N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Biography
Film actor
N. T. Rama Rao Jr. known popularly as Jr. NTR, is an Indian film actor and an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer. His work has been exclusively in Telugu cinema.
Born: May 20, 1983 (age 30), Hyderabad
Height: 1.68 m
Full name: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
Spouse: Lakshmi Pranathi (m. 2011)
Parents: Nandamuri Harikrishna, Shalini Nandamuri
Daggubati Venkatesh was born on 13th December 1960 in Karamchedu, India. Victory Venkatesh, as he is known among his fans, is the producer D.Rama Naidu’s son. He has a brother D. Suresh Babu who along with his father runs Suresh Productions, a production company.
Venkatesh holds an MBA degree from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.
His wife’s name is Neeraja and they have four children Arjun, Aashritha, Hayavahini and Bhavana.
Acting Career:
Venkatesh‘Kaliyuga Pandavulu’ (1986) served as the launch pad for Venkatesh in the Telugu Film Industry. Venky, as he is popularly known as, tasted success in 1988, with the movie ‘Swarnakamalam’. In the same year, he delivered another hit – in the form of ‘Varasudochadu’. However, Venkatesh could not capitalize on the success and make the most of it. He failed to give a consistent performance, which led to a downfall in his career graph. Nonetheless, the musical ‘Bobbili Raja’ revived his career once again. The film not only brought Venky back to the limelight, but also proved to be one of the greatest hits of the year.
Venkatesh’s venture with Bollywood director Ram Gopal Verma, for the movie – ‘Kshana Kshanam’, earned him accolades as an actor. Then came ‘Chanti’, a remake of the Tamil movie – ‘Chinna Thambi’, which proved to be the biggest milestone of his career. Later, it was remade into a Bollywood movie as well, with the name ‘Anari’ and Venkatesh as the main protagonist. With the movie, he became a family hero and received huge fan following. Venkatesh’s artistic skills are a complete package, giving his audience a taste of everything, right from comedy to love and romance to anger. Daggubati Venkatesh Biography (Profile)
* Telugu movie Mirapakaya, which stars Ravi Teja, Richa Gangopadhyay and Deeksha Seth, is all set to release in the last week of December 2010.
* Expectations are very high from the movie as Ravi Teja' last film Don Seenu did extremely well at the box office.
* Richa Gangopadhyay, who entered southern cinema after a successful stint in beauty pageants in USA, is quite hopeful for the success of the movie.
* Directed by Harish Shankar S, Mirapakaya is said to be Ravi Teja's career best movie.
* Reports say this action-cum-comedy film is a mass entertainer.
* 5th December marked the audio release of the movie at Taj Deccan Hotel, Hyderabad.
* Some of the songs featuring the lead cast were shot at picturesque locales of Bangkok, Europe, Switzerland, Delhi, Agra etc.
* Dhaman, who has rendered the music for the film, has received applause for the wonderful soundtracks.
* Dhaman's earlier work for Ravi Teja's Kick had earned rave reviews.
* Mirapakaya's songs such as Adhigora Choodu, Vaishali Vaishali, Gadhithalupula, Silakaa, Dhinaku Dhin Jiya, Chirugaley and Mirapakai are said to have hit the right note
* After the audio release, the popularity of music and songs are growing and even music critics feel that he has done justice with the songs.
* The movie was launched in March 2010 in the famous Ramanaidu studios and the shooting was started in May.
* Under the banner ‘Yellow Flowers', Ramesh Puppala has produced the movie.
* The supporting casts of the film include Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sunil, Ajay, Naga Babu, Chandramohan, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Brahmaji, Raja Ravindra, Supreeth and Rao Ramesh.
Allu Arjun and Sneha Redyy to have arrange marriage in coming months
Allu Arjun - love with a Hyderabad girl - Sneha Reddy Allu Arjun’s wedding news is a big shock to the female fans of Arjun.Sneha has completed her masters from the United state and daughter of Hyderabad Engineering College owner. The marriage between two is not love marriage, although Arjun and Sneha are not from same caste. The marriage proposal was acceptable by both the families. Both the families are decided to meet each other to talk about the nuptials, which will be arranged in the month of February next year.
