Telugu Tv Show Jyothi-Telugu - Cast & Crew

Geetha Narayan is a Tamil television actress and scriptwriter. Currently, she has taken up a negative role in the Sun TV serial Kalyana Veedu.  

Megha Shree is one of the most talented actresses of television in Southern India. She is beautiful and tall. She has done many TV shows and daily soaps, and is now stepping towards her career in movies. She currently lives in Kadugodi in Krishnarajapuram. Her recent one was a Telugu film released on 7th January, 2016, titled “Oh My God”. It starred Megha Shree, Ashish Gandhi, Pavani Reddy, Jabardasth Phani, etc. The songs of the movie were loved by people. Though the film could not get nice reviews from the critics, Megha Shree was appreciated by everyone. It was a horror drama film.

Khushboo or also called Kushboo’s original name is Nakhat Khan. She was born on 29th September’1970 in Mumabai. She completed her schooling at Swami Muktananda High School, Mumbai. Khushboo has 3 brothers. She had a live-in relationship with Tamil actor Prabhu for 4 years and then she married Sundar C. She has two daughters named Avanthika and Ananditha.  Khushboo speaks Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English and Marathi languages.

Khushboo is a film and TV actress, TV hostess, producer and a politician. She is mainly known with her acting in south Indian films. She started her acting career in 1976 as child artist in the Kannada film Raja Nanna Raja. She has acted in some Hindi films as child artist. She was introduced as heroine to south with the Telugu film Kaliyuga Pandavulu in 1986. Venkatesh was hero in this film. This film was directed by K.Raghavendra Rao and produced by D.Rama Nayudu. Then she has acted in over 100 films in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalayam languages with leading south Indian actors like Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Vishnu Vardhan, Mohanlal, Mammootty etc. She became south India superstar. Some of her Telugu films include- Kirai Dada, Shanti Kranti, Chinnodu Poddedu, Pekata Paparao, Stalin, Yama Donga etc. She received 2 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Actress.

Khushboo has acted in some Tamil serials like Sondhame Endrallum, Kalki, Rudra etc. The serial Rudra was dubbed into Telugu language as Rudra. She did anchoring for some Tamil shows like Jackpot, Koteshwari. She did anchoring for the Telugu show Get Ready for ETV Telugu. 

Khushboo started a production house after her daughters name and produced some Tamil films like Rendu, Giri, Kalakalappu etc. 

Chandana is a serial actress, who is very famous in the Telugu houses. She was a Fashion Technology student, and she was content being a dubbing artist before she entered the Television industry. She gave her voice to various lead actresses in the Kannada films, while she was doing her graduation. She is very popular for her role in the serial, “Varudhini Parinayam”. She acts quite naturally and she feels herself as the character, she enacts. With the popularity of her character in that serial, she has got numerous fans and she has turned out to be an inspiration for many youngsters.

Pragathi is a South Indian actress who was born in Hyderabad. She has acted mainly in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam movies. She lost her dad at an young age and wanted to support her family financially and thus she began her career as a dubbing artist for cartoons. During this time, one of her friend’s father noticed her and introduced her to model for Mysore Silk Palace. After watching the advertisement, Director K. Bhagyaraj was very impressed with her and offered her a role in his movie,’ Veetla Visheshanga’ which was her debut. The same movie was simultaneously dubbed in Telugu and named ‘Gowramma Nee Mogudevaramma’.

In one of her interviews, she has mentioned that she never had any stage fear and she was not camera shy either. Infact, she falls in love with the camera everyday and loves acting. She also recalls that her first scene was shot in a hospital, as she was getting treatment for Amnesia and her dialogue was to repeatedly keep asking the doctor of the hospital as to where she was.

After her debut movie, she was offered a few more movies. She completed 7 Tamil movies and 1 Malayalam movie in a span of two years. She also completed her graduation around this time and had decided to tie the knot too. After getting married, she moved to Chennai and took a break of about 3 years. She returned to the small screen wherein she appeared in television serials in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She is not very choosy about her roles as she says she has to make a mark in the industry first and only then she can sit and choose the characters that she wants to play. Well, she is now one of the senior actress in the Telugu film industry and is the first choice for any roles relating to Mother or Aunt.

Pragathi Mahavadi Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Seema is a veteran actress from India. She has acted in over 250 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. She entered the industry in the year 1971 and is going strong till date. She was born on May 22, 1957 in Choolaimedu, Chennai, India. Seema’s father is Madhavan Nambiar from Thalassery who works in the T.V.S Parcel Service in Madras. Her mother Vasanthy is from Ambalamedu, Thrippunithura. Madhavan divorced Vasanthy and left when Seema was only 7-years old, and then he got re-married. Seema studied at P.N Dhawan Adarsh Vidyalaya in Chennai. She was married to Malayalam film director, Irruppam Veedu Sasidran (I. V. Sasi) on August 28, 1980. They have two kids namely, Anu Milan and Ani. Anu became an actor and was featured in his father’s Malayalam film, Symphony. Indian actor, Vijayan gave her the name Seema while filming Nizhale Nee Sakshi and from then on she started using it as her screen name. She is also known as Shanthi.

Seema initiated her career through the Malayalam film, Achante Bharya in 1971. She played the role of a dancer followed by few more films where she acted as a dancer as well. She debuted in the film, Nizhale Nee Sakshi, however the film was shelved for some reasons. Later, it was completed and starred Malayalam actress, Vidhubala as a heroine.

