Telugu Movie Review Sri Ramadasu - Cast & Crew

Suhasini R. Naidu, more popularly known by her screen name ”Sneha” is a south Indian actress who works in the Tamil and Malayalam Film Industry.

She was born on the 12th of October, 1981, to parents Rajaram Naidu and Padmavathy Rajaram. She began her career in the year 2000, debuting in the Malayalam film Ingane Oru Nilapakshi where she played the role of an aspiring dancer, where she performed for 7 classical songs. Her first commercial hit was the 2001 movie Aanandham, a family drama by the hugely successful director N. Linguswamy.

Due to her appearance in several commercially successful movies in the 2000’s, she has become one of the most contemporary lead actresses in the Tamil movie industry. Her debut in Kollywood was in the movie Ennavale where she played the lead role opposite R Madhavan. She made her debut in Tollywood with the movie Priyamaina Neeku in 2001 which was also a box office hit, followed by Tholi Valapu.

She has shared screen space with some of the top actors in South India including Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Ajith, Vikram, Vijay, Suriya, Simba, Balakrishna, Ravi Teja  & Nagarjuna. Her work in Tollywood has given her several compliments, including those where she is considered the next Soundarya. 

She also played a major role in the 2002 mega-hit Hanuman Junction apart from roles in King, and Virumbugiren where she played the role of a rustic village belle, and the movie went on to win several awards, including the Best Actress for Sneha.

She has won the Best Supporting Actress award in the Filmfare Awards in 2002 for her supporting role in Unnai Ninaithu.  She is also the recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award – Best Actress category, first for her role in Aanandham, Punnagai Desam and Virumbugiren in 2001, and later in 2008 for Pirivom Santhippom.

Her role in the Telugu hit Radha Gopalam also won her the Nandi Special Jury Award – Telugu, apart from several other awards and accolades.

She has also hosted different shows on the Tamil channel networks, including judging the Jodi Number One show, Season 5 on Star Vijay in 2011; and hosting the Melam Kottu Thali Kattu, Seasons One & Two in 2014 on the Puthuyugam TV channel.

Her hit movie includes the 2000 Tamil movie Ennavale, where she won several awards in the Debut Actress Category.

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Sneha is an Indian actor. She was born on October 12, and the year 1981. She was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her other name is Suhasini Rajaram. Her father name is Rajaram Naidu. Her mother's name is PadmawathyRajaram. She is also a promotional model by profession. Her spouse name is Prasanna. Marriage year for them is May 11 and in the year 2012. She has a son. Her son's name is Vihaan. He was born in the year 2015.

Archana Veda was born on October 8, 1981 in Hyderabad. Her original name was Veda Sastry but just after first movie she changed her name to Archana Veda. She is very well known for her quality work in Telugu film industry. She has also worked in a few movies of Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages. Her debut movie “Tapana” released in 2004 and she played the role of Ridhima in it. The movie wasn’t a big hit but many directors offered her roles due to her fine acting performance. Her second movie was the film she was looking for. She got lead role in director E. Sathibabu’s film “Nenu” and the movie was a big hit. “Nenu” made her a super star of Telugu Cinema.

Archana is a good dancer and she is well known for her dancing songs. At first she did homely roles and those provide her just average success. Later she shifted to bold roles and got big success. In 2005 she stepped on the Malayalam cinema. Her first Malayalam movie is “Lanka”. She made her Tamil debut with the movie “Agaram” in 2006. She played the role of Archana in the movie. She has worked in more than 35 movies till now and 30 of them are Telugu films. About 8 of her films are on the sets right now.

Sujatha was an Indian actress. She has given performances in various languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada. Most of her roles show her as an ideal woman or a working woman who bears the responsibility of her house or as someone who bring the change in the society.

K. Raghavendra Rao is a producer, screenwriter, choreographer and film director, who made his mark in Telugu cinema. A couple of films that he made in Hindi had mainly Jeetendra in lead roles. K. Raghavendra Rao and Jeetendra had worked together in twelve films and every film was declared a hit in 1980’s. He also directed some Kannada films. 

He was the director, who gave Sridevi her first major success in the Hindi cinema with Himmatwala. Later on, every time she was teamed with Jeetendra, it resulted in blockbuster hits. It was Raghvendra, who made Sridevi a child actor too and years later, he made to cast her in Padaharella Vayasu, which made her a Telugu star, and then in Himmatwala which made her a Bollywood star. 

His best film is Annamayya, which won him two national film awards was even a selective entry in International Film Festival of India. After the success of Anamayaa, he directed some devotional films too, such as Sri Ramadasu, Pandurangadu and Sri Manjnatha and Shirdi Sai and for all devotional films, Akkineni Nagarjuna had worked with director K Raghavendra Rao and if everything goes well, it is believed that Nagarjuna will be seen in another devotional character. He entered the film industry by directing 'Babu' that has Sobhan Babu in the main lead. That film was a major success and he never looked back. 

Many feel that he is a commercial director, which had hero-backed script always, but he also preferred to do feminine –oriented films like Jyoti, Aame Katha and Kalpana. He also had choreographed for Pelli Sandadi, which became biggest musical hits in Andhra and he was credited as best choreographer. He is the one who had given uplift to many Telugu actresses such as Sridevi, Radha, Ramya Krishnan and Vijayashanti. 

Undoubtedly, he is a legend of Telugu cinema, who had directed 110 films and produced 25 films in various Indian languages till date. His career spans four decades. His career began in 1975 with association with the late N.T.R and since then, he worked with every generations that include NTR, ANR, Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Chirjanjeevi, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, junior NTR and Allu Arjun.

Konda Krishnam Raju is a famous professional Indian film producer who has worked in South India. He has also done a movie as an actor. Konda Krishnam Raju has been part of the Telugu film industry, and he had produced a handful of movies in the Tollywood movie field. Konda Krishnam Raju is best known for his works as a film producer for the projects Prince of Peace and the movie Vijayendra Varma, both of which are Telugu films. This movie Prince of Peace produced by Konda Krishnam Raju is about the soulful saga of the life of Jesus Christ, highlighting a part of his story in this inspiring journey. This movie got released in the year 2010, and Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan played the role of Saviour Jesus Christ, and it got directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao with Sekhar V Joseph as the director of photography and Devi Sri Prasad as the music director.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao is undoubtedly the ‘Bhisma Pitamah’ of Telugu cinema. Even after few decades not any actor have reached the status that he had achieved. He was also a naturalistic actor who inherited theatrical approach in acting and perhaps of his such approach; he could deliver the high-drama scenes that were indeed Telugu cinema’s landmark films even.

Akkineni Nagarjuna is a veteran Indian actor, TV presenter, and producer, who predominantly worked in the Telugu film and television industry. He was born on August 29, 1959, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in India. He has acted in over 90 films as a lead and supporting actor and has done cameo roles in both Bollywood and Tamil films. The brilliant actor won a total of 2 National Film Awards, 9 State Nandi Awards, and 3 Filmfare Awards. He is also an acclaimed actor in historical and biographical films.

Akkineni is the son of the prominent actor Nageswara Rao Akkineni, and his mother is Annapoorna Akkineni. When his family moved to Hyderabad, he studied at Hyderabad Public School and later attended the Little Flower Junior College. He took a Bachelor of Engineering at the College of Engineering in Guindy and graduated M.S. in Automobile Engineering at the Eastern Michigan University. Akkineni got married to former actress and dancer, Amala Akkineni in the year 1992. His son, Naga Chaitanya from his first marriage to Lakshmi Ramanaidu Daggubati, is also a Telugu actor. His younger son, Akkineni Akhil is his son with Amala. He is also the brother of the very popular producer, Venkat Akkineni.

Akkineni started as a child artist in the year 1967 through the Telugu film Sudigundalu, where his father acted in the lead role. After some years, he was debuted as a lead actor in V. Madhusudhana Rao’s Vikram in 1986. This film was produced by his brother and became a success, giving him a good start as an actor. In 1987, he was starred in the classical film, Sankeertana; a film that marked the directorial debut of Geetha Krishna. After a year, he was featured in the blockbuster Telugu action film, Aakhari Poratam, where he was paired with Suhasini and Sridevi. Later, Akkineni was starred in another K. Raghavendra Rao’s Telugu film entitled Janaki Ramudu, together with Vijayashanti in the lead role.

He was starred in Mani Ratnam’s romance film, Geethanjali in the year 1989, opposite Girija Shettar. This film met critical and commercial success and even earned the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Soon after, the talented actor met another success in the Telugu action film, Siva in 1989. This film marked the directorial debut of Ram Gopal Varma. Akkineni has also done the Hindi remake of the film entitled Shiva. This also marks his debut in Bollywood. Both films saw a huge success at the box-office. In 1991, he acted in the drama film Jaitra Yatra, from where he earned critical reception. This was followed by average success films like Prema Yuddham and Iddharu Iddhare. But Akkineni has proven his mettle and carved his niche in the industry as he appeared in more box-office hits like Neti Siddhartha, Killer, Chaitanya and Nirnayam, helmed by prominent directors like Priyadarshan, Fazil, and Prathap Pothen. He was then acknowledged as the ‘Celluloid Scientist’ as he usually experiments with different genres in films. In the following years, Akkineni appeared in box-office hit films such as President Gari Pellam, Gharana Bullodu, Varasudu and Allari Alludu.

In the year 1994, Akkineni was starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual film, Criminal, helmed by Mahesh Bhatt. For the first time, he acted in a comedy film entitled Hello Brother. This film was remade in Hindi entitled Judwaa and was also dubbed in Tamil. By the year 1996, he was starred and produced Krishna Vamsi’s Ninne Pelladata; a film that achieved the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. In 1997, he acted in a devotional biographical film Annamayya, from which he bagged the Filmfare Award for the Best Actor, Nandi Award and the National Award for Special Mention. Then he donned the films Nuvvu Vastavani, Azad and Ninne Premistha in the year 2000.

