Sistla Janaki is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is widely referred to as "Janaki Amma" and "Nightingale of South India". She is one of the best-known playback singers in India. She has recorded over 48,000 songs in films, albums, TV and Radio which includes solos, duets, chorus and title tracks in 17 languages including Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, Odia, Tulu, Urdu, Punjabi, Badaga, Bengali, Konkani and also in foreign languages such as English, Japanese, German and Sinhala; the highest number of songs in her career were in Kannada followed by Malayalam. Starting in 1957 with the Tamil film Vidhiyin Vilayattu, her career has spanned over six decades. S. Janaki is widely acclaimed as a Queen of expressions & Modulation in many languages. She is referred to as Gaana Kogile in Karnataka, Gaana Kokila in Telugu States and Isaikkuyil in Tamil Nadu.
Jayasudha Kapoor is an Indian actress and politician known for her works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She has also worked in few Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Known as natural actress, in a career spanning over 5 decades she received nine state Nandi Awards for her acting in works such as Jyothi (1976), Idi Katha Kaadu (1979), Premabhishekam (1981), Meghasandesam (1982), and Dharmaatmudu (1983).
Rajan–Nagendra were an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four decades. The duo scored music for about 375 films, over 200 of them in Kannada and the remainder in other languages like Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Tulu, Hindi and Sinhala. They composed innumerable hits, hundreds of melodious tunes in their career spanning four decades. They also hold the record for the longest active musical pair in the industry.
Star Maa is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Disney India. It primarily telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows and Telugu films.
R. Narayana Murthy is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He received Nandi Special Jury Award for his film Dandora (1993).
Tirumala Sundara Sri Ranganath was an Indian actor known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, Telugu Theater, television, and a few Tamil films. In a film career spanning more than forty years, Ranganath starred in more than three hundred feature films in a variety of roles. He made his debut with the 1969 Telugu film Budhimantudu.
Saath Nibhaana Saathiya is an Indian Hindi-language television series produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. It premiered on 3 May 2010 on Star Plus and became one of the longest running television series in India. The series starred Giaa Manek, Rucha Hasabnis, Rupal Patel, Mohammad Nazim, Vishal Singh, Loveleen Kaur Sasan, Tanya Sharma, Sonam Lamba, Amar Upadhyay, Kunal Singh and Rohit Suchanti.
Gundu Hanumantha Rao was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu films, theatre, and television. He first appeared in Jandhyala's film Aha Naa Pellanta in 1987 and gained popularity in comedian roles in S. V. Krishna Reddy's films. He is known for his roles in Rajendrudu Gajendrudu,Mayalodu, Yamaleela, Srivariki Premalekha,Pellaniki Premalekha Priyuraliki Subhalekha (1992), Apparao Driving School, and the TV serial Amrutham. He won three TV Nandi Awards from Andhra Pradesh Government, one of them for Amrutham serial. He was a renowned stage artist before entering into cinema, his first drama being "Ravana Bramha" at the age of 18. He acted in over 600 movies in Telugu and was a popular TV artist.
Allu Sirish is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films. He is the brother of leading Telugu cinema actor Allu Arjun. He debuted as a lead actor with Gouravam (2013) and later went to appear in films such as Kotha Janta (2014), Srirastu Subhamastu (2016) and Okka Kshanam (2017).
Shubha is an Indian actress who acted prominently in Malayalam films. She was a lead actress during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She also acted in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi films. She was the second lead in the cult Kannada classic Naagarahaavu (1972). For this, she received Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the year 1972–73.
Punyamurthula Suryanarayana Murthy, also known by his stage name Chitti Babu, is an Indian actor and comedian, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the brother of noted comedians Raja Babu and Ananth Babu.
Hari Teja is an Indian actress and television presenter, who works in Telugu-language films and television. She is also a professional Kuchipudi dancer. She contested on the reality TV show Bigg Boss 1, and stood in third place.
Amrutham was an Indian Telugu-language television sitcom created and produced by Gunnam Gangaraju. It originally aired on Gemini TV for six years from 18 November 2001 to 18 November 2007 in 313 episodes. It is widely regarded as the greatest Telugu comedy TV series of all time. Most of the episodes were written by Gunnam Gangaraju along with Vasu Inturi who also played the character of Sarvam. Amrutham is especially noted for its clean, family-friendly humour and its satirical takes on everyday issues. The topics of satire are diverse — soap operas, popular films, competitive exams, superstitions, game shows, contemporary politics, current affairs etc.
Milkuri Gangavva is an Indian YouTuber, comedian and actress. She used to work as a farm-worker before becoming popular on YouTube. Gangavva is known for her diction of Telangana dialect of Telugu language. In 2020, she entered the Telugu reality TV show Bigg Boss 4 as one of the 19 contestants.
Thota Ravi Krishna is an Indian actor works in Telugu films and television shows. He is known for Mogali Rekulu (2008–2013), Varudhini Parinayam (2013–2016) and Aame Katha (2019–2021).
Keerthi Keshav Bhat, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada and Telugu television. She made her acting debut with Ice Mahal in 2017. Bhat is best known for her portrayal of Bhanu in Manasichi Choodu and Dr.Hima Karthik in Karthika Deepam . In 2022, she appeared in Telugu reality show Bigg Boss Telugu 6 as a contestant and emerged as the 2nd runner up.
Geethanjali is an Indian Telugu language soap opera premiered on 27 February 2023 airing on Gemini TV and it is available for worldwide streaming on Sun NXT. The show stars Sujitha and Ravikiran in lead roles. The show is an official remake of Tamil television series Sevvanthi which is being aired on Sun TV.
Gundeninda Gudigantalu is an Indian Telugu language romantic drama television series airing on Star Maa. It is an official remake of the Tamil TV series Siragadikka Aasai. It stars Vishnukanth and Amulya Gowda in lead roles.
