Telugu film directors : all time toppers part - I

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V. N. Aditya is a Tollywood film director.

He worked under many directors as an assistant. His first directorial debut was with the film, Manasantha Nuvve. The film went on to be big hit.

In 2002, his next film was Sreeram, a remake of a Tamil blockbuster. The film ended up as an average flick.

In 2004, he went to stardom with hit flick Akkineni Nagarjuna starrer Nenunnanu. Though its received tough critical responses, the film went on to be a big hit.

In 2005, his film Manasu Maata Vinadhu was a disaster and faced many problems including the lead pair.

His most recent film was Boss - I Love You, which once again stars Akkineni Nagarjuna. Nayantara and Poonam Bhajwa are playing others roles. This film released on 27 September 2006.

His next film will be Aata, with Siddarth and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles.

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Filmography




Bapu (artist)

Bapu

Bapu
BornSattiraju Lakshminarayana
December 15, 1933 (age 76)
India Narsapur, India

Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana, also known as Bapu (born on December 15, 1933) is a filmmaker in the Telugu film industry. He is also a popular artist, painter,


Early life and background

Bapu was born to a Telugu Brahmin family in Narsapur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.[1]

In 1955, he graduated from the University of Madras with a degree in law. Bapu worked as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1955.

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Career

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Painting

Bapu introduced a painting style of simple bright colors. His unique style consisted of economy of strokes, freehand drawing and a lack of background clutter.

His paintings focus on Hindu mythological characters, and he has painted the Hindu epic Ramayana as a pictorial story. His character portrayals, such as Shiva, Bhima, Duryodhana, look distinctly male with wide chests, large jaws and large biceps; while Krishna and Rama are more feminine in build. All his female characters have doe eyes, a waist-hip ratio of 0.7, voluptuous breasts, long hair and a sharp nose. The phraseBapu Bomma ("Bapu's painting") has become synonymous with a beautiful Telugu girl. Another character called Rendu Jadala Seetha ("Seetha with two plaits") became a synonym for any girl wearing her hair in two plaits.

Bapu has also introduced a new style of cursive writing in Telugu. The font is his own handwriting and reflects the same simplicity as his art.

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Cinematic style

The most notable achievement in Bapu's movie making is his success in capturing the nativity of the Telugu people and translating it into visuals. His movies center on realistic family issues and relationships, however his recurring theme is magic realism, with vignettes of mythological characters aiding in the narration.

Most of his movies have a female protagonist; a breakaway style from the formulaic movies that relegate female lead characters to song and dance numbers. His penchant for preserving the Telugu nativity in his movies can be seen in the choice of artists, especially the dusky female leads and weak villains.

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Collaborations with other artists

He worked with Satyam Sankaramanchi and drew 101 pictures for each of the stories in Amaravati Kathalu. Bapu is one-half of the Bapu-Ramana (Mullapudi Venkata Ramana) pair that made movies in Telugu cinema. Ramana provided an able foil, providing script and dialogue to suit Bapu's visuals. Bapu collaborated with Ramana to give life to Ramana's character Budugu in the form of pictures. Through his movies he brought to focus renowned artists such as Ravu Gopal Rao, Rajendra Prasad and Aamani.

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Trivia

Bapu designed the collection of saris used in the 1991 movie Pelli Pustakam.

