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S.V.Ranga Rao

Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao (3 July 1918 – 18 July 1974) was a South Indian actor, director and producer. He has an important place in the film history of South India (both in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu). He was an internationally recognised actor and is popularly known as "Vishwanata Chakravarthi." He was the First Indian Actor to receive an international award.
He was considered to be a versatile actor and the first actor of his kind with the famous mannerism "orey dongrey" from the film "Jagath Jettilu" he is the household name in Andhra Pradesh. He died on 18 July 1974 suffering a severe cardiac arrest. But, he continues to live in the annals of Tollywood and Tamil film history.

Early life
Rao was born to Lakshmi Narasayamma and Koteshwara Rao Naidu, an excise inspector at Nuzvidu town in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, when the World War I was drawing to a close. His mother, Lakshmi Narasayamma, a staunch devotee of Lord Venkateshwara, named the boy after him.
The possessive father sent S.V.R. to the erstwhile Madras presidency where he completed his schooling at Hindu College. At an early age of 12, the boy showed immense interest in stage action. while doing his B.Sc, but the mind of youthful S.V.R. was always preoccupied with the thoughts of stage-plays and film acting. Soon after graduation, S.V.R. could get a job in the Fire Service in the cadre of an officer. Two objectives were still clear in his mind, which were to do MSc and to take active part in dramas and films.

Film career
S.V.R. got an invitation from one of his relatives, B.V. Ramanandam, to play the hero in his film "Varoodhini". He immediately abandoned the job, and left for Salem to join the celluloid world. In fact, it’s a great beginning for the young man. The film "Varoodhini" was released, and in a few days people began to forget that they had ever seen such a movie. No producer dared to offer a role to him.
Soon, S.V.R. was disillusioned with the filmdom and left the Madras presidency and reached Jamshedpur, where he took up the job as a budget assistant with the Tata Company. However, his love for dramas began to bloom multifold. At this juncture, he was married to Leelavathi Badeti on 27 December 1947. In the days that followed, S.V.R. was given an opportunity to play the villain in the film, "Palletoori Pilla," produced by B.A. Subba Rao. Unfortunately, when S.V.R. was about to take a train to Chennai, his father expired. After performing the final rites, S.V.R. reached Chennai, but somebody had knocked away the villain role.
Luck tapped at S.V.R.'s door through Vijaya Pictures, which offered him the most memorable "Nepala Mantrikudu" role in "Pathala Bhairavi." Immediately, he came into the limelight, followed by "Pellichesi Choodu" (1952). Its Tamil version was also played by him. Within a short time, S.V.R. received appreciation from both Telugu and Tamil audiences.
He acted almost every character in history. He showed a kind of recklessness and arrogance in his dialogue delivery. The iconic status did not reach him so easily. He struggled a lot and from that struggle born a great actor of all times. Maya Bazaar and Nartanasala are among his famous movies. SVR was the first Indian to get an international award in Djakarta International Film Festival for his role of Keechaka in Nartanasala. His dialogue delivery cannot be matched with that of any film personality in the world as he can deliver dialogues even written in Sanskrit with so ease and with complete emotions that no one can ever come close to him in this aspect,it is said that even N.T.R who was great at delivering dialogues in telugu use to stammer in front of S.V.R.
His compatriot Gummadi once exclaimed "Fortunate are we to have SVR born in India but SVR is unfortunate to have born here... if he was born in the West he would have been one of the top 5 actors of all time in the world"

Trivia

S.V.R.'s relatives and family circles ridiculed him, saying that he was a fool to go after chances in cinemas by shunning the government jobs.

• Legendary L.V. Prasad gave S.V.R. the real break by extending him all the moral support and encouragement.
• The very mention of "Maya Bazaar" brings the picture of S.V.R. as Ghatothkacha in the minds of Andhras and Tamilians.
• His role as "Nepali Mantrik" in "Pathala Bhairavi" will continue to be remembered by millions of people.
• As Keechaka in "Narthanasala," S.V.R. proved himself to be the king when it comes to acting the mythological films.
• He was a passionate game hunter, sporting an excellent fire-arm that he procured from a friend in the British Indian army. One day, he was hunting a deer. But suddenly, the deer stopped running and looked straight into the eyes of S.V.R., as if questioning him "What will you get, if you kill me?" And thereafter S.V.R. never took up the gun again.
• SVR and Gummadi went to International Film Festival in Spain for the film Raju Peda where they met Richard Atenbarough. SVR played Peda(poor) and, Attenbarough commented that SVR should have played the KING. This showed how charismatic SVR used to be where without any pre-conceived notions people used to feel that he is the king..

