Surender Reddy

Surender Reddy (Telugu: సురేందర్ రెడ్డి) born December 7, 1975 in Jammikunta, Karimnagar, Telangana, India is a Tollywood film director.

He worked with top stars of Tollywood like Ravi Teja , Allu Arjun , Mahesh Babu and Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao.

Career

He made his directorial debut, Athanokkade with Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. His noted films are Kick starring Ravi Teja , Ileana D'Cruz and Race Gurram starring Allu Arjun and Shruti Haasan. All the films he directed except for Athanokkade are the stories written by Vakkantham Vamsi. Surender's films are known for bold storylines and his unique depiction style of the protagonist.

His recent movie Kick 2 was released in August 2015 with star hero Ravi Teja It was one of the most anticipated movies in the career of Ravi Teja owing to the popularity of Kick. It collected an estimate of Rs.6.25 crores (943,000 USD) on its first day, the highest for a Ravi Teja movie crossing Power.

Filmography

As A Director

Awards and nominations

References

Oosaravelli

Oosaravelli (English: Chameleon) is a 2011 Telugu romantic thriller film directed by Surender Reddy. It stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles and Shaam, Prakash Raj, Payal Ghosh, Murali Sharma, Jaya Prakash Reddy and Rahman in supporting roles. The score and soundtrack for the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film released across 1,800 screens worldwide. It broke previous tollywood records of highest opening day gross by grossing ₹16.3 crore (US$2.4 million). This film is inspired from Chinese-French film Vengeance (2009). The film is remade into Bengali in 2013 as Rocky, directed by Sujit Mondal, starring Mahaakshay Chakraborty and Pooja Bose. This movie is dubbed in Hindi as Mar Mitenge.

Plot

Tony (N. T. Rama Rao Jr) does anything for money. When Tony went to Kashmir he met a young girl named Niharika (Tamannaah) while being kidnapped by terrorists. He falls in love with her and then rescues her. But Tony found out that Niharika was already engaged to Rakesh. Rakesh is a goon (and the minister's son) but Niharika doesn't know that. When Niharika found out that he was a goon, she dumped him. And she also came to know that she is in love with Tony. Later on Tony kills Rakesh and captures his son DSP Jr.(Sai). Later on when Tony, Niharika, and Chitra (Payal Ghosh) go to the temple, Chitra sees Tony killing someone. And then there is a flashback about how he and Niharika met before but she lost her memory. That happened because Niharika's brother was an undercover cop and when goons found out they killed the whole family. The only one who survived was Niharika but she had a bullet in her head. The doctors said that she would lose her memory soon. So, she tells Tony to kill the people who killed her family because she had seen Tony beating up a bunch of people. In the end tony kills all the goons who killed Niharika's family.

N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian film actor, an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, and a singer known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema, He is the grandson of veteran Telugu actor N. T. Rama Rao Sr. In 1996, he was starred as a child artist in Ramayanam, which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year. He achieved his breakthrough success in 2001 with the blockbuster Student No.1. He is best known for his works in box office hits such as Aadi (2002), Simhadri (2003), Yamadonga (2007), Adhurs (2010), Brindavanam (2010), Baadshah (2013), Temper (2015), and Nannaku Prematho (2016).

In his film career, Jr. NTR has worked in twenty seven films, He has won two state Nandi Awards, one Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award and three CineMAA Awards. Other than films he is the brand ambassador for several brands such as Malabar Gold, Himani Navratna Hair Oil and Zandu Balm in Andhra pradesh, and Telangana. He was listed 16th in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for 2012 with an annual income of ₹19 Crore (US$3.042 Million). Jr. NTR is also involved in politics and is currently an active member of his paternal grandfather's political party, the Telugu Desam Party.

Devi Sri Prasad

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Devi Sri Prasad is an Indian music composer, singer, and director. He is also known for his works in Telugu cinema. Among his Awards five are Filmfare Best Music Director South Awards, four CineMAA Awards - Best Music Director. Devi also choreographed a song in Telugu film Kumari 21F.

Discography

As composer

Filmography

References

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai on 26 March 1965) is a polyglot Indian film actor, film director, producer, thespian and television presenter who is known for his works in the South Indian film industry, and few bollywood films. He acted in back-to-back stage shows for ₹300 a month in the initial stages of his career when he joined Kalakshetra, Bengaluru, and he has 2,000 street theatre performances to his credit.

After working in the Kannada television industry and Kannada cinema for a few years, he made his debut in Tamil cinema through Duet (1994) by K. Balachander and has since been a commercially successful film star in Tamil. In remembrance, he named his production company Duet Movies. Prakash has also worked in a number of Bollywood films.

Apart from his mother tongue Kannada, Prakash's fluency in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema. He has played a variety of roles, most notably as the antagonist and, of late, as a character actor. Prakash, as an actor has won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam's Iruvar and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram, a Tamil film directed by Priyadarshan, and as a producer has won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for Puttakkana Highway directed by his long-time theatre friend B. Suresh in 2011. Prakash was also the host of Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi during the show's second season.