Telugu Movie World

Obituary: Sobhanbabu, Family hero

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:38:00 +0000

Telugu film family hero, Sobhanbabu passed away in Chennai at 10:55 AM. He was admitted in Apollo hospitals after suffering injury during yoga. He was 71. He was survived by a wife and 4 children (1 son and 3 daughters). He will be remembered as a family hero in reel life and family man in real life. He was one of the most disciplined persons in film industry and a strong believer in real estate investment. He was a dream hero for many women in 70’s. He had a massive fan following among ladies in those days.

In his later years, he stayed away from cine industry. He was not attended even for the silver jubilee function of Telugu cinema industry.

Sobhanbabu profile:

Full name: Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao.

Nickname: Andhra Andagadu.

Age: 71 years.

Native place: Chinanandigama, G. Kondur (Mandal), Krishna Dt.

Born on: January 14, 1937.

Married: Kanthakumari in 1958.

First signed for: Daivabalam (1959).

First released movie: Bhaktha Sabari (1960).

Last movie: Dorababu.

Claim to fame: Veerabhimanyu and Manushulu Marali.

Awards: 4 Nandi awards, 5 filmfare awards and 1 national award (Bangaru Panjaram).

Best movies: Veerabhimanyu, Manushulu Marali, Jeevanajyothy, Sravanasandhya, Kartheekadeepam, Gorintaku, Babu, Lavakusa, Sampoorna Ramayanam, Bhalipeetham, Narthanasala etc.

Dream pair: Sobhanbabu - Sarada.

Investment philosophy: Real Estate is the best business.

Telugu cinema lost a great actor and person and many film personalities will surely miss this great advisor and philosopher.

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Obituary: Raghuvaran- versatile actor

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:25:00 +0000

Veteran South Indian character actor, Raghuvaran, died of heart attack (Cardiac arrest) in Mehtha hospital in Chennai. He was 60. According to hospital authorities, he passed away due to bad effects of alcohol addiction.

Raghuvaran acted in more than 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Tamilnadu Government facilitated him with prestigious “Kalaimamani” award. His last movie released was "Silanerangalil".

Even though Raghuvaran acted as hero in some movies, he excelled as a villain and character artist. His performance in "Anjali", "Siva", Oke Okkadu" and "Pasivadi Pranam" are unforgettable. I spent sleepless nights after watching "Pasivadi Pranam" in my childhood.

Raghuvaran was born in December 11, 1948 and was married to actress Rohini but later divorced due to Raghuvaran’s bad habits. He is a devotee of Satya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi. He came into prominence with Ramgopalvarma’s "Siva" movie which was a trendsetter in the Telugu film industry.

He acted with Tamil superstar, Rajnikant in movies like Bhasha, Muthu, Arunachalam and Shivaji. Rajanikanth liked his acting prowess and casted him in almost every movie in the last 5 years. Raghuvaran was a permanent figure in Rajnikanth’s movies and he was already signed for upcoming "Robot" movie.

Film industry will find it difficult to replace this multifaceted actor whose real life was as dramatic as his reel life.

South Indian movie viewers will never forget his acting prowess. It was a sad end to a great actor.

Telugu Actress Sneha Profile

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:12:00 +0000

Sneha won the hearts of Telugu viewers with her roles in Bapu's Radha Gopalam and Nagarjuna's Sri Ramadasu. She looks very sensuous in sarees.

Sneha personal and Profesional Tastes:

Birth Place: Mumbai
Real Name: Suhasini
Study: Dubai

Sneha acted for the first time in a Malayalam movie.
Her first movie in Telugu is “Tholi Valapu” against Actor Gopichand.
First Hit movie in Telugu is Priyamaina Neeku.

Memorable Movie: Radha Gopalam.
Movie that changed sneha's career: Sri Ramadasu
Favorite Telugu Movies: Maro Charithra, Ninne Pelladatha and Anand.

Educational Goal: To study Psychology.
Favorite sport: Cricket
Favorite cricketer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Favorite actors: Amithab Bacchan and Shahrukh Khan
Dream Boy: Abhishek Bacchan

Favorite Hindi Movies: DDLJ and Dil to Pagal Hai
Favorite Telugu Heroines: Savitri, Suhasini, Radhika and Soundrya

Though she looks good in sarees, her favorite dress is Jeans.
Favorite Food: Chinese Recipes
Books: Non Fiction

Source: EENADU Sunday Magazine

Telugu actress profile: Priyamani

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:08:00 +0000

Telugu actress Priyamani mesmerised Telugu viewers with her innocent and beautiful looks in “Pellaina Kotthalo”. Her career reached new highs with super hit movie “Yamadonga”. Her performance in “Navavasantham” received plaudits from Telugu movie critics.

Priyamani profile: Image courtesy: Idlebrain.

Name: Priyamani.

Nickname: Mani.

Birth place: Bengaluru.

Education: B.Com

First Telugu Movie: Pellaina Kotthalo.

Hit Movies: Yamadonga, Pellaina Kotthalo and Navavasantham.

Hobbies: Watching movies.

Time pass: Chatting with friends.

