Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Ghattamaneni, 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality and philanthropist known for his work in Telugu cinema. He owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The younger son of actor Krishna, Mahesh holds a bachelor's degree in commerce. At the age of four, he made his debut as a child artist in Needa (1979) and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999) and won the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.

Mahesh received breakthrough with the films Murari (2001) and Okkadu (2003); the former fetched him his first Nandi Special Jury Award and the latter fetched him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. The commercial successes of the films Athadu (2005) and Pokiri (2006) established him in the Telugu film industry. He later went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Dookudu (2011), Businessman (2012), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013) and Srimanthudu (2015). To date, he has won seven Nandi Awards, four Filmfare Awards, three CineMAA Awards, two South Indian International Movie Awards and one International Indian Film Academy Awards.

Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan (born 1986) is an Indian film actress, singer and musician known for her works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She was born to veteran actor Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur.

As a child artist, she sang in films and appeared in a guest role in her father's Hey Ram (2000), before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 Bollywood action drama, Luck. She later went on to win critical acclaim for her role in the Walt Disney fantasy film in Telugu, Anaganaga O Dheerudu, Oh My Friend and her Tamil debut 7aum Arivu.

After several successful films like Balupu, Yevadu, Race Gurram and Srimanthudu, she established herself as one of the leading contemporary actress in Tamil and Telugu cinema. In a recent poll conducted by Chennai Times Shruti topped the list of most desirable women. She has also continued her stint in music through work as a singer in Indian languages, a career in music direction beginning with her father's production Unnaipol Oruvan and her own music band and album.

Mythri Movie Makers

Mythri Movie Makers Pvt. Ltd is an Indian film production company established by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar and C. V. Mohan.

Productions

The company’s first production is Srimanthudu starring Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan and directed by Koratala Siva . Set on a budget of ₹400—700 million with Koratala Siva both directing and writing its screenplay. While Devi Sri Prasad has composed the score, R. Madhi handled the cinematography. It was released worldwide on 7 August 2015 in around 2500 screens.

Their next production is Janatha Garage starring Mohanlal, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Nithya Menon in lead roles. It will also be directed by Koratala Siva. Devi Sri Prasad composes the score, and Tirru handles the cinematography. It is scheduled to release worldwide on 12 August 2016.

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Jagapati Babu

Jagapati Babu  pronunciation  (born Veeramachaneni Jagapati Rao Chowdary) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, few Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. In a film career spanning 25 years, Jagapati Babu was starred in 120 feature films, and has received 2 Filmfare Awards and 7 state Nandi Awards won.

He received the Kala Bhushana Award, for his contribution to cinema, by TSR Lalitha kala Parishat. He has worked with noted directors like K. Raghavendra Rao, A. M. Rathnam, Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, S.V. Krishna Reddy, E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Guna Sekhar, Radha Mohan, Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, M. Raja, and J. D. Chakravarthy.

Early life

Jagapati Babu was born on 12 February 1962, to veteran producer-director V. B. Rajendra Prasad.

Career

Jagapati Babu made his debut in Telugu with the movie Simha Swapnam(1989) which was produced by his father and directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. His first blockbuster hit film is Peddarikam released in 1992. He had his breakthrough in the form of Gaayam directed by Ram Gopal Varma in the year 1993. In 1994, super hit film Subha Lagnam he reaches family audience and also established stardom status.He won the Nandi Award for Best Actor in 1996 for his role in the movie Maavichiguru directed by S V Krishna Reddy.

Koratala Siva

Koratala Siva is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He worked as dialogue and script writer for the films Bhadra and dialogue writer for Munna, Okkadunadu, Brindavanam and Oosaravelli. Best known for directing Mirchi. Siva has also directed Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu in his 2015 film Srimanthudu, which became a Massive hit at the Box Office.

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