Vastadu Naa Raju

Vastadu Naa Raju (English: My King has Arrived) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Hemant Madhukar. It stars Vishnu Manchu, who has also produced the film and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles. While Gopal Reddy S has handled the camera, the music is composed by Mani Sharma. The film released in February 2011.

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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.

Sayaji Shinde

Sayaji Shinde is an Indian film actor, who has acted in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam films. Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 with acting in Marathi one-act plays. His acting in a 1987 Marathi play titled ‘Hijada’ (Eunuch) was very well received and since then he started gaining popularity among the circle of stalwarts. Later he moved on to Marathi cinema and further, started acting in other languages.

Background

Born in a farmer’s family, in a small village named Vele-Kamthi near Satara District in Maharashtra; Sayaji completed a Bachelor’s degree in Arts in Marathi language; and started his career in 1974 as a watchman for Maharashtra Government's Irrigation Department for a meager pay of Rs. 165/- per month. During his service as a watchman, he developed an interest in theater and his passion for acting drew him to the theater and films. After his initial struggling years, he moved to Mumbai.

Career

Sayaji started his acting career in 1978 with acting in Marathi one-act plays. His first Marathi film as an actor was Aai (Mother) in 1995. He acted in many Marathi movies thereafter, among which, his role as an Agricultural Minister in movie Goshta Chhoti Dongara Evadhi was to be remembered. Hindi film actor Manoj Bajpai happened to see an article on Sayaji in Times of India and the former recommended Sayaji’s name to Ram Gopal Varma.

Manchu Vishnu

Manchu Vishnu (Telugu: విష్ణు మంచు; born 23 November 1981) is an Indian film actor, producer, and director known for his works exclusively in the Telugu cinema, and Television. Vishnu had a brief stint as a child artist with the 1985 film Ragile Gundelu. Years later, He was starred in the 2003 Telugu action film Vishnu for which he won the Filmfare Best Male Debut. He is the co-owner of the film production house 24 Frames Factory and an educationalist through Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust, founded by his father and veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu. In 2007, he was starred in the comedy film, Dhee, the film became a Super-Hit, and Vishnu established his career in Telugu cinema. Vishnu is one of the sponsor's of the Celebrity Cricket League - Telugu Warriors

2012 comedy film, Dhenikaina Ready got him critical success, the film grossed 200 million at the box office. He then appeared in Doosukeltha, directed by Veeru Potla, he was starred opposite Lavanya Tripathi, the film grossed 126.3 million on its first week in the Box office. He then appeared along with his father, in the critically acclaimed, crime film, Rowdy written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma.The film minted a worldwide share of ₹33 crore (US$4.9 million) at the end of the second week of its run, and was declared a box office hit.

Mani Sharma

Mani Sharma is a music director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil films. He is also known as "Melody Brahma" (God of Melody) for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Legendary singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & K. S. Chithra recorded maximum number of songs in his composition. Mani has scored music for more than 175 films in Telugu, Tamil and other South Indian Languages. He has received two Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards and three Music Mirchi Awards.

Early life

Mani Sharma was born in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh to violinist Y.N. Sharma. He spent most of his childhood days in Chennai.

Career

Mani Sharma started his career as a keyboard player in the late 1980s under the guidance of music director Sri Satyam. As a keyboard player, he toured with Padma Bhushan Dr. S.P.Balasubrahmanyam. He used to work with Murali Krish and Chakri Policherla under Maestro Ilaiyaraaja in Chennai.

Mani was also a keyboard player for Raj-Koti and M. M. Keeravani. He was approached by Ram Gopal Varma for the background score of Antham. Varma asked him to compose a single song for his film and he agreed. Then he continued to compose background music for other films like Raathri (Raat), Preminchukundam Raa etc. His first film as a full-time music composer was Super Heroes. Later he got the breakthrough with Chiranjeevi's 1998 film Bavagaru Bagunnara.