Favourite heroes: All heroes (do you believe her words?)

Favourite heroine: Sridevi.

Favourite recipe: Any vegetarian diet.

Favourite drink: Water!

Dress: Jeans and T-shirt.

Positive point: Friendliness.

Goal: To become good actress.

About life: most valuable thing.

What is love: Understanding one another.

Philosophy: Live life without any hypocrisy.

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Telugu Movie Classics: Mayabazar

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Mayabazar completed 50 years of its first release. It is regarded as best Telugu movie by critics and ordinary viewers. Mayabazar was released on March 27, 1957.

Story: It is a clearly woven fiction story based on Mahabharata (Hindu Mythology).

Highlights:

1. It is a mixture of mythological and social fantasy.

2. This movie’s screen play is a lesson for every writer and director. Director and writer took 8 months to prepare screen play for this epic movie.

3. The actors and actresses were not merely acted, but lived in their roles.

4. It was produced by Nagireddy and Chakrapani under Vijaya banner. Director and screen play writer was K.V. Reddy. Story and songs writer was Pingali Nagendra Rao. Music director was Ghantasala and S. Rajeswara Rao (for 3 songs). Photographer was Marcus Bartley.

5. Though it was a story of “Pandavas”, they never appeared on the screen but audience are under delusion that Pandavas are there in every scene.

6. Cost of production at that time was 2.6 million which was very high at that time.

7. Among the actors who acted in the movie, only 3 actors are still living today. They are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Gummadi and Mikkilineni.

8. N.T.Ramarao who played the Lord Krishna role in that movie later became real God to Telugu audience. In those days, the portrait of NTR as Lord Krishna was adored the every house in Andhra Pradesh.

9. The songs like “Vivaha Bhojanambu”, “Lahiri Lahirilo” are still ringing in the ears of every Telugu cine goer.

10. It is the favourite movie of Megastar Chiranjeevi.

Super hit at Box office type of cinemas are there, but maintaining the No.1 position for as long as 50 years like this Mayabazar movie is an extra ordinary thing. One must see the movie to find its greatness. It is difficult to describe its greatness in words.

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Must visit site for Telugu Song lovers

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:06:00 +0000

Chimata Music is a must visit site for classic Telugu movie songs lovers. It has one of the best Telugu audio collections divided into categories. It has separate sectons for new and old Telugu actors. It lists best solo and duets of the site. Songs are divided into solo and duet categories of new and old Telugu heroes and according to music directors and directors. This site also contains devotional songs, kids songs, Padyalu and mimicry collection. You can only listen these songs. But you can not download them.

Visit Chimata Music songs collection.

If you want to download Telugu old songs, Visit this site.

Review: Top 5 Telugu hero fans sites

dr.nvkrishna@gmail.com (Dr.Krishna) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:46:00 +0000

Telugu cinema heroes have strong fans associations all over the state. There is some fierce competition among the fan clubs of top Telugu heroes. This competition spreads to internet also. Fans of top heroes have very good websites . I have selected top 5 Telugu hero fans sites based on the alexa rankings. Unfortunately, most of the sites are losing visitors due to lack of depth in the content like Idlebrain.
These rankings are as on the January 3, 2007.

1. Nandamuri Fans Site: (Alexa Rank - 31,755)

This website is for the fans of Nandamuri family. Nandamuri fans website rose to number one spot with its rare multimedia content. It has some good video collections on NTR and Balakrishna. This is the only fans site that is gradually improving its ranking.

Pros: Good website Design, Rare photos and videos.

Cons: No audio content.

Must watch: N.T.Rama rao speech on the occasion of Ugaadi festival.

2. Nagarjuna Fans Site: (Alexa Rank - 1,06,029)

Nagarjuna fans site rapidly fell from top rankings due to lack of depth in the site. This site has good articles and reviews. This site needs more videos to reach higher rankings.

Pros: Good articles and more female fans.

Cons: Lack of mass fans may lower its ranking in the future.

3. Mahesh Babu Fans Site: (Alexa Rank - 1,07, 446)

Mahesh Babu fans site is more NRI oriented. Most of the content (images) is America centric.

Pros: NRI's love this website.

Cons: Needs to add more andhra content.

4. Nandamuri Balakrishna Fans Site: (Alexa Rank - 1,09,471)

This Balakrishna fans site is rich in content and worst in design. This is the worst designed website among all fans sites. Too many ads make the user browsing experience troublesome.

This site should learn a lesson from indiatimes.com. When you have more conent, you should organise it i properway.

Pros: Best in content among all fans sites.

Cons: Worst in design.

5. Chiranjeevi Fans Site: (Alexa Rank - 1,53,646)

6. Pavan Kalyan Fans Site: (Alexa Rank - 2,89,770)

Though both heroes command large fan following, lack of content makes these sites lie so low in the alexa rankings.

Pros: Pawan fans site has good design.

Cons: Chiranjeevi fans site needs complete make over.

I cann't understand why these sites are using outdated web design techniques. Learn lessons from web 2.0 sites. Just compare Rediff.com's new design with old one.

In my opinion, all these sites have the fan base to break Alexa 10,000 barrier.

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