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Filmography

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As director

  1. Saakshi (The Witness), 1967
  2. Bangaru Pichika (The Golden Bird), 1968
  3. Buddhimanthudu (The Good Boy), 1969
  4. Inti Gowravam (Honour of the House), 1970
  5. Balaraju Katha (The Story of Balaraju), 1970
  6. Sampoorna Ramayanam (The Complete Ramayana), 1971
  7. Andhala Ramudu(The Handsome Rama), 1973
  8. Sri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (The War between Rama and Hanuman), 1974
  9. Muthyala Muggu, 1975
  10. Seetha Kalyanam (The Wedding of Sita), 1976
  11. Sri Rajeswari Vilas Coffee Club, 1976
  12. Bakta Kannappa (Worshipper Kannappa), 1976
  13. Seeta Swayamvar, 1976
  14. Sneham (Friendship), 1977
  15. Manavoori Pandavulu(Pandavas of Our Village), 1978
  16. Gorantha Deepam(The Flickering Lamp), 1978
  17. Anokha Shivbhakt, 1978
  18. Toorupu Velley Railu(The Train Going East), 1979
  19. Vamsa Vriksham(The Family Tree), 1980
  20. Rajadhi Raju (The King of Kings), 1980
  21. Kaliyuga Ravanaasurudu (Demon Ravana of Kaliyug), 1980
  22. Hum Paanch (We Five), 1980
  23. Tyagayya (the life of Saint Tyagaraja), 1981
  24. Radha Kalyanam (The Marriage of Radha), 1981
  25. Bezubaan (The Mute), 1981
  26. Krishnavatharam(The Incarnation of Krishna), 1982
  27. Pelleedu Pillalu (The Marriageable Children), 1982
  28. Neethi Devan Mayangugiran (Even the God of Justice Is Confused), 1982
  29. Edi Dharmam Edi Nyayam (What Is Truth? What Is Justice?), 1982
  30. Manthri gari Viyyankudu, 1983
  31. Woh Saat Din (Those Seven Days), 1983
  32. Seethamma Setha (The Doings of Seetha), 1984
  33. Mohabbat (The Love), 1985
  34. Pyari Behna (Beloved Sister), 1985
  35. Bullet, 1985
  36. Jackie, 1985
  37. Mera Dharam (My Duty), 1986
  38. Pyaar Ka Sindoor (The Vermilon of Love), 1986
  39. Kalyana Thamboolam (The Betrothal), 1986
  40. Diljala (Heartburn), 1987
  41. Prem Pratigyaa (The Oath of Love), 1989
  42. Pelli Pusthakam (The Book of Marriage), 1991
  43. Mr. Pellam (Mr. Wife), 1993
  44. Srinadha Kavi Sarvabhoumudu, 1993
  45. Pelli Koduku, 1994
  46. Pramaatma, 1994
  47. Rambantu(The Servant of Rama), 1996
  48. Radha Gopalam (Radha and Gopalam), 2005.
  49. Sundarakanda, 2008

Bapu's Hindi Movies include Hum Paanch, Seeta Swayamvar, Anokha Bhakt, Bezubaan, Woh Saat Din, Pyari Behna, Mohobbat, Mera Dharam, Diljala, Woh Saath Din and Prem Pratigya. Bapu also directed oneTamil Movie named Neeti Devan Mayagugiran.

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Awards and acclaim

Bapu was awarded the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh for his "outstanding contribution to Telugu cinema" in 1986. He shared the award with his partner, Mullapudi Venkata Ramana.

Bapu was conferred with the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in 1982 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai.

The Telugu literary work Koonalamma Patalu ("Poems of the common folk") says the following in praise of Bapu:

  • కొంటె బొమ్మల బాపు KonTe Bommala Bapu,
  • కొన్ని తరముల సేపు Konni Tharamula Sepu,
  • గుండె ఊయలలూపు Gunde OOyala-loopu,
  • ఓ కూనలమ్మ O Koonalammaa.

meaning, Bapu's paintings sway the heart for generations. BGF HFJ


Bhaskar (director)


Bhaskar is a Telugu film director. In his early career, he worked as assistant director on films Bhadra and Arya. Dil Raju then gave him a chance to debut as director. His directorial debut was Bommarillu, which is becoming a huge sensation in India and United States of America. His next venture, Parugu, released on 1 May 2008. Allu Arjun starred in the lead role and Dil Raju produced it.

A student of the Adyar Film Institute, Chennai, Bhaskar has assisted in Dil Raju's hit productions, Arya and Bhadra; a native of Vellore in Tamil Nadu[1].

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YearFilmLanguageNotes
2006BommarilluTelugu
2008ParuguTeluguNominated, Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu)
2010OrangeTeluguFilming


K. Vijaya Bhaskar

K. Vijaya Bhaskar is a film director in the Telugu film industry.

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YVS Chowdary

Yalamanchili Venkata Satyanarayana Chowdary (born 23 May in Gudiwada) is a popular Telugu film director. His screen name is YVS Chowdary. His movies Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Seathiah, Devdas were hits.


Personal life

Born in Gudiwada, Chowdary spent most of his childhood there. His father was a lorry driver. His mother was from Bhatlapenumarru of krishna district in the State of Andhra Pradesh and is a house wife. He lives in India.

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Chowdary directed 7 films, with six of them were hits. Before becoming a director, he has Associated with Big Directors such as K. Raghavendra Rao, Ram Gopal Varma, Mahesh Bhatt and Krishna Vamsi. Y.V.S is the owner of Bommarillu Banner and produced big hits like Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Seathiah, Devdas and his first flop of his career Okka Magadu.

YVS Chowdary was a movie lover and a fan of NTR (a legend in Andhra Pradesh) before he entered Tollywood. He started the trend of making films with new star cast with Nagarjuna's home production SSRKCR. He directed actors such as Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna,, Nandamuri HariKrishna, Mahesh Babu and Nandamuri Balakrishna.

