Telugu Movie Review Mirchi - Cast & Crew

Chinnaponnu was born in Suranam in Sivagangai District in Tamil Nadu, India. As a child of thirteen years old, she actively participated in several temple festivals and churches. After that, she started to sing in the troupe of Artist Kottaisamy as a professional singer. She used to say him as her mentor. Later she was noticed by Gunasekar, who is a member of the Communist party. As he searched for folk songs and folk artists, he helped her explore herself in several parts of the state. By 2004, she made her first entry into the Tamil cinemas as a playback singer for the movie Chandramuki song Valthuren Valthuren.

Geetha Madhuri is a well-known playback singer and is best known for her works in films like ‘Nachavule’ and ‘Golimaar’ for singing the songs like, ‘Ninne Ninne’ and ‘Magaallu.' She was born in August on 24th in the year 1989. She was born to parents Lakshmi and Prabhakar, in the Palakol area in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Mr. Prabhakar, was an official of the SBH and Geetha Madhuri was her parent’s one and only child. She did her higher secondary education from a school named Loyola in the area of Vanasthalipuram in the city of Hyderabad. 

Anushka Shetty is the popular South Indian star who is very famous for her work in Arundhati, a Telugu movie. This film was dubbed in Tamil and made her more popular among the Tamil audience. Her first Tamil movie was Rendu with R. Madhavan. Anushka Shetty was not well known during the time of Rendu. It is only through Arundhati, she entered the hearts of the people. She masters all the roles given to her. She has paired with almost all the top stars of South Indian film industry right from Rajini Kanth. She paired Super Star in the film Linga and got a decent role in that film.

Richa Gangopadhyay, born as Antara Richa Gangopadhyay, was born on March 20, 1986, in New Delhi, to Utpal and Paula Gangopadhyay. In 1989, her parents shifted to the US, and she was brought up in Pennyslvania and Michigan after spending more than a year in Coimbatore due to work reasons. In the US, she attended the Okemos High School and went on to major in Dietetics and Health Administration from Michigan State University. 

Hamsa Nandini, born in December 1984, in the glorious city of Pune, was destined to become a star. She was brought up in Pune and then shifted to Mumbai for achieving her dream of becoming a model. She was named Poonam at the time of her birth, but due over the popularity of the name Poonam, she got rechristened to Hamsa Nandini. She was involved in the modeling career for an advertising agency since her 11th standard.

She has dedicated her life and aptitudes to the Lord, Since 1990. She has been playing for numerous Christian record in Malayalam, Tamil, &Telugu. She also runs worship in Christian Conferences& Shares her Testament in Campaigns. She gives a lot of references to the Bible to explain her life.She says that in The Bible says John 15 stanza16 “You have not selected me, but I have elected you and fated you that you must go and bring out pill.

Pramod Uppalapati is a notable film producer, known for bankrolling blockbuster movies such as Saaho, Mirchi, and Bhaagamathie. Pramod Uppalapati comes from a big filmy backdrop. Baahubali’ star Prabhas is his cousin, with whom he has worked a couple of times. In 2013, Pramod started his production company, UV Creations, along with Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Vikram Reddy in Hyderabad, Telangana.

After the success of "Dhinka Chika" song for Salman Khan, starrer "Ready", South Indian composer Devi Sri Prasad, has been getting numerous offers in Bollywood. Devi Sri Prasad liked the evergreen film ‘Sholay’ so much in his youth days, that he has seen the movie many times in his young days, and had then made his thoughts to make his journey to the film world. 

Ramajogayya Sastry was born on August 24, 1970 in the small village called Arepalli Muppalla, Ipur Mandal which is near Narasaraopet of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh to parents Suryaprakasa Rao and Saraswatamma in an agricultural family. His father was a priest and an agriculturist by profession. His mother is a home-maker. He was the only child of his parents. He is a Computer Science Engineer who persuaded his B.Tech from NIT Warangal and his Master’s degree in M.Tech at IIT Kharagpur.

