Upendra Rao, also known as Upendra, is an Indian filmmaker, actor and politician known for his work in Kannada cinema. He started his film career as a writer and an assistant director with actor and film director Kashinath. His first directorial venture was Tharle Nan Maga (1992). He is currently one of the highest paid directors and actors in the Kannada cinema industry.
Arinthum Ariyamalum is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan. It features Navdeep, Arya, Prakash Raj and Sameksha in the lead roles, while Adithya, Sangili Murugan, Krishna, and Yog Japee play pivotal roles. The film's music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. "Punnagai Poo" Gheetha, a RJ at a Malaysian radio station THR Raaga, produced the film.
Vattaram is a 2006 Indian Tamil action gangster film written, produced, and directed by Saran. The film stars Arya, Napoleon, and Kirat Bhattal in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharathwaj. The film released on 21 October 2006. This film declared an average grosser at the box office. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Are You Ready To Fight.
Adithya Menon, often credited as Adithya, is an Indian film actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.
Navdeep Pallapolu, known mononymously as Navdeep, is an Indian film actor and television personality who stars predominantly in Telugu films along with a few Tamil films.
America! America!! is a 1995 Indian Kannada family drama film written and directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. It features Ramesh Aravind, Akshay Anand and Hema Panchamukhi essaying the key roles whilst H. G. Dattatreya, Vaishali Kasaravalli and Shivaram performing the supporting roles. The plot revolves around three childhood friends hailing from a coastal village of Karnataka who get entangled in the marital issues after flying and settling in the United States. The film makes an attempt to study the psyche of Non-resident Indians who are settled abroad.
Billa is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Meher Ramesh. The film stars Prabhas, Anushka Shetty and Namitha Vankawala. The film, which began filming in October 2008, released in 3 April 2009. It is a remake of the 2007 Tamil film of the same name which itself is a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don. This is the second Telugu remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don after the 1979 film Yugandhar, starring NTR, the actress Jayasudha has a guest role as Janaki in this film, while in Yugandhar she played Anushka Shetty's role.
Singam is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Hari Gopalakrishnan, starring Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj, and Vivek in the lead and is the first installment in the Singam film series. The film, produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja in association with Reliance Big Pictures, and distributed by Sun Pictures, was released on 28 May 2010.
Vallavanukku Vallavan is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, directed by R. Sundaram under production of Modern Theatres. The film script was written by A. L. Narayanan. Music was by Vedha. It stars S. A. Ashokan, Manimala, Gemini Ganesan and R. S. Manohar in lead roles, with Thangavelu and Manorama in supporting roles. Also Savitri, makes a cameo as herself. The film was Modern Theatres' 100th film. The movie is a remake of the 1963 Hindi film Ustadon Ke Ustad.
Samahaara is an Indian theatre group based in Hyderabad. It was founded by two young theatre personalities, the actor-director Rathna Shekar Reddy and the playwright Anjali Parvati Koda. The group began with touring its maiden production, The Crest of the Peacock, an educational play on mathematics across the twin cities to schools and colleges, staging more than 50 shows. Their play Purushotham-He, the Victim of Spiders and Pressure Cookers written by Anjali Parvati Koda has received critical acclaim. The productions include the original plays, Dominic Wesley, written by Koda and directed by the UK-based Stu Denison, Gregor Samsa, Karna and The Last Wish Baby.Unlucky also directed by Denison, Rabindranath Tagore's Post Office, Woody Allen's God, Athol Fugard's The Island, “Acharya Tartuffe”, Hindi adaptation of Moliere’s controversial play ‘Le Tartuffe’, Edward Albee's Zoo Story. The army courtroom Hindi drama Court Martial by Swadesh Deepak has been performed and toured all over India by the group with Rathna Shekar essaying the role of Bikas Rai and has been cited as "gripping","engrossing and pathbreaking" and powerful. Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was staged by the group and the actors received positive reviews about their "great comic timing".
