 | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Ramoji Rao |
| Products | Films |
| Owner | Ramoji Rao |
| Subsidiaries | Ramoji Group |
Ushakiran Movies is an Indian film Production House 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 in several languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali. [3]
The production house is mainly known for giving opportunity to young talent and produced many meaningful movies under Ushakiran movies. [4] The Production House started with the film Srivariki Premalekha . [5]
This is a list of notable people introduced by Ushakiran Movies.
| # | Year | Film | Language | Actors | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1984 | Srivariki Premalekha | Telugu | Naresh, Poornima | Jandhyala | |
| 2 | 1984 | Kanchana Ganga | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath Babu | V. Madhusudhan Rao | |
| 3 | 1984 | Sundari Subbarao [14] | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Vijayshanti | Relangi Narasimha Rao | |
| 4 | 1985 | Mayuri | Telugu | Sudha Chandran, Subhakar | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri Dubbed in to Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori |
| 5 | 1985 | Pratighatana | Telugu | Vijayshanti, Chandra Mohan | T. Krishna | Remade in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and Hindi as Pratighaat |
| 6 | 1985 | Preminchu Pelladu [15] | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya | Vamsy | |
| 7 | 1986 | Pakarathinu Pakaram | Malayalam | T. Krishna | Remake of Pratighatana | |
| 8 | 1986 | Mallemoggalu [16] | Telugu | Sagarika, Rajesh | V. Madhusudhan Rao | |
| 9 | 1986 | Karu Diddina Kapuram [17] | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Pavitra | D.V. Narasa Raju | |
| 10 | 1986 | Naache Mayuri | Hindi | Sudha Chandran, Shekhar Suman | T. Rama Rao | Remake of Mayuri |
| 11 | 1987 | Chandamama Rave [18] | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Kalpana | Moulee | |
| 12 | 1987 | Pratighaat | Hindi | Sujata Mehta | N. Chandra | Remake of Pratighatana |
| 13 | 1987 | Premayanam [19] | Telugu | Naresh, Jayashree | C. V. Sridhar | |
| 14 | 1988 | O Bharya Katha [20] | Telugu | Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath Babu | Moulee | |
| 15 | 1989 | Mouna Poratam | Telugu | Yamuna, Vinod Kumar | Mohan Gandhi | |
| 16 | 1989 | Paila Pacheesu | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam | Moulee | |
| 17 | 1990 | Judgement [21] | Telugu | Siva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, Aruna | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 18 | 1990 | Mamasri [22] | Telugu | Suresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, Anand | Sharath | |
| 19 | 1990 | Manasu Mamata [23] | Telugu | Naresh, Sithara | Moulee | |
| 20 | 1991 | Amma [24] | Telugu | Suhasini,Sarathbabu, Baby Sunayana | Suresh Krissna | |
| 21 | 1991 | Aswini | Telugu | Bhanu Chander, Ashwini Nachappa | Moulee | |
| 22 | 1991 | People's Encounter | Telugu | Meka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, Bhanupriya | Mohan Gandhi | |
| 23 | 1991 | Jagannatham & Sons [25] | Telugu | Suresh, Sindhuja | Anil Kumar | |
| 24 | 1992 | Teja | Telugu | Tarun Kumar, Tulasi | N. Hari Babu | |
| 25 | 1992 | Vasundhara [26] | Telugu | Sithara [27] | Suresh Krissna | |
| 26 | 1998 | Padutha Theeyaga [28] | Telugu | Vineeth, Heera Rajgopal | Kranthi Kumar | |
| 27 | 1998 | Daddy Daddy [29] | Telugu | ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, Raasi | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
| 28 | 1999 | Mechanic Mamaiah [30] | Telugu | Rajasekhar, Rambha | S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu | |
| 29 | 2000 | Subhavela [31] | Telugu | Ravi Kanth, Anasuya | Ramana | |
| 30 | 2000 | Chitram | Telugu | Uday Kiran, Reema Sen | Teja | Remade in Kannada as Chitra |
