Ravi Teja

Ravi Teja (born Ravi Shankar Raju Bhupatiraju and popularly referred to as MassMahaRaja) is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. He won the Nandi Special Jury Award in 1999 and 2002 for his performance in the films Nee Kosam and Khadgam and also won the state Nandi Award for best actor in his film Neninthe in 2008.

He started his career as a supporting artist in Karthavyam (1990) and subsequently played small roles in the films Chaitanya (1991), Aaj Ka Goonda Raj (1992), Allari Priyudu (1993) and Ninne Pelladata (1996). Teja also became an assistant director and worked in several Bollywood and Telugu projects.

His other notable works include Sindhooram, Idiot, Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru, Khadgam, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Venky, Naa Autograph, Bhadra, Vikramarkudu, Dubai Seenu, Krishna, Kick and its sequel, Don Seenu, Mirapakay, Balupu, Power and Bengal Tiger.

In 2012 he was listed 50th in the Forbes India list of top 100 Celebrities with an annual income of ₹15.5 crore (US$2.3 million). In 2013 he was in 68th position with earnings of ₹13 crore (US$1.9 million). In 2015 he was in 74th position with earnings of ₹12.5 crore (US$1.8 million)

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Richa Gangopadhyay

Richa Gangopadhyay (born Antara Richa Gangopadhyay on 20 March 1986) is a former Indian film actress and model. After appearing in commercials, she made her film debut in the Telugu political drama Leader (2010), before working on several commercially successful Telugu films, including Mirapakaay (2011) and Mirchi (2013). In 2011, she starred in her first Tamil film, Mayakkam Enna, earning positive reviews for her performance.

In October 2013, Gangopadhyay announced that she would leave the film industry and move back to the USA to pursue her MBA.

Personal life

Richa Gangopadhyay was born on 20 March 1986 to Utpal and Paula Gangopadhyay, in New Delhi. Her father works as the Vice President of Netshape Technologies, while her mother works as a Director of Education at The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit and in March 2012 has been nominated Member of the prestigious National Museum and Library Services Board by president Obama . Her parents settled in the USA in 1989 after spending her first year in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with Gangopadhyay being brought up in Pennsylvania and Michigan. While attending Okemos High School, as a Junior, she was featured in the local media for founding a youth-tutoring program for at-risk children in Lansing, which she ran for four years. She went on to major in Dietetics and Health Administration at Michigan State University.

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.

Harish Shankar

Harish Shankar (born 31 March 1979) is a film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the successful directors introduced by Ravi Teja.

Early life

Harish Shankar was born in Dharmapuri, Karimnagar district to a Brahmin family . He spent his entire childhood in BHEL, Hyderabad. Throughout his early teen years, he used to act in many stage dramas across Andhra Pradesh (present day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) conducted by the Drama Companies 'Seeta Nilayam' and 'Lalitha kala Mandiram'. In his next few years, he worked more on backsage writing, where he learned various aspects of writing such as dialogues, modulation, diction, dialect.

Career

Early career

In his pursuit to join the world of cinema, he worked as an assistant director for the film 'Ninne Isthapaddanu', produced by S Gopal Reddy. This is where he befriended Kona Venkat, another popular writer of this generation. He worked as an associate director for his next film Veede, which also introduced him to Raviteja. Impressed with his work, it was Raviteja who offered to act in the title role in Harish's debut directional venture. Harish's debut flick Shock, with Raviteja and Jyothika in the lead roles, was a commercial disaster. It was a series of setbacks for Harish, as his next projects announced were both shelved in the midway.