Telugu Movie Review Majili - Cast & Crew

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.

Nikhita Gandhi is a famous Indian playback singer. She is known for her work in movies like ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, ‘Jagga Jasoos’, ‘Sachin: A Billion dreams’ and many more. She sang the title track of ‘Raabta’ for Deepika Padukone. She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. Her birth name is Nikita. She is half-Punjabi and half-Bengali. She did her graduation from Chennai and is a Dentist. She has also learned Classical music and Odissi dance for 12 years.

Divyansha Kaushik is an Indian Actress who has worked in both Tamil and Telugu Film Industries. She was born on February 10, 1997, at Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. Divyansha wanted to be an actress ever since she saw Kareena Kapoor Khan as Poo in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. She had also worked as an editor of Vogue magazine. Since her mother Anju Kaushik is an established make-up artist in Delhi, Divyansha had also got interested in her mother's profession and she even did a course in Makeup in London. Divyansha made her debut in the Telugu Film Industry with the film 'Majili' starring Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Akinenni. She made her Tamil debut with "Takkar," a film with Siddharth.

Rajshri Nair is a Bollywood actress as well as a Malayalam actress. She has shown her talent in every part of the country that has importance for cinema, from making a mark in Hindi movie to classy acting in South Indian films; Rajshri has done it all.

Shiva Nirvana is a Tollywood director and screenwriter who works in Telugu Cinema. He is basically from Sabbavaram, Vizag, Andhra Pradesh but currently settled in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

An Indian producer called Harish Peddi (also spelled Harish). Born in Ongole, India's Andhra Pradesh. Harish Peddi has so far worked in the Tollywood entertainment sector, and Telugu-language films have included his artwork. Indian producer Harish Peddi works in the Telugu film business. Krishnarjuna Yuddham, directed by Merlapaka Gandhi, was one of his 2018 releases. The film is an action drama in which Nani plays two parts. Shiva Nirvana's Majili is one of his 2019 releases. His 2021 releases include Tuck Jagadish and Gaali Sampath. Mail (2019), Tuck Jagadish (2021), and an untitled Naga Chaitanya film are among Harish Peddi's best-known works.

Sahu Garapati is a popular Indian film producer born on July 9, 1988, in Hyderabad, Telangana. He has predominantly worked in the Telugu film industry. He established a film production company in Hyderabad called Shine Screens, along with Harish Peddi in 2017.

Vishnu Sarma is a cinematographer and editor who was born in Chalakudy, Thrissur and has worked in the Malayalam Cinema. He has completed his education from Asan Memorial College of Arts and Science and got his bachelor degree from there only. He has been there for the year 2009 to 2012. He knows different languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and English.

The precious icon of the Indian music industry, Gopi Sundar has composed his soulful music for more than fifty movies to date. In 2014, he composed the songs & background score for the Malayalam movie "1983" and was awarded the National Award.the movie got a good critic rating of 3.5 out of 5.abrid shine, the debut director of the movie was awarded the Kerala State Awards in the category of the best debut director. Alongside the film bagged two more awards for the category of best & second best actor in the same award ceremony of 2014. He was born in Kochi & opted for joining the music industry for his career. Gopi has a good knowledge of instruments like Tabla & keyboard & has worked as a keyboard programmer in some of Bollywood hit films.

Sahi Suresh is an art director who is known for his work in the South Industry. He was born on August 15, 1978, in Madanapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India. Coming from a middle-class family, Sahi always had the passion and interest towards cinema and art. He completed his Bachelor's degree in arts from the Kurnool and began his journey as an associate for the Art Director, Mr. Peketi Ranga Rao.

Prawin Pudi is a gratifying, talented and versatile Tamil and Telugu Movie Editor. The particular contributions of the talented Editor came in some of the Malayalam movies. He has worked dominantly in Malayalam Film industry and keeps coming up with some gratifying work. Prawin Pudi joined the South Film Industry from Telugu film industry as an assistant to the renowned editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao in the year 2000, before also apprenticing under the great Sreekar Prasad and Marthand K. Venkatesh. He was born in Huzurnagar, Suryapet district, Telangana, India.

Naga Chaitanya is a Telugu actor and he is into the film industry since 2009. His debut film Josh fetched him several awards, though he didn’t get the expected positive reviews for it. Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad on 23rd November 1986. His parents are Telugu superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati. His granddads Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Daggubati Naidu were both prominent faces in Telugu film industry. Film celebrities Daggubati Venkatesh, Rana Daggubati, Sushanth and Sumant Yerlagada are also relatives to him.

When his parents parted ways Chaitanya came to Chennai. Amala Akkineni is the stepmother of this star. Though Chaitanya stayed with Lakshmi, he used to visit Hyderabad to see Nagarjuna. He did his schooling in Chennai. He performed drums and guitar while at school. Since Chaitanya was from a film family, everyone expected him to enter the industry, but he was not initially inclined. Eventually he nodded in the affirmative and pursued acting training in Mumbai. Later, in order to be trained in fight and dance, he journeyed to Hollywood Studios.

