Allahrakka Rahmanpronunciation (help·info); born A. S. Dileep Kumar) known professionally as A. R. Rahman, is an Indian music director, composer, musician and singer. His works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements. Among his awards are six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India. In 2009, Rahman was included on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. The UK-based world-music magazine Songlines named him one of "Tomorrow's World Music Icons" in August 2011.
Nandamuri Balakrishna, also known as N.B.K and Balayyababu is an Indian film actor and politician known for his works predominantly in the Telugu cinema. He is the sixth son of Telugu film actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. He entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of fourteen with the film Tatamma Kala (1974). Known for his high concept, high voltage entertainers and extraordinary dialogue delivery, he has acted in more than a hundred feature films in varied roles.
Pritam Chakraborty, also known as Pritam, is an Indian composer, record producer and music director for Bollywood films.
Koduri Marakathamani Keeravaani, better known as M. M. Keeravani, is an Indian film music composer and playback singer, who works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. He is also known by his aliases Marakathamani, and M. M. Kreem. He has recorded most of his songs with singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra. In 1997, he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the Telugu movie Annamayya. He has won 8 Filmfare Awards, eleven state Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
Hamsalekha is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, dialogue writer, instrumentalist and a conductor. Composed and written for over 300 feature films.
Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer with more than 75 films to his credits in three south Indian languages. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. His Mother tongue is Telugu, though he was born in Orissa while his father was working in Orissa.
Mickey J Meyer is an Indian music composer and singer known for his works predominantly in Telugu Cinema, and a few Kannada films which are mostly remakes of his Telugu ventures. An alumnus of Trinity College of Music at London, United kingdom and his Light music is noted for being a harmonious blend of traditional Indian music and Western instrumentation. He has received two Filmfare Awards South, and three state Nandi Awards for the Best music Direction in hits such as Happy Days, Kotha Bangaru Lokam and A Aa.
Mechery Louis Ouseppachan, mononymously known as Ousepachhan, is an Indian film composer and singer who mainly sets scores for Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film Awards for his numerous film soundtrack albums and background scores.
Ghantasala Srinivas Sai Thaman Siva Kumar, popularly known and credited as S. S. Thaman is an Indian film composer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. Although Thaman entered the film industry as an actor in a supporting role in the Tamil film Boys, he soon turned film composer and became popular for his work as a music director. His debut films as music director were Sindhanai Sei in Tamil, and Kick in Telugu, Kick went on to become his first blockbuster film.
Krish is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Bollywood. He made his directorial debut in 2008 with Gamyam and followed it up with Vedam in 2010. Both films garnered widespread critical acclaim, fetching him the Nandi Award and Filmfare Award for Best Director. In 2015, he directed the period war drama film, Kanche setup in Nazi Germany, the film has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Kanche was selected for the Indiwood Panorama Competition section at the 2nd edition of Indiwood Carnival 2016 in Hyderabad. In 2017, his directorial venture Gautamiputra Satakarni has gained critical acclaim and a huge box office success. He co-directed the epic Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi which released on 25 January 2019.
Rajat Dholakia a.k.a Juku is an Indian composer known for his work on Firaaq (2008), Mirch Masala (1987) and Holi (1985). He has been credited with introducing Chhattisgarhi music to Bollywood, and won the 1991 National Film Award for best music director for the film Dharavi directed and written by Sudhir Mishra and in 1992 won award for the film Sunday directed by Pankaj Adwani
Manikanth Kadri is an Indian film score, soundtrack composer and singer. He has predominantly scored music for Kannada as well as several Telugu, Tamil, Tulu, and Malayalam films. He is the son of legendary saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath.
Achu Rajamani, often credited as Achu, is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has scored music for several Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. He made his music direction debut in the Telugu film Nenu Meeku Telusa...? in 2008.
2 States is a 2014 Indian romantic comedy film co written and directed by Abhishek Varman based on the 2009 novel 2 States: The Story of My Marriage written by Chetan Bhagat. It is produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles. The film was released on 18 April 2014.
Amaal Mallik is an Indian music director, singer and lyricist in the Hindi film industry hailing from a musical family. He is the grandson of Sardar Malik; he is the son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik; brother of singer Armaan Malik and nephew of music composer and singer Anu Malik. Mallik started learning music at the age of 8 and took a liking towards the piano. He debuted in 2014 by composing three songs for Salman Khan's Jai Ho, following it up with the song "Naina" from Khoobsurat.
Pragya Jaiswal is an Indian film actress and model. She has appeared in Telugu cinema.
Kanche is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language romantic war drama film written and directed by Krish. It features Varun Tej, Pragya Jaiswal, and Nikitin Dheer in the lead roles. Y. Rajeev Reddy and J. Sai Babu produced the film under their banner, First Frame Entertainment. Kanche revolves around the enmity between two friends—Dhupati Haribabu and Eeshwar Prasad. Haribabu and Eeshwar's sister Sitadevi graduate from the University of Madras in the late 1930s and fall in love. Due to the prevailing casteism in their native village, Eeshwar opposes their relationship and kills Sitadevi accidentally. Years later, Haribabu joins the British Indian Army as a captain to fight against the Axis Powers in World War II and Eeshwar, now a colonel, is his commanding officer.
Arko Pravo Mukherjee is an Indian composer-singer and lyricist working in the Bollywood film industry since 2012. Jism 2 was his debut film as a music composer and lyricist.
Gautamiputra Satakarni is a 2017 Telugu epic historical action drama film produced by Y. Rajeev Reddy, Jagarlamudi Saibabu on First Frame Entertainment banner and directed by Krish. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shriya Saran, Hema Malini in the lead roles and music composed by Chirantan Bhatt. The film is based on the life of 2nd century AD Satavahana ruler Gautamiputra Satakarni. The film is Nandamuri Balakrishna's 100th film released on jan 12th around 1320 screens worldwide. The film was dubbed in Hindi by the same name, distributed by Aditya Movies Pliovevt Ltd.
Sai Madhav Burra is an Indian screenwriter best known for his work in Telugu cinema. He wrote dialogues for the films Khaidi No. 150 and Gautamiputra Satakarni for the actors Chiranjeevi and Nandamuri Balakrishna. His early work in dialogues includes Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju and Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum.
