Amma or AMMA may refer to:
Taḷḷapāka Annamācārya was a 15th-century Hindu saint born to Lakkamamba and Narayana Suri,and is the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the god Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu. He is the first known composer in carnatic music. Other composers like Purandaradasa came after him. The musical form of the keertana songs that he composed, which are still popular among Carnatic music concert artists, have strongly influenced the structure of Carnatic music compositions. Annamacharya is remembered for his saintly life, and is honoured as a great devotee of Vishnu by devotees and saintly singers.
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.
Daggubati Ramanaidu was an Indian film producer. He was the founder of Suresh Productions and has a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most films produced by an individual, having produced more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages. He also served as a member of parliament for the Bapatala constituency of Guntur District in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004.
Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor, film producer, and entrepreneur known for his work primarily in Telugu Cinema. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award-Special Mention. In 1996, he produced Ninne Pelladata, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
Nandamuri Balakrishna, also known as NBK and Balayyababu or simply Balakrishna, is an Indian film actor and politician known for his works predominantly in the Telugu cinema. He's the sixth son of Telugu film actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. He entered the film industry as a child artist at the age of fourteen with the film Tatamma Kala (1974). Known for his high concept, high voltage entertainers and extraordinary dialogue delivery, Balakrishna has acted in more than hundred feature films in varied roles.
Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu, was an Indian film screenwriter, producer, director, social activist, poet, and writer known for his pioneering works in Telugu cinema, and Kannada cinema.
Raghava Lawrence is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his debut as a choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film, aged 22. He adopted the name "Raghava" in 2001, and worked for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his breakthrough with Telugu film Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won four Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards for best choreography. In 2015, after the death of former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Lawrence set up a charity trust in his name and donated 1 crore to it.
M. S. Ramarao was an Indian singer and composer. He was popular for his devotional songs, especially sundarakandamu in Telugu.
Tanikella Bharani is an Indian film actor, screenwriter, dialogue writer, poet, theatre actor, playwright and director predominant in Telugu cinema. He has worked in more than 750 films. He has garnered three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards.
Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham is a theosophical congregation which states that it is based on the principles of oneness of God, and discovering divinity in the self. The ashram is situated in Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Noble College in Machilipatnam was founded by Robert Turlington Noble, a European missionary, in 1843. Noble came to Masulipatnam as a missionary in 1841 and stayed until his death. He and his friend Mr. Sharkey opened a native English school on 21 November 1843. That school became Noble College. This school was termed by the head of the Madras Government "The Cambridge of South India." It is one of the first four educational institutions opened in India by the British Government: Noble College can be considered as one of the first five colleges of India.
Amma Sri Karunamayi is a Hindu spiritual leader. Sri Karunamayi travels internationally promoting global peace and meditation.
Shripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam mostly referred to as S.P.B. or Balu is an Indian playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada cinema. He has recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages. He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his works in four different languages; Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil; twenty five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema, numerous other state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In addition, he garnered the Bollywood Filmfare Award, and six Filmfare Awards South.
Sai Kiran Ram is an Indian actor who works in the Telugu film industry. Besides movies he predominantly works in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil Television serials. He is the son of Legend V. Ramakrishna who has sung more than 5000 songs in Telugu movies for superstars like NTR, ANR, Sobhan babu, Krishnamraju, Krishna and many more in Telugu Film Industry. His Mother V.Jyothi is also a famous singer from Doordarshan Channel back in the 70s famously known as Jyothi Kanna.
He is the Grandson of sister of our Nightingale of South India, P. Susheela
Chadalavada Sundararamasastri (1865–1925) was Telugu Pundit and owner of Telugu Publishing house, Saradamba Vilasa Mudraksharashala. He also authored multiple books and wrote commentaries to many Sanskrit texts in Telugu. He was also awarded a gold bracelet from the Prince of Wales in 1922 for his contribution to Telugu literature.
Sri Divya is an Indian film and television actress, who acts in Tamil and Telugu films.
Mikkilineni was an Indian film actor and thespian known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He was the founder of the theater group Praja Natya Mandali. He has received the honorary Kalaprapoorna from Andhra University, for his contributions towards Telugu theater and cinema.
Malayala Swamy (1885–1962) was a Hindu religious leader, and a social reformer. He dismissed the myth that Vedas and other scriptures are only for a particular section of the society and encouraged common man to gain spiritual knowledge. He also encouraged women education. He was the founder of Sri Vyasashrama in Yerpedu, Andhra Pradesh. He influenced Vidya Prakasananda Swamy, his famous disciple who established Sri Sukabrahmashrama at Srikalahasti.
