Telugu Awards GAMA Tollywood Music Awards 2014 - Cast & Crew

Koduri Srilekha, who changed her name to M.M. Srilekha after entering into films, is a multitalented woman from Andhra Pradesh. She is a gifted Musician, who sings and composes for Indian movies, mainly for the Telugu Industry. She stands out in Tollywood as the only Woman Music Composer. Srilekha began her musical journey in the Industry at the age of twelve. Her first role in the Telugu Cinema was playback singing.

Neha Bhasin is a singer by profession and has many hit numbers to her credit. She was born to be a pop sensation. Neha started her hard work and dedication towards music and dance at a very young age. She joined Shiamak Davar’s dance group to unleash herself in dancing as well. Neha took her singing tuitions from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry is an Indian Lyricist and Poet. He works in the Telugu Film Industry as a Lyricist. His actual name is Chembolu Seetharama Sastry. Sastry was born on the 20th of May in the year 1955. He was born in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh. He is currently staying in Hyderabad, Telangana. Seetharama Sastry had his debut with writing songs for the legendary director K. Vishwanath.

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)

Sharwanand is a renowned Telugu and Tamil actor who is noted for his excellent performance. He was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He did his graduation from Wesley’s college in Telangana. He was interested in dance and got training in the western dance. He learnt acting in the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute in Mumbai. His classmates are also super heroes in Telugu. Ram Charan Teja and Rana Daggubatti were his close friends. Sharwanand is the cousin of Baahubali hero Prabhas. Sharwanand acted with Chiranjeevi in an advertisement. 5va Tareeku was his debut movie. He acted in Shankar Dada MBBS with Chiru garu. His first debut in Tamil was Kadhalna Summa Illa, alongside Kamalini Mukherjee and Krishna. He was noticed by the Tamil audience in Engeyum Eppodhum. In this film he acted with Jai, Anjali and Ananya. That was a super hit movie, which got a good name for all the actors. Nuvva Nena, Satya 2 and Run Raja run were his hit movies. Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju and Yemito Ee Maaya are his latest Telugu movies. JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai is the latest Tamil movie for Sharwanand, which was released on DVDs and reached the audiences directly at home.

Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman Siva Kumar, also known as S.Thaman. He is an Indian film composer, who also works in Tamil and Telugu industry. He is famous for giving his best. He started his career in the film Boys. He then became famous for his passion towards music director. His debut film as music director for Tamil was Sindhanai Sei and for Telugu was Kick. S.Thaman was born on 16th November 1983 in Andhra Pradesh. He is the grandchild of Ghantasala Balaramaya, who is known for producing the Telugu film Seetarama Jananam. Thaman, a 28-year-old hails from a family of musicians from Pottepalam. His father Ghantasala Siva Kumar was a Drummer; mother Ghantasala Savitri is a playback singer and his aunt P.Vasantha is also singer. Thaman married Vardhini, who is a playback singer.

Anup Rubens is a music composer in Telugu movies. He began his career with the film ‘Jai’ which released in 2004, and it was dubbed in Tamil too as ‘Jairam’.  This film's music was a hit; songs like ‘Desam Manade’ went on to become chartbusters. His next film ‘Gowtam SSC’ had released in 2005. Though, in between 2005 to 2010, he has composed music for films like ‘Drona’, ‘Hosefull’, Veedhi’, ‘Naa Style A Veru’, etc., the songs did not create much impact. Later, he was associated with many movies of  Puri Jagannadh and inched a carve for himself as an established music director. 

Ravi Teja is the popular Telugu hero, whose birth name is Ravi Shankar Raju Bhupatiraju. He started his career as an actor from the year 1990 in a supportive role. His debut movie is Karthavyam, in which Vijay Shanthi was the lead. He has also worked as an assistant director for few Bollywood and Tollywood movies. His first main role was in the film Sindhooram in the year 1997. Nee Kosam was the movie, which revealed out his acting talent and got him the Nandi Award for his excellent performance. Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru, Idiot, Khadgam and Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi were his hit movies in the beginning.

Anil Kadiyala is a producer of Indian origin. He has worked mostly in the Telugu film and television industry. He is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and program director at Gnapika Entertainments. Today, Anil Kadiyala is a well-known personality in the entertainment industry. He has been actively involved in the industry for almost 20 years and has served as an editor, event organizer, and program director. He has successfully organized various programs in the industry, which has helped him earn a reputation as a visionary director.

Born on 10th May in Andhra Pradesh, Chandrabose is a Tollywood lyricist and singer. He got a degree in Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad.

Raghu Kunche is a music director and Playback Singer in the South Indian Film Industry. He was born in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh in India.He won 5 state NANDI awards presented and given by the government of Andhra Pradesh. He also won Mirchi Music Awards South in the category Best Upcoming Music Director. In the year 2000,Raghu Kunche began his singing career with the Telugu movie Bachi. He has been a playback singer for about 500 songs for Telugu Films.

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.