Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as Sri Sri,was a Telugu poet and lyricist. He was a member of PEN INDIA, Sahitya Academy, Vice-President of the South Indian Film Writers Association, Madras and President of the revolutionary writers association of Andhra. He was also awarded the Soviet Land Nehru Award of India.
Menacherry Poulose Paul (1904–1952) was an academic, educationist, scholar and literary critic of Malayalam. Considered by many as one of the major literary critics of Malayalam literature, Paul inaugurated comparative literature in Malayalam through his works, Novel Sahithyam and Cherukatha Prasthanam. He was the founder of parallel college education system in Kerala, one of the major forces behind the Purogamana Sahitya Prasthanam and was the founder president of Sahithya Pravrthaka Sahakarana Sangham, the writers' cooperative movement.
Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.He represents the Narasapur constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Akathoot Balakrishna Pillai (1889–1960), better known as Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, was a Malayalam writer, art and literary critic and journalist, considered by many as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Kerala. He was the eponymous founder of the newspaper, Kesari and was one of the three major figures in modern Malayalam literary criticism, along with Joseph Mundassery and M. P. Paul. Besides works such as Kesariyude Lokangal, Navalokam, Sankethika Nirupanangal Sahitya Nirupanangal, Rupamanjari, he also wrote a text in English under the title, Outlines of the Proto-Historic Chronology of Western Asia.
Kunchacko Boban is an Indian film actor, producer and businessman.He works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in nearly 100 films and has received several awards including the Kerala State Film Awards. He is the son of actor-director-producer Boban Kunchacko and grandson of director-producer Kunchacko, who established the film studio Udaya Pictures.
Sharwanand, popularly known as Sharwanand, is an Indian film actor known for his works in Telugu cinema and a few Tamil films. In 2012, Sharwanand received the Best Male Debut award for his work in the blockbuster Engeyum Eppodhum at the 1st South Indian International Movie Awards.
Deva Katta is an Indian American filmmaker, known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema. His films Vennela, Prasthanam and Autonagar Surya were widely received and have a cult following among Telugu audiences. In 2010, Prasthanam was showcased in the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival of India. The film also won two Filmfare awards including Filmfare South Critics Award for Best film and Nandi Award for Best Feature Film in 2010.
Sai Kumar is an Indian film actor, dubbing artist turned actor and television presenter. He rose to stardom in Kannada cinema and he also acted in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema.
Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad (1908–2001), commonly known as M. R. Bhattathiripad or MRB, was a social reformer, cultural leader and a Malayalam writer.
Mahesh Shankar is an Indian Music Director. He is also the Director and the Chief Technology Officer of TenTenTen Digital Products, and was responsible for creating Fandromeda, a fantasy sports site which offers games for cricket, football, kabaddi and more.
Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan, commonly known as Dr.K.N.Ezhuthachan was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism. And interpreted Indian literary works based on Marxist aesthetics. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Keralodayam, a long narrative poem written in Sanskrit. He is the first Malayali to win Sahitya Akademi Award in sanskrit literature. He died on 28 October 1981 while delivering a lecture at Calicut University.
Ruby Parihar is an Indian actress from Delhi. Her first role was in the Telugu film Prasthanam, directed by Deva Katta. she was introduced to South films by star maker Deepak Baldev Thakur of Glitters film academy Hyderabad has appeared in Sandalwood, along with Yaksha. Ruby's second film in Tollywood is I Hate U, under the direction of Satya. She also acting in the Bollywood remake of the hit movie Johnny Gaddar, in Telugu under the direction of Lakshmi Kanth Chenna, produced By Glitters. She has been lucky to be in the woman-centric film Rudrakshapalli, a film along the lines of Arundathi. She has appeared as brand model for Sreeja Sarees Hyderabad as well as other top Brands across Delhi and Mumbai. She has also received the prestigious Award NANDI in the best actress category for the 3rd best film, Prasathanam. Currently, she also has a cameo in the Bollywood movie Gabbar is Back.
Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan was born in Cherthala Alappuzha dist. in Kerala to Sri Nediyedathu Kesava Pillai and Thrikkeparambil Ammukkutti Amma. After graduation, he started his career as a journalist in a regional newspaper; Malayali. Later he worked for some other newspapers including Mathrubhumi. During this time, he established his own name in the film journalism. Several forgotten personalities including J.C. Daniel, the father of Malayalam Cinema, have been disclosed before readers and public by him. During this time he had released several books. Most of them are about cinema and its history. The historical narrations of cinema have been started from the birth of world cinema till the contemporary Malayalam films. The renowned Malayalam Film Maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan in his book Cinemayude Lokam, which won many awards including the award from Government of India says ; "The history of Malayalam Cinema is not started with stars born with fortunes, from sky. But, it is the tearful story of some, who experimented with their lives and assets. Most of the experiments had been tragedies. We got that history from the articles written by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan. S. Gupthan Nair called Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan, the Chief Architect of Malayalam Film Literature and Journalism. He was in the Kerala State Film Awards Jury for several years. Many books related with novel, biographies, history and technical aspects of film making have been written by him. He had run a film studio named 'Ajanta Studio' at Aluva. Many classical films including 'Olavum Theeravum' written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair have been filimized at this studio. He had written more than 20 books about cinema alone. Vincent Muthal Vincent Vare, Mukhathodu Mukham, The History of World Cinema, The History of Indian Cinema, The History of Malayalam Cinema, The History of Film Persons in Kerala, The History of Malayalam Journalism etc., are few among them. He was a regular writer about many of the prominent periodicals in Malayalam language."
Rashmi Gautam is an Indian film actress, who appears mostly in Telugu films. She also starred in the 2011 Tamil romantic film Kandaen, winning positive reviews for her performance. She works also as a television presenter and is known for hosting the Telugu television comedy show Extra Jabardasth.
Maha Prasthanam is a Telugu-language anthology of poems written by noted literary writer Srirangam Srinivasarao. It is considered an epic and magnum opus in modern Indian poetry. The work is a compilation of poetry written between 1930 and 1940. When it was published in 1950, it rocked the Telugu literary world. Maha Prasthanam meaning The Great Journey to a New World was also made into an Indian movie by the same name. The book was reprinted for the 31st time in 2010.
YS Sharmila Reddy, known as Y. S. Sharmila, is the sister of Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, leader of YSR Congress Party.
Ravi Yadav is an Indian cinematographer known for his works with directors Abbas Mastan and R.K.Selvamani in the Hindi and Tamil film industry respectively. He started doing cinematography for Films, even before completing his Diploma in Cinematography from MGR Film Institute, Chennai. He started shooting Tamil feature films with his batch mates and friends. Ravi did his debut film independently, without assisting any film maker or cinematographer. He also produced two Tamil films and later moved into Bollywood. His collaboration with Bollywood director duo Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla brought out notable Hindi films like Humraaz, Taarzan, Aitraaz, 36 China Town, Naqaab, Race 1, Players, Race 2.
Dharmendra Kakarala is an Indian film editor, who works in Telugu cinema, where starting with Prasthanam (2010), he edited films like LBW (2011), Dhada (2011). and Routine Love Story (2012). he is most famous for editing the film Prasthanam (2010).The film was selected for screening in the Indian Panorama section at International Film Festival of India, Goa. Also renowned for his films, LBW (2011), Routine Love Story (2012), D for Dopidi (2013), Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu (2013), Chandamama Kathalu (2014). The film bagged the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for the year 2014., Asura (2015) which was good hit and critically acclaimed as well Guntur Talkies (2016) collected a gross of 8.17 crores, while it was made in a budget of 1.5 crores. PSV Garuda Vega (2017) film is a big surprise in Telugu film industry, a racy action thriller got accolades for editing especially and also he supervised the sound design which is very special for this film, It collected a gross of 33 crores, while it was made in a budget of 16 crores and for film Hello (2017) worked specially on sound supervision.presently editing the Netflix Original series Baahubali: Before the Beginning produced by Arka Media Works and Netflix
Cherabanda Raju was a revolutionary poet, novelist, and songwriter, who wrote in the Telugu language. He was one of the six poets who were known for their Digambara (naked) Poetry that flourished during the mid-1960s in Andhra Pradesh.
