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Surya (Telugu Actor)
Surya Kumar Bhagawan Das (born 27 July 1957), known mononymously as Surya, is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. Surya started his film career as an actor in '' Vikram'' (1986). He has been awarded four Nandi awards in his acting career spanning thirty-five years, two for TV performances as best villain (''Preminchu'', ''Premalo Jeevinchu'') and best supporting actor (''Janani Janmabhoomi'') and two for film performances in films '' Sindhooram and Show''. In ''Show'', he played the male lead opposite Manjula. This performance brought him a special jury Nandi award in 2001. Surya has acted in more than 600 films and television episodes till date. Early life Surya's father Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Bhagawan Das and mother Prabhavathi and the family moved to Hyderabad and started a school called 'Trinity Public School'. He was a teacher for 28 years and for several years his teaching and acting jobs ran concurrently. He joined the second batch of Students from Madhu F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Pune district, and of Pune division. In terms of the total amount of land under its jurisdiction, Pune is the largest city in Maharashtra, with a geographical area of 516.18 sq km, though List of cities in India by population, by population it comes in a distant second to Mumbai. According to the 2011 Census of India, Pune has 7.2 million residents in the metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, seventh-most populous metropolitan area in India. The city of Pune is part of Pune Metropolitan Region. Pune is one of the largest IT hubs in India. It is also one of the most important Automotive industry in India, automobile and Manufacturing in India, manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaganaga Oka Ammai
''Anaganaga Oka Ammai'' () (also known as ''Anaganana O Ammai'') is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Ramesh Sarangan and starring Srikanth, Soundarya, Abbas and Poonam Singar. The film was a box office failure with the producer going into debt. Cast * Srikanth as Vishnu *Soundarya as Sandhya *Abbas as Satya * Poonam Singar as Priya *Raghuvaran as Bhavani Prasad *Annapurna as Annapurna * Chandramohan *Brahmanandam *M. S. Narayana *Ali as Vishnu's friend * Rallapalli *Gautam Raju *Sivaji Raja as Vishnu's friend *Sudha *Subbaraya Sharma *Bandla Ganesh as Vishnu's friend *Surya * Dilip Kumar Salvadi as Tea shop boy Soundtrack Songs composed by Mani Sharma. *"Swathi Chinuka" – Udit Narayan, Sujatha *"Ulle Ulle Uyyalale" – S.P. Balasubrahmanyam *"Kakinada College" – S.P.Balasubrahmanyam *"Nena Nuvve Nena" – S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha *"Too Much Too Much" – Devi Sri Prasad, chorus Reception Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' opined that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemeni (film)
''Gemeni'' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Saran and produced by M. Saravanan via AVM Productions. It stars Venkatesh and Namitha, with Kalabhavan Mani and Murali, who reprising their roles from the original Tamil film. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Gemini'', released the same year. The film's title was spelt ''Gemeni'' to differentiate from the original Tamil version. Plot Gemeni and Ladda, are two contemporary gangsters in Vijayawada. Gemeni's friend is murdered by Ladda's friend. Then Gemeni and his gang search for the person who murdered his friend and kills him. This incident marks the start of their rivalry. Meanwhile, Gemeni meets Manisha Natwarlal and falls in love with her. To gain her affections, he goes to study in an evening college as her classmate, and eventually, she too falls in love with him. Gemeni and Ladda clash again for a market holdout. Using his brilliant tactics, Gemeni foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neetho Cheppalani
''Neetho Cheppalani'' () is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by and starring Akash and newcomer Anupriya. Plot Friends Balu and Aishwarya are in love but are unable to express their love towards each other in words. Balu is engaged to Ramya. How Balu and Aisharya reunite forms the rest of the story. Cast Soundtrack The music is composed by Koti. The song "Meghala Aakashame" is based on "Jeeta Tha Jiske Liye" from '' Dilwale'' (1994). A ballad song was filmed with Giribabu, M. S. Narayana, Sudhakar, Krishnaveni, and Telangana Sakunthala. Reception A critic from '' Idlebrain.com'' rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that "This film is one of the best examples of bad direction and screenplay in the recent films I have seen. The screenplay of the film makes you squirm with grudge in your seat. The direction is very amateurish". A critic from ''The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandravamsam
''Chandravamsam'' () is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language family drama film directed by V. Umakant. The film features an ensemble cast starring Krishna, Suman, Naresh, Sivaji, Rohit, Jayaprada, Radhika Varma, Rupa, Sridevi, Eepshitha and Saipriya. ''Chandravamsam'' is a remake of the Kannada film '' Habba'' (1999), which itself is based on the Pandavas and the Virata Parvam from the Mahabharata. The film was released to negative reviews with Krishna's performance considered as the film's saving grace. The film was a box office failure. Plot Four of the five brothers are married. When Krishna, the youngest brother falls in love with Priya, the brothers make sure she doesn't get married since she is their sister and their dead father was to give his property to her kids. Cast Production Kannada director V. Umakant made his Telugu debut with this film. The five brother characters are a modern take on the Pandavas with Krishna, Suman and Rohit's characters based on D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premaku Swagatam
''Premaku Swagatam'' ( ''Welcome to love'') is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romance film, directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy and starring J. D. Chakravarthy and Soundarya. Plot Lahari ( Soundarya), daughter of a millionaire, Mahendra (Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...) falls in love with her car driver Balaji ( J. D. Chakravarthy). Lahari announces her love for Balaji at her birthday party. Mahendra and Balaji don't want her to marry Balaji as he is poor. They agree that Lahari will stay with his big family in Balaji's small house. Mahendra learns that Balaji also loves Lahari but refuses because he is poor. Finally, Balaji agrees to marry Lahari. Cast Soundtrack Reception '' Idlebrain.com'' gave the film two stars out of five and wrote "This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raa (film)
