Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao, known mononymously as Nagarjuna, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and entrepreneur. Nagarjuna has acted predominantly in Telugu cinema, along with a few Hindi and Tamil films. He received two National Film Awards namely, for Ninne Pelladata (1996), which he produced won the Best Feature Film in Telugu and a Special Mention as actor for Annamayya (1997); ten state Nandi Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South.
Suhasini Rajaram Naidu, known professionally as Sneha, is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in lead roles to supporting roles. she is a recipient of one Filmfare Award South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
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).
Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry, known mononymously as Satyam, was an Indian music composer. He was popular in the Telugu and Kannada film industries in the 1960s to 1980s. Sathyam is best remembered as "Andhra R. D. Burman". He also composed a handful of Bengali, Bhojpuri, and Hindi films.
Ghanta Naveen Babu, known professionally by his screen name Nani, is an Indian actor, producer, and television presenter who predominantly works in Telugu films. Nani is a recipient of several accolades including two Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and three South Indian International Movie Awards.
Ahuti Prasad was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu film industry. He was renowned for the wide variety of roles he played, including father-figure, comedian, and antagonist. Prasad appeared in over 150 films in his career spanning nearly three decades. He got his moniker "Ahuti" after playing the antagonist in the film Ahuti (1988). He is a recipient of two Nandi Awards.
Regina Cassandra is an Indian actress who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Tamil film Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005) and made her Telugu film debut with Siva Manasulo Sruthi (2012), for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. She made her Hindi film debut with Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019).
Alia Advani, known professionally as Kiara Advani, is an Indian actress who works in Hindi and Telugu language films. After making her acting debut in the comedy film Fugly (2014), she played MS Dhoni's wife in the sports biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016). She gained appreciation for playing a sexually unsatisfied wife in the Netflix anthology film Lust Stories (2018) and played the leading lady in the political thriller Bharat Ane Nenu (2018).
Keerthy Suresh is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of various accolades including one National Film Award, four SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award South. Keerthy was placed in Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list of 2021.
Nenu Local is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina from a story written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada. Produced by Dil Raju under banner Sri Venkateswara Creations, the film stars Nani, Keerthy Suresh and Naveen Chandra. The soundtrack and background score was composed by Devi Sri Prasad.
Nanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends is a 2016 Indian Telugu romantic comedy film directed by debutant Bhaskar Bandi and cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. Starring Hebah Patel, Tejaswi Madivada, Rao Ramesh, Parvateesam, Noel Sean and Ashwin Babu is the lead roles. Music by Sekhar Chandra. Screenplay and Dialogues by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada. Produced by Bekkam Venugopal under the banner Lucky Media Pvt Ltd and Distributed by Dil Raju under the banner Sri Venkateswara Creations. Art direction by Vithal kosanam. Choreography by Vijay Prakash. Stunts by Venkat. Lyrics by Chandrabose, Bhaskar Batala, Varrikupala Yadagiri, Kasarala Shyam. The film was released on 16 Dec 2016.
Rukshar Dhillon is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films. Dhillon was born in London and raised in India. She made her debut in 2016 with the Kannada Run Antony. She went on to star in Telugu films such as Aakatayi, Krishnarjuna Yudham, and ABCD: American Born Confused Desi. In 2020 she appeared in the Hindi film Bhangra Paa Le.
Rangasthalam is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language period action drama film written and directed by Sukumar. Produced by Y. Naveen, Y. Ravi Shankar and C. V. Mohan for the company Mythri Movie Makers, the film stars Ram Charan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu with Aadhi Pinisetty, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj, Naresh, and Anasuya Bharadwaj in key supporting roles. Rangasthalam is set in the eponymous fictional village in the 1980s. It narrates the story of two brothers, Chittibabu (Charan) and Kumar Babu (Pinisetty) who oppose the village's local government and the corrupt co-operative society led by its president Phanindra Bhupathi (Babu).
Ashika Ranganath is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut with the Kannada film Crazy Boy (2016). Ashika received SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Kannada nomination for Raambo 2, Raymo and Madhagaja, winning for the lattermost.
Porinju Mariam Jose is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action drama film directed by Joshiy from a screenplay written by Abhilash N. Chandran. It starred Joju George, Nyla Usha, and Chemban Vinod Jose in the titular characters, while Vijayaraghavan and Rahul Madhav appeared in supporting roles. The original soundtrack of the film was composed by Jakes Bejoy. The story is loosely based on real events that occurred during the 1980s and 1990s in Thrissur.
Nenu Saitham is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Dhavala Satyam and starring Madala Ravi and Gurleen Chopra.
Ram Miriyala is an Indian playback singer, record producer, music composer, film scorer, promo producer and songwriter in Telugu cinema.
Dhamaka (transl. Blast) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina, written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada and produced by People Media Factory and Abhishek Agarwal Arts. It stars Ravi Teja, Jayaram and Sreeleela in the lead roles.
Naa Saami Ranga is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language period action drama directed by choreographer Vijay Binni, in his directorial debut, with an original story written by Abhilash N. Chandran. An official adaptation to the 2019 Malayalam-language film Porinju Mariam Jose, it starred Nagarjuna, Allari Naresh, Raj Tarun, Ashika Ranganath, and Shabeer Kallarakkal, while Mirnaa Menon, Rukshar Dhillon, and Nassar play supporting roles. The soundtrack of the film is composed by M. M. Keeravani, while Dasaradhi Sivendra and Chota K. Prasad handled the cinematography and editing, respectively.