Dil Raju had done the movie Munna with Vamsi Paidipalli, but it was a disaster. However, the producer gave him one more chance to direct. This time, the director has worked very hard on the script and screenplay and made it as a wholesome family entertainer. The entire technical team has worked in tandem and strengthened Vamsi’s hands to bring out a clean entertainer.
Story
Bhanu Prasad (Prakash Raj) and Siva (Srihari) are stepbrothers. They get separated due to some conspiracy by Bhanuprasad’s brother-in-law (Tanikella Bharani) and they become bitter enemies. They stay in separate villages, which were in the border of Telangana (Mahbubnagar) and Kurnool (Rayalaseema).
Bhanu’s daughter Bhumi (Kajal) studies in the city, while Siva’s wife’s (Sitara) sister’s daughter Indu (Samantha) is one of her best friends. Bhumi and Indu doesn’t know each other that they were cousins. Krish (NTR) is the son of an industrialist (Mukesh Rushi) and he falls in love with Indu. He is quite bold and takes her home and introduces her to his parents. Once Indu tells Krish that Bhumi was in a problem and she needs his help. According to her, Bhumi wants to pursue higher education in the US, but her father wanted to marry her to his nephew (Ajay). As the groom is a bad guy, Bhumi’s grandfather (Kota Srinivasa Rao) lies that Bhumi was in love with a boy in the city.
So Bhanu tells Bhumi to bring him to the village. Krish reaches the village with Bhumi and realises that everyone her house are afraid of Bhanu and make them realise that he came there to blossom love in everyone. He also makes Bhanu to realise his folly and unites him with his brother Siva and the two villages celebrate their reunion. At this juncture, Indu reaches the village. Then Krish and Bhumi realise the problem. If Krish reveals the truth that he is not in love with Bhumi and actually loved Indu, both Bhanu and Siva would be at loggerheads once again. How Krish solved the problem? To whom he married? Answers to all these questions should be seen on-screen.
PERFORMANCE:
NTR, as usual, has given a wonderful performance in Brindavanam. He has maintained good comedy timing and has done the action scenes with equal ease. Vamsi has etched the character by mixing the family image with action scenes to please the mass audiences thereby maintaining the action-hero image. Kajal is sweet in half-sarees as a village girl. Most of the film revolves around Kajal. Samantha, who appears an urban girl, has done justice to her role and she is also quite glamorous and appealing. The characters of Prakash Raj and Srihari are of equal status and they have lived up to the expectations. Kota Srinivasa Rao is okay in his role as grandfather. Ahuti Prasad’s character is a little lower to his calibre and Raghubabu is okay. Mukesh Rushi and Pragati are adequate. Tanikella Bharani was wasted as he played the role with negative shades. Ajay’s role just comes and goes and plays some role in the climax.
TECHNICAL:
Dialogues by Koratala Siva are good and dotted with comedy and punch. He has maintained the tempo while penning dialogues with sentiment. Though the basic story is by the director Vamsi Paidipalli, the dialogues have filled life in it. Music by Thaman is soothing and full of melody and rhythm. Choreography of all songs is good to watch. Cinematography by Chota K Naidu is apt and he has perfectly captured the rural beauty. The camera work in action scenes is also good. Action scenes by Ram-Lakshman, though not so stylish, could enthral the mass audiences. Though the story has the shades of old films. Vamsi has scripted a tight screenplay and he has narrated every scene with precision.
REMARKS:
You can watch the film with a family because of the entertainment values. Dil Raju is once again back on track. Vamsi Paidipalli has brought a smile on his face with his wholesome entertainer. The most interesting point is that the film starts with the song ‘Brinadaavanamadi…’ in colour and it is quite interesting to watch.