| 31 | 2000 | Moodu Mukkalaata | Telugu | Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
| 32 | 2000 | 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 |
| 33 | 2001 | Deevinchandi | Telugu | Srikanth, Raasi, Malavika | Muthyala Subbaiah | |
| 34 | 2001 | Ninnu Choodalani | Telugu | Jr. NTR, Raveena Rajput | V. R. Pratap | |
| 35 | 2001 | Akasa Veedhilo | Telugu | Nagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | |
| 36 | 2001 | Chithra [32] | Kannada | Nagendra Prasad, Rekha Vedavyas | Dinesh Baboo [33] | Remake of Chitram |
| 37 | 2001 | Anandam | Telugu | Aakash, Rekha Vedavyas, Venkat, Tanu Roy | Srinu Vaitla | Remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu |
| 38 | 2001 | Ananda | Kannada | Naveen Mayur | Remake of Telugu film Anandam | |
| 39 | 2001 | Ishtam | Telugu | Charan, Shriya Saran | Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar | |
| 40 | 2002 | Manasuvunte Chalu [34] | Telugu | Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, Sivaji | Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao | |
| 41 | 2002 | Priya Nesthama [35] | Telugu | Venu Thottempudi, Shanu | R. Ganapathi | |
| 42 | 2002 | Neetho | Telugu | Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek Chahal | John Mahendran | |
| 43 | 2002 | Ninagagi | Kannada | Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika | S. Mahendar | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
| 44 | 2003 | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Hindi | Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
| 45 | 2003 | Oka Raju Oka Rani | Telugu | Ravi Teja, Namitha | Yogie | |
| 46 | 2003 | Tholi Choopulone [36] | Telugu | Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Akanksha | Y. Kasi Viswanath | |
| 47 | 2003 | Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu | Tamil | Jai Akash, Neha | Sakthi Chidambaram | Remake of Anandam |
| 48 | 2004 | Anandamanandamaye | Telugu | Jai Akash, Renuka Menon | Srinu Vaitla | |
| 49 | 2004 | Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum | Hindi | Arya Babbar, Shriya Saran | Esmayeel Shroff | |
| 50 | 2006 | Veedhi [37] | Telugu | Sharwanand, Gopika | V. Dorairaj | |
| 51 | 2007 | Sixer | Kannada | Prajwal Devaraj, Devaki | Shashank | |
| 52 | 2008 | Nachavule | Telugu | Tanish, Maadhavi Latha | Ravi Babu | |
| 53 | 2009 | Ninnu Kalisaka | Telugu | Santosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati Babu | Siva Nageswara Rao | |
| 54 | 2009 | Savaari | Kannada | Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan | Jacob Verghese | Remake of Gamyam Co Production with Arka Media Works |
| 55 | 2010 | Betting Bangaraju | Telugu | Allari Naresh, Nidhi | E.Sattibabu [38] | |
| 56 | 2011 | Nuvvila | Telugu | Avish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya Nambeesan | Ravi Babu | |
| 57 | 2015 | Beeruva [39] | Telugu | Sundeep Kishan, Surabhi | Kanmani | Co Production with Anandi Art Creations |
| 58 | 2015 | Dagudumootha Dandakor | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Sara Arjun | R.K Malineni | Remake of Saivam Co Production with First Frame Entertainment |
| S.no | Ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Film Awards | 2000 | Best Feature Film Telugu | Nuvve Kavali | Won |
| 2 | Filmfare Awards South | 1985 | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu | Pratighatana | Won |
| 3 | 2000 | Nuvve Kavali | Won | ||
| 4 | Nandi Awards [40] | 1984 | Best Feature Film - Silver | Kanchana Ganga | Won |
| 5 | 1985 | Best Feature Film - Gold | Mayuri | Won | |
| 6 | 1985 | Second Best Story Writer Usha kiran Movies Unit | Mayuri | Won | |
| 7 | 1989 | Best Feature Film - Silver | Mouna Poratam | Won | |
| 8 | 1991 | Best Feature Film - Bronze | Aswini | Won | |
| 9 | 1992 | Best Children Film - Gold | Teja | Won | |
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