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1. Sneha Ullal


Sneha-Ullal.jpg Sneha Ullal is a very popular Film actress known for her work in both Bollywood and Tollywood. She was born on December 18, 1987, in Muscat, Oman and brought up in Hyderabad. Her father, Nitin Ullal was from Mangalore and her mother, Usha Ullal belonged from Karnataka and was a Sindhi speaker. She did her schooling from Indian school, Muscat and later from Indian School, Salalah in Oman. After completing her schooling, she moved to Vartak College to complete graduation. She made her movie debut from the movie “Lucky: No Time for Love” opposite Salman Khan. She got this offer for a film during her studies and thus helped in having a big start in Bollywood. After the movie, she was t...
Sneha Ullal is a very popular Film actress known for her work in both Bollywood and Tollywood. She was born on December 18, 1987, in Muscat, Oman and brought up in Hyderabad. Her father, Nitin Ullal was from Mangalore and her mother, Usha Ullal belonged from Karnataka and was a Sindhi speaker. She did her schooling from Indian school, Muscat and later from Indian School, Salalah in Oman. After completing her schooling, she moved to Vartak College to complete graduation. She made her movie debut from the movie “Lucky: No Time for Love” opposite Salman Khan. She got this offer for a film during her studies and thus helped in having a big start in Bollywood. After the movie, she was t...
Date of Birth: 18-12-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 18-12-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

2. Vijaya Nirmala


24-06-2017/vijaya-nirmala.jpg Vijaya Nirmala is a Guinness Record holder as the female director to direct the highest number of films. She entered in the Guinness Book in 2002 for directing 44 Telugu films. She was born on 20th February 1946 in a well known Telugu Family from Andhra, Tamil Nadu. She is a prominent Indian actress, producer, and director whose main field of work is Telugu Cinema. Vijaya Nirmala set her foot in cinema at the age of eleven, as a child artist with Panduranga Mahatmyam in 1957. In the year 1964, she starred opposite Prem Nazir and rose to stardom with Malayalam hit Bhargavi Nilayam. And in 1967, she starred again opposite Prem Nazir in Udhyogastha by P. Venu...
Vijaya Nirmala is a Guinness Record holder as the female director to direct the highest number of films. She entered in the Guinness Book in 2002 for directing 44 Telugu films. She was born on 20th February 1946 in a well known Telugu Family from Andhra, Tamil Nadu. She is a prominent Indian actress, producer, and director whose main field of work is Telugu Cinema. Vijaya Nirmala set her foot in cinema at the age of eleven, as a child artist with Panduranga Mahatmyam in 1957. In the year 1964, she starred opposite Prem Nazir and rose to stardom with Malayalam hit Bhargavi Nilayam. And in 1967, she starred again opposite Prem Nazir in Udhyogastha by P. Venu...
Date of Birth: 20-02-1946
Date of Death: 27-06-2019
Age: 78
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Date of Birth: 20-02-1946
Date of Death: 27-06-2019
Age: 78
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu

3. Ileana D Cruz


31-01-2018/ileana-d-cruz.jpg Ileana D'Cruz made her debut in Telugu film "Devadasu" with Ram Pothineni, which fetched her the Filmfare best female debut award in 2006. After working in the Telugu film industry for nearly six years, Ileana made her Bollywood debut with "Barfi"(2012), co-starring with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. Southern film actresses (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada) have made their mark in Bollywood over the years and went on to become the leading ladies of B-town. The trend of South Indian actresses migrating to Hindi film industry ...
Ileana D'Cruz made her debut in Telugu film "Devadasu" with Ram Pothineni, which fetched her the Filmfare best female debut award in 2006. After working in the Telugu film industry for nearly six years, Ileana made her Bollywood debut with "Barfi"(2012), co-starring with Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. Southern film actresses (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada) have made their mark in Bollywood over the years and went on to become the leading ladies of B-town. The trend of South Indian actresses migrating to Hindi film industry ...
Date of Birth: 01-11-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 01-11-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