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YVS has started his own home production house Bommarillu and delivered films in the form of Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Devdas, Seathaiah and Okka Magadu....

His latest film SALEEM starring Vishnu and Ileana was a complete disaster at the box office. banner: Sri Lakshmi Prasanna pictures.. Producer: Mohan Babu.

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Prabhu Deva


Prabhu Deva
BornPrabhu Deva Sundaram
April 3, 1973 (age 36)
Mysore, Karnataka, India
OccupationFilm actor, director,choreographer
Years active1987—present

Prabhu Deva Sundaram (Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ, Tamil: பிரபு தேவா) (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. He has been called "India's Michael Jackson" for his fast-paced dance movements,[1] though he has given performances in a wide range of dancing styles.

While he is mainly involved in Tamil cinema, he has also contributed to filmmaking in other Indian film industries, including Telugu cinema, Kannada cinema, and Hindi cinema. He has won a number of awards for his elaborate dance sequences, including two National Awards for Best Choreography (holding the record for the most Best Choreography awards alongside Saroj Khan), a Filmfare Best Choreography Award, and a Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu). He has recently debuted in Bollywood as a director with the blockbuster Wanted.

Personal life

Prabhu Deva was born in a Kannadiga family[2][3][4] in Mysore, Karnataka on 3 April 1973 and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was inspired by his father,Mugur Sundar(Well known as Sundaram Master), who was a dance master for popular South Indian movies. He took dancing as his career and passion, by learning Indian dances such as Bharatanatyam as well as Western dance styles. His brothers Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are also established South-Indian choreographers. From choreography he went on to establish himself as an actor. His dance steps helped him become a star in Kollywood (the Tamil film industry). His first movie as a dance director was Vetri Vizha. He has since choreographed over 100 movies. Before starting as a full time actor, he appeared as a background dancer for a song in theTamil Film Agni Natchathiram. His first movie as a hero was in Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. Deva's success resulted largely from his dancing. In 1999, Deva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "Michael Jackson and Friends" concert in Munich, Germany. He has a significant fan following in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industry. He acted alongside his brothers in the movie 123.

Prabhu Deva is married to Latha and they have three sons - Vishal Deva (born as Basavaraju), Rishi Raghavendra Deva and Aditya Deva.

Deva's 12 year old son Vishal Deva died on 4 December 2008.[5] He was suffering from cancer for a long time. Vishal originally named as Basavaraju, was the eldest amongst the three siblings.

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  • Prabhu Deva was also noticed when he made brief appearances in solo items such as Rajathi Raja in Agni Natchathiram (1988), April Mayile in Idhayam (1991), Lallaku Doldapi Ma in Suriyan (1992), Chinna Rasave in Walter Vetrivel (1993), and Chikku Bukku Raiyle in Gentleman (1993).
  • He danced with Madhuri Dixit for the song Que Sera Sera in the movie Pukar.
  • He acted along with Lawrence Raghavendra in the hit movie Style.
  • He has danced with Apache Indian in the song No Problem in the film Love Birds.
  • He made a special appearance in Pokkiri (which was directed by himself) with Vijay in the song Aadungada.
  • He also danced in the film Abra Ka Dabra for the song Om Sh.
  • He also danced in the Nana Patekar - Karisma Kapoor film Shakti for a song.
  • He danced with Vijay in Villu movie for the song Hey Rama. This was a guest appearance. Villu was also directed by him.
  • He appeared in a song sequence with superstar Rajinikanth in the Tamil movie 'Baba'.

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[edit]Benny Lava


Kalluri Vaanil
The Tamil song became widely known to the English internet audience for its phonetic lyrics.
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In August 2007, a music video for the song "Kalluri Vaanil" from the Indian-Tamil movie Pennin Manathai Thottu was uploaded to YouTube by Mike Sutton (Youtuber Buffalax).[6] The video was created as a soramimi, edited to include incorrect English subtitles that approximate the original Tamil lyrics phonetically.

The name Benny Lava comes from Sutton's subtitling of the Tamil lead line "Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo?" as "My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava!" (original meaning: The moon (metaphor for 'babe') that scorched the college campus"). The video led other Youtube users to refer to Prabhu Deva as "Benny Lava". The video was inspired after Sutton watched Moskau by German pop-band Dschinghis Khan.[6] One of Sutton's friends "wished he could understand the song so he could sing along."[6] Sutton thought the real translation would be difficult and instead used English lyrics that replicated the German song.[6] Reception to the video was mixed; Some felt that the video was done in "good fun" while others worried that their culture was being mocked.[6] The video was described by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a "Catchy melody, a battalion of back-up dancers, colorful costumes, impressive vocal gymnastics, jaw-dropping choreography this music video has it all. And if those arent enough, the person who uploaded this vid also provided subtitles so you can sing along. They arent the real lyrics though, but just what they sound in English, resulting in a lot of nonsense. - [sic]- "[7] The music video was also featured on The Colbert Reporton 4 December 2008.

