Telugu Awards ANR National Awards 2014 - 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.

The Year 2013 was a happening year for this southern beauty; she got the Filmfare award for Best Actress in both Telugu and Tamil. This feat was accomplished only by actress Revathi earlier. Samantha got the award for her performances in the films Neethane En Pon Vasantham and Eega. The Telugu films Attarintiki Daredi and Manam also gained her awards. Samantha did her schooling in Chennai and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce. Samantha once admitted that, she pursued m...

Rakul Preet Singh is a famous Indian model working predominantly in South India. She has got a wide range of craze in a short span of time. She was born on 10 October, 1990. She was born in New Delhi to an army family. She completed her schooling from Army public school and graduation from Jesus and Mary College. She is a professional Golf player and has played National level golf competition. She is a huge fan of Sharukh Khan. Rakul has been passionate about acting since her childhood. So, she opt Modeling as her career. She started modeling when she was just 18. She debuted with the Kannada film Gilli. Next she played a small role in Tamil film, Keratam.

Though she was on the screen for a short time she gained a lot of fame for the movie. She did Yaariyan in Hindi and ...

Lavanya Tripathi is a Hindi TV serial actress as well as a well known model. She was born on 15 December 1990 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father is a Lawyer and her mother is a retired teacher. She was brought to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India where she grew up with her brother and sister.

She completed her schooling in Dehradun and after that she moved to Mumbai for further study. She became an economics graduate from Rishi Dayaram National College. She always wants to become an actress in Indian Television but due to her father advice she first completed her study.

She first started her carrier as a model and done some ad film. In 2006, Lavanya got selected as Miss Uttarakhand and after that she got various offers from different producer.

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Chiranjeevi is called as the Mega Star of Telugu cinema. Born as, Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, Chiranjeevi changed his name in the film industry. He learned his acting skills from the Madras film institute. Punandhirallu was the debut movie of Chiru, but it failed to hit the box office. Chiru has acted in 149 films and his 150th film is getting ready. For his 150th film, Sridevi is approached to perform. Sridevi has acted with Chiru in many films and this pair has created many blockbuster hits. An honorary doctorate was given to him by the Andhra University and he is one of the proud recipients of Padma Bhushan.

He was the Tourism Minister of India from 2012 to 2014. Chiranjeevi is married to Surekha and he has three children, Ram Charan Teja, Sushmitha and Sreeja. Ram Charan is one among the popular Tollywood Stars, as h...

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 Vay...

Rana Daggubati is a famous Indian actor. He was born on 14 December, 1984 in Chennai. Rana is the grandson of legendary producer Daggubati Rama Naidu and son of the producer, D.Suresh Babu. He is the nephew of Venkatesh.. Rana has completed his entire childhood and schooling in Chennai. Rana has also done Photography course in Konica institute of Imaging and Technology. Before acting, Rana was an entrepreneur and his company name is Spirit Media. He was a successful Digital Post entrepreneur. His company has won Nandi award for special effects for the movie Sainikudu. Born with silver spoon in his mouth, Rana has not struggled a lot for movie chances.

He has the responsibility to continue his family legacy as a good actor. He made his debut with the Telugu film, Leader in 2010 directed by Sekhar Kammula. He act...

Born on July 1, 1949, in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian government official and the present Vice-President of India since 11 August of 2017. He finished his primary education from Zilla Parishad High School in Nellore and sought after his graduate degree in diplomatic and political studies from V. R. School.

Afterward, he obtained a four-year college education in international law in Visakhapatnam from Andhra University College of Law. In the Rashtriya Swayam sevak Sangh, he became swayam sevak and joined ABVP amid his college days. The understudies chose him as the president of the student' association of colleges subsidiary to the Andhra University.

He came into the notice for his conspicuous part in the 1972 Jai Andhra Movement. KakaniVenkataRatnam drove the movement from Vijayaw...

Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju is a Telugu film actor who has acted nearly 200 films. He was a prominent actor of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Industry people have often called him as ‘rebel star’ on the silver screen. He is also the uncle of new generation actor Prabhas. Being born in the Godavari district, he entered the film industry soon after graduation. Although he entered the film industry as a villain, soon he established himself as a full fledged hero within a short period of time. This was just possible because his persona was so multi-faceted and his talent was so exceptional that some roles which he did on screen, people could consider that the role was meant for him alone. He would work very hard along with the script and has left a vast impression in the m...

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 ...

Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was a prestigious Hindi poet Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh socialite. Being his parents’ first born, he has a junior male sibling resembling to his name Ajitabh. Bachchan went to Sherwood College before enlisting in Delhi University to complete his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) degree. He became a cargo dealer in Calcutta after completing his graduation. Amitabh Bachchan married to Jaya Bhaduri and has one son named Abhishek and one daughter named Shweta. Bachchan's father passed on in 2003 and his mother in 2007.

In 1969, Bachchan made his film debut in Saat Hindustani a film administered by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas which won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. By t...