakramguda Cine Village, Hyderabad; and the climax was shot at the Stock Market i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marudhuri Raja
Marudhuri Raja is a Telugu film writer, and director. He worked as a dialogue writer for more than 200 films. He worked with noted Telugu film directors like E. V. V. Satyanarayana, S. V. Krishna Reddy, K. Raghavendra Rao. His elder brother M. V. S. Haranatha Rao is a film and stage writer. He also directed some films. Personal life Raja was born in Guntur and studied in Ongole. One of five siblings, his elder brother, M. V. S. Haranatha Rao, was a noted film and stage writer and artist. Their father was a clerk and their mother was a musician. Raja wrote, directed and acted in stage plays since child hood. Before entering into the film industry he wrote 18 stage plays. Career Raja made his debut as a dialogue writer with the film ''Navabharatam''. He got many opportunities later with noted directors including E. V. V. Satyanarayana, S. V. Krishna Reddy, and K. Raghavendra Rao. Filmography *Ontari Poratam * Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu *Subhakankshalu * Sisindri * Egire Pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abhinayasri
Abhinayashree is an evicted contestant on ''Bigg Boss (Telugu season 6)''. Career Her first major role came in Siddique's 2001 Tamil comedy '' Friends'', which featured her alongside Vijay and Suriya. She received a breakthrough in her career after featuring alongside Allu Arjun in the 2004 Telugu film ''Arya'' in an item number for the song "Aa Ante Amalapuram". The success led to further offers for the actress in similar roles. She played her first lead role in the 2005 Telugu comedy ''Hungama'' appearing alongside Ali and Venu Madhav and signed on to shoot for thirty days after the director Krishna Reddy convinced her with the role. The actress won the Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian for her role in ''Paisalo Paramatma'', her biggest recognition til date. After appearing in a full-fledged supporting role in the 2007 Telugu film ''Adivaram Adavallaku Selavu'', Abhinayashree opted against appearing in any more item numbers, but soon went back on her decision explaini ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deewangee
''Deewangee'' () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Nitin Manmohan. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna and Urmila Matondkar. The music was composed by Ismail Darbar, with lyrics by Salim Bijnori and Nusrat Badr. This was Devgn's first antagonist role and he won the Filmfare Best Villain Award. It is an adaptation of ''Primal Fear'' (1996) by Gregory Hoblit which was based on William Diehl's novel of the same name. Released on the eve of Diwali the film was a commercial success.It was remade in Tamil as '' Kadhal Kirukkan'' in 2003. Plot Raj Goyal (Akshaye Khanna), a young and successful criminal lawyer, famous for never having lost a case, is introduced to popular singer Sargam (Urmila Matondkar) by music magnate Ashwin Mehta ( Vijayendra Ghatge). The following day, Ashwin is brutally murdered in his own house. The murderer, Tarang Bharadwaj (Ajay Devgn), who is Sargam's childhood friend and music ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vedala Hemachandra
Vedala Hemachandra is a Telugu Independent Artist, playback singer, and music director who works in the Telugu film industry. Personal life Hemachandra is born on June 2, 1988. Hemachandra's mother Sasikala Swamy Vedala is a singer and music teacher, father Swamy Vedala is an advocate. Hemachandra has a sister Himabindu, she is a playback singer and music teacher.Hemachandra married singer Sravana Bhargavi on 14 February 2013. They have a daughter named Shikhara Chandrika, who was born on 2 July 2016. Hemachandra started his own YouTube channel in the year 2017. Hemachandra composes independent music as Hemachandra originals for his own YouTube channel. He sung the jingle A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. Jingles are a form of sound branding. A jingle contains one or more hooks and meaning that explicitly promote the product or service being advertised, usually ... "Hook Aipodam" along with Sahithi Chaganti, in September ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two BFJA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as one of the leading playback singers of Indian cinema. Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four. At the age of six, she started her formal training in classical music. When she reached sixteen, she was noticed by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother after she won the television singing reality show ''Sa Re Ga Ma''. Following the success, she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with Bhansali's romantic drama '' Devdas'' (2002) for which she received a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suchitra
Suchitra Ramadurai, known by the mononym Suchitra, is an Indian radio jockey, popular playback singer, songwriter, composer, voice artist, dubbing artist and film actress. She has sung in multiple languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu. Early life Suchitra was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, as the daughter of Ramadurai and Padmaja. She has a sister named, Sunitha. Suchitra is a BSc graduate from Mar Ivanios College (Trivandrum). Later on she moved to Coimbatore for her MBA from PSG Institute of Management. She was part of a music band at PSG. Career Suchitra joined Sify for a year, after graduating. She responded to an ad for the post of an RJ in Radio Mirchi. She became known as Rj Suchi, with her popular morning show ''Hello Chennai''. Her distinct and bold voice made her very popular with the younger crowd. She still does a radio show called ''Flight983'' on Radio Mirchi, on Sunday evenings (7–9 pm). The show deals with interesting international ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ranjith (singer)
