Star Portrait-Srikanth

Meka Srikanth a multi talented telugu actor who is well known as Srikanth. He is born on March 23rd, 1968 whose family is from Gangavathy, Karnataka. Actually Srikanth was born in Vijayawada. He completed his graduation in Commerce (B.Com) and also got a diploma from film institute. Srikanth got married to Uma Maheswari who is popular as Actress Ooha. She acted with him in the films like “Aame” and “Aayanagaru”. Srikanth has blessed with three kids named Roshan, Medha and Rohan.

Film Journey 

He started his film career with minor roles as villain and support artist. Srikanth started his career with small roles in telugu industry after completing his course in acting, acted as a villain in hit movies like “Sitaratnam Gari Abbai” and “Varasudu” opposite Nagarjuna. Srikanth’s first movie acted is “People’s Encounter” produced by Usha kiran movies under the direction of Mohan Gandhi. The first notable hit came to him in 1995 with the movie “Taj Mahal” and the film is produced by Movie Moghal Dr.D.Ramanaidu under the banner of Suresh Productions. The movie became super hit.

From then onwards he has no need to look back. He became a superstar with the biggest blockbuster of the year “Pelli Sandadi”, which is directed by K.Raghavendra Rao. After “Pelli Sandadi”, Srikanth acted under the direction of S.V.Krishna Reddy and gave some good hits like “Vinodam”, “Egire Pavurama” and “Aahvaanam” etc. His hit movies were “Khadgam”, “Sankar Dada M.B.B.S”, “Pellam Orelithe”, “Yemandoi Srivaru”, “Kshemanga Velli Labhanga Randi”, “Oo Chinadana” and “Mahatma”. His early break came with “Tajmahal”. Sri Kanth is the only star after the Mega Star Chiranjevi got success in Telugu industry with his own hard work and without any support. “Mahatma” is Srikanth’s 100th movie and directed by creative director Krishna Vamshi.

Srikanth was initially appreciated by almost all the top directors like K.Raghavendra Rao, E.V.V.Satyanarayana and S.V.Krishna Reddy etc for his dedication and discipline. Srikanth considered being the best character hero in Telugu movie industry. After “Mahatma” his films were “A Aa E Ee”, “Ranga the Donga”, “Dushasana”, “Virodhi”, “Sri Rama Rajyam”, “All the Best”, “Shirdi Sai”, “Lucky”, “Devaraya”,  “Sevakudu”, “Shatruvu”. His recent release “Shadow” with Victory Venkatesh got mixed response and once again critics praised for his acting. Currently he is working for the film  “Anucharudu”.

Awards and Honours 

Nandi Special Jury Award for Mahatma

Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Shankar Dada MBBS

Star Portrait-Sudheer Babu

Sudheer babu is an upcoming Tollywood actor with multiple talents who is trying hard to make his

own mark in industry. He is a second Son-in-law of Super Star Krishna and brother-in-law of prince

Mahesh babu.  He was born Rani on 11th May 1977 to Sri Posani Nageswara Rao and Smt. Posani in

Vijayawada. He has only one elder sister Karuna. He was born and brought up in Vijayawada, Andhra

Pradesh. He did his schooling in Vijayawada in Siddartha public school and got graduated from

Maharishi Institute of management Hyderabad. Later he generated interest in badminton and took

it professionally with a lot of playing he showed his timbre which got him many accolades. Starting

with the National School Games runner up and also was a Junior Badminton World Cup probable.

He became determined to work a lot harder and eventually achieved the ranking as Andhra Pradesh

No.1 player and also Karnataka No.1 he also played alongside with Pullela Gopichand as a doubles

partner. Then Sudheer Babu got married to the youngest daughter of Superstar Krishna Priyadarshini

in 2006. He is blessed with two children named Charith Maanas and Darshan.  With his management

skills in mind has started a garment business which fared well. Before marrying to Krishna’s daughter

he acted in one film which was not released at that time due to some reasons.  After he got married

to Krishna’s daughter producer wants to release the film but Sudheer doesn’t agreed to release that

film. One fine day he expressed his interest to Krishna Garu about his re-entry into the Tollywood

film industry. Super Star Krishna encouraged him to give a try which motivated Sudheer Babu to take

up acting. Sudheer Babu re-introduced “Yem Maya chesave” under the banner of Indira Productions

with is run by Manjula garu who is Superstar Krishna’s daughter who also felt that he would give it

a try found a role in the film. He wanted to gain experience in acting so he took up the role which

caught a lot of people in surprise for his neat performance. He got trained in all the arts to become

an actor and is now acting as the lead for a film “SMS”(Siva Manasulo Sruthi) which is close to

completion and is likely to release in the year 2011.

Film Journey. 

Sudheer Babu debuted into movies in 2004 with a film but that movie didn’t get released for some

reasons. Later Sudheer began his acting career with the film “Ye Maaya Chesave” which was directed

by Gautham Menon. The film was produced by his sister-in-law Manjula Ghattamaneni. In the film,

he played the role of Samantha's brother. Sudheer made his debut in a leading role with the film

SMS (Shiva Manasulo Shruti) directed by Bheemli Kabadi Jattu fame Tatineni Satya. Actress Regina

Cassandra who also made her debut with this film was paired with Sudheer. The film was a remake

of 2009 Tamil film “Siva Manasula Sakthi”. His performance in the film was well received and he was

praised for his dances in the film. Currently he signed three film one is “Aggipulla” which is under

Pre-Production works and next two “Prema Katha Chithram” and “Aadu Magadura Bujji” , these

both are under filming.

Star Portrait-Murali Mohan

Maganti Rajababu who changed his screen name as Murali Mohan is a famous Tollywood film actor, Businessman, Producer, Politician and Philanthropist.  He was born on June 24, 1940 in Chataparru village, Eluru. His father Madhavi Rao was a freedom fighter. After he finished schooling in his village, he went to Eluru for higher education but failed than he stopped studying and started his own business dealing in electrical motors and oil engines. As a hobby, he started acting in stage dramas and theatre play lets in Vijayawada. Murali Mohan is married to Vijaya Lakhsmi, and the couple has a daughter Madhu Bindu and a son Ram Mohan.

Film Journey.

Murali Mohan entered in film in 1973 as hero with the film “Jagame Maya" which was produced by Poornachandra Rao Atluri where Murali Mohan received a positive response, he continued to struggle for another break, until a famous director Narayana Rao Dasari cast him in the film "Tirupati" which was released in 1974. Dasari was impressed with his performance and cast him in 40 more films. In 1975, Murali Mohan wrapped up his business and shifted to Madras to concentrate fully in films. He has acted in over 350 films. The period between 1975 and 1985 was his best phase in his film career. In 1980 he formed his own production company with his brother Kishore titled Jayabheri Productions, and his first movie as producer was "Varala Abbay" directed by the noted filmmaker K. Balachander. It also turned to be Murali Mohan's 100th film. Till now Jayabheri has produced about 25 films. He is the first person to act in Television serials from the Telugu film industry. In 1990, he retired as a leading man and opted to act in the character roles. He is the first person to act in Television serials from the Telugu film industry.

Services to Film Industry.  

After taking a break from active Cinema, he served in various positions in National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and the regional Film Development Corporation (FDC) in Andhra Pradesh. He is the Ex. - Chairman-F.D.C Ex. - Chairman-N.F.D.C. He is the Honorary President of the Telugu Movie Artists Association.

As a Businessman

Murali Mohan turned into a businessman and has stakes in various diversified business including real estate and automobiles. In 1980 he formed his own production company with his brother Kishore titled Jayabheri Productions and producer more than 25 film until now. He has started the successful real estate Jayabheri group in and around Andhra Pradesh.

Political Career.

He has been an active member of the Telugu Desam Party, he contested in the 15th loksabha elections in 2009 as the TDP Candidate from Rajahmundry parliamentary constituency which eventually lost to the Indian National Congress Candidate Vundavalli Aruna Kumar.

Philanthropy

Murali Mohan uses a portion of his earnings to help poor students and encourage them toward a better life. Since its inception "Murali Mohan Charitable Trust" has adopted nearly 1000 students of Engineering & Medicine very year. Eligible students are funded irrespective of caste and creed.

Star Portrait-Sivaji

Sivaji is one of the notable Telugu actor and Producer. He is mostly famous for his comedy timing and supporting roles. He was born on January 30 completed his studies in his home town. He is a big found of films, after completion of studies he wants to look his career in films and as usual after many struggling his Hard Worker and came to lime light as a supporting role artist and soon became a Hero only after 3yrs of his debut.

His first film was “Premante Ideraa” which was release on 1998. He was cast as Venkatesh best friend in this film. Sivaji’s acting was appreciated by the critics at the time of its release. He produced a film “Taj Mahal” after 15 years of his career. Sivaji started his film career by doing small roles in notable films such as “Kushi” and “Indra”. Unlike his contemporaries he did not have a godfather, a producer father, an actor father. As noted earlier he won Nandi award for dubbing for the film Dil.

Sivaji’s first success as a solo hero came with the film “Missamma”. He acted in many films as a leading protagonist but failed to reach star status. After many years of struggle he once said in an interview that some of the leading actresses will not work with him. He also said in the interview that even after ten years of being in the Telugu industry his films was having trouble releasing on time. His debut film was Victory Venkatesh “Premante Ideraa” in supporting role under Jayanth C. Paranji direction and it was produced by K Ashok Kumar, Burugapally Sivarama Krishna. Sivaji is one of the Tollywood  heroes how is far away from controversies and he is the less talkative hero in industry.

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for the movie “Dil” . He has given voice over to Nitin.

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