Vijaya Nirmala Biography

Actress and Director Vijaya Nirmala

Vijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her the most prolific female director for having directed 42 feature films.

Vijaya Nirmala’s entry into the film industry was as a child artiste in Panduranga Mahatmyam (1957) at the age of 7. In 1964, she starred opposite Prem Nazir in the landmark Malayalam film Bhargavi Nilayam. She debuted in Telugu industry through the film Rangula Ratnam. Her debut film in Tamil was Engaveettu Penn, which was followed by movies includingPanama Paasama, En Annan, Gnanaoli, and Uyira Maanama. She met her second husband Krishna on the sets of Saakshi (1967), her second film in Telugu, and they starred together in 47 films. It was Saakshi, that kindled her interest in direction. To date, she has acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil, and the remaining in Telugu. Her small screen debut came with Balaji Telefilms Pelli Kanuka. Soon after, she launched her own banner Vijaya Krishna Movies and produced 15 films. She made her directional debut with a Malayalam film with a budget of 3 lakhs. She made her directorial debut in Telugu with Meena and directed 40 films in Telugu and one film each in Malayalam (directorial debut film) and Tamil (Kungumachimizh). Currently the actress-director is based in Hyderabad and is managing Padmalaya Studios and Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd.

Vijaya Nirmala from her first marriage has one son, actor Naresh. In 1969, she married actor Krishna. She has indicated that she has an amiable relationship with her husband’s first wife Indira and her children.

Vijaya Nirmala received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for 2008 regarding her contributions to Telugu film industry.

 

YVS Chowdary Biography, Profile and Movies List

Y.V.S Chowdary

Yalamanchili Venkata Satyanarayana Chowdary (born 23 May in Gudiwada) is a popular Telugu film director. His screen name is YVS Chowdary. His movies Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Devdas were big hits and other movies like Sree Seetharamula Kalyanam Choothamu Raarandi,Seetharamaraju, Yuvaraju and Seathaiah were hits.

Personal Life

YVS Chowdary was born and grew up in Gudiwada, a town in Krishna District in the State of Andhra Pradesh. His father is a lorry driver,he belongs to Kanumuru and his mother is a home maker, she belongs to Bhatlapenumarru in Krishna District.

Career

YVS Chowdary directed 8 films, Six of them were hits and ran for 100 days,Among six Devdas and Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo ran for more than 175 days. Before becoming a director, he has associated with big directors such as K. Raghavendra Rao, Ram Gopal Varma, Mahesh Bhatt and Krishna Vamsi. YVS Chowdary is the owner of Bommarillu Vaari Banner and produced big hits like Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Devdas and hit like Seathaiah.

YVS Chowdary movie lover and a fan of NTR before he entered Tollywood. He started the trend of making films with new star cast in Akkineni Nagarjuna’s home production film titled Sri Seetharamula Kalyanam Choothamu Raarandi. He directed actors such as Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna,, Nandamuri HariKrishna, Mahesh Babu, Nandamuri Balakrishna and Manchu Mohanbabu in his other projects.He introduced “Venkat”, “Chandu”, “Chandni” in his first film. “Aditya Om”, “Ankita Jhaveri”, in his fourth film and “Ram”, “Ileana D’Cruz” in his sixth film.

 

YVS Profile

YVS Chowdary
Born	Gudiwada, Andhra Pradesh,India
Occupation	Film Director, Producer, Screen Writer, Distributor and Exhibitor

 

Y.V.S Chowdary Movies List

Assistant Editor

• Top Tukker (Dubbed from Kannada)

Assistant Director

• Aggipidugu
• Pattabhishekam
• Kaliyuga Pandavulu
• Agni Puthrudu
• Sahasa Samrat
• Donga Ramudu

Associate Director

• Janaki Ramudu
• Rudranethra
• Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari

Co-Director

• Aswamedham
• Govinda Govinda
• Criminal (Telugu & Hindi)
• Gulabi
• Ninne Pelladutha

Director

• Sri Seetha Ramula Kalyanam Choothamu Raarandi
• Seetharama Raju
• Yuvaraju
• Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
• Seathaiah
• Devdas
• Okka Magaadu
• Saleem
• Rey(2011)

 

Mehar Ramesh Biography and Movies List

Meher Ramesh

Meher Ramesh is a film writer and director. He is the cousin of actor mega star-chiranjeevi.

Background

Meher Ramesh worked as an assistant director for many movies, including Pokkiri. He became a protégé of Tollywood director/producer Puri Jagannadh.

