Khadgam

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Khadgam (English: Sword) is a 2002 Telugu language patriotic film produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali and directed by Krishna Vamsi under Karthikeya Movies banner. It features Ravi Teja, Srikanth, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Sonali Bendre and Kim Sharma in the lead roles. Music has been composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The movie, released on November 29, 2002, was a blockbuster. Lyrics are penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti. The song "Nuvvu Nuvvu" picturised on Srikanth and Sonali Bendre was a major hit. Krishna Vamsi introduced Shafi, Subba Raju and Model Vasu as villains in this movie. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Marte Dam Tak, and in Tamil as Manik Baasha. In 2005 Krishna Vamsi remade the movie in Hindi titled Insan, with Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar and Tushar Kapoor.

Plot

Koti (Ravi Teja) is a wannabe film actor. He has only one goal in life. That is to become a film hero and to be called as ''Babu'' by the industry people. Amjad (Prakash Raj) is an auto driver. An extremely religious Muslim, Amjad is also equally patriotic about India. His younger brother Azhar has been missing for the past year.

Sonali Bendre

Sonali Bendre (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian actress, television personality and model. She has appeared in more than 50 Hindi films in genres including romance, action and comedy. Apart from starring in Bollywood films, she has also acted in various Telugu, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent. She has been the brand ambassador for Pril soap, Surya bulbs and tubes, Omega watches, Dr. Morepen, Dabur, Vi-John Group etc. in Maharashtra and Kalyana Kanchi in Andhra Pradesh. She would be the narrator of the TV Reality Show Mission Sapne on Colors TV.

Personal life and education

Sonali was born in Mumbai into a Marathi speaking Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family. She studied in Bangalore and Mumbai in Kendriya Vidyalaya Malleswaram and Holy Cross Convent High School, Thane. Thereafter she went to Welham Girls School, Dehradun. She married film director Goldie Behl on 12 November 2002. On 11 August 2005, she gave birth to a son, Ranveer, at the Breach Candy Hospital.

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)

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.

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

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