Usha Kiran Movies

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Usha Kiran Movies
Type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded1983
Headquarters
Balayogi Paryatak Bhavan, Greenlands, Begumpet, Hyderabad [1]
,
India
Key people
 Ramoji Rao
Products Films
OwnerRamoji Rao
Subsidiaries 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]

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History

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]

Partial filmography

YearFilmLanguageActorsDirectorNotes
1984 Srivariki Premalekha Telugu Naresh, Poornima Jandhyala
Kanchana Ganga Telugu Chandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath Babu V. Madhusudhana Rao
Sundari Subbarao [6] TeluguChandra 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 TeluguVijayshanti, 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. KrishnaRemake of Pratighatana
Mallemoggalu [8] TeluguSagarika, RajeshV. Madhusudhana Rao
Karu Diddina Kapuram [9] TeluguRajendra Prasad, PavitraD.V. Narasa Raju
Naache Mayuri Hindi Sudha Chandran, Shekhar Suman T. Rama Rao Remake of Mayuri
1987Chandamama Rave [10] TeluguChandra Mohan, Kalpana Moulee
Pratighaat Hindi Sujata Mehta N. Chandra Remake of Pratighatana
Premayanam [11] TeluguNaresh, Jayashree C. V. Sridhar
1988O Bharya KathaTeluguJayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath BabuMoulee
1989 Mouna Poratam TeluguYamuna, Vinod KumarMohan Gandhi
Paila PacheesuTeluguRajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam Moulee
1990Judgement [12] TeluguSiva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, ArunaA.Mohan Gandhi
Mamasri [13] TeluguSuresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, AnandSharath
Manasu MamataTeluguNaresh, Sithara Moulee
1991Amma [14] TeluguSuhasini,Sarathbabu, Baby Sunayana Suresh Krissna
Aswini Telugu Bhanu Chander, Ashwini Nachappa Moulee
People's Encounter Telugu Meka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, BhanupriyaMohan Gandhi
Jagannatham & Sons [15] TeluguSuresh, SindhujaAnil Kumar
1992TejaTeluguTarun Kumar, TulasiN. Hari Babu
VasundharaTeluguSithara [16] Suresh Krissna
1998Padutha Theeyaga [17] Telugu Vineeth, Heera Rajagopal Kranthi Kumar
Daddy Daddy [18] Telugu ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, Raasi Kodi Ramakrishna
1999Mechanic Mamaiah [19] Telugu Rajasekhar, Rambha S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
2000Subhavela [20] Telugu Ravi Kanth, AnasuyaRamana
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 TeluguSrikanth, Raasi, Malavika Muthyala Subbaiah
Ninnu Choodalani Telugu Jr. NTR, Raveena RajputV. 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 HelthiniKannadaSaurav, Chaitra HallikeriR. Saigopal
Ishtam TeluguCharan, Shriya Saran Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar
2002Manasuvunte Chalu [21] Telugu Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, Sivaji Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao
Priya Nestama [22] Telugu Venu Thottempudi, ShanuR. Ganapathi
Neetho Telugu Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek Chahal John Mahendran
Manase O ManaseKannadaRamkumarM. S. RajashekarRemake of Manasu Mamtha
DheeraKannadaRockline VenkateshOm Sai PrakashRemake 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 BhaskarRemake of Nuvve Kavali
Ananda Kannada Naveen Mayur, Ruthika Vara Mullapudi
Oka Raju Oka Rani Telugu Ravi Teja, Namitha Yogie
Ooh La La KannadaKrishnamohanHemanth 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 SaranEsmayeel 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 TeluguSantosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati Babu Siva Nageswara Rao
Savaari Kannada Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan Jacob VergheseRemake of Gamyam
Co Production with Arka Media Works
2010 Betting Bangaraju Telugu Allari Naresh, NidhiE.Sattibabu [25]
2011 Nuvvila TeluguAvish, 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 MalineniRemake of Saivam
Co Production with First Frame Entertainment

TV serials

#YearSerialLanguageActorsDirectorNetworkNotes
11997 - 2001Antharangalu Telugu Sarath Babu, Kinnera, Kalpana, Achyuth Vinay Kumar ETV Co-produced with Eenadu Television
21997 - 1999 Anveshitha Achyuth, Yamuna, Raja, Shanmukha Srinivas Ilyas Ahmed "Pradyumna"
32022Mouna Poratam Yamuna, Harikrishna, Manoj Kumar, Ramakrishna

Associated talent

This is a list of notable people introduced by Usha Kiran Movies.

YearCastFilm NameDebut asNote
1984 Shankar Melkote Srivariki Premalekha Actor
Sudha Chandran Mayuri Actress
1989 Vinod Kumar [27] Mouna Poratam ActorDebut in Telugu
Yamuna [28] Actress
1990 M. M. Keeravani [29] Manasu MamathaMusic Director
Tarun Kumar Child Actor
1991 Ashwini Nachappa Aswini Actress
Srikanth [30] People's Encounter Actor
2000 Teja Chitram Director [31]
Uday Kiran Actor [31]
Reemma Sen Actress
Saandip Playback singer
Chitram Seenu [32] Actor
Ravi Prakash SubhavelaActor
Richa Pallod Nuvve Kavali ActressDebut in Telugu
Sai Kiran Actor
2001 Rekha Vedavyas Chitra Actress
Shriya Saran Ishtam Actress
2002 Jennifer Kotwal Manasuvunte ChaluActressDebut in Telugu
Prakash Kovelamudi Neetho Actor
Mahek Chahal Actress
Radhika Kumaraswamy Ninagagi Actress
2003 Riteish Deshmukh Tujhe Meri Kasam Actor
Genelia D'Souza Actress
2007 Prajwal Devaraj Sixer Actor
2008 Maadhavi Latha Nachavule Actress
2009 Chaitanya Krishna Ninnu Kalisaka Actor
Dipa Shah Actress
Piaa Bajpai ActressDebut in Telugu
2011 Yami Gautam Nuvvila Actress
2015 Sara Arjun Dagudumootha Dandakor Child Actress
Surabhi Beeruva Actress

Awards

CeremonyYearCategoryNomineeResult
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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