Telugu Movie Review Chitralahari - Cast & Crew

Kalyani Priyadarshan is an Assistant Art Director and the daughter of prominent filmmaker, Priyadarshan and former South Indian film actress, Lissy Lakshmi. Kalyani entered the filmdom as the Assistant Art Director in Anand Shankar’s 2016 Tamil sci-fi action film, Iru Mugan. She stated that she doesn’t have plans of acting in films. Recently, she graduated at Parsons School of Design in New York City and had worked at Williamstown Theatre Festival. His brother, Siddharth Priyadarshan, is pursuing his studies in San Francisco as he plans to follow the footsteps of his father.

Nivetha Pethuraj is an Indian actor and a model. She predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. She is a young actress who is the face of the modern Tamil cinema. Her good looks and elegance have made her a rising star in the South Indian film industry.

Vishnupriya Ravi is an Indian Playback singer, a live performer, anchor, influencer, entertainer, and a music entrepreneur. She was born on 18 October 1992 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She lives in Canada. She did her schooling at P.S. Senior Secondary School and graduated in 2013 by completing her B. Com from M.O.P Vaishnav College of Women.  She trained herself in Carnatic, Light music, and Western Classical at Trinity College, London. She learned music for more than ten years to be perfect in it.

A screenplay writer who later turned into a film director, Kishore Tirumala is an Indian director working predominantly in Tollywood. His father used to work at the TTD (Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams) where he used to discuss Kishore’s passion towards cinema with the industries’ people who visited Tirupati. Kishore’s entry into the film industry was as a screenplay writer while he assisted famous writers like BVS Ravi and Koratala Shiva in many successful movies. Then he worked as an assistant director for a long time, after which he made his directional debut with the Tamil film “Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu” which was released on the 24th June, 2011, starring Githan Ramesh and Sanchita Padukone.

Mohan Cherukuriis a well-known Indian producer and director. Mohan is known for his predominant contributions to the Telegu Film Industry. He is known for his work in films like People’s Garage in 2016, The Wealthy Man in 2015, and the Stage in 2018. His other famous projects include Savyasachi, and in 2019 his films Dear Comrade and Gang Leader got released.

Naveen Yerneni is an Indian producer mainly associated with the Telugu film industry. Naveen is a native of Vijayawada, one of the major towns in Andhra Pradesh. Naveen has completed his schooling from V.S St. John’s Higher Secondary School, Gannavaram in the year 1989. Later, he pursued his higher studies from Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Davangere, India. Naveen moved to the USA, where he became an active member of the Detroit Telugu Association.

Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar is an Indian producer who works majorly in Tollywood, the Telugu film industry. He founded the Mythri Movie Makers with Naveen Yerneni and Mohan Cherukuri in 2015. The first production of the house was Koratala Siva’s blockbuster action-drama “Srimanthudu” (2015), starring Shruti Haasan and Mahesh Babu.

Karthik Ghattamaneni is a young Indian cinematographer, short film maker and film director hailing from Hyderabad, India.He was born on 28th October, 1988. He completed his schooling in Hyderabad. Later, he studied Computer Science at Institute of Aeronautical Engineering in the city. He was born to an IPS officer at Hyderabad. He had no links in the film industry nor did he follow the family tradition. Karthik was always fascinated about movies but was not sure about it. During his engineering, he did short films and was very fascinated by the art and craft of editing. He believed that editing is a part of conveying a story which led him to start directing. In 2005, along with a bunch of friends like Edward, Vijay, Gautam and Ajay; he established “Pondfreaks Entertainment” with his passion for film making.

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. 

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.

Sai Dharam Tej is a famous Telugu actor. He is known for his acting in Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam. He was born in Delhi but lives in Film Nagar, Hyderabad now in Telangana. He is the son of Vijaya Durga; she is the sister of South Indian superhero Chiranjeevi. He is also the nephew of Nagendra Babu and Pawan Kalyan, who are renowned Tollywood actors. His family is recognized easily in the film industry as his cousins Ram Charan, Allu Sirish, Allu Arjun and Varun Tej are also Tollywood actors. He did his primary education in Chennai till 7th standard and later shifted to Hyderabad for 8th standard. Later he completed his education with an MBA in Biotechnology at IIPM. The film industry blood run in his veins as many of his family members are associated with the film industry.