His directorial debut, Veera Kannadiga, released on 1 January 2004 simultaneously with Andhrawala. After this successful debut, he directed Ajay (2006), a Kannada movie starring Puneet Rajkumar and Anuradha Mehta. This film was a remake of the Tollywood blockbuster Okkadu, which starred Mahesh Babu and was directed by Gunasekhar.

His first film in Tollywood was Kantri (2008) starring Jr. NTR, Hansika Motwani, Tanisha Mukherjee, and Prakash Raj. The movie was produced under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner by C. Ashwini Dutt. The music of the film was launched on 29 March 2008 and the film was released on 9 May 2008.

His 2009 film Billa was a remake of the Tamil film Billa (2007). It also drew inspiration from the 1979 Telugu film Yugandhar, which in turn drew inspiration from another Hindi film titledDon. Prabhas Raju Uppalapati played the dual role of the characters Billa and Ranga, with Anushka Shetty and Namitha playing the heroines. The film, which began shooting in October 2008, released in April 2009. Actress Jayasudha, who had earlier starred in Yugandhar (1979) as Jaya, had a guest role as Janaki in this film. Billa was a big commercial success in 2009.

Mani Sharma has composed the music for every movie directed by Meher Ramesh.

His upcoming movie Shakti, starring NTR Jr. and Ileana D’Cruz, is being produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. Mani Sharma is composing the music and Sameer Reddy is the cinematographer.

Movies List,

As Director

• 2011 – Shakti (Telugu)
• 2009 – Billa (Telugu)
• 2008 – Kantri (Telugu)
• 2006 – Ajay (Kannada)
• 2004 – Veera Kannadiga (Kannada)

Boyapati Sreenu Biography and Movies List

Bpoyapati Sreenu

Boyapati Seenu is an Indian film director, in the Telugu film industry.

Career

In 2005, Boyapati Seenu made his directorial debut with Bhadra, which starred Ravi Teja, Meera Jasmine, and Prakash Raj. The film went on to become a box office success. Two years later in 2007, his next film, Thulasi, released. Starring Venkatesh and Nayantara, this film also was widely accepted by audiences. It was also one of the best films of 2007.^[1] In 2010, Seenu had his third release, Simha, starring Balakrishna Nandamuri in a dual role and Sneha Ullal. Simha went on to become the biggest hit of 2010 so far.

Movies List

Year	Film	Cast
2005	Bhadra	Ravi Teja, Meera Jasmine
2007	Thulasi	Venkatesh, Nayantara
2010	Simha	Balakrishna Nandamuri, Sneha Ullal, Nayantara

Vijaya Bhaskar Biography and Movies List

K.Vijaya Bhaskar

K. Vijaya Bhaskar is a film director in the Telugu film industry

Movies List

• London Mein Kya Hua (2010)
• Prema Kavali (2010)
• Bhale Dongalu (2008)
• Classmates (2007)
• Jai Chiranjeeva (2005)
• Malliswari (2004)
• Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) – Hindi Movie
• Manmadhudu (2002)
• Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001)
• Nuvve Kavali (2000)
• Swayamvaram (1999)
• Prarthana (1991)

 

S.J Surya Biography, Profile and Movies List

SJ Surya

S. Justin Selvaraj (Tamil: எஸ். ஜஸ்டின் செல்வராஜ்) is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and producer in Kollywood, the Tamil film industry. His screen name is S. J. Surya.

Film Career

Surya’s first film was Vaali (1999), with Ajith Kumar playing the lead in Tamil; it was a huge blockbuster and remains his biggest hit to date. The film told the story of a deaf and mute brother setting his eyes on his younger brother’s wife.

Surya followed that with the multi-lingual Kushi, which was a huge money-spinner in Tamil and Telugu but did not fare too well in Hindi. After a hiatus for nearly two years, he came up with another blockbuster, New in which Surya played the lead role as well as directing and producing the film. The film’s opening is considered to be one of the biggest in Tamil cinema in recent years, with over 1.1 crore collected on its first day at the box office.^[1] The film’s music by his friend and noted composer A. R. Rahman had created waves in the audio market. However, the movie was banned by the Madras High Court in August 2005, a year after it collected huge revenues in theaters. His fourth venture in Tamil as a director was Anbe Aaruyire, which was initially titled Best Friend. This movie was not as big a hit as Vaali, Khushi and New had been. He planned a Tamil romantic comedy titled Anbulla Caroline with A. R. Rahman, Santosh Sivan, Silambharasan and Asin as the crew; however, the project was dropped after some schedule interruptions. He said he would return to the project soon, after sorting out schedules and cast.