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YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1988Agni NatchathiramTamilSpecial appearance
1991IdhayamTamilSpecial appearance
1992SuriyanTamilSpecial appearance
1993GentlemanTamilSpecial appearance
Walter VetrivelTamilSpecial appearance
1994IndhuPattasuTamil
KaadhalanPrabhuTamil
1995RaasaiyyaRaasaiyyaTamil
1996Mr. RomeoRomeo,
Madras		Tamil
Love BirdsArunTamil
1997VIPGuruTamil
Minsara KanavuDevaTamil
1998Naam Iruvar Nammaku IruvarPrabhuTamil
Love Story 1999Telugu
Kadhala KadhalaSundaralingamTamil
1999Ninaivirukkum VaraiJanakiraman (Jonny)Tamil
SuyamvaramTamil
TimeSrininvasa MurthyTamil
2000Vanathai PolaTamil
Eazhaiyin SirippilGanesanTamil
PukarHindi
James PanduJamesTamil
Pennin Manathai ThottuSunilTamil
DoublesPrabhuTamil
2001Nila KaalamTamil
Ullam Kollai PoguthaeTamil
Alli Thandha VaanamSathyamTamil
Manadhai ThirudivittaiDevaTamil
2002H2OVairamuthuKannada
Charlie ChaplinThiruTamil
SantoshamPawanTelugu
One Two ThreeThirupathyTamil
Manasella NeeneKannada
BabaTamilSpecial appearance
Agni VarshaRakshashaHindi
Shakti - The PowerHindiSpecial appearance
Thotti GangTelugu
2003AlaudinAlaudinTamil
O Radha Iddharu Krishnula PelliTelugu
2004Engal AnnaKannanTamil
TapanaTelugu
Andalu Dongale DorikitheBujjiTelugu
Aabra Ka DaabraHindiSpecial appearance
2005Nuvvostanante NenoddantanaTeluguCameo appearance
2006StyleGaneshTelugu
Chukkallo ChandruduSharatTelugu
PournamiTeluguCameo appearance
2007PokkiriTamilCameo appearance
Shankardada ZindabadTeluguCameo appearance
2008VaanaTeluguSpecial appearance
Michael Madana KamarajuTelugu
2009VilluTamilCameo appearance
WantedHindiCameo appearance
2010Kalavadiya PozhudugalPorcheziyanTamilFilming
IchTamilAnnounced

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YearFilm TitleLanguageNotes
2010EndhiranTamil
2009WantedHindi
BodyguardMalayalam
2007Sivaji: The BossTamil
PokkiriTamil
2006Sillunu Oru KaadhalTamil
Don - The Chase Begins AgainHindi
PournamiTelugu
2005No EntryHindi
Nuvvostanante NenoddantanaTeluguWon Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu).
2004LakshyaHindiWon National Film Award for Best Choreography.
Won Filmfare Best Choreography Award.
Won Star Screen Award for Best Choreography.
SambaTelugu
2003KhushiHindi
2002Shakti: The PowerHindi
BabaTamil
Agni VarshaHindi
2000PukarHindiNominated for Star Screen Award for Best Choreography.
Pennin Manathai ThottuTamilFeatures the "Kalluri Vaanil" music video popularly known as "Benny Lava".
1997Minsaara KanavuTamilWon National Film Award for Best Choreography.
1995BombayTamil
1994KadhalanTamil
1993Chandra MukhiHindi
GumraahHindi
Mechanic AlluduTelugu
GaayamTelugu
Govindha GovindhaTelugu
Thiruda ThirudaTamil
GentlemanTamil
Walter VetrivelTamil
1992SuriyanTamil
Gharaana MoguduTelugu
Aaj Ka Goonda RaajHindi
1991IdayamTamil
ThalapathiTamil
Rowdy AlluduTelugu
Kshana KshanamTelugu
Gang LeaderTelugu
1990Raja VikramarkaTelugu
Jagadeka Veerudu AttilokasundariTelugu
1989Vetri VizhaTamil
1988Agni NatchathiramTamil

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YearFilmLanguageNotes
2005Nuvvostanante NenoddantanaTelugu
2006PournamiTelugu
2007PokkiriTamilWinner, Vijay Award for Favourite Director
Shankardada ZindabadTelugu
2009VilluTamil
WantedHindi
2010IchTamilAnnounced


Gangaraju Gunnam



Gangaraju Gunnam is a Tollywood Director and Producer, who made creative films like Aithe, Anukokunda Oka Roju and Amma Cheppindi.