4. J. D. Chakravarthy


01-11-2019/j.-d.-chakravarthy.jpg An actor who’s been reigning the Telugu film industry from the late 80’s, J.D. Chakravarthy  has a huge fan base for not just his incredible talent but also his imposing personality off screen. He’s known for his versatility in the field, being an actor, director, producer all at the same time and venturing into multiple film industries namely, Tollywood, Bollywood, Kannada and Tamil cinema during his career.J.D.Chakravarthy’s very first film, Siva (starring Nagarjuna, in which he played villain), was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, whom he looks upon as a mentor till this day and was a huge success. He played the supporting role of a villain in the movie and was immediately noticed for his work. He later we...
An actor who’s been reigning the Telugu film industry from the late 80’s, J.D. Chakravarthy  has a huge fan base for not just his incredible talent but also his imposing personality off screen. He’s known for his versatility in the field, being an actor, director, producer all at the same time and venturing into multiple film industries namely, Tollywood, Bollywood, Kannada and Tamil cinema during his career.J.D.Chakravarthy’s very first film, Siva (starring Nagarjuna, in which he played villain), was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, whom he looks upon as a mentor till this day and was a huge success. He played the supporting role of a villain in the movie and was immediately noticed for his work. He later we...
Date of Birth: 16-04-1970
Age: 54
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 16-04-1970
Age: 54
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

5. Devi Sri Prasad


devi-sri-prasad.jpg 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.  He stated that music in’ Sholay’ could always be an inspiration for his generation. Thus, he always wanted to be part of Bollywood and entertain the music lovers throughout India. He has so much passion for music and the film industry that he does not miss any ...
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.  He stated that music in’ Sholay’ could always be an inspiration for his generation. Thus, he always wanted to be part of Bollywood and entertain the music lovers throughout India. He has so much passion for music and the film industry that he does not miss any ...
Date of Birth: 02-08-1979
Age: 44
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 02-08-1979
Age: 44
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Music Director

6. Trivikram Srinivas


12-01-2018/trivikram-srinivas.jpg 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 ...
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 ...
Date of Birth: 07-11-1971
Age: 52
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 07-11-1971
Age: 52
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director

7. Kishore Kumar Pardasani


kishore-kumar-pardasani.jpg Kishore Kumar Pardasani  was born in Vijayawada. He was brought up in Vijayanagaram. He completed his degree and law in Maharaja College. Then he practiced law for a year. He used to visit Hyderabad to take prints for the films Reddy of Kranthi Films distributed. He is very interested in watching films from his childhood. He is a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan and watched all his films many times. He was introduced to Seenu Vytla, V.V. Vinayak and Bujji by Kranthi Reddy. Then he shifted to Hyderabad and stayed with Bujji and Vinayak, Journalist Colony, Jubilee Hills. It was before Seenu Vytla’s Anandam or Vinayak’s Aadi film. Bujji announced that he would ma...
Kishore Kumar Pardasani  was born in Vijayawada. He was brought up in Vijayanagaram. He completed his degree and law in Maharaja College. Then he practiced law for a year. He used to visit Hyderabad to take prints for the films Reddy of Kranthi Films distributed. He is very interested in watching films from his childhood. He is a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan and watched all his films many times. He was introduced to Seenu Vytla, V.V. Vinayak and Bujji by Kranthi Reddy. Then he shifted to Hyderabad and stayed with Bujji and Vinayak, Journalist Colony, Jubilee Hills. It was before Seenu Vytla’s Anandam or Vinayak’s Aadi film. Bujji announced that he would ma...

8. Balaji Balakrishnan


23-03-2017/balaji-balakrishnan.jpg Balaji Balakrishnan is a Tamil actor. He acted in some TV serials and movies. He is also known by his screen name Joe. Balaji was first cast in Vijay TV’s school serial ‘Kana Kanum Kalangal’. He made it through the auditions quite easily, since his talks and actings were vivid and entertaining. He was given the role of Joe, the school Principal’s son. He, as his nature was, lived that character very enthusiastically, rather than just acting. He would crack jokes all of a sudden in the serial and in the shooting spot as well and add to everyone’s laughter. Balaji learnt a lot from his first serial, he later described, and befriended many co-actors whom he worked with in the serial. Af...
Balaji Balakrishnan is a Tamil actor. He acted in some TV serials and movies. He is also known by his screen name Joe. Balaji was first cast in Vijay TV’s school serial ‘Kana Kanum Kalangal’. He made it through the auditions quite easily, since his talks and actings were vivid and entertaining. He was given the role of Joe, the school Principal’s son. He, as his nature was, lived that character very enthusiastically, rather than just acting. He would crack jokes all of a sudden in the serial and in the shooting spot as well and add to everyone’s laughter. Balaji learnt a lot from his first serial, he later described, and befriended many co-actors whom he worked with in the serial. Af...
Date of Birth: 24-10-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 24-10-1987
Age: 36
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actor

9. Brahmanandam


b/r/a/h/m/a/brahmanandam.jpg 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...
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...
Date of Birth: 01-02-1956
Age: 68
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 01-02-1956
Age: 68
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu