Ram Charan

Ram Charan is an Indian film actor, dancer, producer, businessman and entrepreneur, who works in Telugu cinema.He won two state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, two CineMAA Awards, and one Santosham Best Actor Award. He is popularly known as Mega Power Star of Telugu Cinema. Ram Charan ranked #69 in 2013 India's Forbes list with earnings of ₹12.67 crore (US$1.9 million).

Personal life

Ram Charan was born to Telugu actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha. He has two sisters. He is the grandson of Allu Rama Lingaiah and the nephew of Nagendra Babu, Pawan Kalyan, and Allu Aravind.He is the cousin of Allu Arjun, Varun Tej and Sai Dharam Tej. Charan got married to Upasana Kamineni, the vice-chairman of Apollo Charity and chief editor of B Positive magazine, in Hyderabad on 1 December 2011. Upasana is the granddaughter of Prathap C. Reddy, the Executive Chairman of the Apollo Hospitals. Subsequently, they got married on 14 June 2012 at the Temple Trees Farm House.

Non film work

Ram Charan is an equestrian, and entrepreneur. He owns the polo team Ram Charan Hyderabad Polo Riding Club. He serves on the board of directors of MAA TV.

Allu Arjun

Allu Arjun is an Indian film actor who works in Telugu cinema. He has won three Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards for Parugu, Vedam and Race Gurram two Nandi Special Jury Awards for Arya and Parugu, and CineMAA Award for Best Actor Male for Gangotri And Race Gurram.

In 2015, Allu Arjun became the first Tollywood actor to have three consecutive ₹500+ Million share films with his films Race Gurram, S/O Satyamurthy and Rudhramadevi. Consequently, Forbes India placed Allu Arjun in the Top 50 of Forbes India 2015 Celeb 100 list.

Personal life

Allu Arjun was born to producer Allu Aravind and Nirmala. He is the paternal grandson of comedian Allu Rama Lingaiah..

On 6 March 2011, Arjun married Sneha Reddy in Hyderabad. He has a son born in 2014 .

Career

2001–2007

After playing child artist in Vijetha and as a dancer in Daddy, Arjun appeared in Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao's Gangotri. The movie completed 100 days in 102 centers. Arjun then appeared in Sukumar's comedy Arya.idlebrain.com stated "With his exceptionally great performance in Arya, hero Allu Arjun announces that he is here to stay and to leave a mark of his own."

Yevadu

Yevadu (English: Who is he?) is a 2014 Indian Telugu action film co-written and directed by Vamsi Paidipally. The film features Ram Charan, Shruti Haasan, and Amy Jackson in the lead roles, while Allu Arjun, Kajal Aggarwal, Sai Kumar, Jayasudha and Rahul Dev play supporting roles. The film was produced by Dil Raju under the banner Sri Venkateswara Creations. Vakkantham Vamsi co-wrote the film's script with Paidipally. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film's music, while Marthand K. Venkatesh was the film's editor.

The film's story was partially inspired by John Woo's 1997 film, Face/Off, and revolves around two strangers, Satya and Charan. The film was made on a budget of ₹350 million, and was officially launched on 9 December 2011. Principal photography began on 27 April 2012 and lasted until 22 July 2013. The majority of the film was shot in Vishakhapatnam and Hyderabad, mostly in Ramoji Film City, while two songs were shot in Switzerland and Bangkok.

Released during the season of the Makar Sankranti festival, the film received decent feedback from critics. It grossed more than ₹600 million and collected a distributor share of ₹471 million, becoming one of the highest grossing Telugu films of 2014. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Magadheera, into Malayalam as Bhaiyya My Brother and into Hindi with the same name by Goldmine Telefilms.

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.

Kajal Aggarwal

Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also appeared in a few Hindi films. Through her successful career, Kajal has become one of the most popular celebrities in South India. In addition to acting, Kajal participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.

Kajal made her acting debut with the 2004 Bollywood film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and had her first Telugu film release in 2007 Lakshmi Kalyanam. In the same year, she starred in the box office hit Chandamama, which earned her critical acclaim. She subsequently earned wide critical recognition for her dual portrayal in 2009 historical fiction Telugu film Magadheera. It ranks among the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time and fetched her Best Actress nominations at several award ceremonies including Filmfare. She followed with a series of box-office hits in Telugu and established herself as one of the leading and highest-paid actresses in Tollywood.