Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 1983 |
Founder | Ramoji Rao |
Headquarters | , India |
Products | Films |
Owner | Ramoji Group |
Usha Kiron Movies is an Indian film production company founded by Ramoji Rao in 1983.[ citation needed ] It is a part of Ramoji Group. [2] This film production house has produced over 80 films with the majority of them in Telugu, along with a few in Kannada, Hindi and other languages. [3]
The production house is known for giving opportunity to young talent and produced many content-oriented films under Usha Kiron Movies banner. [4] The production company started with the film Srivariki Premalekha (1984). [5]
Year | Film | Language | Actors | Director | Notes |
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1984 | Srivariki Premalekha | Telugu | Naresh, Poornima | Jandhyala | |
Kanchana Ganga | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath Babu | V. Madhusudhana Rao | ||
Sundari Subbarao [6] | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Vijayshanti | Relangi Narasimha Rao | ||
1985 | Mayuri | Telugu | Sudha Chandran, Subhakar | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri Dubbed in to Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori |
Pratighatana | Telugu | Vijayshanti, Chandra Mohan | T. Krishna | Remade in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and Hindi as Pratighaat | |
Preminchu Pelladu [7] | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya | Vamsy | ||
1986 | Pakarathinu Pakaram | Malayalam | T. Krishna | Remake of Pratighatana | |
Mallemoggalu [8] | Telugu | Sagarika, Rajesh | V. Madhusudhana Rao | ||
Karu Diddina Kapuram [9] | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Pavitra | D.V. Narasa Raju | ||
Naache Mayuri | Hindi | Sudha Chandran, Shekhar Suman | T. Rama Rao | Remake of Mayuri | |
1987 | Chandamama Rave [10] | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Kalpana | Moulee | |
Pratighaat | Hindi | Sujata Mehta | N. Chandra | Remake of Pratighatana | |
Premayanam [11] | Telugu | Naresh, Jayashree | C. V. Sridhar | ||
1988 | O Bharya Katha | Telugu | Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath Babu | Moulee | |
1989 | Mouna Poratam | Telugu | Yamuna, Vinod Kumar | Mohan Gandhi | |
Paila Pacheesu | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam | Moulee | ||
1990 | Judgement [12] | Telugu | Siva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, Aruna | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
Mamasri [13] | Telugu | Suresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, Anand | Sharath | ||
Manasu Mamata | Telugu | Naresh, Sithara | Moulee | ||
1991 | Amma [14] | Telugu | Suhasini,Sarathbabu, Baby Sunayana | Suresh Krissna | |
Aswini | Telugu | Bhanu Chander, Ashwini Nachappa | Moulee | ||
People's Encounter | Telugu | Meka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, Bhanupriya | Mohan Gandhi | ||
Jagannatham & Sons [15] | Telugu | Suresh, Sindhuja | Anil Kumar | ||
1992 | Teja | Telugu | Tarun Kumar, Tulasi | N. Hari Babu | |
Vasundhara | Telugu | Sithara [16] | Suresh Krissna | ||
1998 | Padutha Theeyaga [17] | Telugu | Vineeth, Heera Rajagopal | Kranthi Kumar | |
Daddy Daddy [18] | Telugu | ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, Raasi | Kodi Ramakrishna | ||
1999 | Mechanic Mamaiah [19] | Telugu | Rajasekhar, Rambha | S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu | |
2000 | Subhavela [20] | Telugu | Ravi Kanth, Anasuya | Ramana | |
Chitram | Telugu | Uday Kiran, Reema Sen | Teja | Remade in Kannada as Chitra | |
Moodu Mukkalaata | Telugu | Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi | K. Raghavendra Rao | ||
Nuvve Kavali | Telugu | Tarun Kumar, Richa Pallod | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Remake of Niram and Remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi | |
2001 | Deevinchandi | Telugu | Srikanth, Raasi, Malavika | Muthyala Subbaiah | |
Ninnu Choodalani | Telugu | Jr. NTR, Raveena Rajput | V. R. Pratap | ||