When she was 19 years old, she played the main lead role in the Malayalam film, Avalude Ravukal in 1978 under the direction of I. V. Sasi. Then she continued her journey in acting. She took a hiatus after doing the Malayalam film, Mahayaanam. She came back in year 1998 as a Principal in the high-budgeted Malayalam film, Olympian Anthony Adam. Some of Seema’s films are Mannu, Aaarathi, Thadakom, Kalyana Agathigal, Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu, Ashrayam, Vartha, Gandhinagar 2nd Street and a lot more. She recently did Naadakame Ulakam, Manushyamrigam and Geethaanjali. Some of her Tamil films include Kaali, Enga ooru Kannagi, Baba, Bagavathi, Anbe Sivam, Kaalai, and Siddhu +2 and more.

Beside films, she also entered the television industry and became more popular for her character as Nachiyar in Thangam on Sun TV. She was also starred in popular serials like Ival Yamuna on Mazhavil Manorama, Ammakili on Asianet Channel, Muhurtham, Kairali’s Chillu, Ammavukku Randilu Raahu and Vamsam on Sun TV.

Because of her versatility and talent in acting, she received many awards in her career as an actress. In 1984, she won the Best Actress Award in Kerala State Film Awards for her performance in Aksharangal and Aalkuttathil Thaniye. In 1985, she got the Best Actress Award again for her performance in Anubandham in Kerala State Film Awards. Seema also received recognitions in Filmfare Awards such as, Best Actress Award for Aaroodam in 1983, Best Actress Award for Aksharangal and Aalkuttathil Thaniye in 1984, Best Actress Award for Anubandham in 1985 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

Didi Damodaran, a popular writer, published the book, Vishudha Shanthi, Seema’s biography of life in 2011.

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P. Sai Sharan, renowned as Saicharan is an Indian playback and Carnatic singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Born on October 16, 1992, he hails from a Hindu Tamil family. As a child, he always dreamt of becoming a singer.

Palani alias KPY Palani is a famous comedian and costume designer. He was born and brought up in Vedaranyam, Tamil Nadu, India. He is married to Sangeetha. Moreover, he has also worked as a college professor before entering the television and film industry. Palani made his debut when he joined Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru, a TV show, as a contestant. This show was telecast on Vijay TV. Palani performed as a stand-up comedian in the show. He has also performed and entertained many people by doing more than 400 stage performances. These stage performances helped him to develop and establish his comedy skills. It also helped him to become a well-known celebrity. Palani has performed in the Kollywood entertainment industry and his artwork can be seen not only in Telugu but also in Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi language cinema.

Vishnu Unnikrishnan works as an actor and screenwriter in the Malayalam film industry. He was born in Ernakulam in Kerala where he currently resides. He debuted as an actor at the age of 16 in the movie ‘Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum’ in 2003. The movie is directed by Sibi Malayil and starring Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram and Jyothirmayi in lead roles. In 2004, he again worked in the direction of Sibil Malayil in ‘Amrutham’.

Anu Mohan is an Indian actor by profession who majorly works for Malayalam South Indian Film world. He took birth in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerela, India. His mother’s name is Shobha Mohan, and his father’s name is K. Mohan Kumar. His Grandparents’ were Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Vijaya Lakshmi Amma. Before entering the South Indian Film Industry, he was somehow, already connected to it as his real elder brother named Vinu Mohan was already an actor and Saikumar Vaishnavi is his cousin. He did his schooling from Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School located in Karunagappally and from Govt. Model B.H.S.S. located in Trivandrum.

Shiva Shankar was born in Kathmandu, Nepal on 22nd February 1932. He is a Nepali singer and music composer and has acted in various movies. His mother is Ram Maya, and his father is Man Bahadur, who used to teach Newari music to the children in the local community. His father inspired him and he gives the credits to his father for his style of music, although his father died when he was young still he learned a lot from him. Shiva had his primary and secondary education in Kathmandu but never received any professional training in music.

An Indian Cinematographer, Senthil Kumar has worked mostly with the Tamil and Malayalam Industry. He was born in 1972 in Coimbatore. After studying in the Government Film Institute, Chennai; it was but obvious that he would take up acting as his career. That time he worked in about 50 films. ‘KaruppuVelai’ in 1993 was his first debut directed by Manobala. A trend started when he only worked for Sundar C. but then was replaced by Prasad Murella. It was a time when the late 1990s and early 2000s era was coming down.

Srinivasan was born in 1962 in Simmakal, Madurai. He completed his degree at Madurai Kamraj University. He first worked as a medical practitioner, then moved on to business by setting a finance firm Baba Trading Company. Having seen failure in both of his occupation, he then landed in Cinema Industry. Due to his interest towards films, he moved from Madurai to Chennai. He directed and acted in a film Lathika that was running for 220 days.

Ramesh Pandit is a professional Indian actor. He has acted in many South Indian films especially in Kannada and Telugu and also in Tamil. Ramesh Pandit has also appeared in many television serials. Ramesh Pandit was born on 22nd of July in Karnataka. He is currently living and working from Bengaluru, Karnataka. He is also known as Ramesh Pandith or Ramesh Pundit. Ramesh Pandit made his debut in the media industry with the Kannada film named Nigooda Rahasya which was directed by film director Perala, produced by Jagadish Malnad and acted along actress Geetha. This movie was released in the year 1990. Other films in which Ramesh Pandit has performed are Banadi which hit the big screens in the year 2018, Stunt Master, Choo Baana, Ulta Palta in the year 1997, Ayya, Andaman which got released in the year 1998 and many more.

Pollachi Babu is a famous, talented and popular Tamil television actor, most famous for his acting in a strong pivotal role in popular and hit Tamil television serial on Sun TV Thangam, where he essayed the role of Karthik- the eldest son of the main female protagonist and became a popular and household name. Pollachi Babu originally hails from a traditional Tamilian family and has been born and brought up in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. Pollachi Babu started his acting venture by acting in the theatres and from there on he gave auditions for various serials.