Cast: Junior NTR, Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha, Prakashraj, Srihari, Ajay, Venumadhav, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Ahuti Prasad, Raghubabu, Mukhesh Rushi, Sana, Pragati, Sitara, Surekhavani and others. Credits: Dialogues – Koratala Siva, Music – Thaman, Lyrics – Ramajogaiah Sastry, Ananta Sriram and Krishna Chaitanya, Cinematography – Chota K Naidu, Editing – Marthand K Venkatesh, Action – Ram-Lakshman, Art – Ananda Sai, Presents – Anita, Producer – Dil Raju, Story, screenplay, direction – Vamsi Paidipalli Banner: Sri Venkateswara Creations Released on: October 14, 2010
Catch some of the thoughts of Pawan Kalyan on his upcoming movie on Jesus Christ Movie. This press conference was held at Jerusalem (Israel).
This Pawan Kalyan Jesus Christ movie is directed by Singeetham Srinivas Rao and produced by Konda Krishnam Raju under Aditya Productions. The movie is based on Jesus Christ life and Pawan Kalyan is doing a special role.
Speaking on this occasion, Pawan Kalyan said that the life of Jesus Christ influenced him a lot. He further said he has agreed the script because he passed out from a missionary school and has a better understanding about Christianity. This movie would be made in four languages – Hindi, English, Telugu and Malayalam.
For the Hindu male name, see Sunil.Born: Sunil Babu
Bheemavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1996-present
Sunil babu is an actor from the Telugu film industry. His roles usually are to provide comic relief to the audience. In Andala Ramudu (2006), he appeared in the lead role for the first time and his Second one as hero is Maryada Ramanna directed by SS Rajamouli. He won several awards for his comic abilities.
Born in Bheemavaram on 13 March 1973, Sunil's early childhood saw the death of his father when he was just five years old. His mother toiled hard to raise him after this incident.
Sunil's early aspirations to the movie industry were fueled by watching films with Chiranjeevi in the lead role. Watching these films right from elementary school, Sunil dreamt of being a good dancer. He even went on to win awards in a local dance competition. With one of his teachers suggesting him of Bachelors in Fine Arts, he pursued this course. Thereafter, he attempted stage theater for a start. Due to his persona, he was not given enough opportunities in the theater.
In 1995, he entered the film industry by performing dances. He thereafter joined a dancing school in Hyderabad but to no real avail. He considered art direction as well to make his ends meet. He wanted to be a villain but was cast in a comic role by the director and the rest is history.
Career
Sunil's career began on a slow note with movies like Second Hand being stopped from production, and 'Peruleni Cinema.
Premakatha and Swayamvaram were his first real opportunities in the industry. However, due to mismatch of events grabbed him of good chances. Chirunavvuto and Nuvve Kavali were the first films that he acted in. Nuvve Kavali was the first one to release to the audience
Sunil acted as a Hero for the first time in his career in the movie Andala Ramudu opposite Aarti Agarwal, in 2006 and his second film as hero is Maryada Ramanna opposite Saloni, directed by SS Rajamouli.
His funny acting in the movie "Nuvvu Naku Nachav" is noteworthy.
Sunil is one of the top comedians in telugu movie industry. His comedy punch dialogues makes to enjoy a lot. Sunil was born in Bheemavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. During his childhood his father died and his mother got the job of his father in postal department. Right from his childhood he is a big fan of Chiranjeevi dance and fights. He used to practice dance in the temple quarters.
Sunil had also won many prizes in the local dance competitions and based on one of his teachers suggestions he had completed his bachelor degree in fine arts also. He came to Hyderabad to become a good dancer but he was not succeed and later on decided to become an actor and worked a lot for any kind of acting roles such as heros friends characters etc but he was rejected in most of the occasions with his huge personality.
Later on sunil also tried to join in direction department, after getting disturbed to find any kind of acting roles. After that he got his first break through with the movie Chirunavvuto which was written by his roommate and dearest friend Trivikram Srinivas, and Srinivas wrote a special role keeping sunil’s body language and dialogue delivery in mind. This movie was a big hit and brought a good name for debutant sunil.
