Showing posts with label Director. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

J D Chakravarthy

J D Chakravarthy Biography
J D Chakravarthy
  Real/Other Names  J.D, Chakravarthi
Date of Birth: 1970

J D Chakravarthy Filmography

Involved in 31 movies
Actor (30), Screenplay (2) , Director (2) , Action (1) , Singer (1) , Music (1) , Story (1)

 1.)  Josh (2009) Supporting Cast
 2.)  Siddham (2009) Director,Screenplay,Action
 3.)  Homam (2008) Director,Story,Screenplay,Music,Actor,Singer
 4.)  Dubai Seenu (2007) Actor
 5.)  Marrichettu (2004) Actor
 6.)  Madyahnapu Hatya (2004) Actor
 7.)  Kaasi (2004) Actor
 8.)  Anandamanandamaye (2004) Actor
 9.)  Golmaal (2003) Actor
 10.)  Premaku Swagatham (2002) Actor
 11.)  Akka Bhavaekkada (2001) Actor
 12.)  Navvuthu Bathakali Raa (2001) Actor
 13.)  Suri (2001) Actor
 14.)  Kodanda Ramudu (2000) Actor
 15.)  Maa Pelliki Randi (2000) Actor
 16.)  Durga (2000) Actor
 17.)  Premaku Velaayera (1999) Actor
 18.)  Harischandra (1999) Actor
 19.)  Satya (1998) Actor
 20.)  Yegire Pavurama (1997) Actor
 21.)  W/O V Varaprasad (1997) Actor
 22.)  Nenu Premisthunanu (1997) Actor
 23.)  Deyyam (1996) Actor
 24.)  Bombayi Priyudu (1996) Actor
 25.)  Mrugam (1996) Actor
 26.)  Anaganaga Oka Roju (1995) Actor
 27.)  Gulabi (1995) Actor
 28.)  Money Money (1994) Actor
 29.)  One By Two (1993) Actor
 30.)  Money (1993) Actor
 31.)  Siva (1989) Supporting Cast

Raghav Murugaiyan

Raghav Murugaiyan (also credited as Lawrence Raghavendra) is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his first few appearances in supporting actor roles, he got his breakthrough with Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernized dance moves and has won several Filmfare Awards for choreography.

Filmography

As Choreographer
Year Film Language
1997 Master Telugu
1999 Amarkalam Tamil
2000 Annayya Telugu
2001 Orey Thammudu Telugu
Hanuman Junction Telugu
2002 Indra Telugu
2003 Okkadu Telugu
Simhadri Telugu
Tagore Telugu
Satyam Telugu
2004 Varsham Telugu
Nenunnanu Telugu
Samba Telugu
Thirumalai Tamil
Adavi Ramudu Telugu
Mass Telugu
2005 Naa Alludu Telugu
Bunny Telugu
Andarivaadu Telugu
Chatrapati Telugu
Jai Chiranjeeva Telugu
2006 Style Telugu
Ashok Telugu
Stalin Telugu
2007 Muni Tamil
Sivaji: The Boss Tamil
Chirutha Telugu
Don Telugu
2011 Muni-2 Tamil
As Actor
Year Film Role Language Notes
1993 Gentleman
Tamil Background dancer in song Chikku Bukku
1994 Chinna Madam
Tamil Main dancer in one song
2000 Parthen Rasithen
Tamil
2001 Parthale Paravasam Azhagu Tamil
2002 Arpudham Ashok Kumar Tamil
Baba Special Appearance Tamil
2002 Style Rishaanth Tamil
2003 Ninney Ishta Paddaanu
Telugu
Tagore
Telugu
Satyam
Telugu
2004 Thirumalai Special Appearance Tamil
Mass Special Appearance Telugu
2006 Style Raghava Telugu
2007 Muni Ganesh Tamil
Don Raghava Telugu
2008 Pandi Pandi Tamil
2009 Rajadhi Raja Raja Tamil
2010 Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam Singam Tamil
2011 Kanchana Raghava Tamil
2012 Muni 3
Tamil Filming
As Director
Year Film Cast Language Notes
2004 Mass Nagarjuna, Jyothika, Charmy Kaur Telugu
2006 Style Prabhu Deva, Charmy Kaur, Kamalinee Mukherjee Telugu Screenplay, story
2007 Muni Vedhika, Rajkiran, Kovai Sarala Tamil
2007 Don Nagarjuna, Anushka, Kelly Dorji, Nikita Thukral Telugu Screenplay, story
2011 Kanchana Lawrence, Sarathkumar, Lakshmi Rai, Kovai Sarala Tamil
2012 Rebel Prabhas, Tamannaah, Deeksha Seth Telugu

