Telugu Movie Review Gentleman - Cast & Crew

A young, pretty actress Niveda Thomas is a popular face in Malayalam and Tamil audience. Every viewer remembers her as the chirpy child they used to see in their television screens. She has grown with the television and movie industry from her childhood. The 19-year-old actress was born to Malayali parents in Kannur on 15th October 1995. She first appeared in the movie Uthara, as a child artist in 2003. Before coming to movies, she appeared in Tamil serials, her debut being Rajarajeshwari in 2001. She essayed the role of Nallamma, a child goddess in physical form helping and guiding the Main lead actress. She did minor roles in movies and serials after that.  My dear Bhootham, a children's serial, marked her entry into Malayalam television in 2007.

Pragathi is a South Indian actress who was born in Hyderabad. She has acted mainly in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam movies. She lost her dad at an young age and wanted to support her family financially and thus she began her career as a dubbing artist for cartoons. During this time, one of her friend’s father noticed her and introduced her to model for Mysore Silk Palace. After watching the advertisement, Director K. Bhagyaraj was very impressed with her and offered her a role in his movie,’ Veetla Visheshanga’ which was her debut. The same movie was simultaneously dubbed in Telugu and named ‘Gowramma Nee Mogudevaramma’.

In one of her interviews, she has mentioned that she never had any stage fear and she was not camera shy either. Infact, she falls in love with the camera everyday and loves acting. She also recalls that her first scene was shot in a hospital, as she was getting treatment for Amnesia and her dialogue was to repeatedly keep asking the doctor of the hospital as to where she was.

After her debut movie, she was offered a few more movies. She completed 7 Tamil movies and 1 Malayalam movie in a span of two years. She also completed her graduation around this time and had decided to tie the knot too. After getting married, she moved to Chennai and took a break of about 3 years. She returned to the small screen wherein she appeared in television serials in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She is not very choosy about her roles as she says she has to make a mark in the industry first and only then she can sit and choose the characters that she wants to play. Well, she is now one of the senior actress in the Telugu film industry and is the first choice for any roles relating to Mother or Aunt.

Pragathi Mahavadi Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

She was born on 5th may 1947 in a town named madanapalle in the present state of Andhra Pradesh. She was about 5’1” and has black eyes.

She was born in a middle class family and raised up by her aunt in Ooty and Madras. She used to travel a lot with her uncle’s family which resulted discontinuity in her studies but had been raised in a better environment.

She never thought of entry into films, with her uncle’s sudden demise, the family situations made her tend towards acting career. When she was giving a classical dance performance, her talent was noticed and an offer was made to her, which brought a wonderful actress to the screen.

She acted in about 1400 movies; her reign was during 1970’s and 1980’s. She married a famous actor Sarath babu (film actor who acted in almost all south Indian languages), who played good duo on the screen but in real life, situation was different and they got divorced in 1988 and after such times her life were hit with many obstacles and presently she is in a pathetic situation.5

She was a good comedian and made a good pair with raja babu, a prominent comedian of that time. She also acted as a supporting character along many of the top actors in Telugu industry.

The same actress Ramaprabha had moved to appear on some TV shows for some financial upright. She is dried up and is in notable financial crisis at this age. The only option that seem to keep her going is through TV as the big roles in films were not approaching. Right now she is appearing in game shows on some Telugu channels to make her existence known to producers and TV audiences to claim certain opportunities for herself.

She is presently acting in some TV serials like ‘Bandham (serial with family sentiments)’ in ETV.

She is currently residing in her birth place Madanapalli away from the Telugu industry. She is presently submerged in her struggle for existence. Couple of years back, she was residing in Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad, now with the declining opportunities she made a move to safeguard her existence.

The actress is originally from Kerala, and residing in Hyderabad, debuted into acting through a Bollywood movie The Hyderabad Blues in 1998, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. The story was based on the life of Varun an NRI who visits India for holidays. The movie narrates his experiences and culture shock after coming to India and his struggle to woo a doctor Ashwini into marriage. Rajasri played Ashwini which is worth her acting and she beautified the role with her acting skills. She worked as a model before bagging this role. 