Akasa Veedhilo | Telugu | Nagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | ||
Chitra | Kannada | Nagendra Prasad, Rekha Vedavyas | Dinesh Baboo | Remake of Chitram | |
Anandam | Telugu | Aakash, Rekha Vedavyas, Venkat, Tanu Roy | Srinu Vaitla | Remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu | |
Cheluve Ondu Helthini | Kannada | Saurav, Chaitra Hallikeri | R. Saigopal | ||
Ishtam | Telugu | Charan, Shriya Saran | Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar | ||
2002 | Manasuvunte Chalu [21] | Telugu | Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, Sivaji | Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao | |
Priya Nestama [22] | Telugu | Venu Thottempudi, Shanu | R. Ganapathi | ||
Neetho | Telugu | Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek Chahal | John Mahendran | ||
Manase O Manase | Kannada | Ramkumar | M. S. Rajashekar | Remake of Manasu Mamtha | |
Dheera | Kannada | Rockline Venkatesh | Om Sai Prakash | Remake of Evadra Rowdy | |
Ninagagi | Kannada | Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika | S. Mahendar | Remake of Nuvve Kavali | |
2003 | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Hindi | Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
Ananda | Kannada | Naveen Mayur, Ruthika | Vara Mullapudi | ||
Oka Raju Oka Rani | Telugu | Ravi Teja, Namitha | Yogie | ||
Ooh La La | Kannada | Krishnamohan | Hemanth Hegde | ||
Toli Choopulone [23] | Telugu | Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Akanksha | Y. Kasi Viswanath | ||
Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu | Tamil | Jai Akash, Neha | Sakthi Chidambaram | Remake of Anandam | |
2004 | Anandamanandamaye | Telugu | Jai Akash, Renuka Menon | Srinu Vaitla | |
Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum | Hindi | Arya Babbar, Shriya Saran | Esmayeel Shroff | ||
2006 | Veedhi [24] | Telugu | Sharwanand, Gopika | V. Dorairaj | |
2007 | Sixer | Kannada | Prajwal Devaraj, Devaki | Shashank | |
2008 | Nachavule | Telugu | Tanish, Maadhavi Latha | Ravi Babu | |
2009 | Ninnu Kalisaka | Telugu | Santosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati Babu | Siva Nageswara Rao | |
Savaari | Kannada | Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan | Jacob Verghese | Remake of Gamyam Co Production with Arka Media Works | |
2010 | Betting Bangaraju | Telugu | Allari Naresh, Nidhi | E.Sattibabu [25] | |
2011 | Nuvvila | Telugu | Avish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya Nambeesan | Ravi Babu | |
2015 | Beeruva [26] | Telugu | Sundeep Kishan, Surabhi | Kanmani | Co Production with Anandi Art Creations |
Dagudumootha Dandakor | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Sara Arjun | R.K Malineni | Remake of Saivam Co Production with First Frame Entertainment |
# | Year | Serial | Language | Actors | Director | Network | Notes |
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1 | 1997 - 2001 | Antharangalu | Telugu | Sarath Babu, Kinnera, Kalpana, Achyuth | Vinay Kumar | ETV | Co-produced with Eenadu Television |
2 | 1997 - 1999 | Anveshitha | Achyuth, Yamuna, Raja, Shanmukha Srinivas | Ilyas Ahmed "Pradyumna" |
This is a list of notable people introduced by Usha Kiran Movies.
Ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
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National Film Awards | 2000 | Best Feature Film Telugu | Nuvve Kavali | Won |
Filmfare Awards South | 1985 | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu | Pratighatana | Won |
2000 | Nuvve Kavali | Won | ||
Nandi Awards [33] | 1984 | Best Feature Film - Silver | Kanchana Ganga | Won |
1985 | Best Feature Film - Gold | Mayuri | Won | |
1985 | Second Best Story Writer Usha kiran Movies Unit | Mayuri | Won | |
1989 | Best Feature Film - Silver | Mouna Poratam | Won | |
1991 | Best Feature Film - Bronze | Aswini | Won | |
1992 | Best Children Film - Gold | Teja | Won | |
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