K. S. Sowmya, better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Telugu films in addition to Kannada and Tamil films. In 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as producer for the Kannada film Dweepa. She has also received three Nandi Awards, two Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Actress and several Filmfare Awards South for her performances in films such as Ammoru (1994), Pavitra Bandham (1996), Anthahpuram (1998), Raja (1999), Doni Saagali (1998), Dweepa (2002), and Apthamitra (2004).
Hello Brother is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by K. L. Narayana and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. It stars Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna and Soundarya, with music composed by Raj–Koti. The film is loosely based on the Hong Kong action comedy Twin Dragons (1992). In turn, Hello Brother spawned several of its own remakes, twice in Hindi as Judwaa (1997) and its reboot Judwaa 2 (2017), in Kannada as Cheluva (1997)
The Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972.
Seema Sastri - Bheebhatsamaina Factionist is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed and produced by G. Nageswara Reddy. Written by Marudhuri Raja, it stars Allari Naresh and Farjana in the lead roles.
Ajantha is a 2012 Indian film produced and directed by Rajppa Ravishankar. The film was simultaneously shot in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages with different starcast.
Pathinaaru (transl. Sixteen) is a 2011 Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, who previously directed the films V.I.P (1997), Punnagai Poove (2003) and A Aa E Ee (2009). It stars Shiva and Madhu Shalini. The film's background score and soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. After being launched in October 2008 under the title 16, the film was shot for over one year, wrapping in early 2010. A year after completion, Kalaipuli S. Thanu bought the distribution rights and released the film on 28 January 2011 under his V. Creations banner. However, it was financially unsuccessful. Despite that, it was remade as Jolly Boy in Kannada language.
Kalisundham Raa is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by D. Suresh Babu. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu at National Film Awards 2001. The film won four Nandi Awards by Government of Andra Pradesh.
Donga Dongadi is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language 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 Sadaf 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.It was considered as a "Semi hit" by box office India
Denikaina Ready (transl. Ready for anything) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy and produced by Mohan Babu. The film features Vishnu Manchu and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Udayapuram Sulthan.
Sudigadu is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action parody film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao and produced by Chandrasekhar D Reddy under Arundathi Movies. It is the remake of C. S. Amudhan's debut Tamil movie Thamizh Padam. The film features Allari Naresh and Monal Gajjar in the lead roles. Allari Naresh plays double roles in this movie as father and son.
Pandaga Chesko is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Gopichand Malineni and produced by Paruchuri Kireeti on the United Movies banner. The film features Ram, Rakul Preet Singh and Sonal Chauhan in the lead roles and Sampath Raj, Abhimanyu Singh, Sai Kumar, Adithya, Brahmanandam, Rao Ramesh, Pavitra Lokesh, Tejaswi Madivada, Vennela Kishore and Raghu Babu in other important roles. The story was penned by Veligonda Srinivas and the screenplay was provided by Kona Venkat and Anil Ravipudi, with the former writing the dialogues. S. Thaman composed the music, while Sameer Reddy and Gautham Raju handled the cinematography and editing of the film, respectively.
Pelli Peetalu is a 1998 Telugu-language romantic comedy film, produced by V. B. Rajendra Prasad under the Jagapati Art Pictures banner and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. It stars Jagapati Babu, Soundarya with music composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office. Upon release, the film received positive reviews, and remained a musical hit. The film was a remake of the Malayalam film Ee Puzhayum Kadannu, starring Dileep and Manju Warrier and was also remade in Kannada as Sambhrama in 1999, starring Ramesh Aravind and Kaveri.
Padayappa is the soundtrack album of the 1999 Indian Tamil drama film of the same name written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film's original soundtrack and score were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu and was released through the audio label Star Music. The soundtrack of the Telugu dubbed version titled Narasimha was released through Saregama.
Sardukupodaam Randi is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language comedy film produced by Burugupalli Sivaramakrishna on Sri Venkateswara Art Films banner and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. Starring Jagapati Babu, Soundarya and music also composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. The film is inspired from ANR's old Telugu film Pelli Naati Pramanalu 1958. The film recorded as Hit at box office.
O Chinnadana is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by E Sathi Babu starring Srikanth, Raja, Gajala, Asha Saini and Sruthi Raj. The film was produced by Mullapudi Brahmanandam for Rajeswari Films. The main theme of the film was taken from the Hollywood movie 10 Things I Hate About You. The film was a box office success.
Love Today is a 2004 Telugu film directed by Aprudhan. The film stars Uday Kiran and debutante Divya Khosla.
Villain is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action masala film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Rajasekhar in dual roles, alongside Neha Dhupia and Tulip Joshi. The film is a remake of the director's own Tamil film of the same name, which released in the previous year. Sujatha and Vijayan reprise their respective roles while Vidyasagar, who composed the soundtrack for the original, was signed to compose the music for this film as well. This film marks the Telugu debuts of Dhupia, Joshi, and Vijayan.
Subhavartha is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by P. N. Ramachandra Rao and starring Arjun and Soundarya. The film was remade in Tamil by Ramachandra Rao as Mannavaru Chinnavaru (1999) with Arjun and Soundarya reprising their roles after Arjun expressed interest in remaking the film.
SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best film direction done by an director in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Trivikram Srinivas is the most nominated with 5 nominations and S. S. Rajamouli, Trivikram Srinivas and Vamshi Paidipally are most awarded with two times winning the award.