He established his own production banner Just Yellow.

Personal life

Gunnam Ganga Raju was born and bought up in Kakinada, He studied up to his sixth standard in St. Josephs Convent in Kakinada. Then He received a Government of India scholarship and got into Hyderabad Public School. He finished his schooling and wanted to get into medicine but never got through. So, he waited for one year and joined BA English at Andhra Loyola College in Vijaywada. But He was removed from college in the second year as the entire English medium students went for a strike. Then He discontinued studies and worked as a sales representative for Navbharath Cigarettes, door to door sales. Then He did his Bachelor of Arts privately. Then He joined Master of Arts and completed it. During that time He also wrote Probationary officers in State Bank of India.After spending six months at Dibrugarh (last point onIndian Railways)and another five at Shillong, He got bored of that job and He quit.

After that he came back to Hyderabad, he started to work as a copy-writer for his friends Ad agency. Then he had no idea about an ad agency, to be frank he had never seen the inside of an agency before. He had no idea about type-setting or anything else. But we ran it for about five years before they decided that they had wasted a lot of money and energy on it. He decided to set up his own design studio, a studio that makes the basic designs for ads. It was called Fountainhead Design studio, named after his favorite book. But it didn't workout and he had decided to take up something where he could earn money without using his head. he opened a Vadilal ice-cream parlor, and even there he lost a lot of money. So, he started the business of doing greeting cards (Font Cards) with Rs. 1500/- that he borrowed from a cousin.

He started publishing greeting cards, but the price he quoted was a little high. The then leaders in cards Hallmark used to sell their cards at nine rupees to the shops, but he wanted to sell his at Rs. 15. People asked him how he was planning to sell them at such high prices. His answer was simple if his designs are bad people would not take them for free. But if they are good then people will buy them for what ever price he quoted. People don't buy greeting cards by looking at the price. During that time he was successful and Archies also wanted to take up a few of his designs.

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[edit]TV Serials

  • Amrutham (2001-2007)

313 episodes

  • Naanna (2003-2004)

89 episodes

  • Radha Madhu (2006-2008)

450 episodes

  • Ammamma.com (2006-2007)

200 episodes

  • Laya (2008-

Gunasekhar



Gunasekhar (Telugu: గుణశేఖర్, born 2 June) is a Telugu film director. He directed blockbusters such as Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu . But his next two films, Arjun, Sainikudu, were hyped with lot of expectations and didn't reach the hype, were average grossers. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) for Okkaduand also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for the movie 'Ramayanam'{1996}.

see website for more details http://www.gunasekhar.com

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Puri Jagannadh


Puri Jaganath (Telugu: పూరి జగన్నాధ్), born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. His brother SaiRam is also a hero in Tollywood. He is considered one of the sought after filmmakers in the Telugu movie industry especially after the blockbuster hit Pokiri. He is also a two time Nandi Award recipient. He is known for numerous prominent romantic relationships.[2]
Puri Jagannath
BornPuri Jagannath
September 28, 1966 (age 43)
Bapiraju Kothapalli, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Background

His directorial debut Badri, starred Pawan Kalyan in the lead role and Renu Desai, Prakash Raj, and Bollywood actress Amisha Patel in the supporting roles.

Later on he floated his own film production house Vaishno Academy. His production house went on to produce hit films such as Idiot, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Shivamani 9848022338, and Pokiri (which went on to be the biggest hit of Telugu film).

His recent film was Chiruta, with Ram Charan Teja and Neha Sharma in the lead roles. The film was Ram charan's debut film who is the son of Tollywood Megastar, Chiranjeevi.

Jagannadh directed Ram Charan Teja's first film Chiruta and C. Ashwini Dutt produced the film under Vyjayanthi Movies.

All his movies start with a divide talk and end as block busters. His Pokiri was his first movie which had a silver jubilee run at the box-office. Pokiri even completed 200 days and Completed 562 days in Kurnool. Mahesh Starrer Pokiri is the only film in 75 years of Telugu Industry to be screened for more than 500 days.

His next film with Prabhas titled Bujjigadu - Made In Chennai was released on 23 May 2008 and the film was hailed by critics as Prabhas' best performance but the film achieved moderate success at the box office.