Her Malayalam debut happened with a horror flick Meghasandhesham, directed by Rajasenan with Suresh Gopi as the main lead. It was different from the usual horror flicks of revenge. It was about a girls’ love towards her profesor which she could not convey it to him when she was alive. Rajasri came as Rosy Samuel and her portrayal of a ghost who can also be a friend was amazing. After that she appeared in a character role in the Mohanlal starrer movie, Mr. Brahmachari. She debuted as the leading actress in the movie Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam opposite actor Srinivasan. She featured as a responsible housewife and a bank employee who manages her house responsibilities and her husband’s innocence. She also appeared in character roles in movies like Grandmaster with Mohanlal, as one of the Police officer accompanying him in his investigation. Her recent released movie was Koottathil oral a family drama about the importance of relationships, directed by Padmakumar and actor Siddique essaying the lead character.  

Even though she did not have many roles to do in Malayalam movies she was welcomed in Malayalam Television.  Her role in the horror serial Nizhalkannadi telecasted in Surya TV was very well appreciated. She played Rohini, a ghost in this serial that comes back to avenge revenge from her killers. She also played a role of a police officer in the Malayalam serial The Mask, directed by notable director Viji Thampi which also features Kishore Sathya, Leena Nair. The serial was one of the opening serials in Mazhavil manorama and also the debut serial direction for Viji Thampi. She was last seen in the serial Kanmani, a story of 3 sisters and their beliefs in astrology. Rajasri portrayed the role of the eldest who is responsible for her sisters and who continues her father’s footsteps as an astrologer.

She is currently concentrating on films which give her scope for performance. She says that, she is ready to accept roles either in serials or movies which are performance related, and she can showcase her acting skills to the fullest.

Sivalenka Krishna Prasad is an Indian film producer and distributor. He has mainly produced films in Telugu industry. He was born on 24th October 1956 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He studied at the Osmania University. He is present in the film industry for more than 40 years. He produces and distributes films in different languages, and also distributes dubbing movies of the different lingo including English films. Krishna Prasad is the nephew of the famous Telugu hero Chandra Mohan. Chandra Mohan acted as a hero in the past years, and now he performs as a character artist. In the year 1977 to 1986, Krishna Prasad worked as a personal secretary of Chandra Mohan. He is also a friend for S. P. Balasubramaniyam (Famous Singer) and K. Viswanath (famous director), and through them, he got many experiences in the film industry.

Satyam Rajesh is an acclaimed Telugu comedian and actor, known for his comedy in Telugu Films. He has acted in more than 85 films. He was also nominated by Nandi as the best comedian. Denikaina Ready is a comedy film, produced by Mohan Babu and directed by G Nageshwara Reddy. It features Hansika Motwani and Vishnu in lead roles. The film was also released in the Malayalam language as Endhinum Ready. It was dubbed into the Tamil language as Naangaellam Appave Ippadi. This film is the remake of Malayalam movie Udayapuram Sulthan. Another hit film of Satyam Rajesh was Mirchi. It was a super hit action drama movie produced by Pramod Uppalapati, who is Prabhas’s brother and directed by Koratala Siva under the banner of UV Creations. The film stars Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay and Prabhas in lead roles. The movie was initially titled Vaardhi and was later given another name, Mirchi. Soon after the movie’s soaring success, Prabhas entered the 40 crore club. The singer Kailesh Kher won Filmfare award for the best playback singer (song - Pandagala Digivacchavu).

Vennela Kishore is a famous Tollywood actor, director and comedian. He was born on 19th September 1980 at Kamareddey, Nizamabad,Telangana. He was working as software quality engineer in the USA.Later, He took a stand and settled in India in 2008 to furnish his passion as an actor or comedian. He debuted in Movie Vennela in 2005.

Mohana Krishna Indraganti is a famous Indian movie director. He is famously known and prevalent in the Telugu film industry. His introduction to the film industry was with the film ‘Grahanam’ in the year 2005. He won 11 awards for his acting in the film, which includes the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director, among many others. The film was likewise showcased as a signature at the International Film Festival of India in the year 2005. He was born in Tanuku in Andhra Pradesh. He finished his graduation for the Master of Fine Arts degree, which he got from York University. He was born to an Andhra family. His parents are a mother, Indraganti Srikanth, father, Janaki Bala. His grandparents were authors. So he had an interest in movies and acting right from his youth. His grandma's stories were outwardly nitty-gritty in their portrayal.