Baadshah is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Sreenu Vaitla. The film was produced by Bandla Ganesh under his Parameswara Art Productions banner. It stars Jr. NTR, Kajal Aggarwal, and Navdeep in the lead roles. It is Jr. NTR and Kajal's second film together after Brindavanam. Navdeep plays the antagonist in this movie. The soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman and this is his second collaboration with Sreenu Vaitla. Cinematography was handled by Jayanan Vincent, R D Rajasekhar and K V Guhan. The film was released worldwide on 5 April 2013, receiving good reviews from critics and recorded as Hit at the box-office. and was premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2014 held in Japan. Baadshah released in 1550 Screens worldwide with 1200 Prints.
Antha is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu. The film stars Ambareesh, Lakshmi, Jayamala and Latha in lead roles. The film went on to become a huge success and is viewed as a milestone in Ambareesh's career.
Ramesh Deo is an Indian film and television actor who has worked in more than 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi dramas with over 200 showings in his long career. He has also produced feature films, television serials and over 250 ad films. He has also directed a number of films, documentaries and television serials. He has received many state and national awards for his work.
Rathna Shekar Reddy is an award-winning Indian film actor from Hyderabad, Telangana. He is the co-founder of the prominent Hyderabad-based theatre group Samahaara, along with writer-director Anjali Parvati Koda. He starred in the National Award-winning Telugu film, Na Bangaaru Talli and films like Ishq, Virodhi, Gutthi and Yuddham Saranam. Samahaara is known for organising the Hyderabad Theatre Festival and their original plays.
Nee Jathaga Nenundali is a 2014 Telugu romantic musical drama film directed by Jaya Ravindra. It is an official remake of 2013 film Aashiqui 2. The name is taken from the song of the same name from the 2014 film, Yevadu. Sachiin J Joshi, Nazia Hussain and Rao Ramesh are in lead roles.
Bham Bolenath is a Telugu stoner-comedy film directed by Karthik Varma Dandu and produced by Siruvuri Rajesh Varma under R.C.C Entertainments. It stars Navdeep and Pooja Jhaveri in the lead roles, along with Pradeep Machiraju, Naveen Chandra, Posani Krishna Murali, Kireeti Damaraju, and pruthvi in supporting roles. The film was released on 27 February 2015. lt received mixed reviews from critics.
Mysore Srikantayya Umesh, popularly known as M. S. Umesh or simply Umesh, is an Indian actor whose Kannada cinema career has spanned SEVEN decades. After having featured in several stage shows as an actor in his childhood, he was roped in for the lead character in the film Makkala Rajya (1960). Since then, he has acted in over 350 feature films renowned for his unique dialogue delivery, facial expressions and comedy timing.
Adithya Varma is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Gireesaaya in his directorial debut and produced by Mukesh Mehta under E4 Entertainment. The film stars newcomer Dhruv Vikram and Banita Sandhu in her Tamil debut in the lead roles while Priya Anand appears in a supporting role. It is a remake of the Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017). The film was originally directed by Bala under the title Varma and shot between March and September 2018; however, in February 2019, due to creative differences, E4 Entertainment decided to re-launch it with a new cast and crew; only Dhruv and music director Radhan were retained. The new version, titled Adithya Varma, began filming in March 2019 and ended that May. It was released on 21 November 2019 worldwide, and India the next day.
Gangstars is a 2018 Indian crime drama web television series in Telugu by Amazon Prime Video, produced by Swapna C Dutt, Chakravathi Gutta, Sanjay Reddy, Anil Pallala under the Early Monsoon Tales and Silly Monks Entertainments banner and directed by Ajay Bhuyan. The series was created by B. V. Nandini Reddy. The series stars Navdeep, Shweta Basu Prasad, Jagapathi Babu, Siddu Jonnalagadda, Apoorva Arora in the lead roles and music is composed by Sai Karthik.
Chakravarthy Ramachandra is an Indian film producer, who has worked on Tamil and Telugu-language films. After beginning his career as an independent producer through the Bad Monkey production house, he later joined Y NOT Studios as its chief executive officer.