Sunil continued as a comedian and also acted as a hero for the movie Andala Ramudu, and this movie was a big hit with good name to sunil acting and dance. These days sunil is doing another hero role movie maryada ramanna which is being directed by S.S. Raja Mouli.
Surya Born Saravanan Sivakumar July 23, 1974 (1974-07-23) (age 35) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Occupation Film actor Years active 1997–present Spouse(s) Jyothika
In this Indian name, the name "Sivakumar" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, "Saravanan ".
Saravanan Sivakumar better known as Surya; born 23 July 1975) is a Tamil film actor. Son of actor Sivakumar, he starred in Tamil films, such as Nandha (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Pithamagan (2004), Perazhagan (2005), Ghajini (2005), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) and Ayan (2009). As of 2009, he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards.
He became a film distributor after opening Studio Green, which distributed several of his earlier films. He married actress Jyothika Sadanah in 2006, after being engaged for several years. In 2008, he began Agaram Foundation, which funds for preventing early childhood drop-outs.
EARLY LIFE
Sivakumar with his sons Mr. Karthik and Mr. Surya
Surya was born to actor Sivakumar and his wife Lakshmi on 23 July 1975. He was born in Chennai, but brought up in Coimbatore. He is the eldest of three children, his younger brother is actor Karthik Sivakumar and he has a younger sister named Brindha Sivakumar.
He attended PSBB School and St. Bede's School in Chennai and graduated from Loyola College with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
FILM CAREER
Surya debuted in the 1997 film Nerukku Ner directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. Later he starred in 2001 remake Friends directed by Siddique and Nandha by Bala for which he received a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Surya's next venture was Vikraman's Unnai Ninaithu which was followed by Mounam Pesiyadhe.
In 2003 he did Kaaka Kaaka; a movie about the life of a police officer, it grossed almost Rs. 150 million at the box office. Then he did Pithamagan by Bala along with Vikram. In this movie Surya played a happy-go-lucky village crook with a comic touch, for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. In 2004 he received a Filmfare Award for Best Actor for playing two roles in Perazhagan;[citation needed] one was as a boxer and the other as a handicapped but confident phone booth keeper. He then did Aayutha Ezhuthu which was based on George Reddy, a student leader in Hyderabad during the late 60s and early 70s. This film was directed by Mani Ratnam. In 2005, he appeared in Aaru and then in Ghajini. In this movie he played a patient suffering from short term memory loss.
He then set up a production company called Studio Green which distributed the movie in the Chennai district. Surya's 2006 release was N. Krishna's Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. He acted opposite his wife Jyothika Saravanan in the film. In 2007, Surya's solitary release was Vel.
In 2008, he appeared in Vaaranam Aayiram, which released on 14 November 2008. He won a Filmfare Award for Best Actor, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor, a Vijay Award for Best Actor which was presented to him by Kamal Hassan who acknowledged Surya's versatility as an actor, and a Filmfans Award for Best Actor and the film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2008.[citation needed] He happened to gain lots of female fans after his appearence in this film. Surya's next film Ayan in 2009 was directed by K. V. Anand and released on 3 April 2009. Following Ayan, Surya starred in Aadhavan directed by K. S. Ravikumar which was released worldwide on 17 October 2009. His 25th film, Singam, directed by Harihas released and running successfuly. He will make his Bollywood debut in Rakta Charitra, which is being directed by Ram Gopal Varma and is scheduled for a 2010 release.
Philanthropy
In 2008, Surya began Agaram Foundation working to help children who drop out of school early in Tamil Nadu. With the Ministry of Education in Tamil Nadu, he created a short commercial video outlining child poverty, labour and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova?. The film was written and produced by Surya and also starred Joseph Vijay, R. Madhavan and Jyothika. Collegecul
PERSONAL LIFE
He married actress Jyothika Saravanan on 11 September 2006. On August 10 2007, the couple's daughter Diya was born. He resides in Chennai with his family. On the 7 June 2010, Jyothika gave birth to their second child, a boy and Surya has decided to name him DHINA.
