Rangaraj Subbiah, professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who predominantly appears in Tamil films. His 240 films also include works in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.
Nandamuri Balakrishna, simply known as Balakrishna or Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, producer and politician. He appeared in more than 100 Telugu films over forty years in a variety of roles and established himself as one of the leading actors of Telugu cinema. He won three Nandi Awards and one South Indian International Movie Award. He is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Hindupuram constituency since 2014.
M. Nassar is an Indian actor, director, producer, dubbing artist, singer and politician who mainly works in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. He has also worked in few Malayalam, Kannada, English, Hindi and Bengali films. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam.
Raghuvaran Velayutham was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the Hindustan Times, "The actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation."
Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju, known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian actor and film producer who mainly works in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action comedy films, he is popular by the moniker "Mass Maharaja". One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, Teja has won three state Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award South. He was featured by Forbes India in the list of top 100 Celebrities in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
Vikramarkudu is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film stars Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty. It follows a thief who discovers a girl insisting he is her father, while a series of events connect his life to her actual father, who is his look-alike. The film's music was composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography and editing by Sarvesh Murari and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively.
Sumanth Kumar Yarlagadda, known mononymously as Sumanth, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the eldest grandson of Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. He is also a partner in Annapurna Studios.
Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy, known mononymously as Krishna, was an Indian actor, director and producer known for his work predominantly in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning more than five decades, he starred in over 350 films in a variety of roles. He is referred to as "Superstar" in the Telugu media. In 2009, the government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan for his contributions to Indian cinema. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Congress party in 1989. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South in addition to Honorary doctorate from Andhra University in 2008. He died on 15 November 2022 due to cardiac arrest.
Kadiri Venkata Reddy was an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. He is regarded as an influential director in South Indian cinema. He directed 14 feature films and won three National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award South.
Manchu Manoj Kumar is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in Major Chandrakanth. He made his film debut in a leading role with Donga Dongadi in 2004. He received the state Nandi Special Jury Award for his performance in box-office success Bindaas (2010). He also starred in Vedam (2010), Potugadu (2013), and Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014).
Nithin Kumar Reddy, known professionally as Nithiin, is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in Telugu films. Nithiin made his acting debut with the romantic action film Jayam (2002), for which he received Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South and CineMAA Awards Best Male Debut.
Sakshi is an Indian Telugu language daily newspaper sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was launched on 23 March 2008 by Jagati Publications Ltd. owned by Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala under the UTV Motion Pictures and Bhansali Productions banners. A remake of the 2006 Telugu film Vikramarkudu, based on an original story written by V. Vijayendra Prasad, it stars Akshay Kumar in double roles of a brave police officer and thief. The film also features Sonakshi Sinha, Gurdeep Kohli, Yashpal Sharma and Paresh Ganatra in supporting roles, while Nassar portrays the main antagonist. In the film, Vikram Rathore, a brave police officer, dies at the hands of corrupt politicians. But his team replaces him with Shiva, a thief who happens to be his look-alike, in an attempt to catch the culprits.
Jai Sriram is a 2013 Telugu, action film directed by Balaji N. Sai. The film had Uday Kiran and Reshma Rathore in lead roles with Adithya Menon as the villain. This film happened to be Uday Kiran's last proper film to date, just a year before his death as he had an unreleased film released posthumously!
Jayasimha, better known as Bobby Simha, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, alongside a few Malayalam-language films. After making brief appearances in the films Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi and Pizza (2012), he portrayed a kidnapper in Nalan Kumarasamy's Soodhu Kavvum and a comic villain in Alphonse Putharen's Neram. Simha's subsequent performance as the Madurai gangster Sethu in Karthik Subbaraj's Jigarthanda (2014) won him critical acclaim and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Rowdy Fellow is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language political action comedy film, written and directed by Krishna Chaitanya and produced by T. Prakash Reddy under his banner Moviemills, and presented by Cinema 5. This hybrid genre film stars Nara Rohit and Vishakha Singh in the lead roles, while Rao Ramesh, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Posani Krishna Murali, Supreeth, Praveen, Ahuti Prasad, and Madhunandan, among others, play supporting roles. Sunny has composed music for the film. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Mard The Khiladi and released by Aditya Movies in 2018.
Deverakonda Vijay Sai, professionally known as Vijay Deverakonda, is an Indian actor, film producer, and businessman who works predominantly in Telugu films along with a few Hindi and Tamil films. One of the highest-paid actors of Telugu cinema, he has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2018 and has received several accolades including a Filmfare Award, a Nandi Award, and a SIIMA Award.
Prabhakar, also known as Kalakeya Prabhakar, is an Indian actor who predominently works in Telugu films along with Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia films. He is best known for his role as the king of the Kalakeyas in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015). His other notable films include Maryada Ramanna (2010), Dongaata (2015), Jai Simha (2018), Akhanda (2021). As of July 2022, he has acted in over 120 films in five languages.
Karthik Rathnam is an Indian actor who works in Telugu theatre and Telugu cinema. Rathnam made his debut with the critical acclaimed film C/o Kancharapalem (2018), which was the first Telugu film to be screened in New York Film Festival. Followed by his appearance in ZEE5's Gods of Dharmapuri (G.O.D), Rathnam reprised his role in Tamil remake of C/o Kancharapalem.
Rowdy Boys is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language coming of age romantic college drama film written and directed by Sree Harsha Konuganti and produced by Dil Raju and Shirish through Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film features debutant Ashish, son of Dil Raju's brother Sirish and Anupama Parameswaran in lead roles with music composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was released theatrically on 14 January 2022. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