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.

Sri Mani, an Indian Lyricist is known for his unique style. He mostly writes lyrics for the Telugu Film Industry, and has won many music awards for his unique work. He was born in Nandigama situated in the Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his work in the year 2011 and is currently on a roll. In his early life, his parents died, and he was living with his grandparents since then. When he was eight, he dabbled into writing short stories and essays. During his graduation, his grandfather died. He dropped out of college and started looking for a job. He went to Hyderabad, and there Mr. Sukumar offered him a job of a lyricist. He then wrote the lyrics of his first film, '100% love' and received a lot of appreciation for it. Afterward, he started writing more songs, and people started recognizing him.

David Simon is an Indian singer who predominantly works in the Telugu film and music industry. He has given his voice as a playback singer to several songs for the movies Singam 2 (2013), an action crime thriller written by Shivgopal Krishna, directed by Hari, starring Suriya, Anushka Shetty and Hansika Motwani, Attarintiki Daredi (2013), an action comedy drama written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas, starring Pawan Kalyan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Pranitha, which got the award for Album of the Decade at the Mirchi Music Awards South 2021, Bhai (2013), an action comedy thriller written by Vamsy Krishna and Praveen Shruthik, directed by Veerabhadram, starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Richa Langella and Sonu Sood, Yevadu (2014), an action thriller written by Vakkantham Vamsi and Abburi Ravi, directed by Vamshi Paidipally, starring Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and Shruti Hassan, Nenu Sailaja (2016), a romance comedy written by K.N Vijaykumar, directed by Thirumala Kishore, starring Ram Pothineni, Keerthy Suresh and Sathyaraj, Bharath Ane Nenu (2018), an action drama thriller written by Rajan Agarwal and Srihari Nanu, directed by Koratala Siva, starring Mahesh Babu, Kiara Advani and Prakash Raj, F2: Fun and Frustration (2019), a comedy drama written by G Adi Narayana and Narra Praveen, directed by Anil Ravipudi, starring Tamannaaah Bhatia, Varun Tej and Venkatesh Daggubati, Chitralahari (2019), a romance comedy written by Gautam Siddharth, directed by Thirumala Kishore, starring Sai Dharam Tej, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Nivetha Pethuraj, Hit (2020), an action crime drama written by Surbhi Sehgal, directed by Sailesh Kolanu, starring Vishwak Sen, Ruhani Sharma and Murli Sharma, and Rang De (2021), a romance comedy drama written by P. Sathish Chandra, directed by Venky Atluri, starring Nithiin, Keerthy Suresh and V.K Naresh. He has also released his music albums, namely Collision (2010), Broodje Half-Om (1979), Banka Minimal (2018) featuring Istvan Illo, Garbolc Postrock 2018 (2018), and Garbolc2019 (2019). He has also featured in the tracks Oh Zara Zara- Rockstar Anthem (2021), Transistor- French Disco Boogie Sounds Vol. 4 (2019), and Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari (2019) featuring K.P,

Kailash Kher was born on 7 July, 1973 in New Delhi. He is an Indian pop Singer, Music Director and his music style is influenced by, Indian Sufi and folk music. His family belongs to Kashmiri roots. His father named Pandir Mehar Singh Kher was a famous Folk Musician and Singer. Kailash was very interested in singing and music from his childhood. He left his home at the age of 14, for learning music and took proper lessons from his guru.

After many attempts, he didn’t get the right teacher. He began to learn music, by listening to the classical music of Indian singers like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Kumar Gaurav, Pandit Gokulotsav Maharajand and also Lata Mangeshkar. After that, he started to teach music for his expenses in Delhi. Because of some problems in the family, he left singing and completed his graduation from Delhi University. When he was staying in Delhi, he met Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath in a concert. They together, started his band named “Kailasa”. Thus, he started his journey in his music career. 