S. J. Surya’s biggest budget project in his career to date is Puli, with Pawan Kalyan in the lead; it was released on September 10, 2010 in more than 1200 theaters with 600 prints. The film was made on a budget of 42 crores. Academy Award-winner A. R. Rahman created the music for the movie. The soundtrack received positive reviews and became a hot seller. However, the film received very bad reviews from various critics.

Television

He was one of the judges on Vijay TV’s hit show Jodi Number One, where the participants are television stars. He was one of the three judges along with Sangeetha and Sundaram.

Profile

S. J. Surya
Born	Justin Selvaraj Suryaah July 20, 1968 (age 42) Chennai, India
Occupation	Actor, film director, writer,producer
Years active	1999 – present

Movies List

As an actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Kushi
2004	New	Vichu/Pappu
2005	Anbe Aaruyire	Shiva
	Mahanadigan	Himself	Cameo appearance
2006	Kalvanin Kadhali	Sathya
	Dishyum	Himself	Cameo appearance
2007	Vyabari	Suryaprakash
	Thirumagan
2009	Newtonin Moondram Vidhi	Guru
2012	Nanban	Cameo appearance

As Director

Year	Film	Language	Other technical roles
1999	Vaali	Tamil	Writer
2000	Khushi	Tamil	Writer
2001	Kushi	Telugu	Writer
2003	Khushi	Hindi	Writer
2004	New	Tamil	Writer, producer
	Naani	Telugu	Writer
2005	Anbe Aaruyire	Tamil	Writer, producer
2010	Puli	Telugu	Writer

Ravi Babu Biography , Profile and Movies List

Ravi Babu

Ravi Babu (Telugu :రవి బాబు) is a Telugu language film director, actor. His father Chalapathi Rao is also a Telugu movie actor.

Profile

Ravi Babu
Born	Ravi babu

 

Movies List

Ravi Babu movies as actor

1. Manasara
2. [[Prathiroju (2010)
3. Amaravathi (2009)
4. Padhamoodu (2009)
5. Yavarum Nalam (2009)
6. Nachav Alludu
7. Brahmanandam Drama Company (2008)
8. Kalidasu (2008)
9. Anasuya (2007)

10. Party(2006)

11. Ammayilu Abbayilu(Release Date: 29 Jan 2003)

12. Murari(2001)

13. Neti Gandhi

14. Mavidakulu

15. Tholi Prema (1998)

 

As director/producer/writer

1. Manasaara – Director & Writer
2. Amaravathi – Director & Writer
3. Nachavule (2008) – Director & Writer
4. Anasuya (2007) – Director, Producer & Writer
5. Party (2006) – Directorkl
6. Soggadu (2005) – Director
7. Ammayilu Abbayilu(Release Date: 29 Jan 2003) – Director & Writer
8. Allari – Debut movie as Director & Writer

 

Neelakanta Biogrpahy, Profile and Movies List

G.Neelakanta Reddy

G. Neelakanta Reddy is a National Award winning Telugu film director. He directed film such as Nandanavanam 120 km, Sadaa Mee Sevalo, Missamma, Show and Mr. Medhavi.

Personal Life

Neelakanta is native of Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. He studied in Loyola Public School and Loyola College in Vijayawada. While he was doing his schooling, he had the interest in movies. After his graduation, he had lost the interest in studies and moved to Chennai to join film direction.

Career

Neelakanta always wanted to make films which have a striking a balance between Art and Commerce. It materialized with Show followed by Missamma.He received two national awards for Show, one in best screenplay category ^[1] by beating the extraordinary films like lagaan and other for the Best Feature Film in Telugu.^[2] He then made Sada Mee Sevalo with Shriya and Venu in lead roles and later made a psychological thriller Nandanavanam 120 km. Both flopped at box office but the latter got huge critical acclaim. Then he made Mr Medhavi with Genelia and Raja in lead roles that faired at box office as above average grosser. He also wrote dialogues for Telugu remake of Hindi hit ‘A Wednesday’ that is being made in Telugu as ‘Eenadu’ with Kamal Hasan and Daggubati Venkatesh.

