Telugu Movie Review Brahmotsavam - Cast & Crew

Kajal Aggarwal is a modern Indian model and film actress, known for working predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and few Bollywood films. She was born on June 19, 1985, in Mumbai, Maharashtra in India to Vinay and Suman Aggarwal. Her younger sister, Nisha Aggarwal, also works in the same field and appeared in Tamil and Telugu films.

She is a model turned actress. She is from Bangalore and has been a part of Tollywood and Kannada films. Her parents are doctors and run a hospital in Bangalore. Pranitha was a model by profession before she stepped into acting. She debuted in the year 2010 opposite in Porki, a remake of a Telugu hit film with the same name.

Born on April 28 1987 Samantha is a model and actress, who has acted in Telugu and Tamil films. Samantha was brought up in Chennai and she was involved in modeling in her teens. The Telugu film Ye Maya Chesave was her first film and she was instantly successful; she got the Filmfare award for Best Debut. She also has a Nandi award to her credit, for this film.

Revathi is a popular south Indian actress, who has appeared in Hindi films too. Born as Asha Kutty, she changed her name to Revathi, for the stage. Right from the beginning of her career, she did not lose her popularity, because of her excellent performances. Mann Vasanai, directed by Bharathi Raja is her first movie. Pudhumai Penn was the movie that showed her in a different angle and she was praised for her performance. Pagal Nilavu is one of her top snatched films and in Aan Pavam she acted as a dumb girl, who lost her voice in an accident. In this film, she paired with Pandiya Rajan and the movie was a super hit. Kai Kodukkum Kai is the only film, she paired Rajini Kanth. She has acted with Kamal Hassan in a number of films, among which Oru Kaidhiyin Diary, Magalir Mattum, Thevar Magan and Punnagai Mannan are memorable. In Magalir Mattum, she co-starred with Urvashi and Rohini and the film was a super hit.

Born on 17 December 1958 Jayasudha is predominantly a Telugu actress, though she has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada films too. She was born in Chennai, but her mother tongue is Telugu. Her aunt, Vijaya Nirmala has acted in Telugu films and she is a director too.

Jayasudha entered into films during the age of 12; she acted in a Telugu film named Pandanti Kapuram. Later, she did a minute role in K Balachander’s Arangetram. She worked with K Balachander in several films. Her original name is Sujatha and she changed it to Jayasudha. The Telugu film industry welcomed her and she worked in many good films there. The greatest credit to her acting prowess is that, she was compared with yesteryear legend Savithri. Her roles were powerful and they had variety in them. As a fitting tribute to her natural acting Jayasudha is named “Sahaja Nati”

When she grew up Jayasudha entered the Telugu film industry with the film Lakshmana Rekha. This showcased that there is an actress named Jaya Sudha in the Telugu film industry. But it is only her role in “Jyothi” which helped her in climbing the ladder of success.

Jayasudha’s popularity soared with the film “Adavi Ramudu”, which was a huge success. Jayasudha has worked in more than 200 films and would you believe that in a year 24 films of her released. A notable point is that, she would deliver her dialogues in a good manner, though she is quite alien to Telugu. Jayasudha was seen in many films of renowned filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao. She became a great actress of Telugu cinema by 1982 that Dasari Narayana Rao titled a film “Jayasudha”.

Jayasudha has won many Filmfare awards. She is a good friend of another actress Jayapradha with whom she worked in Meghasandesam and Adavi Ramudu. Jayasudha tried her luck in politics, but she was not successful.

Born on 9 August 1975 in Chennai, Mahesh Ghattamaneni is a South-Indian actor and philanthropist. He was born and brought up in Chennai. His father is Krishna Ghattamaneni, a yesteryear superstar of the Telugu film industry. Mahesh Babu completed his schooling at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and graduated from Loyola College with a bachelor’s degree in commerce. He further underwent training in acting from director L. Satyanand. Mahesh first faced the cameras when he was just four. His debut was in ‘Needa’ and did nine films in total as a child artist. In 1999, he debuted opposite Preity Zinta in ‘Rajakumarudu,’ a rom-com Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film got him his first Nandi award as well. He is best known for his work in films like ‘Okkadu,’ which won him a Filmfare Award and a CineMAA Award.

