Shankar Shanmugam, credited as S. Shankar or his mononym Shankar, is an Indian filmmaker who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is one of the most prolific and highest paid film directors in India. His films typically deal with the contemporary social issues, vigilante themes and the usage of state of the art technology and VFX.
Naa Alludu is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Vara Mullapudi from a story written by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Jr. NTR, Ramya Krishna, Shriya, and Genelia while Suman, Rajiv Kanakala, Charan Raj, Brahmanandam, and Ali play supporting roles. The film was a Box-office bomb.
Suresh Peters is a multi talented artist in the field of Indian music. He is a music producer, a professional drummer, an award-winning music director in five Indian languages and a playback singer in multiple Indian languages for feature films in India.
Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan is an Indian film playback singer, actor, producer and director known for his works in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema.
Manchu Manoj Kumar is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in Major Chandrakanth. He made his film debut in a leading role with Donga Dongadi in 2004. He received the state Nandi Special Jury Award for his performance in box-office success Bindaas (2010). He also starred in Vedam (2010), Potugadu (2013), and Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014).
Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman, known professionally as Thaman S, earlier as S S Thaman, is an Indian music composer, professional drummer, and playback singer who predominantly works in Telugu films, Kannada cinema and Tamil films. Thaman entered the film industry as a supporting musician with the Telugu film Bhairava Dweepam in 1994, and later became a film music composer. His debut films as music director were Malli Malli (2009) in Telugu and Sindhanai Sei (2009) in Tamil. He made his acting debut in Boys (2003).
Orange is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Bhaskar. The film stars Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza, and Shazahn Padamsee, while Prabhu and Prakash Raj play supporting roles. The film, whose music was composed by Harris Jayaraj and was released on 26 November 2010. The film was a box office failure upon release, but over time became a cult film. It was dubbed and released in Tamil as Ramcharan in 2011.
Suraj Jagan is an Indian playback singer. He is noted for the song Give Me Some Sunshine from the award-winning movie 3 Idiots. The song received the "Best Emerging Male Performer" award in the Max Stardust Award. Jagan's singing career began in 1990, and has included both solo work and as front man for the rock band Dream Out Loud. He has also worked in advertising jingle campaigns, Bollywood playback singing, acting in theatre productions and an acting role in the Bollywood film Rock On!! & "Hunterrr".
Gangmaster is a 1994 Telugu film directed by B. Gopal. It has music composed by A. R. Rahman who signed the film because of his friendship with entrepreneur T. Subbarami Reddy, who was the producer of this film. It was dubbed into Tamil with the title Manitha Manitha. The film was a remake of Hindi film Sir. The film was a box office success.
180 is a 2011 Indian romantic drama film directed by Jayendra Panchapakesan who co-wrote the film with Subha and Umarji Anuradha. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil, the latter titled Nootrenbadhu (transl. 180). It stars Siddharth, Priya Anand and Nithya Menen with notable roles being played by Moulee, Tanikella Bharani and Geetha among others.
Ramesh Vinayakam is an Indian composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, music producer.
Hiphop Tamizha is an Indian musical duo based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The duo consists of Adhithya "Adhi" Venkatapathy and R. Jeeva.
Anjala is a 2016 Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Thangam Saravanan and produced by Dhilip Subbarayan. Vimal and Nandita star, while Gopi Sunder composes the film's music.
Sakalakala Vallavan Appatakkar is a 2015 Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Suraj. The film stars Jayam Ravi, Trisha and Anjali, while Prabhu and Soori appear in supporting roles and Vivek in a guest appearance. S. Thaman composed the film's music, while cinematography was by U. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by Selva RK. The film was released on 31 July 2015.
Dhruva is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Allu Aravind under his banner Geetha Arts. It features Ram Charan in the titular role, along with Aravind Swamy, Rakul Preet Singh, and Navdeep in important roles. A remake of the Tamil film Thani Oruvan (2015), it follows Dhruva, an IPS officer who wants to arrest Siddharth Abhimanyu, a wealthy scientist, who uses secret medical and illegal practices for profit.
Spyder is a 2017 Indian action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by N. V. Prasad. It is filmed simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil, and stars Mahesh Babu, S.J. Suryah and Rakul Preet Singh. Murugadoss wrote the Tamil dialogues while the Paruchuri Brothers wrote the Telugu version. The film was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad, with cinematography by Santosh Sivan, and the music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The movie follows Shiva, an Intelligence Bureau officer, who sets out to save the people of Hyderabad when he realizes that a psychopath is on the loose.
RRR is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainment. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It centers around fictional versions of two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem, their friendship, and their fight against the British Raj.
RRR is the soundtrack album, composed by M. M. Keeravani, to the 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film of the same name, directed by S. S. Rajamouli, starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, and Olivia Morris while Samuthirakani, Shriya Saran, Ray Stevenson, and Alison Doody play supporting roles. The film featured seven tracks with lyrics written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Chandrabose, Suddala Ashok Teja, Ramajogayya Sastry, K. Shiva Dutta and Keeravani himself. Madhan Karky (Tamil), Riya Mukherjee and Varun Grover (Hindi), Mankombu Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam) and Varadaraj Chikkaballapura (Kannada), wrote lyrics for the dubbed versions. The album, was released by Lahari Music and T-Series on 16 April 2022.
Aaptudu is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah starring Rajasekhar and Anjala Zhaveri. The film is a remake of Ghaatak (1996).
The Legend is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film written and directed by J. D.–Jerry. The film stars an ensemble cast of Legend Saravanan, Urvashi Rautela, Geethika Tiwary, Vivek, Suman and Nassar. It marks the debuts of Urvashi Rautela and Saravanan Arul in Tamil cinema. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, while cinematography and editing were handled by R. Velraj and Ruben respectively.
