Meena is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in the South Indian film industry. Meena debuted as a child artist in the Tamil film Nenjangal in 1982 and has later appeared in films produced by various regional industries. Meena has been a superstar for over two decades by pairing up with every bigstar down south.
Aluri Chakrapani or Aluri Venkata Subbarao was an Indian film multilingual writer, producer and director known for his works in predominantly in Telugu cinema and he won two Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. He was also notable for his association with Vijaya Vauhini Studios, one of the largest studios in Asia, at that time. aluri was also a partner of Vijaya Productions along with B. Nagi Reddy and founder of Chandamama children magazine.
Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao, known popularly as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film producer, actor, director, cinematographer and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest Award for films in India. In 1980, he was awarded the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, for his contribution to Telugu cinema. He founded Prasads Group in 1956, which include the Prasad Art Pictures, Prasad Studios, Prasads IMAX and L V Prasad Eye Institute. L. V. Prasad was the chairman of the 27th National Film Awards Selection Committee held at New Delhi in 1980.
Pulapaka Susheela, popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as well as by the Asia Book of Records for performing a record number of songs in different Indian languages. She is also the recipient of five National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer and numerous state awards. Susheela is widely acclaimed as a singer who defined feminism in South Indian cinema and is well known for her mellifluous vocal performances for over 50,000 film songs across South Indian languages.
Nagoor Babu, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Bommireddy Nagi Reddy was an Indian film producer and director mainly in Telugu cinema. He set up Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Chennai, which was then Asia's biggest film studio. As his elder brother had the same initials and was known as B. N. Reddy, Nagi Reddy was popularly known as B. Nagi Reddy. Some of the movies produced by Nagi Reddy include Patala Bhairavi (1951), Missamma (1955), Maya Bazaar (1957), Gundamma Katha (1962), Maduve Madinodu (1965-Kannada),Enga Veetu Pillai(1965) Ram Aur Shyam(1967), Shriman Shrimati, Julie (1975), and Swarg Narak (1978),Nam Naadu(1969) the latter two of which were in Hindi. Reddy has served as the president of Film Federation of India twice, in 1960–61 and 1962–63.
Kota Srinivasa Rao is an Indian film actor, known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has served as the MLA from Vijayawada East in Andhra Pradesh, India from 1999 to 2004. He made his debut with the Telugu film Pranam Khareedu in 1978. He starred in seven hundred and fifty feature films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards as best character, villain and supporting actor. In 2012, he has garnered the South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA), for his work in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. In 2015, he received India's fourth highest civilian honor Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema.
The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU) is one of the few Indian language universities in India.
Chandamama was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children, famous for its illustrations. It also published long-running mythological/magical stories that ran for years. Originally, "Chandamama" was started in Telugu by B.Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani, noted Telugu Film makers. It was edited by Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao, a very close friend of Chakrapani and a literary colossus in Telugu Literature, who edited it for 28 years, till his death in August 1980.
Bulemoni Venkateshwarlu is an Indian businessman, Telugu Cinema journalist, writer, and film director. He is the son of B. Kanakappa, who is a Government Primary School teacher. Venkateshwarlu was a noted journalist, and he is into a media career from 1990. In recognition for his efforts in researching films he has received the Nandi Award as Best Book Writer and Journalist by the government of Andhra Pradesh.
K Chakravarthi, born as Appa Rao Kommineni was an Indian music director in the South Indian film industry.
Sriraj Ginne is a progressive story writer, play-wright and film script writer in Telugu. His stories have been translated into various Indian languages. Sriraj has given expression to various aspects of the realities of middle-class life in his stories. Through his impressive stories, he portrayed the genesis of anomalies of the converted society. The positive consciousness of living is easily visible in his work.
Chittajallu Srinivasa Rao (1924–2004) was an Indian film actor, writer and director. He was the son of director Chittajallu Pullayya. He directed about 70 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Oriya languages. He has garnered two National Film Awards for directing blockbuster films like Lava Kusa (1963), and Desamante Manushuloyi (1970). Directors like Muktha V.Srinivasan and K. S. Sethu Madhavan worked as Assistants to him.
Thomas Jeyaraj Fernando, aka Jeyaraj, Jayaraj, or simply, J., is an illustrator for Tamil periodicals and magazines. He is especially known for his depictions of attractive, young women, which have earned him a fan following among readers of Tamil magazines as well as criticism.
M.T.V. Acharya was a painter, illustrator and art educator, most famous for his work for the popular Indian children's magazine Chandamama.
Vaddadi Papaiah (1921–1992), name sometimes spelt Papayya, pen-name Vapa, was a painter and illustrator for Telugu magazines, known especially for his covers for the children's magazine Chandamama.
Relangi Narasimha Rao is an Indian film director and screenwriter predominantly known in Telugu cinema. He is well known for his comedy films, especially his collaborations with actors Chandra Mohan and Rajendra Prasad. His notable movies include Iddaru Pellala Muddula Police, Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam, Police Bharya, Chinnodu Peddodu, Dabbevariki Chedu, Samsaaram, Mama Alludu, and Gundammagari Krishnulu.
Syed Saleem is a Telugu writer. He has written twenty five novels, about 250 short stories and more than 150 poems. His fiction has been translated into English, Hindi, Marathi, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil languages. His work is characterized by his humanitarianism and soothing poetic expression. One of his best known works is his Telugu novel Kaluthunna Poolathota, which had won the * Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 2010.
Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran, was an Indian artist who primarily contributed to the Indian Language magazine, Chandamama. Sankar was the artist behind the signature painting of the Vikram and Vetala series, featured in Chandamama. He was the last surviving member of the original Chandamama design team. The iconic painting, along with his trade-mark signature that he was recognized by, was drawn in the 1960s. It is one of the thousands he created for Chandamama. For decades, its illustrators defined the looks of the magazine. They used line drawings with style influenced by Indian, Oriental, Middle eastern and European artistic traditions.
Pradeep Shakthi was an Indian Telugu actor, director and businessman.