Born on December 13, Anitha Karthikeyan is a Tamil playback vocalist. She is the daughter of Mr. K. Venkatanarsimhan and Dr. V. Mathuram. She comes from a family of artists. She completed BSc Computer Science from Ethiraj College and got her post graduate degree from M.O.P Vaishnav College for Women. She likewise got prepared in classical, western under the direction of Augustin Paul from Trinity College of London and Hindustani music from Mrs. Megna Dandekar. In 2007, she made her debut in the movie Marudhamalai by D. Imman, the music director. Under his compositions, she got the chance to explore various genres.

Jaspreet Jasz is associated with Indian playback singing. He has worked in Bollywood and Tollywood cinema. His stint with advertisement jingles is also notable. The reality shows Indian Idol gained accolades for him. Jaspreet had an interest in music at a very young age. He entered into Bollywood singing during 2006 with Dil Kabaddi. He also worked for the title track of A R Rahman’s Blue. Jaspreet had also gained international recognition through A R Rahman’s Nimma Nimma.  

Kailash Kher was born on 7 July, 1973 in New Delhi. He is an Indian pop Singer, Music Director and his music style is influenced by, Indian Sufi and folk music. His family belongs to Kashmiri roots. His father named Pandir Mehar Singh Kher was a famous Folk Musician and Singer. Kailash was very interested in singing and music from his childhood. He left his home at the age of 14, for learning music and took proper lessons from his guru.

After many attempts, he didn’t get the right teacher. He began to learn music, by listening to the classical music of Indian singers like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Kumar Gaurav, Pandit Gokulotsav Maharajand and also Lata Mangeshkar. After that, he started to teach music for his expenses in Delhi. Because of some problems in the family, he left singing and completed his graduation from Delhi University. When he was staying in Delhi, he met Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath in a concert. They together, started his band named “Kailasa”. Thus, he started his journey in his music career. 

He has sung more than 5000 songs in 20 different languages of India. He got the opportunity to sing in the movie “Andaaz” (Rabbaa Ishq Na hove). After this, his song “Allah ke Bande” from movie “Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2” became very popular, and made him a popular singer in Bollywood. The song "Teri Deewani" from the album of the same name by his band Kailasa and the song "Ya Rabba" from the movie Salaam-e-Ishq had record sales. His band albums are Kailasa(2006), Jhooma Re (2007), Chaandan Mein (2009), Rangeele (2012),Naina Chaar (2013) etc. 

He won Filmfare award as Best Male Playback singer for the film Fanna (2007) and also won the Filmfare award as Best Male Playback Singer-Telugu for the film Mirchi.

Mika Singh is an actor, singer, stage presenter and composer. He was born on 10 June 1977 in Durgapur Bihar. He is the youngest child among six of Ajmer Singh Chandan and Balbir Kaur. Mika Singh real name is Amrik Singh. He is the real brother of all time famous punjabi singer Daler Mehandi. He is one of the most famous Punjabi singer. He sang several songs in Bollywood ‘Mauja Hi Mauja’, ‘Dhanno’, ‘Dhinka Chika’, ‘Gabru’ and ‘Mai tera agal bagal hu’.

Mika is also known for the songs Jaato Ka Chora and Rani Tu Mai Raja of the movie Son of Sardar. In 2014, he shares the stage with the rockstar Yo Yo Honey Singh for the song Mast Kalandar. The song is very much appreciated by the audience especially the young of India. Since 1998, Mika Singh was the part of more than 150 albums and movies either he was the composer, song writer or the singer. Some of his notable work was done in the albums ‘Sawan Mai Lag Gayi Aag’, ‘Ishq Brandy’, ‘Gabru’, ‘Something Something’, ‘Dunali’ and movies like ‘Son of Sardar’, ‘Housefull’, ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’, ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Singh is King’, ‘Once Upon A Time in Mumbai’ and ‘FALTU’.