As composer

  • Don (2007)
  • Rebel (2012)

Television

  • Masthaana Masthaana Part 2 (2007)

Awards

  • Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) - Indra (2002)
  • Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) - Style (2006)
  • National Best Director Award (Tamil) -Kanchana (2011)

Prabhu Deva

Prabhu Deva born 3 April 1973 is an Indian dancer, choreographer, film actor and director. He has performed in a wide range of dancing styles. He has also been labelled as Indian Michael Jackson and holds Michael Jackson as his dance idol.

Early life and career

Prabhu Deva was born in Mysore, Karnataka and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.Prabhu Deva was inspired by his father, Mugur Sundar (known as Sundaram Master), who was a choreographer for popular South Indian movies. Prabhu took dancing as his passion, learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam as well as Western styles. He is widely considered to be one of Indian cinema's greatest dancers and choreographers; Prabhu Deva has revolutionized some of the aspects of dance and choreography in modern popular Indian cinema. His brothers Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are also established South Indian choreographers.
Prabhu Deva's first movie as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). Before that, he had appeared as a background dancer for a song in the Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. He has since then choreographed in over 100 movies. From choreography, he went on to establish himself as an actor. His first film as an actor was Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. In 1999, Deva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "Michael Jackson and Friends" concert in Munich, Germany. He has a significant fan following in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. He acted alongside his brothers in the movie 123. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhudeva's Dance Academy in Singapore. He planned to release his first video album called It is boring (in Tamil போருடா) in 2012. He is acting in lead role in the film ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), the first 3D dance film in India, co-starring with So You Think You Can Dance contestant Lauren Gottlieb.

Personal life

Prabhu Deva was married to Ramlath for 15 years and had three children; their eldest son (Basavaraju/Vishal) died in 2008 after suffering from cancer. During the making the film Villu in 2008, reports suggested that he was in a serious relationship with actress Nayantara, with some sources later even claiming that they had married secretly in June 2009. She had tattooed his name on her wrist and began appearing with him in public, while keeping silence neither denying nor confirming the relationship.
In September 2010, Prabhu Deva openly confessed his love for Nayantara and further stated that he would marry her soon. The issue soon gained media attention and turned into a controversy, since Prabhu Deva was not divorced from his wife Ramalath. Unwilling to agree for a divorce, she filed a petition at the family court, seeking directions against her husband and Nayantara from marrying, attending functions together and receiving awards as husband and wife, and requesting a reunion with him. In 2012, Nayantara confirmed that she had ended her relationship with Prabhu Deva.

Other appearances

  • Prabhu Deva was also noticed when he made brief appearances in solo items such as "Rajathi Raja" in Agni Natchathiram (1988), "April Mayile" in Idhayam (1991), "Lallaku Doldapi Ma" in Suriyan (1992), "Chinna Rasave" in Walter Vetrivel (1993), and "Chikku Bukku Rayile" in Gentleman (1993).
  • He performed with Madhuri Dixit for the song "Ke Sera Sera" in the movie Pukar.
  • He acted along with Lawrence Raghavendra in the hit movie Style.
  • He performed with Apache Indian in the song "No Problem" in the film Love Birds.
  • He made a special appearance in Pokkiri (which was directed by himself) with Vijay in the song "Aadungada".
  • He performed in the film Abra Ka Dabra for the song "Om Sh".
  • He performed in the Nana Patekar – Karisma Kapoor film Shakti for a song.
  • He performed with Vijay in the movie Villu for the song "Hey Rama". This was a guest appearance. The film was also directed by him.
  • He performed with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda for a song in the 2009 movie Wanted.
  • He performed with Hollywood actress cum popular singer Katy Perry at the 5th edition of IPL opening ceremony on 03 April 2012 in Chennai along with Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. This event was special to Prabhu Deva as the actor shared his 39th birthday on the same day. He foot-tapped to some popular numbers including Main aisa kyun hun from Lakshya and Tera hi jalwa from Wanted.

Awards

  • He is a two-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work on the film Minsaara Kanavu (1997) in Tamil and Lakshya (2004) in Hindi, as well as a Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) for the Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) and Filmfare Award Best Choreography for film Lakshya (2004).
  • In 2001, he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Pukar (2000).
  • In 2005, he won the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, the Filmfare Best Choreography Award, and the National Film Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Lakshya.
  • In 2007, he won a Vijay Award for Favourite Director and a Mathrubhumi Award for Best Director in Tamil for the film Pokkiri.
  • He has been honoured with a life membership at the International Film and Television Research Centre of the Asian Academy of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah.

Filmography

As actor

Year Film Role Language Notes
1986 Mouna Raagam
Tamil Special appearance in song "Pani Vizhum"
1988 Agni Natchathiram
Tamil Special appearance in song "Raaja Raajathi"
1991 Idhayam
Tamil Special appearance in song "April Mayile"
1992 Suriyan
Tamil Special appearance in song "Laalaku Dol Dappima"
1993 Pratap
Tamil Special appearance in song "Maanga Maanga"
1993 Gentleman
Tamil Special appearance in song "Chikku Bukku Rayile"
Walter Vetrivel
Tamil Special appearance in song "Chinna Raasave"
1994 Indhu Pattasu Tamil
Kaadhalan Prabhu Tamil
1995 Raasaiyya Raasaiyya Tamil
1996 Love Birds Arun Tamil
Mr. Romeo Romeo,
Madras
Tamil
1997 Minsara Kanavu Deva Tamil
VIP Guru Tamil
1998 Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar Prabhu Tamil
Love Story 1999
Telugu
Kaathala Kaathala Sundaralingam Tamil
1999 Ninaivirukkum Varai Janakiraman (Jonny) Tamil
Suyamvaram Kanna Tamil
Time Srininvasa Murthy Tamil
2000 Vaanathaippola Selvakumar Tamil
Eazhaiyin Sirippil Ganesan Tamil
Pukar
Hindi Special appearance
James Pandu James Tamil
Pennin Manathai Thottu Sunil Tamil
Doubles Prabhu Tamil
2001 Nila Kaalam
Tamil
Ullam Kollai Poguthae Anbu Tamil
Alli Thandha Vaanam Sathyam Tamil
Manadhai Thirudivittai Deva Tamil
2002 H2O Vairamuthu Kannada
Charlie Chaplin Thiru Tamil
Santosham Pawan Telugu
One Two Three Thirupathy Tamil
Manasella Neene
Kannada
Baba
Tamil Special appearance
Agni Varsha Rakshasha Hindi
Shakti - The Power
Hindi Special appearance
Thotti Gang
Telugu
2003 Alaudin Alaudin Tamil
O Radha Iddharu Krishnula Pelli
Telugu
Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari
Telugu
2004 Engal Anna Kannan Tamil
Tapana
Telugu
Andalu Dongale Dorikithe Bujji Telugu
Aabra Ka Daabra
Hindi Special appearance
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Telugu Cameo appearance
2006 Style Ganesh Telugu
Chukkallo Chandrudu Sharat Telugu
Pournami
Telugu Cameo appearance
2007 Pokkiri
Tamil Cameo appearance
Shankardada Zindabad
Telugu Cameo appearance
2008 Vaana
Telugu Special appearance
Michael Madana Kamaraju
Telugu
2009 Villu
Tamil Cameo appearance
Wanted
Hindi Cameo appearance
2010 Pa Ra Pazhanisami
Tamil Cameo appearance
2011 Urumi Vavvali Malayalam
Engeyum Kaadhal
Tamil Special appearance
2012 Dhoni Himself Tamil Special appearance
Rowdy Rathore Himself Hindi Special appearance
Kalavadiya Pozhudugal Porcheziyan Tamil Post-production
ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)3D
Hindi Filming