His latest film Neninthe with Ravi Teja was released on 18 December 2008 and the film took satisfactory openings but later was declared an average film in Puri's career after delivering a hat-trick with Raviteja . Puri Jagannadh is one of the famous and influential director in the 2000s and he is continuing the same track record. Puri usually uses fights master such as: Vijayan, Allan Amin, and Vijay. Vijayan also popularly work's for Puri's films. He composed the fights for Pokiri, Desamuduru, Chiruta, and Bujjigadu.

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Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry

andhyala Veera Venkata Durga Siva Subramanya Sastry (Telugu : జంధ్యాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్య శాస్త్రి) (14 January 1951 - 19 June 2001) was a legendary Telugu film Screenplay writer and Director, noted for his popular comedy films.


BornJanuary 14, 1951
Narsapuram, India
Died19 June 2001 (aged 50)
Hyderabad
Spouse(s)Annapurna

Early life

Jandhyala, popularly known as Hasya Brahma Jandhyala, was born into a Telugu Brahmin family on the auspicious day of Makara Sankranti (January 14) in 1951 atNarsapuram.Son of Jandhyala Papayya Sastry(famous telugu poet)

He graduated with B.Com. from SRR & CVR College in Vijayawada.

[edit]Career

He was a good playwright during his college days. His first play 'Ek Din Ka Sultan' became a pretty popular play. His last play is Gundelu Marchabadunu. He entered the films as a lyricist though the film Punya Bhoomi Kallu Teru. His first released film was K. Vishwanath's Siri Siri Muvva. He was also a good dialogue writer, has written dialogues to the films like Shankarabharanam.

He turned into a director with the film Mudda Mandaram. His last film was 'Vichitram' was apparently his 60th film as a director.

He introduced a many comedy actors like Padmasri Bramhanandam, Suthi Velu and Suthi Veerabhadra Rao. His film with Usha Kiron movies Srivariki Premalekha became an all time great comedy movie. His movieAnanda Bhairavi was a milestone in his career and won many awards including the National award.

He directed several hits like Nalugu Sthambalata, Ananda Bhairavi, Rendu Rellu Aaru, Aha Naa Pellanta, Vivaha Bhojanambu, Choopulu Kalasina Subhavela, Chantabbai, Amara Jeevi, Seeta Rama Kalyanam andPadamati Sandhya Ragam.

He also acted in a film Aapadhbandavudu with Chiranjeevi as a father of the heroine. At the end of the film he is shown dying having dedicated all his works in a selfless way. In real life too, he died leaving behind him a legacy of excellent films. He also worked as a dubbing artist for few movies in telugu.

His famous quote in Telugu,

“Navvadam oka bhogam, Navvinchadam oka yogam, Navvalekapovadam oka rogam.”

Translation: To be able to laugh is a luxury, to make others laugh is an art and to be unable to laugh is a disease.

[edit]Personal life

Jandhyala married Annapurna, and has two daughters Sahiti and Sampada. For a family photo [1].

Jandhyala died on 19 June 2001.

[edit]Awards

- 1983, National Award for Best Regional Director for the movie Ananda Bhairavi

- 1983, Andhra Nandi Award for the Best director for the movie Ananda Bhairavi

- 1987, Andhra Nandi Award for the Best Story Writer for the movie Padamati Sandhya Ragam

- 1992, Andhra Nandi Award for the Best Dialogue Writer for the movie Apadbhandavudu

Awards for Jandhayala Movies (Other than Ananda Bhairavi)

Goutham Raju - 1988, Andhra Nandi Award for the Best editor for the movie Hy Hy Nayaka

[edit]Awards for the movie Ananda Bhairavi

National Award
Jandhyala - Best Regional Director

Andhra Nandi Awards
Best Movie
Jandhyala - Best director.
S.Gopala Reddy - Best Photography.
K.S.Chandra Murthy - Second Best story writer.

Andhra Pradesh Film Journalists Award
Best Movie
Jandhyala - Best Director
Girish Karnad - Best Actor

Vijayawada Film Journalists Award
Best Movie
Jandhyala - Best Director
Ramesh Naidu - Best Music Director

Vamsi Awards
Best Movie
Jandhyala - Best Director
Ramesh Naidu - Best Music Director
Kanchana - Best Actress
Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, Sutti Velu - Best male comedy pair
Sri Lakshmi - Best female comedian
Kondamudi Sree Rama Chandra Murthy - Best Story

Kalasagar Awards
Best Movie
Jandhyala - Best Director
Ramesh Naidu - Best Music Director
Kondamudi Sree Rama Chandra Murthy - Best Story
Best Male Comedian
Best Female Comedian

