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Abhinaya Anandis a South Indian film actress and model born on November 13 1991 in Kadalur district, Karnataka to a minor film artist Anand and his wife Hemalatha. From her birth itself she had hearing and speech impairments even then she has been acting in various advertisements since her childhood. Thanks to years of therapy and training, she partially overcame her speech and hearing impairments.
Her interest towards both modelling and acting at a very young age was well noticed and encouraged by her father. Eventually, at the age of 17 she entered into the film industry making her acting debut in Naadodigal (2009), a Malayalam movie and went on to reprise the role in its Telugu and Kannada remakes.
Since her adolescence, Abhinaya had mastered sign language and lip reading in English. She had also undergone a risky operation (Cochlear Implantation) that had helped her hear with the help of a machine. She would write her script dialogues in English and practice with the help of her mother. Co-artistes would also keep communicating with her guiding and helping her. The collective efforts of the directors, her parents and Abhinaya's determination ensured that the teenager did most of her parts without retakes.
Abhinaya , who loves pets and Sudoku, has discontinued her studies at Std X to focus on her career. Actress Abhinaya's Father worked in Tamil and Telugu films as a minor artist in few supporting roles. So she made her interest like her father. Her photo session in model well gathered the attention of directors especially by the South Indian Actor cum choreographer Lawrence Ragavendra.
She acted in various Television programs and advertisements which eventually resulted in superior facial expressions. Abhinaya's dancing skills were highly impressive and attention-seeking. One day, Director Samudrakani gave her a chance in the film "Nadodikal" after appreciating her photo session and her dancing skills. Being highly determined and hopeful Abhinaya stunned everyone with her amazing acting skills even though her voice was being dubbed.
After this film's success she well started settling in the Tamil Industry and eventually into Telugu and Kannada film industries after getting various offers. Telugu Film Actor, Ravi Teja stood as another inspiration in her life apart from her father who morally supported her acting. Though she was physically challenged, she literally posed a challenge against various young actors of her age with her impressive acting skills.- Harshvardhan Rane is a Telugu and Hindi film actor. His father was a doctor, and his mother is a homemaker. Rane was brought up in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Rane did his graduation from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi, India. He is also a graduate of the Barry John Acting Studio and has actively participated in theatrical shows.
Rane has performed in many theatrical projects by Hyderabad-based theatre groups, including the Indian adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) by Tennessee Williams. Furthermore, earlier in his career, he also worked as a freelancer in a film-building enterprise.
Rane made his first acting debut by appearing in three episodes of the TV show Left Right Left (2006), starring Harshad Chopda, Rajeev Khandelwal and Arjun Bijlani.
Rane made his first film debut in the Telugu film Thakita Thakita (2010), starring Haripriya, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anushka Shetty and Bhoomika Chawla. He went on to work in two more Telugu films in 2012 - Naa Ishtam (2012) opposite Genelia Deshmukh and Rana Daggubati and Avunu (2012) opposite Shamna Kasim and Ravi Babu. He had four releases in 2014 - Anaamika (2014), Maaya (2014), Geethanjali (2014), and Brother of Bommali (2014), all of which were Telugu films.
Rane worked opposite Nayanthara in Anaamika (2014), where he portrayed the role of a software engineer. Similarly, he was seen opposite Avantika Mishra in Maaya (2014) and Anjali in Geethanajali (2014).
Rane has also done cameo roles in Telugu films such as Bengal Tiger (2015), starring Tamannaah Bhatia and Ravi Teja and Fidaa (2017), starring Sai Pallavi, Varun Tej and Sarah Uriarte Berry. He had his first breakthrough in Hindi cinema in Sanam Teri Kasam (2016). It was a romantic tragedy starring Mawra Hocane. Rane also featured in Paltan (2018) and Kavacham (2018) in 2018.
In 2021, Harshvardhan was featured on the Netflix release Haseen Dillruba (2021) as an adventurer lover opposite Taapsee Pannu. The film also featured Vikrant Massey and was directed by Vinil Mathew. In2022, Tara vs Bilal (2022) was released - a romantic comedy directed by Samar Iqbal, featuring Sonia Rathee and Raheem Mir. - Actor
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J.D. Chakravarthy (born Nagulapati Srinivasa Chakravarthy) is an Indian film actor and director known for his works in South Indian film industry and Bollywood.[1] He has starred in Hindi films like Shiva, Satya, Vaastu Shastra and Aag. He made his film directing debut, with Darwaza Bandh Rakho. He then went on to direct story 5 of Darna Zaroori Hai, which was archived at the New York Institute of Technology, as part of the film course, Homam and Sidham. He is best known in Telugu cinema for his performances in Money, Gulabi, Anaganaga Oka Roju, Premaku Velayara, Wife of V. Varaprasad, Egire Paavurama, Bombay Priyudu, Pape Naa Pranam, Deyyam, Mrugam and Madhyanam Hathya.- Director
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Gowtam Tinnanuri was born on 21 March 1983 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a director and writer, known for Jersey (2019), Jersey (2022) and Vd12.- Mohammad Ali was born on 10 October 1968 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an actor, known for Liger (2022), Super (2005) and Oka Laila Kosam (2014). He has been married to Zubeda Sultana Begum since 23 January 1994. They have three children.
