Anakapalle (Telugu: అనకాపల్లి; also known as Anakapalli) is a town and Municipality in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, a state in India.

The Anakapalle town is famous for its jaggery market. Its market is ranked second in India in terms of jaggery imports/exports. Anakapalle is also a very busy and famous business center in this region. Many people from the rural areas around the town cites Anakapalle as their destination for their shopping and medical needs.

The town was originally under the rule of the Kalinga Empire (ancient Orissa), different dynasties ruled this region i.e Chedi Kingdom of Kalinga (Orissa), Eastern Ganga dynasty of Orissa, Gajapati Kingdom of Orissa, Kakatiya, and Qutub Shahi empires. Around 1450, Appala Raju took over the rule of region under the Nawab of Arcot, with Anakapalle as his fortified headquarters. The saga of Anakapalle starts with a historian named "Tallapragada" place and found that Anakapalle. This was proved from the historical evidences found on Bojjana Konda. Satavahanas, Vishnukundina, Gajapathi's, Vijayanagara Samrats, Golkonda Samanta Rajulu ruled the area.

Varun Sandesh Jeedigunta (Telugu: వరుణ్ సందేశ్) is a south Indian actor and singer who started his film career through Sekhar Kammula's film Happy Days. He was the youngest actor in that film (aged 19) when he was chosen to do the lead role of Chandu. He hails from a Telugu niyogi family from New Jersey, USA. He is the brand ambassador for Kalanjali store in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Varun is the grandson of noted Telugu writer Ramachandra Murthy, who worked for All India Radio for 28 years in Hyderabad, a well recognized voice throughout AP during 1972 - 2000. He lives in USA with his parents and sister. Bridgewater, New Jersey is his hometown. His uncle Jeedigunta Sridhar is a popular Telugu TV personality in Hyderabad, India.

The Telugu film producer "Dil" Raju had signed Sandesh for his movie Kotha Bangaru Lokam before his debut movie Happy Days was released. Incidentally, Raju distributed Happy Days in all of Andhra Pradesh and the movie became a blockbuster. Kotha Bangaru Lokam, which was released on 9 October 2008, also drew full houses and was declared a blockbuster. Sandesh's third film was produced by the South Indian Film Production house AVM and is titled Evaraina Epudaina (Premalo Padocchu) . He also sang a song in Evaraina Epudaina and Maro Charitra.

Shraddha Das (Bengali : শ্রদ্ধা দাস ; born March 4, 1987) is an Indian film actress who has mainly appeared in Telugu films.

Shraddha Das was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bengali parents. Her father is a businessman, who hails from Purulia, her mother is a housewife. She was brought up in Mumbai, where she completed her studies. Shraddha graduated from University of Mumbai (SIES College, Sion) with a Bachelor of Mass Media degree in journalism.

Shraddha Das made her acting debut in 2008 with the Telugu film Sidhu from Srikakulam. She thereafter starred in a number of Telugu films, including Target, 18, 20 Love Story, Diary and Adhineta, which all proved to be critically and commercially unsuccessful.

She played the female lead in Adhineta, her sixth film in Telugu with hero Jagapati Babu and director Samudra. She played the other female lead in the remake of Maro Charitra produced by Dil Raju, opposite Varun Sandesh. She then landed a lead role in Sai Om Films' maiden venture Lahore, directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan. Shraddha played a Pakistani character in the film, cast opposite Aanaahad, and received critical acclaim for her performance. The film was released in March 2010 and won awards at the 42nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Due to her appearances in the sequels of Arya (Arya 2), Mantra (Diary) and Chandramukhi (Nagavalli), Shraddha Das has acquired the nickname "sequel queen". In her upcoming venture, Rey, she plays an American pop singer.