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1. Shyamala


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She was born in Kakinada, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. She was grown up in the same city. Her father passed away when she was just one year old. She was not associated with acting until her adolescence.

She luckily got spotted when she participated in a talent hunt show hosted by anchor Jhansi in her home town Kakinada. Once she was approached by a TV associate Gunnam Gangaraju (Serial Advertiser) and she got an opportunity to work in a TV serial ‘Laya’.

She was married to Narasimha a Television actor and later she transformed as an anchor. She took up anchoring by the virtue that, acting needs different characters but anchoring can be bestowed by her own personality. Presently she was one of the best anchors on Telugu Television screen. She also started hosting different functions and A...

Date of Birth: 05-11-1989
Age: 34
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Anchor
Date of Birth: 05-11-1989
Age: 34
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Anchor

2. Tejaswi Madivada


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Tejaswi Madivada is an actress from South India who is featured mainly in Telugu movies as Andhra Pradesh happens to be her place of birth, but she has also performed as an actress in various Tamil films. Tejaswi graduated in Mass Communication and Journalism from St. Francis College in Hyderabad. After her education, she worked as a dance instructor and choreographer in various schools and multi-national companies situated in and around Hyderabad.

In 2011, she participated in a beauty pageant contest in which she was lucky enough to have won the runner-up, which gave her an opportunity to appear in a film. ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ was her first Telugu movie, and it was released in 2013. She appeared as a supporting cast in the film and in th...

Date of Birth: 03-07-1991
Age: 32
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 03-07-1991
Age: 32
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

3. Kriti Kharbanda


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Model-turned- actor Kriti Kharbanda is a popular actress in Sandalwood and Tollywood, who was born in New Delhi and brought up in Bangalore. She took active part in dramas and other cultural activities when she was in college, which gave her space in acting and even modeling. Even in her college days, she did take up assignments in advertisements. Her much popular advertisement in Fair & lovely caught the attention of an NRI director. Director Raj Pippala was in Chennai in search of a new face for his film “Boni”( Telugu film in 2009) and happened to see her face on the billboard. He contacted her through a mediator in Bengaluru and she had to go to an audition for the film. As many as 150 new faces had to contest for the heroine role, but luckily she was select...

Date of Birth: 29-10-1988
Age: 35
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 29-10-1988
Age: 35
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

4. Jeevitha


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Jeevitha is an Indian Actress, and she was born and brought up in Andhra Pradesh, India. She made his debut as a heroine in Tamil film Uravu Katha Kili in 1986. She was an Actor come director and producer.

As a Producer she produced a Telugu film Aptudu, which was the remake of Ghatak: Lethal Hindi film. Jeevitha has predominantly acted her films in Both Tamil and Telugu Film Industries.

She has acted thirty films in her career span and also she was considered as best actress in the Telugu film Industry.

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Date of Birth: 24-05-1966
Age: 57
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 24-05-1966
Age: 57
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actress

5. Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao


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Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao is a movie producer, director and writer of Telugu films. He has also acted in some Telugu films. He was born in Thathapudi, a small village in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. Telugu is the state language of Andhra Pradesh, the city where he was born. He was the son of an ordinary farmer. He went to school in the following villages- Martur, Murikipudi and Thathapudi, his birthplace. As all of these were villages, they had no proper colleges in them. Thus, he went to Chilakaluripet city of Andhra Pradesh to get his college education. A career in the film industry must have inspired him when he was in college in Chilakaluripet city, because he then initialized working under a director.

Soon, he started assisting T. Krishna, o...


6. Relangi Narasimha Rao


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Relangi Narasimha Rao, an Indian director and a screenplay writer of the most popularly known Telugu cinema industry was born on September 30, 1951, at Palakollu, West Godavari, Andra Pradesh. He is currently residing in Hyderabad. To speak about his family, he married Sailakshmi and has two children Kiran Relangi and Satish Relangi. Narasimha Rao is very much known for his comedy scripts. He has experience in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil as well. Not only movies, but he has also directed two Television serials. Nandi Award for his screenplay writing in the movie “Sundari Subbarao” was a remarkable one in his career. He entered the film industry as an assistant director to the director B V Prasad, after which he grew as an associate director, co-director and finally made his debut as a director in ...

