Monday, August 10, 2009

Mahesh Babu

August 09

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu
(Telugu: ఘట్టమనేని మహేష్ బాబు) is an Indian actor. He was born born on 9th of August 1974 in Chennai. His father is Krishna, and he is one of five siblings; an older brother Ramesh, two older sisters Padmavathi and Manjula and a younger sister Priyadarshini. He did his schooling at St Bede’s School in Chennai and obtained a degree in Commerce fromLoyola College, Chennai. He is married to Namrata Shirodkar and has done adverts for Thums Up and Navaratna Oil.

Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna Murthy

May 31

Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna Murthy (born on the May 31, 1943), He more commonly referred as Krishna, is one of Tollywood's most prolific actors, having acted in more than 350 movies. He is credited with introducing many firsts in Telugu film Industry like first Colour movie, first Cinemascope movie, first 70 mm movie, first Cowboy movie. He has also directed seventeen feature films. He was a Member of Parliment from Eluru for the Congress Party. He built the Padmalaya Film Studio.

Kaikala Satyanarayana

July 25


Kaikala Satyanarayana was born on July 25, 1935 to Kaikala Laxmi Narayana couple at Kautaram village in Krishna district. Having completed his primary and intermediate education in Gudivada and Vijayawada, Satyanarayana graduated from Gudivada College. He married Nageswaramma on April 10, 1960 and is blessed with two daughters and two sons.

With his striking personality and sound voice, Satyanarayana landed in Madras for roles in movies. He was first noticed by DL Narayana. Narayana offered him a role in his film Sipayi Koothuru directed by Changayya in 1959. Though the film didnot do well at the boxoffice, he was noticed by one and all. It is quite interesting to note that one of the reasons why the makers noticed him is his resemblance to NTR. They found him as a prospective candidate to play dupe to NTR. And Satyanarayana aptly fitted that place. He played dupe to NTR inseveral movies. This is when NTR noticed him. NTR offered Satyanarayana a role in his film Apoorva Sahasra Siraccheda Chintamani in 1960. This film was directed by SD Lal. Satyanarayana played the role of a prince in that film.

Allu Rama Lingaiah

October 01

Allu Rama Lingaiah
(1 October 1922 – 31 July 2004), commonly known as Allu, was an Indian Telugu language comedic actor from Palakollu, India who appeared in over one thousandTollywood films.

Rama Lingaiah began his film career in 1953 with Puttillu and finished his last film Jai in the year before his death. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990 by the Government of India, and was felicitated with the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2001. Telugu Cinema viewers remember him for his antics, jokes, humor, and many performances.

Rama Lingaiah played memorable roles in classics like Mayabazar (one of the Sarma-Sastry duo), Missamma, in Muthyala Muggu (where he played as a monkey-bit man, imitating the monkey, towards the climax), Sankarabharanam (his speech preceding the song dorakunaa ituvanti seva... commenting the downfall in current-day music, and the scene where he admonishes Somayajulu), Saptapadi, yamagOla ("taalamu vesitini, gollemu marachitini!"), and numerous movies of the 80's where he played a soft and unhated villain with the likes ofRaogopal Rao and Nagabhushanam. His apt comedic timing and his very nasal voice added to his many notable comic performances.

Nagendra Babu

October 29

Nagendra Babu
Konidela(born October 29) is a Telugu film actor and producer. He acts in supporting character, villain roles. He also acted as hero in some films. He recently acted in143, Anji, Shock and Sri Ramadasu. He produced many films with his brothers Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan under Anjana Productions. His most recent film is apadamokulavadu directed by posani krishna murali

Pawan Kalyan

September 02

P
awan Kalyan
(born as Konidela Kalyan) on 2 September 1961 is a popular Telugu cinema actor. Fondly known as Power Star by his fans. Pawan Kalyan's notable movies include Tholi Prema (1998), Thammudu (1999), Badri (2000) and Khushi (2001). He is the younger brother of popular Telugu actor and politician - Chiranjeevi and actor/producer Nagendra Babu.

Veturi Sundararama Murthy

January 29

Veturi Sundararama Murthy
(born 29 January 1936) (popularly known as Veturi) born in a Telugu brahmin family, is a Telugu poet more popular for his film songs. He is a disciple of the legendary Viswanatha Satyanarayana.