As director

As director
Year Film Cast Language Notes
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Siddharth, Trisha Krishnan Telugu Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu)
Filmfare Best Choreography Award (South)
2006 Pournami Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan Telugu
2007 Pokkiri Vijay, Asin Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Director
Shankardada Zindabad Chiranjeevi, Karishma Kotak Telugu
2009 Villu Vijay, Nayanthara Tamil
Wanted Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi Hindi
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani Tamil
Vedi Vishal Krishna, Sameera Reddy Tamil
2012 Rowdy Rathore Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha Hindi Post-production


Saturday, May 19, 2012

Sukumar Bandreddi

Sukumar Bandreddi (Telugu: సుకుమార్ బ౦డ్రెడ్డి), better known by his first name, is a Tollywood film director and screenwriter. He worked as script associate and assistant director for the films Manasichi Choodu, Kshemanga Velli Labhanga Randi, Hanuman Junction and Dil, and made his directorial debut with Arya.


Sukumar worked as a mathematics lecturer at Aditya Educational Institutions in Kakinada before entering the film industry. Since childhood, he had a passion for films, which eventually brought him to Hyderabad.
He later worked as an assistant director for the film Dil with V.V. Vinayak and directed his first film Arya in 2004, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. His next film was Jagadam with Ram in the lead.
His third film Arya 2 amid huge expectations was criticized by critics as an underrated movie despite of much hype of the audio, but was appreciated by Allu Arjun's fans. His latest movie, titled 100% Love and starring Naga Chaitanya and Tamanna, was produced by Bunny Vasu under Geetha Arts studio. It was released on May 6, 2011 and turned out to be successful. Sukumar is all set to direct Mahesh Babu in his next film which will feature Kajal Agarwal as female lead.


YearFilmCredited asLanguageNotes
DirectorStoryScreenplayDialoguesOther
2004AryaYesYesYesYes
TeluguNandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
2007JagadamYesYesYesYes
Telugu
2009Arya 2YesYes


Telugu
2011100% LoveYesYes


Telugu
2013Sukumar's Untitled ProjectYesYesYesYes
Telugu


Friday, May 18, 2012

Harish Shankar


Harish Shankar (Telugu:హరీష్ శంకర్), (born 31 March 1977), hailing from a decent Brahmin family is a Telugu film director. He was born and brought up in BHEL Hyderabad. His father is a school teacher and familiar person in BHEL known for his simplicity and decency and very hardworking man. Presently they live in BHEL NEW MIG .
He has also a brother named Vishnu (Gambhir) who is a very hard worker in his software field and good in cricket. Harish Shankar first film shock(2006).The film stars Ravi Teja and Jyothika.It was produced by Ram Gopal Varma.His second movie mirapakaay is a blockbuster of 2011 telugu-language film.The film stars Ravi Teja,Richa Gangopadhyaay and Deeksha Seth.The Film Successfully Completed 50 days in 113 centres.Now his upcoming movie Gabbar Singh.The film stars Pawan Kalyan And Shruthi Haasan.Its the remake of the hindi film Dabangg.More updates about Harish Shankar on www.harishshankar


YearFilmDirectorScreenplayStoryNotes
2006ShockYesYes

2011MirapakaayYesYesYes
2012Gabbar SinghYesYes



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