''Raa...'' () is a 2001 Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Upendra and Priyanka Trivedi in the lead roles. The film was directed by K. S. Nageswara Rao, produced by Nallamalupu Bujji and has music composed by Gurukiran. Cast Soundtrack The film's soundtrack has 5 songs composed by Gurukiran. * "Pelladuta Rave" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam * "Yemito Yekkado" – Sukhwinder Singh * "Antaru Antha Nannu" - * "Raa Moham Dwesham" - * "Ready 1234" – Udit Narayan Reception Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' rated the film one out of five and wrote that "This film is a third grade film that is made with a poor taste. Upendra is wasted in this role of Sri. Most of the scenes of the film are obscene and vulgar. Woman can never watch this film in public". Gudipoodi Srihari of ''The Hindu'' wrote that "Only Upendra and Priyanka dominate the drama. The rest simply fade away in this flimsy drama". ''Andhra Today'' wrote "The movie seems to have been made for a specific section of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrugaraju
''Mrugaraju'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language action adventure film directed by Gunasekhar. The film stars Chiranjeevi, with supporting roles played by Simran, Sanghavi and Nagendra Babu. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. Released during the Sankranthi festival on 11 January 2001, the film was a box-office bomb. The core plot is based on the 1996 American film ''The Ghost and the Darkness''. It was dubbed into Tamil as ''Vettaikaran'' and in Hindi as ''Rakshak - The Protector''. Plot In the jungle surrounding the village of Adavipalli, a government project is underway to construct a railway bridge to facilitate the transport of goods, as the area is rich in ores and located between two hills. However, the construction is hindered by a man-eating lion, which has recently claimed the life of the chief engineer. The railway department assigns Aishwarya (Simran) to lead the project and resume the construction. Despite her efforts, the lion continues to terrorize the worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuvvu Vastavani
''Nuvvu Vasthavani'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romance film, directed by V. R. Prathap, written by Ezhil, and produced by R. B. Choudary. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni and Simran in lead roles.The music of the movie was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film is a Telugu remake of the 1999 Tamil film ''Thullatha Manamum Thullum'', in which Simran reprised her role. Plot The movie starts with Chinni (Nagarjuna) revealing, on a train journey from Pune to Hyderabad, that he just got out of jail after seven years. His past is revealed in a flashback. He had been a singer, waiting for the big break. Indu (Simran) hears his voice though she doesn't see him and becomes his fan. When Chinni realizes this, he tries to reveal who he is but circumstances place him and Indu in situations where she ends up thinking that he is rowdy. Chinni ultimately becomes responsible for her losing her eyesight too. He devotes himself to her from then onwards attending to her every need. She learns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasu Paddanu Kaani
''Manasu Paddanu Kaani'' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film produced by Vinobha Goud and directed by K. Veeru. The film features Venu Thottempudi, Ramya Krishna and Raasi in lead roles. The film's music is by K. Veeru. The film was a box office failure. Plot Venu (Venu Thottempudi) is in love with Madhavi (Ramya Krishna) but tells Swati ( Raasi) to act as his wife when his father's health starts deteriorating. Madhavi realises her love for Venu, but the latter finds himself being drawn to Swati. Cast * Venu Thottempudi as Venu * Ramya Krishna as Madhavi * Raasi as Swati * K. Viswanath as Venu's father * S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as Swati's father * Brahmanandam * Kallu Chidambaram * Nagendra Babu * Tanikella Bharani * AVS * Ali * M. S. Narayana * Gundu Hanumantha Rao * Prasad Babu * Surya * Bandla Ganesh * Kalpana Rai * Krishnaveni Soundtrack The background score and songs were composed by K. Veeru. The soundtrack, released in 2000, features 10 trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayam Manadera
''Jayam Manadera'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by N. Shankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu under the Suresh Productions banner. It stars Venkatesh, Soundarya and Bhanupriya, with music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. The film was successful at the box office. The film won two Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award. The film was also remade in Tamil as ''Manikanda''. Plot Abhiram is a fun-loving man who stays with his parents in London. Eight people win the Thums Up contest which gives them an opportunity to tour Europe. Uma is one of the contest winners. Abhiram likes Uma and acts as their tour companion during their stay in Europe. A shy Uma could not express her love towards him, so she leaves a message in his answering machine. But Abhiram could not listen to the message at the right time. Hence, Uma presumes that Abhiram does not love her and returns to India with her companions. But Abhiram hears the message after Uma left, and calls her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Up (2000 Film)
''Hands Up'' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao from a story written by Jayasudha. It stars Jayasudha, Brahmanandam and Nagendra Babu with Chiranjeevi in a guest appearance. The film was produced by Jayasudha's husband Nitin Kapoor. Plot A series of bomb blasts wreak havoc in Hyderabad, prompting the appointment of Saraswathi (Jayasudha), a CBI officer, to lead the investigation. This decision is met with resistance from the local CBI officer (Giri Babu), who seeks to derail the inquiry. To hinder her progress, he assigns her two incompetent assistants, Muddu Krishna (Nagendra Babu) and Jagan (Brahmanandam), both of whom are former CBI staff dismissed for their inefficiency. Their foolishness further complicates the investigation. Muddu Krishna stumbles upon a suitcase containing crucial evidence about the bomb blasts and the involvement of the gang led by Ramakoti (Kota Srinivasa Rao). The suitcase also reveals a dispute betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