Date of Birth: 30-09-1951
Age: 72
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 30-09-1951
Age: 72
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director

7. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao


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Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao is a Telugu writer and is known for Saptagiri LLB, Kondaveeti Donga, Raja Kumarudu, Parichayam, Roshagadu etc. He is also an actor. He and his brother Gopala Krishan are referred as Paruchuri brothers. The duo has also directed films including Repati Swarajyam etc.

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8. Siva Reddy


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Siva Reddy or Shiva Reddy is a Telugu actor, comedian, and mimicry artist, who has worked in over a hundred Telugu films. He was born in the year 1972 in Ramagundam, Karimnagar in Telangana State, India. He was the 5th son in the family; his mother was a housewife, while his father works as a farmer. During school days, Siva used to perform and imitate his teachers and the school principal. He loved it when the audience appreciated his performance, which brings him closer to his passion. After his 10th class, he shifted to Chennai to perform in movies. However, everyone advised him to wait till he reaches the right age. Later on, he went to Warangal and bagged an opportunity to work in Doordarshan.

The late fork artist, Sri Sarangapani Garu, used to...

Date of Birth: 1972
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor, Comedian,
Date of Birth: 1972
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor, Comedian,

9. Raj Tarun


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Raj Tarun is a Tollywood actor who made his debut in the movie “Uyyala Jampala” released in the year 2013 with co-star Avika Gor. He has also acted in 52 short films. Besides being an actor, he is known to be a writer and has worked on the screenplay and dialogues for his first film. He has also been cast as a lead in “Cinema Choopista Maava” (2015) and “Kumari 21F” (2015). He will emerge in upcoming movies “Seethamma Andaalu-Ramayya Sithralu” (2016). He has won “South Indian International Movie Awards” for the “Best Debut Actor” in the year 2014.

Names of some other films and TV series of Raj Tarun are Naa Saami Ranga, Thiragabadara Saami, Manucharitra (2023), Aha Na Pellanta (2022), Stand Up Rahul ...

Date of Birth: 11-05-1992
Age: 31
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 11-05-1992
Age: 31
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

10. Giri Babu


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Giri Babu is an Indian actor, producer and director. He was born as Seshagiri Rao Yerra on June 8, 1943 in Ravinuthala, Prakasam District in Andhra Pradesh. He has acted in more than 550 films in the span of 39 years. Giri is the father of the Telugu comedian actor, Raghu Babu and the aspiring actor, Bose Babu. He got married at the age of 20 to Sridevi and aside from Raghu and Bose, they also have a daughter named Madhavi. Giri made his debut in the year 1973 through the movie Jagame Maya, with his best friend, Murali Mohan. In an interview in year 2012, Giri stated that he is actually the one who launched the Jayabheri Art Pictures, a production company founded by Mohan and his brother Jayabheri Kishore Duggirala. He adds that he and Mohan intended to make movies thro...

Date of Birth: 08-06-1943
Age: 80
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 08-06-1943
Age: 80
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

11. Pradeep Machiraju


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He was born on 23rd of October in Amalapuram, east Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He was brought up in the capital city Hyderabad. He was born to Mr Panduranga Machiraju and Mrs Bhavani Machiraju and couple have two children among whom pradeep was younger and he has an older sister.

He was very good at studies; He did his schooling in St Alphonas School, and Intermediate education in St Mary's college. He completed his degree of B.Tech Electronics from Vignaan Institute of Technology in Hyderabad.

He was also known as Mirchi pradeep. Pradeep started his career as an event promoter. His energy and enthusiasm made him a Radio Jockey. He worked as a RJ in radio Mirchi for some time. He left the job and joined a Local TV channel when he got the offer to host a dance show. He then never looked behind and toady he...

Date of Birth: 23-10-1985
Age: 38
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Anchor
Date of Birth: 23-10-1985
Age: 38
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Anchor