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Shreya Dhanwantary, is an Indian actress, model and author who works predominantly in the Hindi and Tamil film industries. After her birth, Dhanwanthary's family moved to Dubai, where she spent most of her childhood. She was raised in both the Middle East and Delhi before graduating with a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Warangal.
When she first moved to Mumbai, Dhanwantary appeared in many commercials for popular brands like Fastrack, Samsung, Safi, Vogue Eyewear, and D'damas to support herself financially.
Before entering the film industry, Dhanwantary participated in the Pantaloons Femina Miss India South in 2008, where she was the first runner-up. The same year, she also participated in the Miss India contest, where she was one of the finalists.
Dhanwantary's acting career began when she got her first break in the Telugu movie Sneha Geetham (2010) in 2010. However, she made her Bollywood debut in Why Cheat India (2019), starring alongside Emraan Hashmi.
She was later recognized for her appearance in the web series [link=tt8555892, where she played the role of Devanshi Taylor. Dhanwantary also garnered attention for her role as Zoya in the Amazon Prime web series The Family Man (2019). She even won the Fan Favourite Supporting Actress Award at the Indian Telly Streaming Awards for her role in Mumbai Diaries (2021).
Her role as journalist Sucheta Dalal in Sony LIV's web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020) earned her several nominations and critical acclaim. She was nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for her films Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020) and Looop Lapeta (2022), respectively, for the Filmfare OTT Awards. She won the Hit List OTT Awards and The Indian Film and Television Awards in the Best Actor-Female category for her role in Scam 1992.
Alongside her acting career, Dhanwantary is also a writer and author of the novel 'Fade to White', published in 2016. Dhanwantary also wrote, directed, produced, and even acted in the first-of-its-kind zoom show called the Viral Wedding.- Actor
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Known for his action star persona, N.T. Rama Rao Jr. , commonly referred to as Tarak or Jr NTR is the grandson of legendary Telugu actor and politician N.T. Rama Rao. Tarak is the most successful star from Nandamuri family working in the Telugu film industry.
Tarak was born on 20th May 1983 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (currently in Telangana), India to Nandamuri Harikrishna and Shalini Rao. Tarak learnt the Kuchipudi dance form in his early childhood and gave many stage performances in India and abroad.
Tarak was selected by acclaimed Telugu director Gunasekhar to star as the mythological character Lord Ram in the children's film Ramayanam (1996), marking his debut in movies. After starring in a few TV serials, he made his adult debut in movies with Ninnu Choodalani (2001) directed by V.R. Pratap. He has since then starred in over thirty movies in leading roles. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, two Nandi awards and four CineMAA awards.- Actress
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Tabu is an Indian actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali-language films, as well as one American film. She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, and holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare's Critics Award for Best Female Performer, with four. With few exceptions, she is best known for acting in artistic, low-budget films that go on to garner more critical appreciation than substantial box-office figures. Her appearances in commercially successful films were few, and her parts in these films were small, such as Border (1997), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Biwi No. 1 (1999) and Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999). Her most notable performances include Maachis (1996), Virasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Astitva (2000), Chandni Bar (2001), Maqbool (2003) and Cheeni Kum (2007). Her leading role in Mira Nair's American film The Namesake (2006) also drew major praise.
Regarded as one of the most talented Indian actresses of her generation, Tabu is known to be selective about her film roles. She was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2011 by the Government of India for her contributions towards the arts.- Actress
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Aditi Rao Hydari was born in 1978 in Hyderabad, from two royal lineages, that of Sir Akbar Hydari and J. Rameshwar Rao the erstwhile Raja of Wanaparthy.
A classical Bharatanatyam dancer, she made her acting debut with Sharada Ramanathan's acclaimed film Sringaram and rose to fame after her performance in Sudhir Mishra's Yeh Saali Zindagi. In 2012, she played the female lead in the movie London Paris New York opposite Ali Zafar and later became a part of Mahesh Bhatt's Murder franchise in Vishesh Bhatt's directorial film Murder 3 (2013).
Aditi is best known for her roles in Murder 3 (2013), Rockstar, London Paris New York, and Yeh Saali Zindagi. She will be soon seen in films like Guddu Rangeela directed by Subhash Kapoor; The Legend of Michael Mishra, directed by Manish Jha; Aur Devdas by Sudhir Mishra and Wazir, directed by Bejoy Nambiar along with Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar and Fitoor, directed by Abhisheik Kapoor where she plays a young Begum.- Actor
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Ghanta Naveen Babu, better known by his stage name Nani is a prominent actor in Telugu cinema who has also made a name for himself as a producer and television presenter. He completed his schooling at St. Alphonso's High School and then attended Narayana Junior College before graduating from Wesley College.
Nani was inspired to join the movie industry as a director by Mani Ratnam. He got his break as a clap director with producer Anil Kumar for the movie Radha Gopalam (2005) in 2005.
He also worked as a director for the movies Allari Bullodu (2005), Asthram (2006), and Dhee (2007). He then took a break from the industry in order to work on a film script. During the time, his friend Bhargavi Mallela who was working for World Space Satellite as an RJ, offered him a job to work as an RJ. Nani accepted the offer and hosted a program named "Non-Stop Nani" for a year.
Later, Nani got noticed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti in a commercial, who offered him an acting role in the movie Ashta Chamma (2008) with which he entered the Telugu movie industry in the year 2008. The movie received critical acclaim and was well received at the box office. His next film, Ride (2009), did exceptionally well at the box office and got him many notable films. After that movie, Nani became a household name and each of his performances got him a lot of positive feedback from critics.
Later, he went on to become a significant part of many famous movies, such as Bheemli Kabadi Jattu (2010), Ala Modalaindi (2011), Pilla Zamindar (2011), Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012), Yevade Subramanyam (2015), Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015), Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (2016), Gentleman (2016), Majnu (2016), Nenu Local (2017), Ninnu Kori (2017), MCA Middle Class Abbayi (2017), Devadas (2018), Jersey (2019), Shyam Singha Roy (2021), and Ante Sundharaniki (2022). He was cast in S.S. Rajamouli's project Eega (2012). It was also shot in Tamil, featuring renowned actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu. He was also cast in the renowned Telugu-language romantic comedy film Ante Sundharaniki (2022) in 2022, opposite Nazriya Nazim.
He went on to produce the movie D for Dopidi (2013) in 2013- it performed moderately at the box office. He later launched his own film production house, Wall poster Cinema, along with Prashanti Tipirineni, a costume designer. The very first movie released under the banner was Awe! (2018) & was among the best-performed films at the box office and received two awards at the 66th National Film Awards for Best Special Effects and Best Make-Up Artist.
In June 2018, Nani made his debut in the television industry by hosting the reality show Big Boss 2. Afterward, he went on to become the brand ambassador for Otto's Minister White.
Nani's success at the box office was evident- his performances received several accolades from critics. Nani received two Critics Choice Best Actor Male - Tamil, two Nandi Awards, and Best Hero Award at Toronto After Dark Film Festival, four SIIMA Awards.- Writer
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Guy Branum was born on 12 November 1979 in Hyderabad, India. He is a writer and producer, known for No Strings Attached (2011), Bros (2022) and Hacks (2021).- Vijay Varma began his acting journey as a theatre artist, who went on to work in both Hindi and Telegu films. He was nominated for a Filmfare award for his exceptional performance in Gully Boy (2019), a coming of age story about an aspiring street rapper from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, directed by Zoya Akhtar. It was India's official entry at the Academy Awards, 2020.
Vijay was born in a Marwari family in Hyderabad, the youngest of three siblings. After finishing his postgraduate course in Hyderabad, he shifted base to Mumbai to become an actor against his family's wishes. He secretly did theatre and secured a seat at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and for which he ran away to Pune. His friend paid the fees for the two year acting course and also helped with his monthly allowance.
Vijay's first acting job was a short film titled 'Shor', which was highly acclaimed at festivals and won the Best Short Film at the MIAAC festival, New York. He then went onto play the role of a young revolutionary in the critically acclaimed period drama 'Chittagong' (was shot in 2010, released in 2012), which won two National awards. He played the leading role in Monsoon Shootout (2013). The film was an official selection at Cannes Film Festival 2013, (however the film found theatrical release only in 2017). He captured the critics' and audience attention for his portrayal of a violent and abusive boy in the sleeper hit Pink (2016). Though it was Gully Boy (2019) that brought Vijay into the limelight! With a breakout performance of a cunning yet empathetic street hustler, he made it to the list of '100 best acting performances of the decade' by Film Companion. Soon after that he was seen playing a part of a narrator in Super 30 (2019). In 2020, Vijay saw more commercial success with Baaghi 3 (2020). He was also part of the Hindi-language anthology horror film Ghost Stories (2020), where he was paired opposite Janhvi Kapoor, the film was directed by Zoya Akhtar and was aired on Netflix. Vijay gave a tour de force performance of a psychopathic narcotics kingpin in the widely watched Netflix series She (2020). Vijay's portrayal of 'Sasya', impressed the audience and critics. He was recently seen in Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaara (2020).
Vijay's upcoming projects include Mira Nair's A Suitable Boy (2020) (based on the novel by Vikram Seth) for the BBC, and Anand Gandhi's mini-series, a sci-fi mockumentary 'OK Computer'.
Vijay is an avid video gamer and lives on the mantra, 'watch one film every day'. - Actor
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Ajith Kumar is an Indian film actor who has worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He is one of the leading actors in Tamil Cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995). A succession of high-grossing films followed where Ajith was usually depicted as a romantic hero, with Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He later forayed into method acting, as seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Varalaru (2006) and Billa (2007). He has won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards in Tamil, all for films which showcased him in multiple roles. Ajith performs predominantly in leading roles in major studio films, genres ranging from romantic comedies and drama to action thrillers.- Director
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Nag Ashwin Reddy, more commonly known as Nag Ashwin, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his work in Telugu cinema.
After finishing his schooling at Hyderabad Public School, Ashwin pursued his Bachelor's in Mass Communication from the Manipal Institute of Communication. He later enrolled in a Film Direction course at the New York Film Academy.
Ashwin entered the film industry as an assistant director for the filmsNenu Meeku Telusa...? (2008)), Leader (2010), and Life Is Beautiful (2012).
In 2013, he directed his first short film, Yaadon Ki Baraat (2013). Followed by this, he directed the philosophical drama film Yevade Subramanyam (2015) which won the Nandi Award for Best Debut Director in 2015.
In 2018, Ashwin wrote and directed Mahanati (2018) (Nadigaiyar Thilagam in Tamil), a biographical film on Savitri (a popular South Indian actress who ruled the industry for two decades during 50s and 60s) starring Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Mahanati won several awards and nominations, including the Equality in Cinema Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2018, the Best Feature Film in Telugu award at the 66th National Film Awards 2019, the Zee Cine Award - Telugu in the Best Director category, and the Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu at the 66th Filmfare Awards South.
Ashwin has been a director and screenwriter for the Netflix anthology Pitta Kathalu (2021). In 2021, he worked as a producer for Jathi Ratnalu (2021) as well.- Actress
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Dia Mirza was born on 9 December 1981 in Hyderabad in an interracial, German and Bengali family.
Her father Frank Handrich was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer and her mother Deepa excelled in interior and landscape design. She now volunteers as a counsellor at addiction centres.
As a student of J. Krishnamurti School, Dia learnt early to never conform to the limitations of the conditioned mind. Her education and family values made her world-view naturally inclusive and composite.
The hunger to chase every dream was encouraged at her school and at home.
That is why at the age of 16, while she was still a student, Dia began working towards financial independence. Modelling offers poured in and after endorsing brands like Lipton and Walls Ice Cream, she decided to dive deeper and participate in a beauty pageant that would transform her fate.
The Miss India Contest in 2000 made her a household name and then she won the Miss Asia-Pacific Pageant for India, after a span of nearly 29 long years.
Films were the next natural step. And Dia was ready to study the craft rather than take the opportunities coming her way for granted. Dia began her training as an actor in theatre workshops conducted by acclaimed director Feroz Abbas Khan and made her debut with Vashu Bhagnani's Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001), with Madhavan.
She then went on to appear in several memorable films, including the blockbuster Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Parineeta (2005), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), Kurbaan (2009), Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), Tehzeeb (2003), Sanju (2018), Thappad (2020) and many more.
In 2012, Dia forayed into regional cinema with Bengali Filmmaker Pratim Dasgupta's festival favourite Paanch Adhyay. In the same year, she also added a new dimension to her cinematic career, by turning producer to form Born Free Entertainment. A production house mirroring her desire to seek the new constantly. 'Love Breakups Zindagi (2011)' and 'Bobby Jasoos (2014)' were produced under this banner.
In 2016, Dia made her debut on Indian television with the much loved show Ganga: The Soul of India where she took viewers on a breath-taking journey to rediscover the holy river and the many stories connected with it.
Her debut on a streaming platform as an actor was in Kaafir, a highly acclaimed 2019 web-series about the Indo-Pak cross border dispute. Critics and audiences were moved and stirred by Dia's award winning portrayal of a young woman's journey from innocence to devastation and then resilience and courage. The series and Dia's work in it continue to win accolades.
On her 38th birthday in 2019, Dia Mirza launched a new production house, One India Stories LLP, which aims to bring out meaningful content across different formats and mediums.
Dia and her hand-picked team plan to collaborate with gifted individuals from different film industries and also have women-led stories as part of the roster.
As an actor and individual, Dia has always believed in the power of one and in the thread of oneness and humanity that connects us all. One India Stories is a culmination of this thought and aims to create stories that remind us of our connection to each other and the planet.
In her career as a performer, and her subsequent work as a producer and a climate change-maker, Dia has made unconventional choices.
Today, she is not just an actor and a producer but a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and United Nations Secretary-General Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals.
The search for the unknown, the less familiar continues.- Sushmita was born in the Bengali-speaking Sen family on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her family consists of her dad, Shubeer, a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander; mom, Subhra, Jewelry Designer and owner of a Dubai-based store. She has two siblings, a sister named Neelam, who is married to Nauman Malik, and a brother named Rajeev. Subhra's dad was a poet.
She attended different schools in Jorhat, and Nagpur, but spend the majority of her schooling days in the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute and Air Force Silver School in Delhi. She was regarded as a tomboy and spent most of her times with boys. Since the schools were Hindi medium, she could not speak English until she was 16 years of age. She subsequently not only mastered English, but became an English Honors student, and also obtained a degree in Journalism. Due to her place of birth she can speak Urdu flawlessly.
Her first public appearance was at the Air Force Club Contest at the age of 15. She did a few fashion shows thereafter. Then during 1994 she decided to be a participant in Miss India beauty pageant, fully aware that she was being pitted against the reigning favorite, Aishwarya Rai. Sushmita took everyone by surprise when she was crowned Miss India while Aishwarya had to content with being the First Runner-up. Both beauties went on to win Miss Universe and Miss World titles respectively. Ironically the final outfit for Miss Universe for Sushmita was made by a little-known Meena Bazar tailor, and her mom.
It was during 1996 that she first appeared as herself in a Bollywood movie titled 'Dastak'. Though the movie did not fare too well, she was noticed and thus began her career on the silver screen. She has since then portrayed herself in a variety of characters and also some 'item' numbers.
Not considered a classic beauty and leading quite an unconventional lifestyle she ended up in many relationships but did not marry anyone. She wanted to be a mother and to adopt a baby girl, and name her Renee. Since she is single, she had to fight a Court battle before she could finally adopt Renee. Finally on 13 April 2000 she was given the go-ahead to adopt her, even though the family-owned business in Dubai was already re-named as 'Renee' quite ironically a year earlier on 13 April 1999. - Fatima Sana Shaikh was born in Mumbai, India, to Hindu Brahman Father, Vipen Sharma, and Muslim Mother, Raj Tabassum. She was enrolled to St. Xavier High School in Mumbai for her primary education and later to Mithibai College, Mumbai for higher education.
Shaikh began her film career with the 1997 film Chachi 420 with Kamal Hasan. She played the role of Bharti, Jaiprakash Paswan a.k.a. Jai and Janki Paswan's daughter. Though she has been acting since 1997, she has scaled new heights of fame and success now after playing the role of Geeta Phogat in Aamir Khan's movie and also sharing the screen with the star.
Her hobbies include dancing, reading, sketching and photography. - Actor
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Ram Pothineni is an Indian actor who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.
His uncle, Ravi Kishore, owns a film production company, Sri Sravanthi Movies. He is known for producing hit romantic comedies like Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav (2001), Linga Babu Love Story (1995) and many others.
Actor Sharwanand, who has acted in numerous films like Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), for which he received the SIIMA Award for the best male debut- Tamil is his cousin.
Pothineni made his theatrical debut with the film Devadasu (2006). This film is a romantic drama directed by Y.V.S. Chowdary. He played the role of Devadas and won the Filmfare Award South under the category of Best Male Debut in 2007.
He went on to work in the Telugu film Jagadam (2007), written and directed by Sukumar.
In 2008, he worked in the action-comedy film Ready (2008) directed by Sreenu Vaitla, opposite actress Genelia Deshmukh. He was nominated under the category of Best Actor - Telegu in the Filmfare awards South for his role in the film.
Pothineni worked in two movies in 2009. He worked in the romantic action-comedy film Maska (2009) where he played the role of Krishna, and the romantic drama film Ganesh (2009) where he played the role of Ganesh.
In 2010, he worked in Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010), an action-drama film produced by Dil Raju, where he played the role of Rama Krishna.
In 2011, Pothineni acted in the film Kandireega (2011) as Srinivas or Sreenu. This film is a romantic comedy action film directed by Santosh Srinivas. He was again nominated under the Best Actor - Telegu category in the Filmfare awards South.
He played the dual role of Ram and Krishna in Endukante... Premanta (2012), a fantasy romantic comedy written and directed A. Karunakaran.
He went on to act in films like Ongole Githa (2013), Masala (2013), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Shivam (2015), Nenu Sailaja (2016), Hyper (2016), Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017), and Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018).
In 2019, Pothineni acted in the film iSmart Shankar (2019) as Sankar. He was nominated for Best Actor in the 10th South Indian International Move Awards and Zee Cine Awards Telugu in 2021 for his role in this film.
He also won the Zee Cine awards Telugu Sensational star of the year.
In 2021, he worked in the film Red (2021). He also made a cameo appearance in Romantic (2021).
Besides Telegu films, Pothineni acted in a Tamil short film titled Adayaalam, in which he essayed the role of an 18-year-old drug addict. He was highly appreciated for this role and won the Best Actor award at the European Movies Festival. He was only 11 when he played this role.
In 2022, he debuted in the Tamil film industry with the film The Warriorr (2022).- Actor
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Vivek Oberoi was born on the 3rd of September,1976 and attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by none other than the director of NYU who (unsurprisingly) whisked Vivek off to New York, where he completed his Masters Degree in film acting. Back home in India Vivek worked as scriptwriter and bought his first car with the money he made from that.
But the charmer's big break came when noted filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma offered Vivek a role in his gangster flick, Company (2002). Quite an unusual entrance for a debutant in Bollywood, because the norm for young actors is to play good lover boys till their place in Filmdom is secure. Not Vivek. Apparently, Ram Gopal Varma was having second thoughts about casting Vivek in Company because he thought Vivek looked too cute for a gangster - and told him so. Vivek, not to be outdone, went to the slums of Mumbai and did his homework and a couple of weeks later barged into Varma's office dressed as Chandu the gangster, swung his feet up on the table, and landed the contract pronto.
From there the road went uphill. Vivek's immaculate performance in Company - in which he starred opposite Bollywood Big Bad Boy Ajay Devgn, Miss Bolly Manisha Koirala and the granddaddy of Malayalam Cinema, Mohanlal - was more than enough to get the media singing Oberoi's praises. Next in line was the psycho-thriller Road (2002) (opposite Company co-star and co-newcomer Antara Mali), Dum (2003) (which sank without a trace - opposite Dia Mirza) and the next big catch, Saathiya (2002), opposite Rani Mukerji.
He recently got engaged to, and then broke up with longtime girlfriend Gurpreet, and is currently linked with Rani Mukherjee and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Recently he got himself into the headlines for a public outburst (i.e. press conference) against Salman Khan.- Actress
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A Bengali actress who achieved success young, Sharmila appeared in numerous Bengali classics before making the jump to Hindi cinema, which first made her a romantic actress and later a legendary actress thanks to her intense films opposite Superstar Rajesh Khanna. A distant relative of poet Rabindranath Tagore, she is also the wife of His Highness Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi, with whom she has three children, actor Saif Ali Khan born 16 August 1970, Saba and Soha Ali Khan, born 4 October 1978. Her pairing with Shammi Kapoor made her famous in the sixties but as an actress she evolved and became popular due to different films, each belonging to different genre, she did opposite the Superstar Rajesh Khanna.The pair gave 6 box office blockbusters and 3 unfortunate box office flops which were critically acclaimed films. Sharmila's pairing opposite male actors Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra and Shashi Kapoor was loved by the audiences, though Khanna-Sharmila pair remained the most popular with both critics and audience.- Actor
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Sidhu Jonnalagadda was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He is known for DJ Tillu (2022), Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma (2020) and Krishna and His Leela (2020).- Actor
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Sesh was born into a family passionate for film. Growing up, he was very fond of cinema and was influenced by a variety of international films. The influence started getting projected into his work and he made his debut with the Indo-American thriller, KARMA. Sesh studied film academically and creatively in the United States.- Prolific character actress born in Secunderabad, British India. A RADA graduate of 1954, Ann Firbank (sometimes credited as 'Annie') made her acting debut at Her Majesty's Theatre in Carlisle that same year. She has performed in numerous classic plays on most of England's great stages, including the Royal Court Theatre, the National Theatre under the direction of Laurence Olivier, the London Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. As late as 2012, she was lauded for her ageless stage presence in a production of The Golden Dragon in Bangalore, India.
On the screen, Firbank is best known as Staff Nurse Helen Lloyd in the classic farce Carry on Nurse (1959) and for her starring role as Anne Elliot in Granada TV's 1971 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion (1971). She has made a number of notable appearances in other period dramas, including as Amy Robsart, the wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, in Kenilworth (1957); as Mary Quartermaine, whose affections two lovers compete for in an archery contest, in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955); Danish-born Princess/Queen Alexandra in Lillie (1978); the Comtess de Tournay, a refugee from Robespierre's reign of terror, in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982); as the wife of the callous, intolerant Major Callendar in A Passage to India (1984) and as Lady Anne Boleyn, the maternal great-great grandmother of Elizabeth I (2005) (superbly played by Helen Mirren). More recently, she has portrayed a Tatooine elder in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and the elven oracle Ithlinne in The Witcher (2019). She has acted in dozens of TV shows as a guest star, frequently in crime/mystery programs like Danger Man (1960), Maigret (1959), Poirot (1989), Midsomer Murders (1997) and New Tricks (2003). Firbank has also been acclaimed for her 2014 performance as Rebecca Nurse, a woman falsely accused and executed at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, in Arthur Miller 's The Crucible (2014) at the Old Vic. - Tejaswi Madivada was born on 3 July 1991 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She is an actress, known for Natpadhigaram 79 (2016), Krishnashtami (2016) and Srimanthudu (2015).
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Kabir Khan is presently one of the most sought after Bollywood directors. His beat of cinema is very different from the rest of his league. He comes from documentary style of film making. He is known for his brilliant cinematographic skills. He graduated from Delhi University's Kirori Mal College. He was first noticed for his cinematography in the reputed documentary "Beyond the Himalayas" which released in 1995. The documentary earned significant popularity, and went on to be telecast in Discovery channel too. This movie was directed by the veteran director Gautam Ghose. He made his directorial debut with another famous documentary film "The Forgotten Army" in the year 1999. This documentary was based on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's role in the Indian Freedom Struggle and his Azad Hind Fauj, also popularly known as the Indian National Army. In 2001, Kabir Khan came up with his brilliant work in films like "Taliban years and Beyond" and "The Titanic Sinks in Kabul".
His work and interest on the Taliban and Afghanistan was the cue why he made a film like "Kabul Express" for mainstream Bollywood cinema in the year 2006. The movie performed averagely but he was noticed for his obviously nascent cinematic style.
In 2009, he worked on the movie "New York" which dealt with a topic as sensitive as Islam and Terrorism. Set in the backdrop of 9/11, this movie goes on to talk about the other side of the 9/11 story when Americans retaliated to the attack rather ridiculously. The film fared decently at the box-office.
In 2012, he came up with the blockbuster hit of the year so far, "Ek Tha Tiger". The movie stars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, and was scheduled for a Eid release which garnered in a great deal of its audience. The movie has been doing very well. The critics have signed off Kabir's previously journalistic style of directing. It seems to have withered away the Bollywood way under the Yash Raj Films Banner. Trade Analysts still confirm he has merely deviated from his style of work but not lost his previous charm at all.- Actor
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Nandamuri Kalyan Ram is an Indian actor and producer predominantly working in Telugu films. He is the owner of Advitha Creative Studios, a VFX company. They have provided special effects in movies like Legend (2014), To Father with Love (2016), and Krishnashtami (2016).
Ram is the son of the late politician and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna. He is also the grandson of politician and producer N.T. Rama Rao. His half-brother is the reputed actor N.T. Rama Rao Jr..
Ram attended St. Paul's in Hyderabad and KCP Siddhartha Adarsh Residential School, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, for his schooling. He earned his engineering degree from Coimbatore and his master's at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America.
Ram debuted in 1989 with the film Bala Gopaludu (1989) alongside his uncle Nandamuri Balakrishna.
After setting up his production company, he produced Athanokkade (2005), which was the directorial debut film of Surender Reddy.
He also acted in a series of films, including Abhimanyu (2003), Asadhyudu (2006), Vijaya Dasami (2007), Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007), Hare Ram (2008), Jayeebhava (2009), and Kalyan Ram Kathi (2010).
In 2013, he produced and starred in Om 3D (2013). In 2015, he also produced the film Kick 2 (2015), starring Ravi Teja in the lead role. Ram also acted in the movie Sher (2015) alongside Sonal Chauhan.
In 2016, he produced and starred in the film Ism (2016) as the undercover journalist Satya Marthand. The next year, he appeared in the first season of the reality show Bigg Boss Telugu (2017).
In 2019, he played his father on the silver screen in the film NTR Kathanayakudu (2019) and NTR: Mahanayakudu (2019). In 2020, he acted in Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020), an official remake of the Gujarati film Oxygen (2018).
He also produced and acted as the main character in the Telugu fantasy action film Bimbisara (2022).- Madhavi was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. She grew up with a brother and a sister. She started dancing when she was eight years old. She became a well-known Bharat Natyam dancer and has given more than a thousand performances. She had also appeared in small roles in films as a child actress. While still in eighth grade at Stanley Girls High School in Hyderabad, she was discovered by famous film director Dasari Narayana Rao who cast her in the leading role in the Telugu film "Thoorpu Padamara," which was a huge success, and catapulted her to stardom. Though she started her career acting in Telugu (her mother tongue), because of her talent and flair for languages she went on to act in six other languages: Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Oriya, Bengali and Malayalam. She acted with famous stars in films directed by great film directors. She has won many state awards as best actress. She also earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actress for the Hindi film "Ek Duje Ke Liye" (1981), a remake of her hit Telugu film "Marocharithra" (1979). She has appeared in more than three hundred films. She ended her seventeen-year career as a leading lady, when she married a businessman named Ralph Sharma in 1996. She moved to New Jersey, USA and assists her husband in the pharmaceutical business. They have three children: Tiffany, Priscilla, and Evelyn. She has a strong faith in her Hindu religion and makes regular pilgrimage trips to India.
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Nikhil was born in Begumpet, Hyderabad. Nikhil did his schooling in Hyderabad Public School (HPS) in Begumpet and St. Patricks' High School, Secunderabad. He was brilliant in school and was a merit student. He studied at the RVR&JC engineering college, Guntur. He started out as an assistant director for the film Hyderabad Nawaabs. He had minor roles in various movies before doing Happy Days, the first movie in Tollywood with an overseas release date earlier than the Indian release. Directed by an Indian national award winner Sekhar Kammula, Nikhil plays one of the 4 male leads in the movie. It was declared a smash hit and gave Nikhil overnight fame. Happy Days was one among the few low budget movies made in 2007 that became commercially successful. His first solo lead movie was Ankit, Pallavi & Friends. He appeared in hit movies like Yuvatha and Veedu Theda which ran for 50 days in Andhra Pradesh and got his major breakthrough in 2013 with the smash hit film Swamy Ra Ra, which was a blockbuster. His next movie, titled Karthikeya, (October 2014) earned him brilliant reviews from critics. The trade pundits declared the movie to have collected over 20 crores at the worldwide box office and certified the film a super hit. His first release in 2015 was Surya vs Surya, which opened to largely positive reviews and was appreciated for its fresh theme and story line. It went on to gross 11 crores in less than two weeks and stood as another success at the box office. His next movie Shankarabaranam opened to mixed reviews but took him to record collections. His next, Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016), turned out to be a blockbuster. Collecting nearly 40 crores during its run, the movie as one of the biggest blockbusters of 2016 for Telugu film industry taking Nikhil to stardom. In 2017 Nikhil once again teamed up with Swamy Ra Ra Director Sudheer Varma for Keshava which is a revenge drama where Nikhil plays the character facing a issue of having heart on right side and a rare problem to it Film released on 19th May 2017 which got positive reviews for Nikhil's performance, musical score, visuals and backdrop of the plot but criticism was for second half was very dull and simple but still movie grossed 20 crores and become another hit for Nikhil. Nikhil Sidharth is in remake of 2016 Kannada campus hit Kirik Party directed by Sharan Koppisetty, screenplay is providing by Sudheer Varma and Dialogues by Chandoo Mondeti and also once again teaming up with Chandoo Mondeti for the sequel to his hit thriller Karthikeya.- Actress
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Tottempudi Gopichand is an Indian film actor and producer who primarily works in Telugu films. Born to the late T. Krishna, a Telugu filmmaker who wrote, edited, and directed numerous movies like Neti Bharatam (1983), he was not focused on acting at an early age.
Gopichand did his schooling at the Ramakrishna Mission School in Chennai. Later, he moved to Russia to complete his degree in mechanical engineering. Around this time, his older brother, who was working as an associate director under Muthyala Subbaiah, died in a car accident. He decided to extend his father's legacy and pursued a course in dialogue modulation. From there on, he started focusing more on the film industry.
Gopichand made his acting debut in 2001 with the Telugu film Tholi Valapu (2001), in which he played the role of the protagonist, Prem. The film did not fare well at the box office.
He went on to play the antagonist in three Telugu movies, Jayam (2002), Nijam (2003), and Varsham (2004). His performance in Jayam was especially well-received critically and commercially.
Gopichand's debut in Tamil cinema happened in 2003 with the film Jayam (2003), in which he reprised his role from the original Telugu version. He continued to star in several successful Telugu films, including Yagnam (2004), Ranam (2006), and Lakshyam (2007).
Gopichand is known for his action and drama roles. Despite playing the role of a protagonist in most of his movies, he has won awards in the 'Best Villain' category four times and has been nominated for the same once. He played notable antagonist roles in films like Jayam, Nijam, and Varsham and won the CineMAA, Filmfare, and Nandi Awards for 'best villain' in all these movies.
In 2013, Gopichand married Reshma, the niece of Telugu actor Meka Srikanth. Gopichand and Reshma are blessed with two children, Virat (born in 2014) and Viyaan (born in 2018).
Apart from his film career, Gopichand is also involved in philanthropic work. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he donated Rs. 10 lakhs to the Corona Crisis Charity.