He has sung more than 5000 songs in 20 different languages of India. He got the opportunity to sing in the movie “Andaaz” (Rabbaa Ishq Na hove). After this, his song “Allah ke Bande” from movie “Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2” became very popular, and made him a popular singer in Bollywood. The song "Teri Deewani" from the album of the same name by his band Kailasa and the song "Ya Rabba" from the movie Salaam-e-Ishq had record sales. His band albums are Kailasa(2006), Jhooma Re (2007), Chaandan Mein (2009), Rangeele (2012),Naina Chaar (2013) etc. 

He won Filmfare award as Best Male Playback singer for the film Fanna (2007) and also won the Filmfare award as Best Male Playback Singer-Telugu for the film Mirchi.

Penchal Das, also known as Putta Penchal Das, is an Indian singer and lyricist who has gained popularity in the Tollywood film industry. He has worked on movies like "Sreekaram" (2021), "AravindaSametha Veera Raghava" (2018), and "Chitralahari" (2019). In 2018, Penchal Das made his debut by singing the song "DaariChuduDummu" in the movie "KrishnarjunaYudham." The song belongs to a genre called Janapadalu, which includes songs with words commonly used by people.

Rahul Sipligunj is a Telugu songwriter, singer and music composer who rose to fame with independent music videos. It is his music video albums that paved him a way to enter the film industry. Rahul made his debut as a playback singer with Naga Chaitanya's debut film 'Josh.' The film was directed by Vasu Varma and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju.

Brahmaji is an Indian comedian, actor, and supporting actor who predominantly works in Telugu film and television industry. He was born on April 25, 1965. Brahmaji’s place of birth is East Godavari district in the Coastal Andhra region, Andhra Pradesh, India. During his college days, he was a huge fan of superstar Krishna (Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy). His father worked as a Tahsildar in Nellore. He married Sashwaty with whom he has a son named Sanjay Kumar. His son works in the Indian Navy.

Aadi, a very famous comedian in Telegu industry, has received many critical appreciations from all the directions for his mimic and stand-up comedy. The show Jabardast in which he aired for the first time, is now running solely due to his popularity. Born in Nellore Andhra Pradesh and shifted to Ongole after his birth, Hyper Aadi was born into a lower middle-class family.

Posani Krishna Murali is a Telugu celebrity actor, who was born in the year 1958 in Secunderabad. He is well known to the Andhra people as a director, producer, writer and an actor. Almost all the films in his directions were commercially hit and he retains the title as a successful director. He has been the story writer for more than 100 films and succeeded in that too. Posani Krishna Murali was the elder brother in their family with two sisters and a brother. He got his Master of Arts degree from the Acharya Nagarjuna University.

V Jayaprakash is a Tamil film actor and producer, known for his production of “Gopala Gopala,” “Porkkaalam,” “Thavasi,” “April Maadhathil,” and “Julie Ganapathi,” among many others. Jayaprakash has also featured in more than 50 movies, including Tamil and Malayalam. Jayaprakash started off with productions of various films right from the beginning of the millennium decade, and is the owner of the production house, “GJ Banner.” 2007 saw Jayaprakash cast in the Tamil director, Cheran’s “Maya Kannadi,” which saw the inception of his career as an actor. Consequently, Jayaprakash featured in various movies in memorable supporting roles such as in Pandiraj’s “Pasanga,” and other films such as “Moodar Koodam,” “Yuddham Sei,” “Naadodigal,” “Mankatha,” and “Naan Mahaan Alla.” Born in the town of Sirkazhi in Tamil Nadu, Jayaprakash didn’t pursue acting or producing films, as a career. His financial constraints saw him undertake small business ventures such as owning a dairy farm, operating a petrol firm and owning a billiards parlor.

Vennela Kishore is a famous Tollywood actor, director and comedian. He was born on 19th September 1980 at Kamareddey, Nizamabad,Telangana. He was working as software quality engineer in the USA.Later, He took a stand and settled in India in 2008 to furnish his passion as an actor or comedian. He debuted in Movie Vennela in 2005.

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