Ranjith K. Govind (born 21 February 1977), also known as K.G. Ranjith, is an Indian playback singer, working in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries and has sung more than 2500 songs. Early life Ranjith was born in Chennai, India into a Malayali family, hailing from Kalluvazhi, Kerala. He grew up listening to various kinds of music. He used to stay in a locality where there were many Keralites, and had a chance to participate in the local programs there. Later, a family friend suggested that he be trained in classical music. He learned Hindustani music and Carnatic music. He was trained by Vidwan Cuddalore Subramanian, K. S. Kanakasingam, Trichur P. Ramankutty and P. S. Narayana Swamy. He became popular when he won the Sun TV Saptha Swarangal singing contest in 2001. He is married to a trained Bharata Naatiyam dancer, Reshmi Menon. He has a daughter and a son. Career Mani Sharma introduced Ranjith as a playback singer, calling him to sing the song "Adugu A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sivayya (1998 Film)
''Sivayya'' () is a 1998 Indian Telugu action drama film directed by Suresh Varma. The film stars Rajasekhar, Sanghavi, Monica Bedi and Srihari. The film was released on 27 March 1998. It was later dubbed in Tamil as ''Thalaiva''. It was also remade in Hindi as ''Aaghaaz''. In Kannada as Dandanayaka Starring Devaraj. Plot A villager, Sivayya goes to the city for the sake of his sister's education. The friendly neighborhood sweet shop owner has a daughter Sirisha, who promptly falls in love with Sivayya impressed by our hero's muscular features. Now the local market is under the control of the evil Jyothi and his equally evil brother Poorna. Sivayya clashes with them and attempts to terminate their terror. But thanks to a backstabbing friend, his cause is doubted. And in the midst of much mindless violence, which leaves our Sivayya half-dead, his sister is raped by these rowdies. Roja is a police inspector who previously had an affair with Sivayya's. Sivayya married his father' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cameo Appearance
A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as Alfred Hitchcock's frequent cameos. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the literal meaning of " cameo", a miniature carving on a gemstone. Mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chakri (composer)
Gilla Chakradhar (15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014), known professionally as Chakri, was an Indian music composer and singer who worked in Telugu cinema. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for '' Satyam'' (2003) & Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Simha (2010). Early life Gilla Chakradhar was born on 15 June 1974 in Kambalapalli, a village of the Mahabubabad district, Telangana. Career Chakri is known for composing music. He has been a part of around 85 movies. He started his career as a music director with the Movie ''Bachi'' directed by Puri Jagannadh. He won the best singer award for ''Satyam'' in the Tollywood Filmfare Awards and a Nandi Award for ''Simha''. He created many musical hits for Ravi Teja and director Puri Jagannadh Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the Tel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chittajalu Lakshmipati
Chittajalu Lakshmipati, known mononymously as Lakshmipati, was an Indian actor and writer who predominantly appeared in Telugu films, acting in over 70 of them. He was the elder brother of Sobhan, who directed the film '' Varsham''. He died a few days after his brother's death. Career Lakshmipati started as a writer and no time he started hosting shows like the well known sensational show called ''Huss Gup Chup'' as Gireesam Master and he worked as writer for Krishna Vamsi's '' Chandralekha'' and he is a well known comedian to Telugu film lovers. He was first seen in Chiranjeevi's ''Choodalani Vundi''. He got a break as an actor with EVV's film '' Allari'' and he first played a negative role in Mahesh Babu's '' Bobby'', directed by his brother Sobhan. He also played significant roles in ''Andhrudu'', ''Pedababu'' and ''Kithakithalu''. Death Lakshmipati died of a heart attack on 7 February 2008. Filmography # ''Pelli Peetalu'' (1998) # '' Murari'' (2001) # '' Jayam'' (2002) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raghu Babu
Yerra Raghu, known professionally as Raghu Babu, is a Telugu comedian well known for his comic expressions and timing. He has worked in many successful films in Telugu industry. He is the eldest son of famous comedian and character actor Giri Babu. His native place is Ravinuthala. He got married in 1988. He played a crucial role in comedy part in movies, establishing himself as the director's pick in several Telugu films. He is a Nandi Award nominee for a Telugu film. Filmography # ''Dongalu Unnaru Jagratha'' (1990) # '' Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam'' (1992) # '' Uzhiyan'' (1994; Tamil) as Subramani's henchman # '' Murari'' (2001) as Erra Babu # '' Neetho Cheppalani'' (2002) # '' Aadi'' (2002) # ''Bharata Simha Reddy'' (2002) # ''Chennakesava Reddy'' (2002) as Venkat Reddy's son # '' Gemeni'' (2002) # '' Khadgam'' (2002) # '' Anveshana'' (2002) # ''Dhanush'' (2003) # '' Kabaddi Kabaddi'' (2003) # ''Golmaal'' (2003) # '' Raghavendra'' (2003) # '' Dil'' (2003) # '' Kalyana Ramudu'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |