TJAC threatens Young Tiger

Young Tiger NTR might have been happy in his heart till now when seemandhra protestors warned Mega heroes Mega Power Star Ram Charan, Power Star Pawan Kalyan that their films will never be screened unless until Mega Star Chiranjeevi supports United Andhra Pradesh.

This resulted in their much awaited flicks Yevadu and Attarintiki Daaredi running scared and postponing their release. NTR stayed silent and with his dad Harikrishna a virtual non entity in politics no one cared about him though TDP leader Chandra Babu came to terms with two states.

However all problem started when Harikrishna after agreeing to Telangana virtually did U turn and resigned from MP seat today in Rajya Sabha. He even shot a letter supporting United Andhra Pradesh and revealed his intentions to go on yatra.

This infuriarated Telangana supporters and OU JAC today warned NTR to clarify whether he is for or against Telangana else face the music of his films getting stopped in Telangana region. JAC members said “We condemn Harikrishna’s resignation in support of the Samaikhyandhra agitation. We will not allow the screening of Jr NTR’s films in the Telangana region”,. Wonder what NTR will say as his film Ramayya Vastavayya is ready for release on Sep 27th. 

Ram Charan and Zanjeer team at 'Jhalak Dhiklaa Jaa'

Chiranjeevi,Harikrishna-Cherry,NTR's villains!

Many till recently hailed Mega Star Chiranjeevi and Seetayya Harikrishna as the most protective fathers of Mega Power Star Ram Charan and Young Tiger NTR. While Chiru was instrumental in Ram Charan's Bollywood entry which created immense interest as the film turned out to be Big B Amitabh Bachchan's Zanjeer remake, Harikrishna protected NTR from hounding Balakrishna and Chandra Babu apart from others.

However Chiranjeevi's and Harikrishna's decisions during Telangana formation and seemandhra protests, affected Ram Charan's and NTR's upcoming entertainers.While Chiranjeevi's pro telangana stand and clinging to his Ministership resulted in postponement of Ram Charan's Yevadu and also casting clouds on Toofan/Zanjeer release.

Till recently NTR is in safe zone with his Ramayya Vastavayya and Rabhasa facing no tension for his releases scheduled for next month and later. But Now Harikrishna taking a U turn after supporting Telangana and now resigning for samaikyandhra NTR landed in firing zone.

This is leading to impression with Chiranjeevi and Harikrishna are turning Ram Charan and NTR's villains

Cherry's mesmerising Jhalaks' awe North!

Mega Power Star Ram Charan's Bollywood debut project Zanjeer may have got involved in legal tangels. However Ram Charan is attracting the attention of all after he has daringly took the project of starring in Big B Amitabh's remake when none of the Bollywood stars dared to do it.

Now the film is bracing for grand release on Sep 6th. The film's promos have started and it will go in full swing when filmmakers and lead cast of the film will participate in Jahalak Dikhlaa Jaa 6. Ram Charan thrilled viewers with his mesmerising dancing moves to some of the songs in the film. Cherry sported a beard and looked stylish in his appearance.

The program will be aired on Colors Channel at 9 PM on 24 Aug. Priyanka Chopra,Sanjay Dutt,Prakash Raj,Mahie Gill are starring in the film. 

Harikrishna,NTR insult Balakrishna?

Balakrishna performed his daughter Tejaswini wedding today in a grand manner. Many guests, celebrities from political and film arena graced the occasion. While even Balakrishna's bitter rival Mega Star Chiranjeevi graced the occasion and blessed the new couple, shockingly Balakrishna's brother Harikrishna and his son NTR stayed away from the marriage. However Harikrishna's son Kalyan Ram attended the marriage.

Many are highly critical of Harikrishna and NTR. Though Balakrishna didnot invite NTR for engagement, he personally went to NTR's house and invited him for marriage. People thought that NTR will forget all differences and attend the wedding.

However shockingly NTR and Harikrishna didnot attend the marriage thus insulting Balakrishna. Many felt whatever may be the differences, they should have attended the marriage.

Balakrishna arrests Mega Star!

Balakrishna performed his second daughter Tejaswini's wedding with Sri Bharath in a grand manner today morning at Hitex, Hyderabad. Many celebrities from Tollywood and political circles came and blessed the newly wed couple.

The moment for shutter bugs came when Nata Simha arrested Mega Star with his bear hug. A lot has been written about Balakrishna's and Chiranjeevi's comments attributing rivalry between them.

However this one occasion showed that all is well between TDP leader Balakrishna and Union Minister, Congress leader Chiranjeevi. Irrespective of their past and present competition between them in films and politics, this one occasion showed they hold no grude between them. 

Star Portrait-Rajinikanth

His dialogues pack that extra punch and his mannerisms are mimicked by the young and old alike. He is the 'Superstar' the crowds swear by. As he turns a year older today, we attempt to decode the magic that is Rajinikanth. 

With “Endhiran/Robot” Rajinikanth has once again proved that he can give all the Khan's, the Deols and the Bachchan's of Bollywood and some popular names in Indian movie industry a run for their money any day. And that is perhaps why Rajinikanth is the ultimate word when it comes to super stardom.

This birthday is special for Rajinikanth. In keeping with the traditions, he has tied the knot with his wife once again. 

According to the reports he will not be throwing a huge big bash nor address his fans as he usually does. He will spend it with his family, which has seen two additions this year, his new son-in-law, Ashwin and his daughter Aishwarya's baby.

Rajini's rise to stardom has all the elements of a perfect movie script. The year was 1975. Rajinikanth, a bus conductor by profession, decided to go down to Chennai with the dream of making it big in movies. He was spotted by none other than K Balachandar who is reported to have said, “There is fire in this young man's eyes. One day, he will take Tamil cinema by storm”. Rajini has in the last three decades proved K Balachandar is right.

Rajinikanth's roles were critically acclaimed right from his first flick “Apoorva Ragangal”. He was cast in supporting roles and has paired up with Kamal Hassan in many movies. While Kamal went on to be a great actor and Rajini set his own trailblazing trend. In the beginning he played the villain role with so much of ease that the women kept away from him.

He entered Telugu cinema through “Anthuleni Katha”, which was directed by K. Balachander, whom Rajinikanth has called his guru (Mentor). Though Rajinikanth refers to director K. Balachander as his mentor, it was director S. P. Muthuraman who revamped Rajinikanth’s image entirely

Typical Rajini mannerisms became a craze. His dialogues were on every ones lips. He made his Bollywood debut with “Andha Kanoon” alongside Amitabh Bachchan.

Rajini had arrived. And, the Indian movie industry was not the only one which was watching. His film “Muthu” was dubbed into Japanese. This brought him international acclaim. Newsweek dubbed him as one of the trendiest heartthrob. Back home, he was busy, with each of his flicks “Baba”, “Chandramukhi”, “Sivaji - The Boss” were all super hits.

Even though he did not have too many major releases this decade, there has never been a dip for this actor's popularity. Remember the articles you read before, about fans camping out a day in advance infront of movie halls, the arties and special pujas they offered to their hero’s cutout, before “Robot” was released then, you can follow what we are trying to say.

Even with for all this fanfare, Rajinikanth is a simple man. A compassionate humanitarian, a doting father, a good husband and over all a star who always has time to spare for the causes of the common man. 

He is one of those superstars who maintain close bonds with the friends he has made in the industry. He has been quoted as saying that Amitabh Bachchan is one of the actors he is inspired by.

The celebrations have begun officially with the traditional functions which are open just to close friends and family. And we wish him a pleasant year ahead.

Star Portrait-Sr NTR

The moment people hears of three letters NTR, they will be remembering Lord Rama, Lord Krishna or their other favorite Gods. Such is the power even now the name casts on people cutting across regions and parties. Born on 28ht May 1923 in Nimmakuru, Krishna district, to Lakshmaiah and Venkataramamma, Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao was adopted by his father's brother Ramaiah and his wife Chandramma. During his college days he used to supply milk on bicycle to hotels in Vijayawada to support his family. NTR staged a play written by popular poet Viswanatha Satyanarayana and even developed penchant for singing. After completing BA he was selected for as a first 7 members in Madras public service commission out of 1100 members.

NTR made his tollywood debut in 1949 with 'Maro Charitra' in a role of police officer in direction of LV.Prasad. Many used to tell stories that he was so engrossed in the role that he beat people in real as police officer. He shared screen presence with another legend ANR in 'Palletoori Pilla' in BA.Subbarao's direction. NTR became demigod to masses as Rama in Lavakusa and Krishna in ‘Mayabazar.’ His powerful dialogues ripping apart caste system as Duryodhana in 'Dana Veera Soora Karna' still rings in the ears of everyone. He played the role of Karna and Krishna also in the blockbuster. He also won accolades for his roles as Bheeshma (Bheeshma) & Ravana (Bhookailas & Sri Sita rama kalyanam).All in all he became Lord Rama 12 times and Lord Krishna 6 times.Wonder how he became 'Viswa Vikhyata Natasarwabhowma'?. Revered paramacharya Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham after watching his spellbounding performance as Ravana in 'Bhookailas' conferred him with the honor. 

NTR's 'Patala Bhairavai' was the only south Indian film selected for 1952 international film festival. He showed to other heroes how to endear to masses with is masala steps in 'Aggiramudu' and his socio fantasy films 'Devantakudu','Yamagola' became talking point. Hit 'Rakta Sambandham' is even now remixed for successes and his dual role in 'Ramudu Bheemudu' spell bound not only tollywood movie lovers but also other regions so much so that it was remade in 6 languages. He for the first time showed how to add political flavor in films with 'Kadhanayakudu' and his commercial block busters include 'Adavi Ramudu', ''Nippulanti Manishi', 'Yugandhar', 'Bobbili Puli' etc. People will be surprised to know that though he failed metric many times he has one of the chaste and powerful dialogue delivery unmatched in the industry even now. People still remember as 'NT vodu' and 'Anna' and love him for his speeches.  Unlike many top heroes he inspired many of his fans like Sobhan Babu and Krishna to become heores in his hay days and NTR never thought them as his competors but thoroughly encouraged them. Natasekhara Krishna earned the sole distinction of become a hero from being a fan and NTR provided lots of opportunites for Sobhan Babu in his banner.

 

NTR won best actor award for 'Badi Pantulu' and best director award for 'Varakatnam' and 'Seetarama Kalyanam'. Govt of India garlanded him with 'Padmasri' award and many even now feel that he would have bagged many more prestigious awards had he remained apolitical. But once he took a plunge in politics, he never looked back becoming CM with in 9 months of starting a party in 1983. He stunned everyone touring entire state on his Chaitanya Ratham in election campaign in 1982. His 'Atma Gauravam' connected chord with commoners and even during strong sympathy wave during Indira Gandhi's assassination he stood tall. He played a key role in Third Front or National Front at Centre but chose to concentrate on state politics though many urged him to play important role in centre.

 

In between he lost power but again came back with vengeance in 1994 promising total ban on liquor and 2rs Kilo rice. He kept his promise however hard hit the treasury due to the ban. But his rejunivation was short-lived due to coup led by Chandrababu Naidu. He was credited for making revolutionary change in law enabling even daughters’ equal rights on properties inherited by parents. Whatever may be his shortcomings tollywood and movie lovers across world remember him for his spell bounding acting, powerful dialogues and terrific films.

Star Portrait-Manchu Manoj

Manchu Manoj Kumar is well known as Manoj is an upcoming Telugu actor who acted in couple of Tamil films too. He was born on 20th May 1983 to popular film actor Manchu Mohan Babu and Manchu Nirmala Devi. He has an elder sister Lakshmi Manchu and an elder brother Vishnu Manchu who is also an actor in Tollywood. He completed his schooling in Tirupathi. He did his bachelor’s degree from South-eastern Oklahoma State University.

Film Career 

Manoj is familiar to Telugu audience right from his child hood. He played many roles as a child actor in his own banner movies when his father Mohan Babu is shown as a kid in flash back. Manoj faced the camera at the age of ten as a child artist in his father's film “Major Chandrakanth”. He got many appreciations for the role he did in the movie “Punya Bhoomi Naa Deshm” starred by his father.

Manoj made his film debut in a leading role with Donga Dongadi in 2004 which is remade from a Tamil movie called “Thiruda Thirudi”. That was an average grosser at Box-office. He didn't have any hits after that. “Raju Bhai” in 2007 turned out be a below average even though the movie plot and narration was good. . His movie “Nenu Meeku Telusa...?” was an average grosser but known for its melodious music. In 2009 his first movie “Prayanam” in the direction of Chandra Sekhar Yeleti did moderately well.

His first movie in 2010, “Bindaas” turned out to be the biggest hit of his career. He received a Nandi Special Jury Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh for the movie “Bindaas”. His next film was “Vedam” which was a critical and commercial success. He gained accolades for his role in “Vedam”. And “Mr.Nookkayya” was a super Hit which was reviewed as an experimental movie. The movie revolves around a recurring amnesiac. It was weaved on the basis of an English movie Clean Slate and his next film “Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?” (UKUP)  turned the same with big loss. He produced many movies under the banner of Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures.

He has got an elder sister Lakshmi Manchu and an elder brother Vishnu Manchu who is also an upcoming actor in Tollywood. He is currently working for two projects one is “Potugadu” which is going to hit the theatres with few months and next is Multi starrer film with his father Mohan Babu, brother Vishnu, Tanish and Varun Sandesh. This multi starrer film is coming under their own production house.

Awards 

 He received a Nandi Special Jury Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh for the movie “Bindaas”.

Star Portrait-Harish Shankar

Harish Shankar is renowned film writer and director. He was born on 31st March, 1977 in an agraharam in Dharmapuri, Karimnagar district (one km from Godavari River) into a family of orthodox Brahmins. He was brought up in BHEL, Hyderabad where his father worked as a Telugu master.


Film Debut

Harish made his debut in 2006 with Shock casting Raviteja and Jyothika. The film turned out to be a disaster but Raviteja however promised him to do another film under his direction.

Harish did Mirapakaya with Raviteja in 2011 and the film completed 50 days in 113 centers. This established Harish in the industry and the next film  Gabbar Singh, starring Pawan Kalyan And Shruthi Haasan, is a Telugu adaptation of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg. The movie received extremely positive response from the critics as well as the moviegoing public. The movie was marked as one of the biggest hits in both Pawan Kalyan's career and the Telugu film industry. Gabbar Singh created a new opening-day box office record for the Telugu film industry and stands among the most lucrative openers ever in the Indian film industry.

Most recently, Harish Shankar is working with Jr. NTR on a film that was scheduled to begin shooting at the end of 2012.

Guest Appearance


    Ninne Istapaddanu (2003)
    A Film by Aravind (2004)
    Andarivaadu (2005)
    Modati Cinema (2005)
    Neninthe (2008)
    Nippu (2012)

Balakrishna's daughter wedding live

NTR romancing in Spain

Young Tiger NTR is romancing in Spain for his upcoming venture Ramayya Vastavayya. The film directed by Gabbar Singh fame Harish Shankar is nearing completion. Couple of songs are left behind and the same would be shot in Barcelona,Spain from 26th of August.

One song will feature NTR and Shruti Hasan and another song Samantha will dance with NTR. Shooting will be completed by 10th of September. All eyese are on Ramayya as to whether it will release on 27th September as per schedule or run away from seemandhra movement. 

Mega Star hates this word!

Mega Star Chiranjeevi scaled many heights in both film industry and politics. With his breathtaking moves he ruled Tollywood and though people don't like his political moves he became Union Minister with in short span which was not possible for many star heroes who dabbled with politics.

All representatives of Seemandhra are facing public fury and many resigned or contemplating to relinquish their posts. However Chiranjeevi is undeterred and many are heard commenting that Chiru is saying 'Telugulo Naaku Nachchani Oke Okka Padam.. Rajeenaama'. This is in sync with his popular dialogue in Tagore where he says 'telugulo naaku nachchani oke okka padam Kshaminchu'.

Power Star not to leave Gabbar Singh

Pawan Kalyan is currently busy with his Gabbar Singh sequel. The film is directed by Sampath Nandi who directed Rachcha. Earlier there were reports that the filmmakers decided to name the film as Bengal Tiger as they are facing problems on using Gabbar Singh name with many from Bollywood claiming huge amount of Rs 4 lakhs as royalty.

However Power Star doesn't want to leave Gabbar Singh and so film is titled Pawan Kalyan Gabbar Singh 2. Pawan is keen on solving the issue legally. Many are saying Pawan's Gabbar Singh really has his own Tikka and Lekka.

Race Gurram dancing with sensational steps!

Stylish Star Allu Arjun is known for his gravity defying dancing moves. Now he is making his Race Gurram also dance according to his moves.

Currently he is thrilling all with his dances at Annapurna 7 acres set. Bunny along with heroines Shruti Hasan and Saloni danced with Bollywood dances to the song 'Ek Do Teen Chaar Panch Pathaka..Neeku Naaku' choreographed by Jhony Master.

Even Allu Aravind came to watch his dancing moves. Surender Reddy is directing the film . 

Star Portrait-ANR

Nata Samrat Akkineni Nageswara Rao is celebrating his birthday today.Akkineni Nageswara Rao was born into a poor farmer's family on 20 September 1924 at Venkataraghava Puram,Ramapuram, Krishna District.He has stated on record in several interviews that his education was limited to primary schooling due to his parents' poor economic conditions. Nageswara Rao took to acting at a very early age. He started acting in street plays at the age of nine.Indian plays in those days used to have an all male cast and male leads often played female roles (as evidenced in the first Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra).In his early days as an actor, Nageswara Rao used to enact such female roles on stage.

Nageswara Rao's first Telugu film was Dharmapatni in 1941, wherein he played the role of one of the main lead's childhood friends.He later continued his career as a part-time stage actor and acted in several Telugu plays such as Ashoka Jyothy, Sathyanveshana and Telugu Talli.On one such occasion, when he was travelling back from a play in Tenali, he was spotted in the Vijayawada railway station by Ghantasala Balaramaiah, a popular film producer of that time, and was immediately offered the lead role in his upcoming movie Seetha Rama Jananam. He played the role of Lord Rama in that film.

In a career spanning over 78 years in the Telugu film industry, he has played the lead role in over 256 Telugu films and 26 Tamil films. Several of these films turned out to be financial and critical successes.Among other things, Nageswara Rao is credited for influencing Telugu film producers and creating a base for Telugu films in Hyderabad.
ANR was one of the actors of that period who insisted on creating a base for Telugu films in Hyderabad and established his own production studio, Annapurna Studios, to facilitate this.

ANR has acted in several landmark Telugu films. Some of his prominent films are Tenali Rama Krishna, Kalidasu, Devadasu, Mayabazar, Missamma, Dr. Chakravarthi, Ardhangi, Muga Manasulu, Dasara Bullodu, Prem Nagar and Premabhishekam. The film Premabhishekam directed by Dasari Narayana Rao is one of the biggest hits in Tollywood. It had an amazing 533 days run in Hyderabad City, which is still the highest run in a city for any Telugu movie. Premabhishekam is the only Telugu film to have run for 365+ days continuously.

Nageswara Rao has worked in several genres of films in his 78-year acting career, including mythological, social, and drama films. Nageswara Rao has been active in the Telugu film industry since 1941 and is the recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest award for films in India. He received in 1996 the NTR National Award.He is also a recipient of Padmashri, Padmabhushan and Padma Vibhushan awards and Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu).

Star Portrait-Manisharma

Yanamanra Manisharma is the popular music director. He was born to Yanamanra Venkata Subramanya Sharma on 11th July 1964 at Machalipatnam, Krishna Dist, Andhra Pradesh. He is married to Sree Vani and his children are Swara Sagar Mahati.His native place is  Podagatlapalli near Ravulapalem in East Godavari District .

His father was a renowned violinist and he spent most of is early days in Chennai. Mani Sharma entered film industry and worked under music director Sri Satyam. Manisharma toured along with SP.Balasubramaniam as a keyboard player and even used to work with Murali Krish and Chakri Policherla under the composition of Maestro Ilaiyaraaja in Chennai.

He worked as keyboard player for Raj-Koti,Keeravani before he composed background scores to Ram Gopal Varma and others.  Then he continued to compose background music for other films like Raathri (Raat), Preminchukundam Raa etc. His first film as a full-time music composer was Super Hereos which was produced by Suresh Productions. Later he got break in Megastar Chiranjeevi's film Bavagaru Bagunnara.

He composed music for all time biggest hits Bavagaru Bagunnara?, Choodalani Vundi, Iddaru Mitrulu, Jai Chiranjeeva, Stalin, Anji, Indra, Tagore, Annayya, Kushi, Theenmaar, Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, Aadi, Lakshmi Narasimha & Pokiri. His recent hit films are Pokiri (Telugu and Tamil), Chirutha (Telugu), Billa (Telugu), Athadu (Telugu), Athidhi, Yuvatha, kantri, Rachcha (Telugu) and many more. One of his achievements is after 'Bavagaru Bagunnara' Chiranjeevi took him as a music composer for a huge
majority of his films till Stalin (1998–2006). One of his greatest compositions was Cheliya Cheliya from Kushi.

He is also the keyboard player in the China Olympics Official Musical Troupe in Gymnastics Competition.

Star Profile-Gopichand

Tottempudi Gopichand is well known Gopichand is one of the popular upcoming Tollywood heroes. He started his character in villain roles before moving to main stream hero characters. He is more popular for his roles as a cop. He was born on 12th, June 1979. He is the younger son of the well known revolutionary filmmaker T. Krishna. Gopichand was 8 years old when his father T. Krishna expired. He completed his studies in Chennai, capital city of Tamil Nadu. There was no direct influence of his father on him in his childhood. He did his engineering degree in Russia. He was not interested in films and acting at that time. He has one sister, who is a dentist.

His elder brother T. Premchand was working as an associate director to Mutyala Subbayya. Premchand made his debut as director and started working on a film under his home banner, but he unfortunately expired in a car accident. Gopichand was in Russia during the death of his brother and could not attend his funeral due to Visa problems. Gopichand felt the need of someone to carry forward his father's legacy. As his brother was no more he decided to enter the film industry. After completing his engineering, he did dialogue modulation course for a year. Gopichand was a news reader for E TV before he was cast as a hero. Gopichand has huge mass fan following and he has very good ladies fan following.

He is very famous for his excellent action and dialogue delivery in addition to his impeccable comedy timing. These traits make Gopichand a versatile Telugu hero, something uncommon in Telugu cinema. He is also very popular among girls. He is very handsome and cute. He is considered as Aggressive Star by all his fans & Tollywood. He married Reshma, niece of actor Meka Srikanth on 12th May 2013.

Film Journey 

Gopichand made his debut as hero with “Toli Valapu” which was a disaster at box office. He waited for eight months after release of his first movie before he could get another chance.  He says he had confidence that he will get another movie role and his patience has paid him well. His next movie “Jayam” gave him success at box office, but this time as a villain. The movie was remade with same title in Tamil with Jayam Ravi as hero. Later on he acted as a villain in movies “Nijam” and “Varsham”. He made a re-entry as hero with the movie “Yagnam”. This became a box office success which created hype for his capabilities as future hero for the masses.

He was noted for his best performance in “Ranam” in 2006. In 2007 his first release” Okkadunnadu” became a hit, next movie “Lakshyam” turned out to be one of the biggest hit of the year. In 2008 his release “Ontari” did only average business but his recent flick “Souryam” turned out to be a blockbuster. The next year, he acted only in one film “Sankham” which released in 2009. His next film, “Golimar” was released in 2010. His last release was “Mogudu” which paired him up with Taapsee Pannu which bombarded at the box office. He tasted success with Sahasam

Star Portrait-Tapsee

Taapsee Pannu who is known as Tapsi is a South Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu and Kannada films. She was born on the 1st of August, 1987 to a Punjabi Sikh background from the city of Ludhiana, Punjab. She pursued her education from the well known Mata Jai Kaur Public School situated in Delhi. Following this, she graduated in the field of computer science from the prestigious Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology situated in New Delhi and soon after obtaining her graduation degree she started working in the domain of software development. One of her contributions in the field of software development was an application made for iPhone by the name of ‘fontswap’.

Appearing in several commercials, Taapsee also won Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face and Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin, during her modelling days. She started modelling before becoming an actress. She got the opportunity to showcase her modelling skills in the talent show hosted by Channel [V] called ‘Get Gorgeous’. During the time she had been modelling, Taapsee Pannu appeared in various television advertisements and at the Femina Miss India contest in 2008, she had also been bestowed with many titles such as ‘Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face’ title as well as the ‘Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin’ title.

Apart from advertisements, Taapsee Pannu had also made her place on the front cover pages of magazines like MaaStars and Just For Women. She had this eagerness within her to gain recognition and proper merit through modelling, which was not happening much then. Soon enough, she gave up modelling and decided to go for films. Tapasee Pannu with her looks and bubbly attitude stole the hearts of many through her dance performances, during her college days.

Film Career 

Tapasee was first spotted by Director Vetrimaran, opposite to actor Dhanush in his movie “Aadukalam” but her debut with   a Tollywood film ‘JhummandiNaadam’, a romantic musical directed by K.Raghavendra Rao and starring Taapsee Pannu along with Manoj Manchu, Suman and Mohan Babu. Even before this film got released, Taapsee got another three offers in the Telugu film industry. Her very first Tamil film was a film called ‘Aadukalam’, directed by Vetrimaran. Here, she enacted the character of an Anglo Indian girl who falls in love with Dhanush. At the 58th National Film Award ceremony, this film went on to grab 6 National Film Awards and Taapsee Pannu’s performance in the film was highly appreciated by all.

In the year 2011, she shared the screen space with Vishnu Manchu in the Telegu film “VastaduNaaRaju” directed by Hemanth Madhukar. Next up, she starred in the Sohan Seenulal directed Malayalam film called “Doubles in 2011. That same year, she did a small role in the Dasaradh directed “Mr. Perfect” where he starred alongside Kajal Aggarwal and Prabhas. Again in 2011, she appeared in the high budget flick “Veera’” directed by Ramesh Verma but this film received only moderate reviews. Her next project was the Tamil film titled “VandhaanVendraan” directed by R. Kannan. This film did not create much of an impact at the box office. After ‘VandhaanVendraan’, she signed up for the Krishna Vamsi directed “Mogudu” opposite Gopichand in which she received lots of appreciation for her performance in this film.

Her next film is a bilingual flick which is titled in Telugu as “GundelloGodari” and Tamil as "MaranthenMannithen” the film didn’t received good response at the box office. She made her Bollywood debut through “Chashme Baddoor” where she shares the screen with Siddharth and Rishi Kapoor. The film is a remake of the 1981 film with the same title. But the film bombarded at box office and she received negative response for her role by critics. Her recent release with Victory Venkatesh “Shadow” was also added one more flop in Taapsee career. Currently she is working for Telugu film “Sahasam” which salted to release soon and Tamil film “Valai”.  She also signed a biligula films “Muni 3” which would be a sequel of “Muni” this film will release Telugu and Tamil and shooting will start soon.

Endorsements 

Some of the brands which she used to endorse after she had become a model were Vardhman, World Gold Council, Havells, Airtel, Dabur, Tata Docomo, Pantaloon, Standard Chartered Bank, Motorola, PVR Cinemas, Coca-Cola, Reliance Trends, UniStyle Image and Red FM. She has also been featured on the cover of some magazines such as Just for Women and Maa Stars

Star Portrait-Shruti Hasan

Shruti Rajalakshmi Hassan is well known as Shruti Hassan is an upcoming Indian actress, play back singer and Music Composer. She was born to actors Kamal Hassan and Sarika on 28 January 1986 in Chennai, India. She was born to parents who are multi talented, it doesn’t surprise me at all that Shruti is good at everything that she sets her mind to do….be that modelling, be it acting, be it as a singer or a music composer….this young lady has done it all! Another beautiful person in Shruti’s life is her Sister Akshara, who represents the country (India) nationally for what is known as Ballroom Latin dancing! In the year 2000, Shruti’s parents took a call to separate and go their own way.

Shruti Hassan studied at Abacus in Chennai, until 10th grade, when she moved to Mumbai to study psychology at St Andrew’s College. However, Shruti Hassan shifted her focus to cinema and music, and eventually travelled to the USA to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California, before returning to Chennai. Shruti Hassan has also done a voice over for a HIV/AIDS teaching animated software tutorial that has been created by Teach AIDS (a non-profit organization).

Professional Career

As Singer

Shruti Haasan sang her first song aged just six in her father’s “Thevar Magan” in the composition of Ilaiyaraaja. Later while pursuing her studies in school, Shruti made her singing debut in the Hindi language film “Chachi 420”, singing a duet performing for the voice of a child, with her father Kamal Haasan, who also directed the film. Shruti Haasan’s second song came in “Hey Ram” where she sang the bilingual versions of the title theme, ‘Rama Rama’ with her father, in Hindi and in Tamil. The album from Ilayaraaja, which was critically praised, won Shruti Haasan accolades for her efforts with reviewers, Screen India praising that she “has the makings of a good singer, and with some training she should go great guns”.

Shruti Haasan had the opportunity to sing with veteran singer K J Yesudas for the movie ‘En Mana Vaanil’ under Ilaiyaraaja’s music. The song was ‘Roattorap paattuch chaththam’. The movie was released in 2002. She has sung in a Tamil film, for Gautham Menon’s “Vaaranam Aayiram” under the composition of Harris Jayaraj. As of November 2008, Haasan is also midway through her untitled debut album, which she has composed, written and sung, and is set for release in mid-2009. A further song was recorded under her voice for her Hindi film “Luck”.

Music composing

After much speculation, Shruti Hassan is the music composer of the bilingual film “Unnaipol Oruvan” in Tamil and “Eenadu” in Telugu which released in 2009, with lead role played by her father Kamal Hassan who is also co-producer of the movie under Rajkamal International. The bilingual, is a remake of the successful Hindi film,  “A Wednesday!”, but the soundtracks of both the projects are entirely separate. Apart from this, Shruti Hassan is also the vocalist of an alternative rock band.

As Actress

After pursuing a career in singing, Shruti Hassan branched out a career into modelling. She started by starring appearing in the Frappe! Magazine version of September 2007, since then she has gone on to appear in Verve. In 2000, Shruti Haasan made her cinematic debut in the Tamil and Hindi bilingual film “Hey Ram” directed by her father. She made a cameo appearance as the daughter of Vallabhai Patel in the biopic of Mahatma Gandhi. After rejecting prominent film offers, most notably the lead role in Venkat Prabhu‘s “Saroja” reports suggested in late 2007 that Shruti was set to make her full debut as a heroine in 2008 with a movie opposite Madhavan directed by “Nishikanth Kamath”. Despite Madhavan admitting that the news was premature, she signed up to the film, which was titled Endrendrum Punnagai, only to be stalled prior to production. Eventually Hassan signed up to Soham Shah‘s Luck opposite Imran Khan, a Bollywood film. However, despite the film gathering much publicity prior to release, it became a critical and commercial flop. Shruti Hassan’s second Hindi feature film was Madhur Bhandarkar’s romantic comedy “Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji” in which Shruti Hassan appeared in an extended guest appearance alongside an ensemble cast of Emraan Hashmi, Ajay Devgn and Shazahn Padamsee. Shruti’s performance gained poor responses from critics with a reviewer however the film went on to become a commercial success at the box office.

Shruti then went on to appear alongside Blaze in the promotional videos for “Unnaipol Oruvan” and “Eenadu”, the bilingual films in Tamil and Telugu starring her father, which she had composed the music. It was in the year 2010 that Shruti starred in an English film “Hisss” where she was seen as playing herself. This was yet again for a promotional video, so she had a special appearance. She made her Telugu debut in January 2011, acting opposite Siddharth in the fantasy adventure film “Anaganaga O Dheerudu” directed by Prakash Kovelamudi son of director K. Raghavendra Rao. The film was co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The film opened to positive reviews, with her performance being praised with critics. The film however became a commercial failure at the box office, and the film failed to capitulate on a hefty promotional campaign which had been undertaken. In mid-2010, Shruti was signed by A. R. Murugadoss to star opposite Suriya in his next film 7aum Arivu, and the film's shoot began in June later that year.

The film opened to mixed reviews, but became commercially successful. Her next Telugu release was “Oh My Friend” a romantic comedy film alongside Siddharth again which also co-starred Hansika Motwani and Navdeep. The film opened to average reviews. Shruti Haasan was next seen in Aishwarya Dhanush's directorial debut “3” a romantic drama film co-starring Dhanush. The film only garnered average returns at the box office. Her second release in 2012 was Harish Shankar's Telugu film “Gabbar Singh” a remake of the 2010 Hindi film “Dabangg” with the version featuring her alongside Pawan Kalyan. The film went on to become a large commercial success at the box office and created more film offers for the actress. Her next release in Telugu is “Balupu” with Ravi Teja. Shruti will be a part of upcoming Telugu movie “Yevadu” which has Ram Charan Teja in the lead as well as Prabhu Deva's new venture in Hindi. This movie features producer Kumar Taurani's son Girish Kumar.

Star Portrait-Jr NTR

Junior NTR is well known as NTR is an Notable Tollywood actor, he is the grandson of Legendary Actor, Former Chief Minister and TDP former Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao. He was born on May 20th, 1983 to N.Harikrishna and Shalini in Hyderabad. Shalini is the second wife of Hari Krishna. He has two older half-brothers and an older half-sister from his father's earlier marriage, actor/producer Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Nandamuri Janaki Ram and Nandamuri Suhasini respectively. Jr. NTR was brought up by his mother away from the Nandamuri family, as his father abandoned her after Jr. NTR's birth. On many occasions, Jr. NTR has paid glowing tributes to his mother, praising her for single-handedly bringing him up to what he is today despite being ostracised by his father's family members and always reminding him of his duties as he is the grandson of the legendary NTR.

It was none other than the legendary NTR who would later accept Jr. NTR and his mother into the Nandamuri family after he found out about them. He renamed Jr. NTR after himself and was the first
member of the Nandamuri family to have a good relationship with him. Eventually, Jr. NTR was accepted by his father and the other members of the Nandamuri family as well. Jr. NTR resembles his grandfather in many aspects, which are evident in his looks, personality and acting. Jr. NTR did his schooling from Vidyaranya High School, Hyderabad, following which he completed his Intermediate from St. Mary's College, Hyderabad. At an early age, Jr. NTR learned the Indian classical dance Kuchipudi. He gave many performances in India and also around the world at a young age.

He is fondly called as Tarak by his family, friends and close associates. Later, he changed his name to Taraka Rama Rao in honor of his grandfather. Many cine and political analysts believe that he is the next big star from the Nandamuri family. NTR would consequently cast him as Bharatha in his 1991 film Bhramasri Viswamitra. In an interview, Jr. NTR told that the experience of knowing and working with his grandfather was the main reason why he became an actor. Within few days of entry the success has gone to his head. At the age of 20, he became a sensation of his generation and gave his seniors a run for their glory. When asked, what message would he like to give to fans, he responded by saying "I'm too young to give any message to all those who have so much respect and love for the Nandamuri family and me. I simply bow my head to them."

 He married to Narne Lakshmi Pranathi in 2011, the daughter of Narne Srinivasa Rao, the owner of the Telugu news channel Studio N and a relative of Jr. NTR's uncle, the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu. It was an arranged marriage. His all-round acting abilities and wonderful performance in 2007 blockbuster “Yamadonga” made Late Legendary Actor Shoban Babu remark NTR as one of his favourite actors in this generation, and reckoned that NTR has done everything in such a short span of time to impress everyone.

Film Career 

 Junior NTR started his career as a junior artist with roles in “Brahmarshi Viswamithra” in the year 1993 and then “Bala Ramayanam”, directed by Gunasekhar in 1996 and rose to become one of the best film actors in the Telugu film industry. NTR first movie as a hero was "Ninnu choodalani" released in the year 2000. It was produced by RamojiRao under Ushakiron movies banner. Written off by critics in his first film, he made a striking comeback with the film “Student No.1” which was released after 4 months. The movie went on to become an instant hit with both classes and masses.

However it was “Aadi” that catapulted him in to the big league. Suddenly the critics took notice of this wiry young man and opined that there are sparks of his grandfather in him. “Aadi” had stood as blockbuster of the year 2002. “Aadi” not only had created records, but also put him in the top league of actors. His next big blockbuster “Simhadri” stabilized his status as the next mass hero of Tollywood. Starting from 2004 his career took a downward turn. His first release of 2004, “Andhrawala” flopped miserably at the box office despite the pre-release hype.

The next movie “Samba” was an average grosser and the only respite during that period. In 2005 his two releases, “Naa Alludu” and “Narasimhudu” flopped at the box office. “Narasimhudu” in particular was such a commercial disaster that it led to a suicide attempt from the producer. In 2006 his movie “Ashok” had good openings. The movie was in particular appreciated for its technical values and the gripping  screenplay from director Surendar Reddy. His next movie “Rakhi” which proved a success at the box  office, has gained NTR admirable reviews from fans and critics alike. His next movie “Yamadonga” which was inspired by his grandfather's blockbuster “Yamagola” released in 2007. The movie brought him back into the super-hit stream, and became the sensational movie of the year in Tollywood.

His next release “Kantri” which exposed his superb skill of dancing has also done well at the box-office. This is for the first time, that NTR has given two hit movies in a row. His next film was “Kantri” released in May 2008 exposed his superb skill of dancing but did average at box office. In year 2010 he appeared in two movies and both of them “Adhurs” in which he played a dual role and “Brindavanam” succeeded well at box-office with 31cr worldwide share. Then “Shakthi” released in 2011 failed to perform well at the box office. NTR’s next film “Oosaravelli” directed by Surender Reddy, which was released in 2011 and though it received mixed reviews, it generated good revenue at the box office. Another movie titled “Dammu” under the direction of Boyapati Seenu was released in 2012 which received mixed reviews but the movie managed to collect good revenue at box office.

His recent release “Baadshah” under Srinu Vaitla direction became the biggest Blockbuster of 2013 and collected 56+ Cr Worldwide till 4 weeks and stood at 3rd Position in All time top 3 TFI films. NTR is currently doing a film “Ramayya Vasthavayya” with Harish Shanker and expected to release on Aug 9, 2013. In his film career, Jr. NTR has worked in twenty three films till date, two as a child artist and twenty one as a lead actor

Endorsements 

Junior NTR appears in commercials of Navratna Hair Oil, Zandu Balm in Andhra Pradesh, Malabar God & Diamonds (2012) amongst others

Political Career  

Jr. NTR is also involved in politics and is currently an inactive member of his grandfather's political party, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He was one of the campaigners for the Telugu Desam Party, for the Indian general election, 2009 from April to May 2009. On March 26, 2009, after electioneering, en route to Hyderabad, the SUV in which he was a passenger was struck head-on with another vehicle, at Khammam. He and his companions were thrown from the SUV and suffered brutal injuries, NTR was treated at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, in Secunderabad to recuperate

Awards and Honours  

He has won two Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, one Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award and three CineMAA Awards. He was listed 66 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012. Here is the list of Awards

2007 - Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actor for Yamadonga

2007 - CineMAA Award for Best Actor for Yamadonga

2003 - Santosham Best Young Performer Award for Simhadri

2002 - Nandi Award for Special Jury for Aadi

Star Portrait-Manchu Vishnu

Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu is well known as Manchu Vishnu is an upcoming Tollywood hero and producer. He was born on 23 November 1981 in Chennai in Tamil Nadu to the couple actor Mohan Babu & Nirmala Devi. He has one elder sister Lakshmi Manchu who acts in television series and one younger brother Manoj Manchu who is also an actor. He married Veronica Reddy who is the niece of the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and has twin girls born in December 2011 namely Ariaana Manchu and Viviana Manchu. He completed his B. Tech degree in Computer Science and Information Technology at Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College and went  to Los Angeles in California to undertake course in acting and film direction. He is the CEO of Mohan Babu Corporation which produces the films. He is the sponsor of the Celebrity Cricket League Telugu Warriors. Vishnu Manchu is the CEO of MBC and SVE,T (Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust), a university chain of five colleges, and oversees several companies of their family like Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures, Think Smart, and 24 Frames Factory.

Film Career.

Vishnu started appearing in the films at his age of four as a child artist. His first film was “Ragile Gundelu” in 1985 which was his first love for acting emerged. From that time, he was nourishing desires to become an actor. He entered Telugu film industry in 2003 through the film “Vishnu” directed by Shaji Kailas in which he worked as an SPFX supervisor as he had an interest in special effects, next film “Saleem” was shot on locations throughout Europe, India, and Thailand. But Vishnu got break in films with a movie” Vastaadu Naa Raaju” though it was an average hit.. He acts in one movie per year and some of the movies that he has acted include Vishnu, Suryam, Political Rowdy, Asthram, Game, Dhee, Krishnarjuna, Saleem, Vastadu Naa Raju, Dhenikaina Ready, etc.

Vishnu ventured into production and as produced two films “Yamajaathakudu” and “Sri”. Though Manchu Vishnu is from filmy background he has a very less films which are hardly successful. His film “Dhee” was one of the most successful Telugu films in 2007. His latest movie has been released called "Denikaina Ready" pairing with Hansika Motwani was created sensation at box office collection. This was one of the best films in the career of Vishnu until now.

Awards

He won Best Male Actor debut for the film “Vishnu” in the year 2003.

Star Portrait-Kajal

Hot and sexy young Kajal Agarwal is famous actress in Tollwyood, Kollywood and Bollywood.  She was born on 19th June 1985 Mumbai, to Suman Agarwal and Vinay Agarwal of Punjabi descent. Her father Vinay Agarwal is an entrepreneur and mother Suman Agarwal a confectioner. She studied at St. Anne’s High School, Colaba, Mumbai and Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She graduated from K.C. College, Mumbai with a degree in Mass Media. The actress started her modelling career while she was in college.

 She was planning on pursuing MBA in Brand Management before deciding to pursue acting. She is one of the prominent actresses in both Tamil and Telugu film industries. Kajal Agarwal has a sister named Nisha Agarwal, upcoming Kollywwood and Tollywood Heroine who is following her sister footsteps. Kajal Aggarwal started her film career in 2007 in the film “Lakshmi Kalyanam” alongside Kalyan Ram, which did worked well at the box office. She has become a celebrity in the film Industry in a very short span of time.

Film Career.

Kajal Agarwal started her acting from 2004 in Bollywood with movie Kyun! Ho Gaya Na. In the film, she played a minor supporting role as friend of film lead actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Only 3 years later, she got her next acting offer, which was veteran Tamil director Bhrathiraja's “Bommalattam”. The film, however, got delayed and released only in late 2008. In the meantime, she made her debut in the Telugu film industry and played her first leading role in Teja's” Lakshmi Kalyanam” in 2007 alongside Kalyan Ram. Her next film was “Chandamama” which received positive reviews and became her first major successful film. In 2008, she made her Kollywood debut with movie “Pazhani” opposite Bharath.

In 2009, she signed a high budget Telugu historical movie Magadheera in the movie she essayed double roles for the first time. Her character of a princess in Magadheera got lot of comments by viewers. The film was also commercially successful and broke several records. Magadheera's enormous success turned Kajal into one of the most sought-after actresses in the Telugu film industry and she also got nominated for the Film fare Award for Best Actress. In the same year she did a lead role in “Arya-2” opposite to Allu Arjun and against Ram in “Just Ganesh”. In 2010, she appeared in movie “Darling” opposite Prabhas and received positive response becoming a commercial success at the box office.