Srikanth Addala is a popular film director, who is associated with Telugu cinema. He was born in Relangi in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. Srikanth is a post-graduate in atmospheric physics. Srikanth started his career as an assistant director. He managed to grab the attention of popular Tollywood personalities due to his perfection in his work.

Mickey J Meyer is an Indian origin talented persona. He took birth in Hyderabad and is on the voyage of Carnatic music since then. He contributed mainly to Telugu and Kannada cinema. He completed his degree in music at Trinity College of music and studied at St. Mary’s College. Meyer’s sense of music stands different and is a harmonious mixture of western as well as traditional Indian. Mickey got his music inspiration from A.R Rahman. His music dream came into light after passing out from Trinity College of Music. His career as music director began from the movie Pothe Poni, which was followed by 10th Class. After this, he gave music in Notebook. Success came to his life while working with Sekhar Kammula for Happy Days. Happy Days received a phenomenal response and Mickey got appreciated for his work. He also turned to music composer for the above- mentioned movie and fetched many famous awards. He grabbed Flimfare Awards South as well as Nandi Award for Happy Days.

Prasad V Potluri was born on September 8, 1970, in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India to Raghavendra Rao and Mangatara Devi. He did his higher secondary from NSM Public School, Vijayawada and completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Nagarjuna University. Popularly known as PVP, Prasad is a Philanthropist, Educationalist, and Serial Entrepreneur. He is married to Jhansi Sureddi and has two children, one son (Param) and one daughter (Pearl). He is the Co-Owner of Kerala Blasters F.C. (One of the teams in the Indian Super League), Owner of Hyderabad HotShots (Indian Badminton League) and PVP Cinemas, Strategic Investor in Maven Corp and Karvy Consultants,

Naresh is a famous South Indian Actor who has acted in various Telugu movies. He was born in 1960’s in Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh. He started his career at a very young age of 7. His debut movie as a child artist was ‘Pandanti Kaapuram’ which released in 1972. He always dreamt of being an actor and loved the words  ‘Lights, camera and action’. When the movie ‘Pandanti Kaapuram’ was being made, the child artist who was supposed to act in the movie was sick and he was given the opportunity to replace the child’s character. He was willing to do it and requested the director to finish the shooting before his mother came on the sets. His mother, Vijaya Nirmala who is also a South Indian Film Actress, Producer and director, wanted him to concentrate on his studies. His father is Late K.S.Murthy.

After working as a child artist, he made his debut as an actor in a lead role in the movie ‘Prema Sankellu’ in the year 1982. This movie was directed by his mother. After this movie was released, he worked on another movie named ‘Nalugu Stambhalata’ in the same year. This was a very successful movie and he feels that the bold them of the movie, the climax, etc worked well with the audiences. In the movie, he falls in love with a woman who bears his child and then gives it to him and his wife asking her if she can sleep on his lap one last time before her death. Naresh feels that the story line was very strong and that was the reason that the movie was a big hit. 

Naresh is also fond of writing and poetry. He informs that he also received a few offers to direct movies. However,  he was held up at that time and he is considering direction and will direct a movie soon.

Brahmaji is an Indian comedian, actor, and supporting actor who predominantly works in Telugu film and television industry. He was born on April 25, 1965. Brahmaji’s place of birth is East Godavari district in the Coastal Andhra region, Andhra Pradesh, India. During his college days, he was a huge fan of superstar Krishna (Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy). His father worked as a Tahsildar in Nellore. He married Sashwaty with whom he has a son named Sanjay Kumar. His son works in the Indian Navy.

Sathyaraj is one of the greatest actors of Tamil film industry. He has good comic sense, good height, and good performance, and is still active in the industry. Rangaraj is the real name of Sathyaraj. Born on October 3, 1954 Sathyaraj forayed into the Tamil film industry as a villain. He depicted the suave villain perfectly and he was accepted by the audience. His dialogue Thagudu Thagudu from the film Kaaki Chattai is still famous now. In fact, it is no exaggeration to tell that he gave a complete transformation to the notion we have about villain. His oratory adeptness in villainous roles is indeed exemplary. 

Randy Rathnavelu is a cinematographer who was born on 24th February 1971 in Chennai, India and is actively working in the Tollywood industry since 1997. He is a well known cinematographer in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. He has also been critically acclaimed for his works in certain movies.