Neelakanta Profile

Neelakanta Movies List

G Neelakanta Reddy
Born	Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Show	screenplay,direction	Telugu	won two national awards
2003	Missamma	screenplay,direction	Telugu
2005	Sadaa Mee Sevalo	screenplay,direction	Telugu
2006	Nandanavanam 120km	screenplay,direction,producer	Telugu
2007	Mr. Medhavi	direction	Telugu
2009	Eenadu	Dialogues	Telugu

Srinu Vaitla Biography and Movies List

Srinu Vaitla

Srinu Vaitla (Telugu: శ్రీను వైట్ల) is an Indian film director associated with Telugu cinema also known as Tollywood. He is from the village of Kandulapalem, East Godavari District.^[1]His first mainstream movie as a director was Nee Kosam (1999) starring Ravi Teja and Maheshwari. Though the movie was an average flick at the box office, it was critically acclaimed. He shot to fame with his second movie Anandam (2001), released in the year 2001. He made his own impression on the Telugu Cinema comedy. This can be observed in his moviesVenky, Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready. In his 13 years main stream filmmaking, he is associated with 12 movies as director, 6 as screenplay writer, 4 as story writer and 2 as supporting cast. He played cameo in Rainbow and Parama Veera Chakra movies. For most of his films music was given by Devi Sri Prasad.

Movies List as Director

Year	Film	Producer	Cast	Music	Budget	Release Date	Review
2011	Dookudu	Achanta Gopichand	Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu	Thaman			Filming
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Achanta Gopichand	Victory Venkatesh, Trisha Krishnan	Devi Sri Prasad	25 crores-	14 January 2010	Average
2008	King (2008 film)	D Sivaprasad Reddy	Akkineni Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas, Srihari, M. S. Narayana, Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Venu Madhav, Krishna Bhagavaan, Sunil	Devi Sri Prasad	17 crores	25 December 2008	HIT
2008	Ready	Ravi Kishore	Ram, Genelia D’Souza, Tanikella Bharani, Nassar, Sunil, Chandra Mohan, Brahmanandam	Devi Sri Prasad	11 crores	19 June 2008	HIT
2007	Dubai Seenu	D.V.V. Danayya	Ravi Teja, Nayantara, Krishna Bhagavaan, Sunil	Mani Sharma	9 crores	7 June 2007	HIT
2007	Dhee	Mallireddy Satyanarayan Reddy, Srinu Vaitla	Vishnu Vardhan Babu, Genelia D’Souza, Srihari, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Chandra Mohan, Brahmanandam	Chakri	5 crores	13 April 2007	HIT
2005	Andarivaadu	Allu Arvind	Megastar Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu, Rakshita, Prakash Rai, Sunil	Devi Sri Prasad		4 June 2005	Average
2004	Venky	Atluri Purnachandra Rao	Ravi Teja, Sneha, Krishna Bhagavaan, Ashutosh Rana, Venu Madhav, AVS	Devi Sri Prasad	8 Crores	26 March 2004	HIT
2004	Anandananandamaye	Ramoji Rao	Akash, J. D. Chakravarthy	Koti			Flop
2002	Sontham		Aryan Rajesh, Namitha, Sunil	Devi Sri Prasad			Average
2001	Anandam	Ramoji Rao	Akash, Reka (Akshara)	Devi Sri Prasad			HIT
1999	Nee Kosam		Ravi Teja, Maheshwari, Brahmaji	R.P. Patnayak			Average

 

 

 

A.Karunakaran Biography and Movies List

A.Karunakaran

A Karunakaran (Born: 1961) is a Telugu film director.

Background

Before entering Telugu Film Industry, his parents forced him to join polytechnics. After finishing polytechnics in 1989, he went to Madras. He became an assistant director to a few successful directors like Shankar.

A karunakaran official website is http://www.aKarunakaran.com

 

Career

Karunakaran’s first directorial film in 1998 was Tholi Prema was a sensational hit. That film enhanced Pawan Kalyan’s image as an actor. His subsequent films Yuvakudu, and Balu ABCDEFG disappointed at box office. Though they failed at box office, the way he presents the movie is superb. His next film Happy was a moderate success.His recent movie darling is declared hit as it completed 100 days in 35 centers. In his films heroines are given importance and are not shown in vulgar manner unlike many directors. This is really appreciated by Class Audience. He gives much importance to his story & screenplay rather than skin-show. He made a cameo appearance in the movie Tholi Prema.

Awards

Nandi Awards for 2008 films “Best screenplay writer” for the film “Ullasamga Utsahamga”

Movies List

• Darling (2010)
• Ullasamga Utsahamga (2008)^[1]
• Happy (2006)
• Balu ABCDEFG (2005)
• Vasu (2002)
• Yuvakudu (2000)
• Tholi Prema (1998)