Mika also appeared in three films as an actor. In 2014, he plays the lead role in the movie ‘Balwinder Singh famous ho gaye’. He played the role of Balwinder Singh who is a small farmer in Punjab but due to his hard work and the help of his bestfriend Jagjeet Singh he gets fame in whole India. The role of Jagjeet Singh was played by the famous rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh.

Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer. He was born in Mysore and moved to Mumbai in 1996. He worked in so many Hindi films including Blue, Yuvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan, and Force.

A S Prakash is a popular art director. He has worked in more than 30 Telugu films. He set foot on the film industry in 2003, and his first film was Oka Raju Oka Rani. It was directed by Yogie. Ravi Teja, Namitha, Ali, and Banerji starred in the film. It was released on June 19, 2003. Then he had a short break.

Prabhas is one of the favorite heroes of the Andhra people. His original name is Prabhas Raju Uppalapati and he was born in Chennai. His parents are Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. He has a brother Prabodh and a sister Pragati. His debut movie was Eshwar in 2002 and his costar was Sridevi Vijayakumar. Varsham is one of his biggest hits and in this film, he is paired with Trisha. Varsham was later remade in Tamil as Mazhai with Jayam Ravi and Shriya Saran. His film Chathrapathi also went on well with 100 days in theatres. In the film Pournami, he acted with Trisha and Charmi. The climax song with a fight was praised by all. Charmi was applauded for the wonderful dance. He also acted in an action comedy movie Bujjigadu and it got a good success. Later on he acted in Billa, a remake of Tamil movie Billa. Rebel, directed by choreographer cum actor cum director Raghavendra Lawrence was also a hit movie for Prabhas. He gave a cameo appearance for a song in Action Jackson, dancing with Sonakshi Sinha. His latest film is Baahubali, with Anushka Shetty, Tamannah and Ramya Krishnan. It is a bilingual movie, which is shot in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously.

Adithya Menon was born on 6th April 1974 as Anil Menon in Mumbai. When he was a kid, his family shifted their base to Dubai. Till his 18 years, Adithya grew up in Dubai. He is an alumnus of Our Own English High School in Dubai. Later, his family returned to India and settled in Bangalore. He is an engineering graduate, who was graduated from M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology. During his college days, he attended an audition for the Radio Jockey in Radio Midday. It was the base for him to enter the media.

Ajay aka Gaurav Kapoor is a young handsome Tamil tv actor, a Punjabi by birth and brought up in Mumbai. His entry into film industry happened when he was studying in class twelve. Though he made his debut as an actor in the Hindi movie Priyadarshan's `Gardish', his Tamil serial ‘Kolangal’ brought him fame. After his appearance in Hindi movie and tele-films, he entered the Tamil Industry through a film called “Ooty” which wasn't a big hit. Later on after entering small screen, he was playing small roles in many serials when he got the offer for a negative character in a mega serial “Kolangal”, which was a big hit. Though he played the role of a savvy business man in that serial he was one of the most hated characters among Tamil audience when that serial was being telecasted. In 2010, he started his production house N.K.Kraft Private Limited through which he produced the Tamil psychological thriller movie called “Aadhiyum Andhamum” where he played the role of Hero too.

Brahmanandam was born on 1st February 1956. He was the seventh son to Kanneganti Nagalingachari and Kannaganti Lakshmi Narsamma. He completed his high schooling from a high school at Sattenapalle. He later pursued his intermediate and graduation from D.N.R College, Bhimavaram. He completed his post graduation in Telugu literature from Andhra University. Before becoming an actor, Brahmanandam had worked as a lecturer in Atthilli for nine years.

Brahmanandam is considered as one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions. He has gone ahead to receive many accolades in the world. In the year 2007, he was in the Guinness World Record for appearing in the highest number of films that is over 1000 movies. The government of India honored him with Padma Shri Award in the year 2009. Brahmanandam was awarded the Best Actor in a comic role in the year 2011 at The Hyderabad Times Film Awards.

In the year 2012 in Dookudu, he was voted the Best Comedian in the Cinemaa Awards. The same year he was also awarded the Best Comedian in the SIIMA Awards. He went ahead to clinch the Best Actor in a Comic Role Award in the TOIFA awards ceremony. Surely Brahmanandam deserves all this because of his natural talent and hard work in the acting industry. Brahmanandam is married to Lakshmi Kanneganti, and he is blessed with two children, namely; Raja Goutham and Siddharth.

Brahmanadam Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Raghu Babu is a prominent Telugu actor and comedian, who become famous for his outstanding comic timing and expressions. He was born as Raghu Babu Yerra on June 24, 1964, in Ravinuthala, Andhra Pradesh in India. He is the eldest son of Giri Babu, a famous Telugu actor and comedian. He studied in Madras from his 7th standard until college. He took an Engineering course (AMI), but in 1988, he stopped schooling and helped his father in his film production job. In the same year, he also got married. He started acting at the age of 10 in the drama play, Sri Krishna Tulabaram, which became very popular. Initially, Raghu did not have any plans to become an actor. But the late director, Satya Reddy, insisted that he is indeed an artist and the director wanted to make him an actor. He was cast in the film, Dongalu Unnaru Jagratha in the year 1990, which marked his debut in the film industry. His real passion is to become a producer, but one day, Satya Reddy did an ad for the film without informing him. His photo was there and the rest of the cast and when he asked Satya, he just said, he is doing the movie, and so he did it.

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. 

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).

Srinivasa Reddy is a Telugu actor and known for his eccentric comedy. Born in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India Srinivas is a well-acclaimed comedy entertainer. Although it took him more than ten years to position himself as a comedian in Telugu film industry. Srinivasa Reddy started his career in the entertainment industry as a TV anchor and first debuted in movie Istam in 2001 in a supporting comedy role. The film also starred Shreya, which was also her debut film.

Born on Hyderabad, Telangana, Supreeth is an Indian performer from Telugu cinema. He is one of the popular villains in the Telugu film Industry. Supreeth was keen on movies from his youth. He discontinued his studies. He is likewise a Volleyball player. He missed the tryouts for the film Jayam. It took him 11 years to enter the cinema. Later, he got notice by chief Teja to keep up a collection. Supreeth began his vocation with the film Jayam in 2002 by Teja under the banner Chitram Movies with T. Gopichand, Nithiin, and Sadha. This motion picture went on to become a hit and got him the much-needed fame. He then acted in Pawan Kalyan's directorial debut Johnny alongside Pawan Kalyan, Raghuvaran, Raza Murad and Renu Desai in 2003.

Y K Viswanath is a very famous South Indian film actor and director. He was born in Seethanagaram Mandal, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India. His birth place was Purushottapatnam. His main profession is a director, and he has worked in over a hundred films in his career. He has been the associate director, executive director, co-director and assistant director in all these films. The film Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu marked the debut of Y. K. Viswanath as a director in the South Indian Film Industry.

Koratala Siva is a screenwriter and film director from India. He works mainly in Tollywood. Koratala Siva has penned many scripts for films like Munna, Brindavanam, Oosaravelli, Okkadunadu and Bhadra. Apart from writing skills, Siva is also popular for his directorial skills. In 2013, he directed the action drama movie Mirchi in Telugu, and later in 2015, he directed the movie, Srimanthudu. Both fared well at the box office. For his movie Mirchi, the acclaimed singer, Kailash Kher won the Telugu Filmfare Award for the best playback Singer. Before his directorial debut in Mirchi, Koratala Siva pursued his graduation in engineering and often worked as an assistant to one of his relative, Posani Krishna Murali, who also happens to be a director.