Andhra Pradesh Cinegoers Awards
Best Movie
Jandhyala - Best Director
Ramesh Naidu - Best Music Director
Girish Karnad - Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Female Comedian
Best Baby Actor

Hasyapriya Relangi Academy Award
Best Female Comedian

Madras Film Fans
Jandhyala - Best Director

[edit]Movies List (Director)

MovieActorsRelease Date
Muddha MandaramPradeep, Poornima1981
Malle PandiriVijji Babu, Jyothi, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam1982
Nalugu SthambhalataNaresh, Pradeep, Purnima, Tulasi15-5-1982
NelavankaRajesh, Gummadi, J. V. Somayajulu25-1-1983
Rendu Jalla SeethaNaresh, Pradeep,Rajesh, Subhakar, Mahalakshmi, Subhaleka Sudhakar, Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, Suthi velu30-3-1983
AmarajeeviAkkineni Nageswara Rao, Jayapradha19-8-1983
Moodu MulluChandra Mohan, Radhika, Geetha-9-1983
Sreevariki Prema LekhaNaresh, Purnima, Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, Nutan Prasad, Misro2-3-1984
Ananda Bhairavi (Telugu & Kannada)Girish Karnad, Malavika, Rajesh, Kanchana, Sutti Veerabhadra Rao, Suthi Velu11-4-1984
Rao Gopal raoRao Gopal Rao, Chandra Mohan, Muchcharla Aruna1984
Puththadi BommaNaresh, Purnima, Muchcharla Aruna1985
Babai AbbaiBala Krishna, Anitha Reddy[Debt], Sutti Veera Bhadra Rao8-2-1985
Srivari SobhanamNaresh, Anitha Reddy1985
Mogudu PellaluNaresh, Bhanu Priya5-8-1985
Muddula ManavaraluBhanumathi, Suhasini, Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarat Babu1985
Rendu Rellu AruRajendra Prasad, Chandra Mohan, Rajani, Preethy11-1-1986
Seetha Rama KalyanamBala Krishna, Rajani18-4-1986
ChantabbaiChiranjeevi,SUTHIVELU, Suhasini22-8-1986
Padamati Sandhya RagamVijayasanthi, Tom, Gummaluri Sastry11-4-1987
Raga LeelaRaghu, Sumalatha, Tulasi, Sandhya4-6-1987
SatyagrahamChalla Ramakrishna Reddy, Saritha, Guntur Sastry1987
Aha Naa PellantaRajendra Prasad (actor), Rajani27-11-1987
Chinni KrishnuduRamesh, Khushboo, Sarat Babu-4-1988
Vivaha BhojanambuChandra Mohan, Rajendra Prasad, Aswani-4-1988
Neeku Naaku PellantaDr.Rajasekhar, Aswani8-1988
Choopulu Kalasina SubhavelaNaresh, Mohan, Aswani, Sudha7-10-1988
Hy Hy NayakaNaresh, Sri Bharathi23-2-1989
Jayammu NishayammuraRajendra Prasad, Sumalatha, Chandra Mohan, Avanthi6-7-1989
Bava Bava PanneruNaresh, Rupa Kala9-8-1991
Prema Entha MadhuramNaresh, Mayuri6-9-1991
Vichitra PremaRajendra Prasad, Amrutha1991
Babai HotelBrahmanandam, Kinnera5-6-1992
Prema JindabadRajendra Prasad, Aiswarya, Subhalekha Sudhakar-
Aa Aaa e eeVarun Raj, Achyuth, Vijay Kumar-
Shhh. Gup ChupVarun Raj, Bhanu Priya12-5-1994
Oho Naa PellantaHarish, Sanghavi20-3-1996
VichitramDr Ghazal Srinivas, Chandra Sree, Sri Harsha, Charmi6-11-1999

[edit]Movies List (Actor)

  • Rendu Rellu Aaru
  • Apadbandhavudu

[edit]Movies List (Gave voice)

  • padamati sandhya ragam (for [vijayasanthi] father-in-law(meer abdulla one of producer of this movie])
  • Arunachalam (for {Vissu} Rangachary, Rambha's father)

Jayanth C. Paranjee

Jayanth C. Paranji is a Tollywood film director. He started off making documentaries and advertising films before getting into feature film. His directorial debut was Preminchukondam Raa with Venkatesh playing the lead role. Most of his films have been big hits. He is also one of the few directors to have worked with the Tollywood "Fab-four"-Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Venkatesh and Bala Krishna. He has also worked with most of the top Bollywood actress like Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, Katrina Kaif, Sonali Bendre, Lisa Ray etc. He introduced Bipasha Basu in a telugu film much before she did Hindi films.