AWARDS
Filmfare Awards South
* Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Pithamagan (2003) * Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Perazhagan (2004) * Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
* Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor - Nandha (2002) * Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor - Ghajini (2005) * Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor - Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
Vijay Awards
* Vijay Award for Icon of the Year (2007)[7] * Vijay Award for Best Actor - Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) * Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (2009) for Ayan/Aadhavan * Vijay Award for Icon of the Year (2009) - special award for Social Services rendered through the charity Agaram Foundation
Other awards and recognition
* Kalaimamani Award (2004) * Dinakaran Best New Face Actor in Nerukku Ner (1997) * Filmfans Award for Best Actor 2008 for Vaaranam Aayiram * South Scope Award for Style Icon of the Year 2009 * Amrita Mathrubhumi Award for Best Actor in Tamil - Ayan / Aadhavan (2009)
Nominations
* Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Nandha (2001) * Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kaakha Kaakha (2003) * Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Ghajini (2005) * ITFA Best Actor Award - Ghajini (2005) * Vijay Award for Favourite Hero - Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) * ITFA Best Actor Award - Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) * Vijay Award for Best Actor - Ayan (2009) * Vijay Award for Favourite Hero - Aadhavan (2009)
Filmography Year - Film - Role - Language - Notes 1997 - Nerrukku Ner - Surya - Tamil 1998 - Kaadhale Nimmadhi Chandru Tamil Sandhippoma Vishnu Tamil 1999 - Periyanna Surya Tamil Poovellam Kettuppar Krishna Tamil 2000 - Uyirile Kalanthathu Surya Tamil 2001 - Friends Chandru Tamil Nandha Nandha Tamil Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Dubbed in Telugu as Aakrosham 2002 - Unnai Ninaithu Surya Tamil Shree Shree Tamil Mounam Pesiyadhe Gautham Tamil Remade in Telugu as Aadu Anthe Adho Type 2003 - Kaakha Kaakha Anbuselvan Tamil Winner, ITFA Best Actor Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award<] Remade in Telugu as Gharshana Pithamagan Sakthi Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Tamil) Dubbed in Telugu as Sivaputrudu 2004 - Perazhagan Karthik, Chinna Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award Dubbed in Telugu as Sundarangudu Aayutha Ezhuthu Michael Vasanth Tamil Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award Dubbed in Telugu as Yuva 2005 - Maayavi Balayya Tamil Dubbed in Telugu as Kidnap Ghajini Sanjay Ramasamy (Manohar) Tamil Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award Dubbed in Telugu as Ghazini Aaru Aarumugam (Aaru) Tamil Dubbed in Telugu as Aaru June R Raja Tamil Cameo appearance 2006 - Sillunu Oru Kaadhal Gautham Tamil Dubbed in Telugu as Nuvvu Nenu Prema 2007 - Vel Vetrivel, Vasudevan Tamil Dubbed in Telugu as Deva 2008 - Kuselan Himself Tamil Cameo appearance Vaaranam Aayiram Krishnan, Surya Krishnan Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Winner, Vijay Award for Best Actor Winner, Filmfans Award for Best Actor Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Nominated, ITFA Best Actor Award Dubbed in Telugu as Surya S/O Krishnan 2009 - Ayan Devaraj Velusamy Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Actor Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Dubbed in Telugu as Veedokkade Aadhavan Madhavan Subramaniyam (Aadhavan/Murugan) Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year Dubbed in Telugu as Ghatikudu 2010 - Singam Durai Singam Tamil Dubbed in Telugu as Yamudu Rakta Charitra Maddalcheruvu Suri Hindi Telugu Tamil Post-production Avan Ivan Himself Tamil Filming Guest appearance 2011 - 7aam Arivu Tamil Hindi Telugu Filming SURYA, JYOTHIKA REALLIFE PHOTOS