Akkineni was also starred in romantic comedy films like Santosham, Shivamani, and Manmadhudu. He produced the Telugu film Satyam in the year 2003, which starred Sumanth, his nephew. In the following year, he acted in Nennanu and the box-office hit film, Mass, which he also produced under his own banner, Annapurna Studios. In 2005, he acted and produced the Telugu heist film, Super, along with Ayesha Takia, Sonu Sood, and Anushka Shetty. He was starred in the 2006 blockbuster biographical film, Sri Ramadasu. In this film, he earned the Nandi Award for Best Actor. In 2007, Akkineni acted in Raghava Lawrence’s Don, following with the action comedy thriller film, King in 2008.

By the year 2010, he was seen in films like Kedi and Ragada. He was also starred in the thriller film, Gaganam. He also donned the historical box-office film, Rajanna in 2011, where he earned the CineMAA Awards for Special Jury and the South Indian International Movie Awards for Special Appreciation. He was seen in Damarukam and Shirdi Sai in 2012. He also donned Greekuveerudu along with Nayantara and Bhai, opposite Richa Gandhopadhyay.

In the year 2014, the talented actor was seen in Vikram Kumar’s blockbuster Telugu drama film, Manam. This film was produced by Akkineni Family under the banner of Annapurna Studios. The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. He earned the Special Jury Awards for Best Actor at the 5th TSR TV9 National Film Awards and the Best Outstanding Actor at the 11th CineMAA Awards.

He made his debut in the small screen as a TV producer in the drama soap, Yuva in 2009. He is also one of the major shareholders of the Telugu TV channel, MAA TV. He became an anchor for KBC – Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu and won the Entertainment Leader Award from the TV 5 Business Leaders Awards ceremony. Akkineni is one of the owners of the Mumbai Masters of the Indian Badminton League and the Mahi Racing Team India. He is also the endorser of Kalyan Jewellers in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Akkineni Nagarjuna Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

He was born on August 28, 1959 in the city Mangalore in Karnataka. His full name is Suman Talwar. Later, his family moved to Chennai, where he completed his schooling from The Besant Theosophical High School. He pursued Bachelor of Arts in English literature. He also learnt Music and Sanskrit.

He married Sirisha, granddaughter of an old Telugu writer, and couple have a daughter.

He started his career as a Karate master. He made his acting debut through a Tamil movie ‘Neechal kulam’ in 1977; he did the role of Police officer in the film. Later on he acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and English language films.

In more than 30 years of his cine career, he acted in about 150 films as Hero. Suman acted as mythological characters such as lord Venkateswara, Shiva and Rama in Telugu.

In middle of his career his life was affected by a conspiracy made against him, to shatter his dreams because he was rising like a real hero in Tollywood. In past times he raised to summit in Tollywood industry.

Afterwards he made a comeback into acting career and started playing villain character and supporting roles. His famous movies after comeback include ‘Shivaji (starring Rajini Kanth)’, and ‘Dookudu (starring Mahesh Babu)’.

Later he started acting in Telugu serials. He acted in a serial named ‘Dampatyhyam’ aired on Gemini TV. He character was casted as Raaja.

He is also acting as lord Rama in the serial ‘Baktha Ramadas (follower of god Rama)’.

M.M. Keeravani is an established Music Director and a singer in Telugu Film Industry. He is the cousin of the hit Director S.S. Rajamouli. He is known as M.M. Kreem is Bollywood and Marakathamani in Tollywood. S.P. Balasubramanyam and K.S. Chitra have sung the maximum number of songs for his composition.

S. Gopal Reddy is an Indian director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter. The multi-talented personality has given his contribution to the Telugu and Bollywood film industry. He has established the Durga Arts a production house. He won two Filmfare Award (South) as the best Cinematographer for his work in the films like ‘Varsham’ and ‘Sri Ramadasu’. He was born in Andhra Pradesh. He started his career at Venus Studios in 1968 under the guidance of V.S.R Swami, who is a veteran cinematographer. At that time, the films were pictured in black and white print. He made his entry into Telugu film industry in 1979 with the film Raktha Tilakam. He has been a part of many movies from the Telugu industry like ‘Dhruva Nakshatram,’ ‘Moodu Mullu,’ ‘Nelavanka,’ ‘Rendu Jella Seetha,’ ‘Nalugu Sthambalata’ and many more. In 1980, he made a movie in Hindi cinema. His first movie was ‘Mujhe Insaaf Chahiye’ in the year 1983. The movie starred Mithun Chakraborty, Rekha, and Rati Agnihotri in the lead roles.

Jayasree Kumara Bharavi, more popularly known as J. K. Bharavi, is a prominent figure in the Telugu film industry. He is a writer, playback singer, producer, lyricist, composer, director, and an actor. Compared to direction, he is well known as a screenplay writer. He is born in Andhra Pradesh, and currently resides in Hyderabad. He has received the National Movie Award for the Best Feature Film in Telugu, in the year 2004, for the movie that he scripted, ‘Bommalata’. He has also received the Kaloji Smaraka Award.