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Jayaprada was born as Lalita Rani in a middle class household to Krishna and Neelavani in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh on April 3, 1962. She was a small town girl with dreams of becoming a doctor. Her mother enrolled her in dance and music classes when she was seven years old, in addition to going to a regular school. Even though, her father and uncle were film financiers, her initial break into films didn't come through them. She was discovered dancing on stage at a school function when she was just fourteen years old. Character actor Prabhakar Reddy gave her the name of Jayaprada and introduced her in a three minute song in the Telugu film, "Bhoomi Kosam" (1976). That immediately led her to longer roles in "Devude Digivaste" (1975) and "Naaku Swatantram Vachindhi" (1976). The floodgates opened. Major film directors, such as Bapu, K. Vishwanath and K.Balachander, approached her with quality projects. She immediately became a huge star in Telugu films as diverse as the color-drenched, big-budget "Seeta Kalyanam" (1976) to the stark, naturalistic black-and-white film "Antuleeni Katha" (1976), where she won a special acting award for her unforgettable dramatic performance. But it was her dancing skills and nuanced acting style as a mute girl that made K. Vishwanath's "Siri Siri Muvva" (1976) into a timeless classic. It would also be her passport into Hindi films as K. Vishwanath remade it into "Sargam" (1979) and made her a overnight star in Bollywood as well. She earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for the film, and it would become one of her favorite films. She stalled on doing more Hindi films for two years as she wasn't fluent in the language. But she became fluent in Hindi, as well as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali, and had hit films in all these languages. She endeared audiences with her sincere portrayal of Amitabh Bachchan's girlfriend in her next favorite film "Sharabi" (1984), which became another big hit and earned her second Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. K. Vishwanath directed her to her third Filmfare nomination as Best Actress for her other favorite film "Sanjog" (1985). But some of her best performances would go unrewarded. In the Telugu film directed by K.Balachander, "47 Rojulu" (1981) showed Jayaprada as a innocent girl duped by her husband in Paris, France, and her struggle to escape from him. But in Hindi films, she usually played the traditionally dressed, docile, obedient wife, and while that image led to hit films, it also eventually tired her audiences. She also seemed bored and indifferent with no new challenges ahead as she had already made her other favorite films: the Hindi films "Sur Sangam" (1985) and "Tohfa" (1984), the Telugu film "Sagara Sangamam" (1983), the Kannada films "Sanadi Appanna" (1977) and "Kavi Ratna Kalidasa" (1983). The only excitement came from her personal life when she met her husband film producer Srikant Nahata. They started out as friends as he was already a married man with children. But it turned into love when he stood by her because of her income tax problems. She was branded the "other woman," especially since Nahata wouldn't leave his wife. So she ended up marrying him in 1986, and he has continued to be married to both women. In 1994, she also became a politician by joining the Telugu Desam Party. A few years later, a rift developed with the political party and she was deeply hurt when she was no longer in the party. She also didn't have any major films lined up. But she kept up with her many social and humanitarian causes, especially related to poor women and children. She also became tough and strong and forged on ahead by joining a different political party in a different state, Uttar Pradesh. She won the election with the slogan line, "Andhra is my janambhoomi but Uttar Pradesh is my karmbhoomi." She also started making films playing stronger, mature roles. In "Deh," she played an older woman having an affair with a much younger man. She also wrote and directed "Class Medal," a Telugu film that starred her sister's son Siddharth and produced by her brother Rajababu. She didn't forget her first love, dancing, and did a dance ballet in 2005 that won her great acclaim. And she also dabbled in playback singing and even recorded an album with music composer Bappi Lahiri. In 2008, she received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for her long and plentiful contribution to the South Indian film industry. Having three careers (acting, dancing, politics), and a husband, left her no time to have children of her own, even though she has expressed a desire to have children. So far, she has shown no desire to give up her three careers and in fact, stated that she'll be as hardworking and dedicated in the future as she is now.- Director
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Adurthi Subba Rao (16 December 1912 - 1 October 1975) was an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, Bollywood, and Tamil cinema. Rao is widely regarded as the intellectual fountainhead of Indian drama films. He has garnered seven National Film Awards. Rao made his foray into cinema as Associate to Uday Shankar in the 1948 dance film Kalpana, which was showcased in the "Treasures from National Film Archive of India" at the 39th International Film Festival of India- Actor
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Rajababu was born on 15 October 1937 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Yaadgaar (1984), Goodachari 116 (1967) and Bhishma (1962). He was married to Punyamurthula Lakshmi Ammalu. He died on 7 February 1983 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.- Writer
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Mullapudi Venkata Ramana was born on 28 June 1931 in Dhowleswaram, Rajahmundry, Madras Presidency, British India. Mullapudi Venkata was a writer and producer, known for Buddimantudu (1969), Muthyala Muggu (1975) and Pelli Pustakam (1991). Mullapudi Venkata died on 24 February 2011 in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.- Actress
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C. Krishnaveni was born in 1924 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. She is an actress and producer, known for Kacha Devayani (1938), Mahananda (1939) and Mana Desam (1949).- Uma Pemmaraju was born on 31 March 1958 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. She was married to Andrew Petkun. She died on 8 August 2022 in Ossining, New York, USA.
- Raja Babu was born on 20 October 1937 in Rajahmundry, India. He is an actor, known for Oku Kutumbam (1970) and Chikati Velugulu (1975).
- Nandi N.R. was born in 1933 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. She was a writer, known for Punnami Naagu (1980) and Sudigundaalu (1968). She died on 4 August 2002 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Raju T.V. was born in 1921 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a composer and actor, known for Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam (1966), Panduranga Mahatyam (1957) and Balanagamma (1959). He died on 20 February 1973.