Madhuri Dixit Nene is an Indian actress, producer, singer and television personality. One of the most popular leading actresses of Hindi cinema, she has appeared in over 70 Bollywood films. Noted by critics for her beauty, dancing skills, and strong characters, Dixit's early career was shaped up mostly by roles in romantic and family dramas before she expanded her repertoire. Her accolades include six Filmfare Awards from a record 17 nominations. In 2008, the Government of India awarded her with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the country.
Simi Garewal is an Indian actress, director, producer and a talk show host. She is the recipient of two Filmfare awards and a ITA Award. She is known for her work in Hindi films like Do Badan, Saathi, Mera Naam Joker, Siddhartha, Karz and Udeekaan. She acted in the Bengali movie Aranyer Din Ratri directed by Satyajit Ray. She is also known for her celebrity talk show, Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.
Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury is a British actress, known for her role as Mina in the Mira Nair-directed feature film Mississippi Masala (1991). Choudhury has played roles in American and international films and television shows such as in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), A Perfect Murder (1998), 3 A.M. (2001), and the John Cassavetes remake Gloria (1999). In 2002, she starred in Just a Kiss. She played a lesbian virgin in Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004) and acted as Anna Ran in Lady in the Water, a 2006 thriller by M. Night Shyamalan. She also played Egeria in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) and co-starred with Tom Hanks in the 2016 film A Hologram for the King. In 2021, Choudhury joined the cast of HBO Max's Sex and the City revival television series And Just Like That….
Indian is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Shankar and produced by A. M. Rathnam. The film stars Kamal Haasan in dual roles opposite Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar and Sukanya. Nedumudi Venu appears in a pivotal role. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by Jeeva.
Vikram Chandra is an Indian-American writer. His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book.
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, a neighbourhood of Hyderabad, India. The nickname Tollywood is a portmanteau of the words Telugu and Hollywood. By 2021, it has emerged as the largest film industry in India in terms of box-office.
Shanti Shanti Shanti is a 1998 Kannada language romantic comedy Drama film directed by Srinivas. The film starred Abbas, Madhavan, Prakash Raj, Prema, Avni Vasa, and Satish Shah in leading roles. During production, the film became known for its series of innovative ideas in the Kannada film industry. It became the first film to have a website and a six-track DTS sound. The film, which featured cinematography from P. C. Sriram, released on 20 November 1998. This marks the debut of R Madhavan in Indian cinema, as his previous film was an English film.
Veerappa Gangaiah Siddhartha Hegde was an Indian businessman from Karnataka. He was the founder of the cafe chain Café Coffee Day and served as its chairman and managing director. He also served on the board of directors of Mindtree, GTV, Liqwid Krystal, Way2wealth Brokers, Coffee Day Natural Resources, and Way2wealth Securities.
Sumanth Reddy, better known as Vaibhav, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He made his debut with the Telugu film Godava (2007) under his father, A. Kodandarami Reddy's direction. He is best known for his performances in Venkat Prabhu films Saroja (2008), Goa (2010), Mankatha (2011), Aambala (2015) and Chennai 600028 (2016). good actor
Bihar has produced a number of poets and writers in its languages like Bhojpuri Maithili language, Magahi language, Angika and Bajjika including Bhikhari Thakur, Heera Dom, Viveki Rai,Satishwar Sahay Verma, Pandey Kapil etc are writers of Bhojpuri, Vidyapati in Maithili. Besides its regional languages, Bihar has also produced writers in English such as Raj Kamal Jha, Amitava Kumar, Tabish Khair, Abhay K, Siddhartha Chowdhury; and Hindi including Raja Radhika Raman Prasad Sinha, Kumar vansi, Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Divakar Prasad Vidyarthy, Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', Ram Briksh Benipuri, Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Gopal Singh "Nepali", Ramesh Chandra Jha and Baba Nagarjun. Writer and Buddhist scholar Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan was born in Uttar Pradesh but spent his life in the land of Buddha, i.e., Bihar. Hrishikesh Sulabh is a short story writer, playwright and theatre critic. Arun Kamal and Aalok Dhanwa are poets.
Aval Oru Thodar Kathai is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Balachander. The story revolves around a working middle-class woman, who sacrifices her desires to support her large family. The lead role was played by Sujatha in her first Tamil film, which was also her first starring role. Kamal Haasan, Vijayakumar, Jai Ganesh, M. G. Soman and Sripriya played key roles. The film was shot in black-and white.
Chandra Mukhi is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language fantasy drama film directed by Debaloy Dey starring Sridevi, Salman Khan, Mohnish Behl and Pran.
Dammu is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Boyapati Srinu. Starring Jr. NTR, Trisha and Karthika Nair, the film follows an orphan who agrees to pose as the heir to a rich and powerful family, eventually becoming embroiled in a dispute with the rival family. The film co-stars Nassar, Sampath Raj, Rahul Dev, Kishore, Suman, Brahmanandam, Ali, Bhanupriya, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Venu Thottempudi.
Preethse is a 2000 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film starring Shiva Rajkumar, Upendra and Sonali Bendre. The film was directed by D Rajendra Babu and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film major part was shot in Australia as well. The film is a remake of the 1993 Bollywood film Darr The film was dubbed in Telugu as Sadist. Preethse was the second highest grossing Kannada film of the year 2000 behind Vishnuvardhan's Yajamana. It ran for 25 weeks and became Upendra's third consecutive blockbuster after A and Upendra.
Chandra Siddhartha is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his directorial works such as Inscrutable Americans (2001) based on Anurag Mathur's best selling novel of the same name. The film was premiered at Milan, New York, Atlanta, London and Kerala International Film Festivals.
Prathyusha was an Indian actress who appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films.
Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra is an Indian actor, director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu-language films. Sesh was born in Hyderabad and was raised in Berkeley, California. He made his film debut as a lead actor and director in 2010 with Karma. Following antagonistic roles in Panjaa (2011), Balupu (2013), and Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), he established himself as a versatile actor with commercial successes such as Run Raja Run (2014), Ladies & Gentlemen (2015), Dongaata (2015), Kshanam (2016), Ami Thumi (2017), Goodachari (2018), Evaru (2019), and Major (2022), the latter being his highest grosser.
Emo Gurram Egaravachu is a 2014 Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Chandra Siddhartha. It stars Sumanth and Pinky Sawika Chaiyadech. The latter made her debut in Telugu cinema through this film and it is Sumanth's second feature with Chandra Siddhartha after the 2007 hit Madhumasam. S. S. Kanchi wrote the screenplay and M. M. Keeravani provided the soundtrack for this film. It released on 25 January 2014 to a sub par response at the box office. Sumanth's performance was however praised by critics.
Shriya Saran is an Indian actress and model who has appeared mostly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film Ishtam (2001) and had her first commercial success with Santosham (2002). The following year, she made her Hindi cinema debut with a supporting role in Tujhe Meri Kasam, alongside Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza. It was followed by the commercially successful crime drama Tagore (2003), in which she was paired opposite Chiranjeevi. The same year, she played a supporting role in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Enakku 20 Unakku 18, which marked her debut in Tamil cinema. In 2005, she had ten releases including Mazhai, S. S. Rajamouli's Chatrapathi, and Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu, in which she was among the only three characters of the film. Saran's solitary release as a lead actress in 2006 was the Tamil film Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam.
Idi Sangathi is a 2008 Telugu film directed by Chandra Siddhartha. The film stars Tabu and Abbas in the lead roles with Raja in a cameo role. This film marks the second collaboration of Abbas and Tabu after Kadhal Desam (1996). The film is an adaptation of the novel Nuvve Kaadu.
