SMS is short message service, a form of text-messaging communication based on phones.
Mahesh Babu is an Indian film actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. He owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The younger son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, Mahesh made his cameo as a child artist in Needa (1979), at the age of four, and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999) and won the State Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.
Siva Manasula Sakthi also known by the initialism SMS, is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant M. Rajesh, a former assistant of director S. A. Chandrasekhar. It stars Jiiva and newcomer Anuya Bhagwat, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role. Despite initially gaining mixed reviews, the film became successful at the box office and has since become a cult romantic comedy film in the Tamil film industry. The film was later remade in Telugu as Shiva Manasulo Shruti with Mahesh Babu's brother-in-law Sudheer Babu and Regina Cassandra and released in February 2012. The film's soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja was extremely popular and hailed as a blockbuster.
Ravi Babu is an actor, director and producer in the Telugu film industry. He has directed 12 films, produced five, acted in some of them and written all of them. As an actor, he has starred in over 75 films in varied roles as villain, comedian, and comedic villain.
Oosaravelli is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Surender Reddy. It stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Tamannaah in the lead roles and Kick Shaam, Prakash Raj, Vidyut Jammwal, Payal Ghosh, Murali Sharma, Jaya Prakash Reddy and Rahman in supporting roles. The score and soundtrack for the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film released across 1,800 screens worldwide. It broke previous tollywood records of highest opening day gross by grossing ₹16.3 crore (US$2.3 million). The film is remade into Bengali in 2013 as Rocky, directed by Sujit Mondal, starring Mahaakshay Chakraborty and Pooja Bose. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Mar Mitenge by Goldmines Telefilms in 2012 and dubbed into Tamil in 2019.
Muppalaneni Shiva is an Indian film director and writer who works in Tollywood. He has directed movies for production houses like Suresh Productions, Super Good Films, Sravanthi Movies, Ramakrishna Cine Studios & Etharam films etc. His successful movies include Taj Mahal, Gilli Kajjalu, Priya O Priya, Ammayi Kosam, Raja, Sandade Sandadi & Sankrathi.
Donga Dongadi is a 2004 Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Subramaniam Siva, produced by NV Prasad and Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar under Sri Saideva Productions banner and starring Manoj Manchu and Sadha in lead roles while Sunil, Manikka Vinayagam, and Rajiv Kanakala play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by Dhina, and cinematography was handled by Ajay Vincent. The dialogues of the movie were written by popular writer Chintapalli Ramana. This film marks the debut of Manoj Manchu as a leading actor. The movie is the Telugu remake of 2003 Tamil movie Thiruda Thirudi starring Dhanush and Chaya Singh directed by Subramaniam Siva. Donga Dongadi was released on 6 August 2004.
Madatha Kaja is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Seetaramaraju Dantuluri, produced by Vedarajuu Timber under Timbuu Productions and Sri Ranjith Movies banners and starring Allari Naresh and Sneha Ullal in lead roles. The film soundtrack was composed by Sri Vasant and Cinematography was handled by Adusumilli Vijay Kumar. Dialogues of the film were written by popular writer Satish Vegesna and screenplay was handled also by Satish Vegesna and Seetaramaraju Dantuluri. This film marks the debut of Seetaramaraju Dantuluri as a director. Madata Kaja was released on 29 September 2011. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Mera Pyaar in 2018.
Sudheer Babu is an Indian film actor and former professional Badminton player. He primarily works in the Telugu film industry. He debuted in the film Shiva Manasulo Shruti. His films include Prema Katha Chitram and Baaghi.
Regina Cassandra is an Indian film actress, active primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. When aged nine, she appeared on Splash, a kids' channel, and later worked in commercials. She also acted in several short films.
Avunu is a 2012 Telugu horror/thriller written, produced and directed by Ravi Babu and presented by Suresh Productions. Malayalam actress Poorna plays the lead role in this film that has Harshvardhan Rane playing the male lead. Score is by Shekar Chandra and cinematography by N. Sudhakar Reddy. The film was made on a budget of ₹ 45 Lakhs. It was also dubbed in Hindi as Aatma Ka Ghar
Prema Katha Chitram is a 2013 Telugu horror comedy film produced by Maruthi and Sudarshan Reddy, and directed by J.Prabhakara Reddy It stars Sudheer Babu and Nanditha in the lead. J. Prabhakar Reddy also is the cinematographer and S. B. Uddhav provides the Editing. J.B. scored the music. The movie revolves around four youngsters who decide to kill themselves because of their failure in their respective lives. They come together to die in a farmhouse, where they encounter a ghost which takes over the heroine's body. What happens following this, what they experience at this time and how they deal with it forms the rest of the movie. The audio of the film was launched on 12 April 2013 by Mahesh Babu. The film released on 7 June 2013 to positive reviews from critics and eventually became a Blockbuster at the box office. It was one of the Top 5 Super Hits of Telugu Cinema in the year 2013 and is remembered for its innovative taking. The film was remade in Kannada as Chandralekha with Chiranjeevi Sarja and in Tamil as Darling with G. V. Prakash Kumar.
Aadu Magaadra Bujji is a 2013 Telugu film directed by debutante director Krishna Reddy Gangadhasuu and starring Sudheer Babu, Asmita Sood and Poonam Kaur in the lead roles. The film is jointly produced by M Subbareddy and S N Reddy under SNR Films India Pvt Ltd and Colours & Claps Entertainments banner. Music is composed by Sri Kommineni.
Vadde Naveen is an Indian Telugu film actor and producer. His father Vadde Ramesh was a film producer.
Pataas (transl. Cracker) is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, directed by Anil Ravipudi in his directorial debut and produced by Kalyan Ram under his banner N.T.R. Arts. It stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram in the lead role alongside Shruti Sodhi, Sai Kumar and Ashutosh Rana. Sai Karthik composed the film's music.
Janatha Garage is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva, produced by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar, and C. V. Mohan under their production house Mythri Movie Makers, distributed by Eros International. The film stars Mohanlal and Jr NTR, with Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen, Sachin Khedekar, Unni Mukundan, Devayani, Sai Kumar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Suresh in supporting roles. The Godfather-esque plot revoles around Sathyam (Mohanlal) and Anand an environmental activist. Anand is recruited by Sathyam (Mohanlal), who operates a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertakes law enforcement through his group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.
Shourya is a 2016 Telugu romantic thriller film directed by K. Dasaradh and produced by Malkapuram Siva Kumar, under the banner of Suraksh Entertainments. The film stars Manchu Manoj and Regina Cassandra in the lead roles. This marks the second time that Dasaradh and Manoj have worked together, after their first film Sri in 2005. The film was released worldwide on 4 March 2016.
Tatineni Satya is an Indian filmmaker who has worked in the Telugu and Tamil film industry.
Siva Manasula Sakthi is a Tamil-language family drama starring Vikramshri and Thanuja Gowda. The series is the official remake of Hindi drama Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji. It replaced the slot of Pagal Nilavu.