Gautham Menon’s “Em Maya Chesave” (Tamil film Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya) is the second venture of Chaitanya and he was lauded by critics for his performance in the film. Autonagar Surya, 100 percent love, Dada, Bejawada, Tadaka, Manam, Oka Laila Kosam are some of the films in which this star acted. Tadakha, which is the remake of Tamil flick Vettai, starring Arya, gave the much-needed appreciation for Chaitanya (the film set the cash registers ringing at the box office) since his previous venture Bejawada was lashed at by the critics for his poor performance. The 2014 flick Manam in which Chaitanya shared screen space with his father and grandfather saw a great transformation in this actor. Some of the other films of Chaitanya were also highly appreciated.

Akkineni Nagarjuna Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Posani Krishna Murali is a Telugu celebrity actor, who was born in the year 1958 in Secunderabad. He is well known to the Andhra people as a director, producer, writer and an actor. Almost all the films in his directions were commercially hit and he retains the title as a successful director. He has been the story writer for more than 100 films and succeeded in that too. Posani Krishna Murali was the elder brother in their family with two sisters and a brother. He got his Master of Arts degree from the Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Rao Ramesh is a Telugu actor and son of Rao Gopal Rao, one of the greatest actors of Telugu cinema. He was born in Srikakulam district in present state of Andhra Pradesh. He was married and couple has a son and daughter. He was brought up in Chennai with his father being an actor at that time. He completed his B.Com in Chennai. He was very much interested in photography. He also tried at join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, California for pursuing different courses but latter dropped due to reluctance from parents.

Being a son of great actor nobody came up with petty jobs to him, he himself tried to direct a few films on his own but his mother pursued him to become an actor like his father. His career was very low at the starting. He was an avid reader of poetry also and has ferocity of narration. He tried to start his career in a TV serial by Gantasala Ratna Kumar (famous TV serial director), but he was too shy and nervous before camera and odd are against him which made serial stalled in the middle. Later he went back to Chennai and there he started as a small screen artist and started acting in TV serials. He acted in serials like ‘Pavitra bandham’ and ‘Kalavari Kodalu’ and spent about four and half years working on TV serials.

He got a breakthrough movie named Gamyam (message oriented film) in 2008, Later on he has a catastrophic rise in his career and presently he was one of the versatile and busiest actors in Telugu film industry. He acted in more than 30 films in the past three years. He was now offered roles in every big project in Telugu movies. He also acted in Kollywood & Sandlewood movies in 2010.

Srinivas Avasarala is a Telugu film celebrity, who was born to Satya Narayana Murthy and Nagamani Avasarala. He is a popular director, actor, screenplay writer as well as dialogue writer. Being impressed to screenplay writing, he attended a course in Screen writing in California. He also learnt acting from the Lee Strasburg Theatre and Film Institute. He has also worked as a theater artist in New York and also worked as an assistant director in the film Blind Ambition. Working at Universal Studios is really amazing and this opportunity was given to Srinivas Avasarala and he did perfectly, as a script screener. Though he is a post graduate in Mechanical Engineering and worked in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, his interest was in the cinema industry. Ashta Chasma was his first Telugu movie, which is released in the year 2008. He has acted in Orange, Chammak Challo, Sukumarudu, Aravind 2, Adda, Jill and few more films. In the film Golconda High School, he wrote the dialogues and rendered his voice too. In the film Oohalu Gusagusalade, he became a director and the film was a box office hit. He also appeared in the film in the role Udaya Bhaskar. Hailed from Hyderabad, Srinivas Avasarala went around the world for his career setup.

Chaitanya Prasad is an Indian Musical Artist. Chaitanya is a Singer and Lyricist who primarily works in Telugu Language Films. Chaitanya Prasad was known for working in the movies like Baahubali: The Begining in 2015, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion in 2017, and Pathaan in 2023. In 2002, Chaitanya debuted in the movie Allari Ramudu. Later, he continued to work as a lyricist in films like Kushiga in 2004, Gunde Jhallumandi in 2008, Prasthanam and Maryada Ramanna, Andari Bandhuvaya, Broker and Thakita Thakita in 2010, Rajanna in 2011, Eega in 2012 and Vangaveeti in 2016. Some of the hit songs of Chaitanya Prasad are Aadene Pori, Chelikaade Dhole Ra, Meri Jaan, Navvunu Aapaku, and O Amar Sona Bandhure.

Rambabu Gosal is a lyricist and songwriter from India. He was born on August 27, 1983, in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. Rambabu Gosala works predominantly in the Telugu film industry. Rambabu Gosal completed his schooling in Telangana and then pursued his B.Tech. from Sir C. R. Reddy College of Engineering, West Godavari. His artworks included Kousalya Krishnamurthy in 2019, Tej I Love You in 2018, Happy Happy Family, Patel S. I. R. in 2017, and Majnu in 2016. Rambabu Gosal received overnight fame with the recent blockbuster song Telisiney Na Nuvvey from the movie Arjun Reddy. This song received colossal admiration and love from the audience.