[edit]Selected Filmography

[edit]Trivia


Sekhar Kammula


Shekar Kammula (Telugu: శేఖర్ కమ్ముల) is a critically acclaimed, award winning Telugu film director, writer and producer.

Early life

Sekhar was schooled at St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad.He completed his intermediate studies from St. Alphonsa's and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad. He later went to the United States of America to pursue a Graduate degree in Computer Sciences at New Jersey. After a brief stint in the IT industry, he enrolled in the MFA program at Howard University, Washington, D.C.

[edit]Career

Sekhar 's first film was the so called "commercial formulas" in making his movies. Nevertheless, all his movies have been very well received and have been commercially successful at the box-office, making him one of the revolutionary directors of Telugu cinema. Dollar Dreams[1]. This film was a critical success, and won him the National Film Award for best debutant director. His second film, Anand, was huge hit in the year 2004. Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao, a prominent person in the Telugu film industry, declared Sekhar as "Hero of 2004". His next film, Godavari, was praised by critics, but was a moderate success. He has done his magic again with Happy Days last year (2007). Happy Days which was released in USA on 28th Sept was declared a smash hit. Kammula's films pleasantly lack the omnipresent violence in Indian cinema and this makes family viewing possible. He avoids over dramatization, vulgarity and violence. He worked with Polaris before starting films, his brother is still associated with same firm.


[edit]Filmography

Producer


Director


Distributor

[edit]Awards

  • Dasari Best Film Director Award 2007[2]

A. Karunakaran



A. Karunakaran(Born: 1961) is a Telugu film director.

Background

Before coming into Telugu Film Industry, his parents forced him to join polytechnics. After finishing polytechnics in 1989, he went to Madras. He became an assistant director to a few successful directors likeShankar.

A karunakaran official website is www.aKarunakaran.com[1]

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Karunakaran's first directorial film was Tholi Prema was a sensational hit. That film enhanced Pawan Kalyan's image as an actor. His subsequent films Yuvakudu, Vasu, and Balu ABCDEFG disappointed at box office. Though they failed at box office, the way he presents the movie is superb. His next film Happy was a moderate success. In his films heroines are given importance and are not shown in vulgar manner unlike many directors. This is really appreciated by Class Audience. He gives much importance to his story & screenplay rather than skin-show. His first movie Tholi Prema is a master piece.[citation needed] Tholi Prema,Yuvakudu, (somewhat)Vasu, and Happy are the examples for the decency he follows. He is now back with his hit movie "Ullasamga Utsahamga" in which nobody can stop ur laughter.

[edit]Filmography



Deva Katta


Deva Kaushik Katta is an Indian-born American-resident filmmaker who debuted as a successful writer/director on the big screen with the feature film Vennela (Telugu).

Deva Katta also made a digital docufeature about Indian students in America which is titled Valasa. He has a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a vehicle crash worthiness expert. He graduated from film school before making 'V'ennela.

After a break for about two and a half year, Deva katta is back to the telugu film industry with an interesting script. "PRASTHANAM"

With sarvanand as hero and Ruby Parihar as heroine. and with many other artists he is directing the movie.. Deva katta claims that the movie is an intense drama.. which has soul in it... Sai kumar, a veternal actor is also in the cast..


Jaya Krishna



jaya Krishna is a former tollywood film producer who made movies in 1970's 80s and 90s. Some of his well known movies include Mana Voori Pandavulu 1978, Manthri gari Viyyankudu- 1983, Vivaha Bhojanambu,Muddula Manavaralu, Seetaramulu, Raagaleela, Neeku Naaku Pellanta Krishnarjunulu, 420 with Naga Babu, etc. He is the telugu producer for the movie Abhay starring Kamal Hasan and Raveena Tandon. His latest films included Sabhash with Sumanth and Dasu with Sri Hari, both of which were stopped midway and released subsequently by another producer.

He is the first producer to pay a remuneration to Mega star Chiranjeevi (Rs. 1116/-). His production banners include Muddu Art Movies, Jaya Krishna Movies.

He started his career as a makeup man in the film industry. He was a personal makeup man for Rebel star Krishnam raju, Vijaya Shanti. The noted film producer A.M. Rathnam was his student who later on became a make up man and then a producer.

He was the one who introduced comedian Brahmanandam to the Telugu film world through Jandhyala. He was the one who gave a break to Vijay C Kumar (cinematographer) who is famous for films Ammoru, Godavari, Happy days etc.

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