She was again nominated for Film fare Award for Best Actress for her performance in “Darling”. She appeared with Karthi in the Tamil thriller movie “Naan Mahaan Alla” and movie performed well at the box office and was declared a blockbuster. In the same year, she acted the role of Bhoomi in movie “Brindaavanam” opposite Jr. NTR and actress Samantha. The film performed well at the box office and Kajal Agarwal won the CineMAA Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 2011, her movie “Mr. Perfect” opposite Prabhas was opened to positive reviews, while Kajal won appraisal by critics. In the same year, she made her Bollywood re-entry as leading actress in movie “Singham” opposite Ajay Devgan. The film was announced super hit at the box office.

 She has also acted in Tamil films, “Naan Mahaan Alla” in 2010 being her first notable project, but with “Maattrraan” in 2012 and “Thuppakki” in 2012, she emerged as a leading actress in Kollywood as well. “Thuppaki” was declared as a blockbuster and has become the second Tamil film ever to enter the  100 crore club. Her final release in 2012 was the Telugu romantic film “Sarocharu”, opposite Ravi Teja for the second time in her career. Although her performance in the film was praised by critics, the film received poor reviews and did below-average business at the box office. In early 2013, she starred in V. V. Vinayak's action film “Naayak” opposite Ram Charan Teja and Amala Paul. The film went with a positive talk and made super hit at box office.

She starred opposite Jr. NTR for the second time in her career in Srinu Vytla’s “Baadshah” which was relapsed in 2013 created sensation at box office collections and this film is one of the high collected films at overseas box office. In the same year her third film in Bollywood, “Special Chabbis” alongside Akshay Kumar but this film didn’t acquire any positive talk and added one more flop in Kajal’s bollywood career. She is currently shooting for Tamil film “All in All Azhagu Raja” opposite Karthi and one more tamil “Jilla” is under per production work. She is also going to appear in a special role along with Allu Arjun in Ram Charan’s upcoming film “Yevadu” where Shruthi Hassan and Amy Jackson are cast in lead roles.

Endorsements 

In addition to films, Kajal also endorses a large number of popular brands. Before starting her film career, she had acted in various commercials as a model. She is the brand ambassador for Lux, joining the likes of Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif in endorsing the beauty soap. She is also the brand ambassador for jewellery stores like Sri Lakshmi Jewellery in Pondi cherry and AVR in Salem She has featured in television advertisements along with Karthi endorsing Bru instant coffee.

She has also endorsed mobile brands like Samsung Mobile and has featured in advertisements for the Secunderabad based “The Chennai Shopping Mall”, along with Samantha, Tamannaah and Nisha Agarwal . In April 2012, Kajal was announced as the brand ambassador for Panasonic India. She is also the brand ambassador for the Telugu Warriors cricket team in the CCL. She is also doing ads & Shopping mall openings also. She is the Brand Ambassador of ‘BIG C’ Mobile Company.

Awards and Honours 

She won the CineMAA Award for Best Actress for her performance in movie “Brindaavanam”.

She Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Telugu for “Magadheera”

She Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Telugu for “Darling”.

She Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress in Telugu for “Mr. Perfect”.

She Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut in Tamil for “Singham”’

She Nominated for Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut in Tamil for Singham”.

She Nominated for South Scope Award for Best Telugu Actress in Telugu for “Magadheera”.

Star Portrait-Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya is an upcoming Tollywood actor who was born and brought up in film based family.He was born on November 23rd, 1986 in Hyderabad to actor Akkineni Nagarjuna and his first wife,Lakshmi Daggubati. However his parents split before his first birthday, and subsequently. He was in Hyderabad but moved to Chennai with his mother after his parents split. Nagarjuna married to his co-star Amala, they also had another son Akhil Akkineni, who played the lead role in “Sisindri” as a two year old. Naga Chaitanya received schooling at the PSBB School in Chennai, during which period he often visited his father in Hyderabad.

He played the guitar and drums occasionally for the PSBB school band. He was then sent to an acting school in Mumbai, and subsequently to Hollywood Studios in California (USA) to learn dance and fights before he made his debut. He is also a huge automotive enthusiast and occasionally participates in organised motorsports even to date. Moreover, Naga Chaitanya's grandfather, Akkineni Nageswara Rao was one of thespians of Telugu cinema, with cousins Sumanth and Sushanth also being film actors. His maternal grandfather, D. Ramanaidu, is a famous producer in the film industry whilst his maternal uncle, Venkatesh is also one of Telugu cinema's biggest actors.

 Naga Chaitanya initially did not want to become an actor,but had a sudden change of mind, which resulted in his parents sending him to an acting school in Mumbai and then to Hollywood to learn dancing and fighting, before he made his debut. He made his film debut with “Josh” in 2009 and after his continuing his josh in industry.

Film Career

Following the legacy led by his family in films, Naga Chaitanya's debut was widely anticipated. After several rumours regarding his debut, during the audio launch of his father's King, Chaitanya was introduced to the film world and there his debut film was launched “Josh” directed by newcomer Vasu Varma and produced by Dil Raju pairs him opposite a fellow debutant and child of an actress, Karthika Nair, the daughter of Radha. This film secured him Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for South Indian films.  Prior to the release of his first film, he signed up for his second film “Ye Maaya Chesave” with Indira Poductions, which is to be directed by Gautham Menon and music will be given by Oscar Winner A.R.Rahman. This film received critical acclaim and created a sensation at box office collections.

This film unanimous positive reviews with the film being dubbed as a classic by reviewers, with comparisons drawn to his father's romantic film, Mani Ratnam's “Geethanjali”. Critics also praised his on-screen chemistry with debutant actress Samantha, as the film went on to become a commercial success at the box-office. This was the Telugu version of the Tamil film, “Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya”. He also made a cameo appearance in the Tamil version too. His next movie was Sukumar's “100% Love” which was released in 2011 with Tamanna has gained success in the box office. His next movie “Dhada” with Kajal Aggarwal directed Ajay Bhuyan released in same year with huge expectations was a failure. His next movie is “Bejawada” produced by Ram Gopal Varma. This movie released in the same year and received negative feedback.

His recent release “Thadaka” which is a remake of Tamil movie “Vettai” has acquired a mixed response and running successfully at box office.  Naga Chaitanya is currently working with the Director Deva Katta' for the
movie “Autonagar Surya”. This movie stars Samantha who has already worked with Naga Chaitanya in “Ye Maaya Chesave”. Naga Chaitanya is often referred to as the youngest male actor in Telugu.