Ravi Kumar is a Lyricist from India. He works in Telugu Cinema. He penned lyrics for more than 390 songs and has contributed to more than 125 films. He considerably worked with directors like Puri Jagannadh and music director Chakri and S.S. Thaman. He predominantly writes songs appealing to the masses. His genres include mass, melodies, and romance. He gained the credit and won two Santosham Film Awards in the year 2006 and 2008. He also received SIIMA Award in 2013. Ravi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla born on June 5, 1974, in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was brought up in Rajahmundry among five siblings. He got passionate about literature and got the inspiration from his maternal Grandfather Aravelli Rajagopalacharya, in his early years of childhood. While he was in Rajamundry he used to visit Gouthami library and it influenced him to approach into poetry.

Vanamali is a famous Hyderabad based Telugu lyricist and poet. His proper name is Mani Gopal, famously recognized by his pen name Vanamali. He was born on 20th May 1967 in Railway Kodur; a municipality in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh and his mother tongue is Tamil. His very first composition as a lyricist was for a programme in Doordarshan which was sung by Vijaylakshmi Sarma. After this, his first project in Tollywood was for the movie Pithamagan directed by Bala in 2004. In 2007, he received the Nandi Awards as well as the Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist in Telugu for his compositions, “Oh my Friend” and “Aerey” respectively in the movie Happy Days. In 2008, he worked with the director Anish Kuruvilla in the movie Avakai Biryani.

Yazin Nizar is a prominent name in the South Indian Music industry. He is an excellent Playback singer singing in various language movies which include Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies.

Jani Master was born on 2 July 1982 in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He married Ayesha. He is famously known as Indian dance choreographer for Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu. But however he is popularly known for his Western and Folk Style. Initially, he started his dancing career in TV shows.

Raghu has gained fame as a stylish choreographer through the movie Arya 2 starring our handsome hero Allu Arjun. He is also a successfull winner of Dhee, which is an ultimate dance show aired on ETV Telugu. He married the popular singer Pranavi Acharya, who was renowned through the movies Happy Days, Lion and Yamadonga. Both were in a love relationship for few years and later got married in the month of February in the year 2016.

Dhani Aelay is a Graphic Designer, Public Relations Officer, and Title Designer in the Telugu film industry. He has worked in numerous films since 1999. He has worked in ‘Sultan’, and ‘Anaganaga Oka Ammayi’ in 1999; ‘Itlu Sravani Subramanyam’ in 2001; ‘Shivamani’ in 2003; ‘Andhrawala’, ‘Athade Oka Sainyam’, and ‘Venky’ in 2004; ‘Super’, ‘Dhana 51’, and ‘Gowtham SSC’ in 2005; ‘Pokiri’, ‘Seetharamudu’, and ‘Samanyudu’ in 2006; ‘Desaramudu’, ‘Madhumasam’, and ‘Chandamama’ in 2007; ‘Swagatam’, ‘Idhi Sangathi’, and ‘Aatadista’, in 2008; ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’, ‘Samardhudu’, and ‘Kasko’ in 2009; ‘Simha’, ‘Pappu’, and ‘Saradaga Kasepu’ in 2010;

Venkat is the popular Tamil serial actor who started his acting career through the popular serial Annamalai, which has Radhika Sarathkumar as the female Protagonist. In Annamalai, he got a good role. Changing from a soft natured person to a rough natured brother, Venkat has done it perfectly. Venkat is the son of Mythili, the owner of Mythili’s Beauty Parlour and Spa.

Mahesh Vitta is an Indian Film Actor, Comedian, and YouTube Artist. He works in the Tollywood Film Industry. Mahesh was born on the 26th of December. He was born in Proddatur, Andhra Pradesh. He later moved to Hyderabad, Telangana for his career. He is 5 feet and 8 inches tall. He has a sister whose name is Bharathi Vitta. He had his schooling from S. B. Memorial High School in Proddatur. He later went to Sri Vidya Junior College in Proddatur for his secondary education. He then had his Degree from Rani Tirumala Devi Degree College in Proddatur. He pursued his Master of Computer Application degree from TKR College of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad. Initially, Mahesh worked as an actor for a YouTube channel named TeluguOne.

Ravi Prakash is the Telugu actor who is growing well in the south Indian films with popularity. He was born in the year 1981 in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. He was introduced to the cinema industry through the film Subhavela in the year 2000. The film was directed by Teja; but Ravi was not recognized at that time. When he did not get proper recognition, Ravi Prakash got fed up and continued with his MBBS. He became a qualified doctor. After 4 years, he was called by Gautam Menon to perform as a Police officer in the film Gharshana. It gave him a good breakthrough and the audience recognized him well. Athadu, Killer, Simha, Gaganam, Payanam, Vedam, Vaanam, Dookudu, Maattraan, Solo, Ishq, Badshah, Edhir Neechal, Thalaivaa, Aagadu, Nee Thaane En Pon Vasantham, S/O Satyamurthy and Gabbar is back are his popular Telugu and Tamil movies. Recently, he has performed with Balakrishna in the film Lion, in a good role. Dagudumootha Dandakor is his latest film. With his excellent performance, Ravi Prakash attracts the audiences. People say that, when they hear the name Ravi Prakash, an image of a Police officer, screens in front of their eyes. Ravi is very choosy in his films and hence he gets good roles, so far.