Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju, known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian actor and film producer who mainly works in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action comedy films, he is popular by the moniker Mass Maharaja. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, Teja has won three state Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award South. He was featured by Forbes India in the list of top 100 Celebrities in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Shruti Haasan is an Indian actress and singer who works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Filmfare Award South and seven South Indian International Movie Awards. Haasan has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list of 2015 and 2016.
Kickis a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Surender Reddy from a story by Vakkantham Vamsi. The film stars Ravi Teja, Ileana, and Shaam while Brahmanandam plays a supporting role. The film has music composed by S. Thaman. Released on 8 May 2009, the film was a commercial success.
Veera: An Arrow Head of Action is a 2011 Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by Ganesh Indukuri under Sanvi Productions banner and directed by Ramesh Varma. It stars Ravi Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, and Taapsee Pannu, with music composed by S. Thaman. The cinematography was performed by Chota K. Naidu, and the film was released on 20 May 2011. The film had completed 50 days in 60 centres and a 100-day run at the box office according to Zee 24 Gantalu. The film was released in Tamil as Veeraiyaah, in Hindi as The Great Veera in 2012, in Malayalam as Veera in 2017, and also in Bhojpuri as Veera. In 2021, Manish Shah from Goldmines Telefilms dubbed the movie in Hindustani under the same name.
Kick 2 is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Surender Reddy from a story written by Vakkantham Vamsi. It is produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram under the banner of N.T.R. Arts. A sequel to the 2009 film Kick, the film stars Ravi Teja in dual role as father and son, along with an ensemble cast including Rakul Preet Singh, Shaam, Ravi Kishan, Kabir Duhan Singh, Ashish Vidyarthi, Madhusudhan Rao, Brahmanandam, P. Ravishankar, Raghu Babu, Tanikella Bharani and Rajpal Yadav. with music composed by S. Thaman.
Vajrakaya is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by A. Harsha. It stars Shiva Rajkumar, Nabha Natesh and Karunya Ram in the lead roles, with Avinash, Ravi Kale and Suman as supporting cast. With Dileep, Sivakarthikeyan,Ravi Teja and others in cameo appearance
Agnyaathavaasi is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Aadhi Pinisetty, Keerthy Suresh and Anu Emmanuel in lead roles. The film began its principal photography in March 2016 which ended in November 2016. Anirudh Ravichander composed the film's score and soundtrack.
Nela Ticket is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by Ram Talluri on his production banner SRT Entertainments and directed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala. It features Ravi Teja, Malvika Sharma, Jagapathi Babu in the lead roles and music composed by Shakti Kanth Karthick. The film released worldwide on 25 May 2018.
Blue Planet Entertainments LLP is an Indian film production company established by Kiran Reddy Mandadi and CH Bharath Chowdary. The company is based in Hyderabad and has produced around 3 films in Telugu languages delivered several successful projects from the beginning, the film Nene Raju Nene Mantri directed by Teja, featuring Rana Daggubati, Kajal Aggarwal, Catherine Tresa, and Navdeep in the lead roles.
Anveshana is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language horror film directed by Sagar. The film stars Ravi Teja and Radhika Varma in the lead roles. This film markes the film debut of Radhika and the music director, Madhukar. The film was released after a two year delay.
Manu is a 2018 Indian Telugu language experimental romantic art film directed by debutant Phanindra Narsetti. The film stars Raja Goutham and Chandini Chowdary. The film, banked on crowdfunding, released to average reviews. However, the film is praised for its unique story-telling, direction, production design, music, colour correction, costumes, but criticised the film's excessive length, unnecessary detailing.
Zombie Reddy is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language zombie action comedy film directed by Prasanth Varma, and stars Teja Sajja, Anandhi, and Daksha Nagarkar. Produced by Apple Trees Studios, the film is marketed as the first zombie film in Telugu cinema. Set in the district of Kurnool, the film is partially based on COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released on 5 February 2021. following its acquisition on Aha it premiered on 26 March 2021.
Teja Sajja is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He began his career as a child actor in Choodalani Vundi (1998) leading up to Boss (2006). As an adult, Sajja had a supporting role in Oh! Baby (2019). He has since played the lead roles in films such as Zombie Reddy (2021) and Hanu-Man (2024), latter being one of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2024 and ninth highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide.
Prasanth Varma is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing Awe (2018), Kalki (2019), Zombie Reddy (2021) and Hanu-Man (2024). His debut film Awe won at the National film awards for Best Special Effects, and Best Make-up. He is also the co-founder of Scriptsville, an organization dedicated to supporting screenwriting in Telugu cinema.
Hanu-Man is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language superhero film written and directed by Prasanth Varma and produced by Primeshow Entertainment. It stars Teja Sajja in the title role, alongside Amritha Aiyer, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Samuthirakani, Vinay Rai, Vennela Kishore and Raj Deepak Shetty. Set in the fictional village of Anjanadri, Hanu-Man is the first installment of the Prasanth Varma Cinematic Universe. The narrative follows Hanumanthu, who gains the powers of Hanuman to protect the people of Anjanadri, ultimately facing off against Michael after encountering a mysterious gem.
Daksha Nagarkar is an Indian actress and model who appears in Telugu films. She made her debut in 2015 with Hora Hori, and then worked in Husharu and Zombie Reddy.
Bimbisara is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film written and directed by debutant Mallidi Vassishta and produced by Kosaraju Harikrishna, under N. T. R. Arts. It stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram in a dual role alongside Catherine Tresa, Samyuktha Menon, Vivan Bhatena and Prakash Raj. In the film, King Bimbisara of the Trigarta kingdom from the 5th century BC lands in the modern-day Hyderabad through time travel.
Ravanasura is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language psychological action thriller film directed by Sudheer Varma from a story written by Srikanth Vissa. It is a remake of the 2019 Bengali thriller film Vinci Da by Srijit Mukherji which was successful at the box office. It has an ensemble cast featuring Ravi Teja, Jayaram, Sushanth, Anu Emmanuel, Faria Abdullah, Megha Akash, Daksha Nagarkar and Pujita Ponnada. Besides acting, Ravi Teja also produced the film under RT Team Works along with Abhishek Nama's Abhishek Pictures.
Hanu-Man is the soundtrack album, composed by GowraHari, Anudeep Dev and Krishna Saurabh to the 2024 Indian Telugu-language superhero film of the same name. The film is directed by Prasanth Varma, starring Teja Sajja in the title role, alongside Amritha Aiyer, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Raj Deepak Shetty and Vinay Rai.
Oohalu Gusagusalade is the soundtrack to the 2014 film of the same name directed by Srinivas Avasarala in his directorial debut, featuring Naga Shaurya, Raashii Khanna and Avasarala. The album featured four songs composed by Kalyani Malik with lyrics written by Anantha Sriram and Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and was released through Vel Records on 28 April 2014.
