1. S. Janaki
As popularly known, The Nightingale of South, S. Janaki was born as Sishtla Sreeramamurthy on 23rd April 1938 in Repalle, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Her childhood love for music turned out to be her talent, and she started performing at a tender age of three. Her voice is compared to Lata Mangeshkar, and Janaki has a large fan following because of her mesmerising voice that can connect your soul to any song. She learnt music from Sree Paidiswamy, who was a nadaswaram teacher. When Janaki was 20 years of age, her uncle Dr Chandrasekhar advised her to move to Chennai and join AVM studios. Her voice got recognition as a playback singer in Tamil films. Her debut as a playback singer was a Tamil flick, Vidhiyin Vilayattu (1957). She has sung over 40,000 songs in various languages.
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Age:
86
Gender:
Female
2. Kovai Sarala
Kovai Sarala is an actress who acted in more than 750 films in her career spanning for over 25 years. She has acted in Tamil (even Telugu films) and had joined films as she was the sole bread earner in the family. Many feel that she filled the void left by Manorma and she is the only actress who had stepped in her( Manorama) shoes. In this film industry, Sarala could carry scenes on her own merits. There was a time; she would be seen in every successful movie (just as Manorama) during 1980-90s. Looking back at her career, she played a 55-year old character in Chinna Veedu( her second film) when she was just a teenager. Everyone had wondered how she played that role. She even played the unforgettable character of Palani as Kamal Haasan’s wife in Balu Mahendra’s Sathi Leelavathi. Both Kamal and Balu Mahendra too had complimented her for this role and it is her best role till date.
... Age:
62
Gender:
Female
3. Jagapati Babu
Jagapati Babu is a friendly actor, who works in Telugu film industry. Jagapati was born in the year 1962 as Veeramachaneni Jagapati Rao Chowdary in Machilipattinam in Andhra Pradesh. 1989 was the most important year in the life of Jagapati Babu, as it was the year in which, he stepped into the cinema industry with pride. It was not that much tough for him to enter the film industry, as his dad was one among the prominent producers. His dad V. B. Rajendra Prasad was also a director in the Telugu film industry. His debut movie was Simha Swapnam, which was directed by the veteran director V. Madhusudhan Rao. Peddarikam which was released in the year 1992 turned out to be a super hit film and made Jagapati as one among the top heroes of Tollywood. Ram Gopal Varma gave him a super duper hit movie Gayam, which made him an action hero. He proved the audience that he could also do the family characters through the film Subha Lagnam. He received the honorable Nandi Award from the Andhra Pradesh Government for his role in the film Anthapuram. Anthapuram was led by Prakashraj, Sharada, Soundarya and Saikumar. In Andhapuram, he did an excellent supporting role, which helps Soundarya to escape from the gangsters. Jagapati’s role was done by Parthiban Radhakrishnan in the Tamil Version. He acclaimed the Filmfare award for the movie Lakshyam in 2007. Some of his Tamil movies are Madrasi, Thandavam, Puthagam and the upcoming movie Rudhram. He has also acted in the Kannada movie named Bachchan as a policeman. Bachchan was led by Sudeep and this film was a hit movie. His latest movie is with Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Legend. In this movie, Jagapati has acted in a negative role. The negative role is lauded by the people and he has also received the Best Villain for that movie in SIICA Awards....
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
4. Ram Prasad
Telugu film director G.Ram Prasad belongs to Guntur area of Andhra Pradesh, India. He left for Madras to become a movie director in 1988. From the beginning, he is very dedicated and hard working guy. He went on searching for opportunities which make him a director. He came to know that no one can become a movie director at once. So, he joined as the assistant to B.Gopal. B.Gopal was working on the film Aswardhama then. B.Gopal was mesmerized by Ram Prasad's dedication to the work. For his sincerity towards filmy works, both of them worked till Gopal completed Samara Simha Reddy. It happens only when the director and the assistant work with the same mindset. From assistant, Ram Prasad grew to the position of co-director by the time Samara Simha Reddy hit the screens.
...5. M S Narayana
M.S. Narayana was a film Telugu actor in South India. He was born on 16 April 1951 at Nidamarru, Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in more than 750 films. He was born to Mailavarapu Bapi Raju and Venkata Subbamma.
... Date of Death:
23-01-2015
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-01-2015
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
6. S P Balasubrahmanyam
S P Balasubrahmanyam is still considered to be one among the best musicians in the past three decades, in spite of the surge of various new comers. This legendary singer is reputed for his intense voice, profound knowledge of music, and a style of singing which is appreciated even today. SPB, as he is fondly called, has given his voice for more than 30000 songs. His name is recorded in the Guiness Book of World Records for singing several songs in a short span of time. He has sung the most in Telugu, the next being Tamil. He has also given his beautiful voice for Sanskrit slokas.
... Date of Death:
25-09-2020
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-09-2020
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
7. A Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, also called Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film developing capable, known for his works in the Indian film industry. He works unpreventably on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English movies. His received National Film Award for Best Editing, for his exceptional work on the part motion picture Firaaq (2008), composed by Nandita Das.
...8. Trivikram Srinivas
Trivikram Srinivas, a Telugu director and writer, who brought out a need for new marketing strategy for Telugu film makers. He had always presented and structured to carve out the original marketing plan that was required in Tollywood then. His clever promotion strategies than he had planned, for example, for a film like’’ Athadu’’, he made the film in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam languages. Later, the same film was dubbed into Polish language for Poland people. The film’s satellite in Telugu circuit was sold to a whooping sum of $45 million then, and it became the top grosser in 2005. His next flick in 2008 was Jalsa which had released in 1000 theatres and the film grossed $220 million in just 50 days. Later on, he continued with the same formula for Khaleja (2010) which did not meet the same expectation which he had, the film became just an average grosser. This filmmaker had always pitched or his every film project according to his audiences, and then went to define a target audience for his project’s promotional strategy. But why was drawn to such marketing? Because, his first film Nuvve Nuvve’’ was superhit which had new comer Tarun Kumar and Shriya Saran playing the lead. Success of this film really inspired the director to bring a new trend in marketing films. He has directed many stars of Tollywood such as Mahesh Babu, Trisha, Pawan Kalyan, Ileana D'Cruz, Allu Arjun, Upendra, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who were just ultimate superstars. Although he was a dialogue writer he had penned lyrics ( film Oka Raju Oka Rani) and rendered his voice too for his own film “Nuvve Nuvve”.
... Age:
52
Gender:
Male
9. Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Prakash Rai, in Bangalore, is an actor, director, and producer. He is also a television presenter and has worked in films of many languages. He is best known for his work in the film industry of South India, and for playing roles of a villain in quite a few Bollywood films. He hails from a Tulu and Kannada-speaking household and is fluent in various other languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. He also has an actor brother named Prasad Raj. He studied at St. Joseph’s Boy’s School, and subsequently, at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Both institutions are in Bangalore. Prakash has three children, Meghana, Pooja, and Sidhu, from his earlier marriage to the actress Lalitha Kumari. His son, unfortunately, passed away in the year 2004. He is currently married to the choreographer Pony Verma. In the first few years of his career, he worked in Kannada Doordarshan, doing serials like Guddada Bhootha, and he also acted in supporting roles in Kannada movies like Nishkarsha.
... Age:
59
Gender:
Male
Age:
59
Gender:
Male
10. Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao is a renowned Indian film actor, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema and theater. He was born on July 10, 1947, in Kankipadu in British India. He started his career as a stage actor and performed in many drama plays. Before he entered the film industry, he worked as an employee at the State Bank of India and continued his passion for stage acting. Kota got married to Rukmini and had three children. His son, Kota Venkata Anjaneya Prasad, died in a road accident in Hyderabad in 2010. Rao is also a former politician, who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Andhra Pradesh, India from the year 1999 to 2004.
... Age:
76
Gender:
Male
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
11. Jaya Prakash Reddy
Jaya Prakash Reddy or also known as JP is a renowned Telugu film actor. He was born in Sirvel in the Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh in India. He lived in Nalgonda for 30-years and settled in Guntur. Right now, he stays in Hyderabad, Telangana in India. His father works as a police inspector and stage actor, which influenced him in his early age. He worked as a school headmaster and as a stage artist before he became a film actor.
... Date of Death:
08-09-2020
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
08-09-2020
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
12. Kanal Kannan
Kanal Kannan is an Indian actor, screenwriter, stunt director and a stunt choreographer in Kollywood, Malayalam cinema etc. He was born in Tamil Nadu. Kanal Kannan is one of the highly respected and senior stunt directors in south India. Kannan, as a stunt master is believed to beequalling Jackie Chan and is poised to become Tamil version of the same. He has choreographed many breath taking stunt sequences featuring the likes of Vikram, Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Vijay, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Suriya and Ajith. Apart from some lead roles, he has also done cameos in many of his films. We can call him as a boisterously funny, action star who has worked his way up from stuntman.
... Age:
55
Gender:
Male
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
13. Madhusudhan Reddy
Bio coming soon...
... Date of Death:
20-04-2015
Gender:
Male
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