Personal life

He was married to Leelavati.

Awards

He won the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Keechaka in Narthansala at the Indonesian Film Festival. It the first time an Indian actor received an international award in acting. Surprisingly, this fact is not well-known among many people.After getting the award he felt very sad that his own country couldn't honor his talent even though it is accepted by all Indian film fraternity that no one can ever match to SVR acting talent.

 

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Madhavi is a famous South Indian film actress. She played the heroine role for 17 years in seven languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Bengali, and Hindi. So far she acted in more than 300 films.
Director Dasari Narayana Rao gave her a starring role in the Telugu film "Thoorupu Padamara" when she was a teenager.

Early life
Madhavi was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her parents are Sasirekha and Govinda Swamy. She grew up with a brother and sister. She learnt classical dance, Bharat Natyam from Uma Maheshwari and folk dances from Mr. Bhatt from an early age and gave more than a thousand dance performances. She also attended Stanley Girls High School in Hyderabad.

Personal life
In 1996, her spiritual teacher 'Swami Rama' arranged her marriage to one of his disciples, a businessman (pharmaceuticals) named Ralph Sharma, who is half-Indian and half-German. She married him within a couple of weeks after meeting him. They have three children and live in New Jersey.
Now retired from films, she has indicated that she still feels the urge to act when she sees good films.
She has also an official website www.maadhavi.com

 

Bhanu Priya (Born in on January 15, 1967) was a leading actress of the Telugu film industry, Malayalam, Tamil from 1980 to 1993. She also acted in Bollywood in the 1990s.

Early life
She was born in a Hindu, Telugu family. Her sister Nishanthi knowed as Shantipriya.
Career

Bhanupriya made her debut in the Telugu movie Sitara directed by veteran Vamsy, which was a big hit. She has acted in over 25 Telugu films, around 30 films in Tamil and also 14 Hindi films and a few Malayalam films.

Trained in classical dance, all her critically acclaimed movies were based on the subject of classical dance, like Vamsy's "Sitara" and veteran K.Vishwanath's "Swarnakamalam" in Telugu and Sathyan Anthikkad's Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal in Malayalam. She is also part of Mani Ratnam's stage show Netru, Indru, Naalai.
Personal life


Bhanupriya married Adarsh Kaushal, an award-winning photographer based in the United States and son of famous Bharatanatyam artist Sumathikoushal in United States. They have a daughter. Now, they are settled in Chennai.
She has acted in over 111 films as a heroine. She is known as the 'other Sridevi'.

 

Dr. Paluvayi Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (born on September 7, 1925 - December 24, 2005) was a noted Indian film actress, director, music director, singer, producer, book writer and songs writer. Most of her works are in Telugu and Tamil languages.


Early life
She was born as third child to Saraswatamma and Bommaraju Venkata Subbaiah, in Doddavaram village of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. She grew up watching her father performing stage shows. Her father, Venkatasubbiah, was a staunch lover of classical music and gave her early training in music.

She entered the film industry in 1935, and acted in over 200 films in Telugu and Tamil. She was also called as Ashtavadhani by the film industry people as she was a writer, actor, director, producer, singer, music director, editor and studio owner. She also had a good knowledge of Astrology and philosophy.

Bhanumati was also a talented writer with a number of short stories to her credit. Her autobiography Nalo Nenu was published in Telugu and later, released in English as Musings. Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy awarded her as the best short story writer for her popular short stories "Attagari Kathalu". She was a Member of Lalith Kala Academy for 5 years, and Sahitya Academy, Andhra Pradesh for 10 years. She served as Director and Principal of the Tamil Nadu Government Music College, Chennai, for three years.

She was an eminent social worker who was closely associated with a number of Social Service Organizations. She was the founder member and treasurer of Madras branch of Altrusa International Inc., Chicago for life long starting from 1963. She was a life time member of the 'Red Cross Society'. She established an educational institution named as "Dr. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Matriculation School" at Saligramam, Chennai providing free education to the poor.

Personal lifeDuring the shooting of the film Krishna Prema, she met P. S. Ramakrishna Rao, an assistant director for that film. He was a film producer, director and editor of Telugu and Tamil Films. The couple later got married 8 August 1943 and later launched a popular production company, Bharani Pictures on their son's name.
She died aged 80 in Chennai

 

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Roja Ramani is a South Indian movie actress. She was a child star in her debut movie Bhakta Prahlada (1967), and was popular during the 1970s and early 1980s. She has acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam movies.

Ramani first movie was Bhakta Prahlada in 1967, when she was only 7-8 years old.

She said her title role in Bhakta Prahlada and leading roles in Chambarati (Malayalam original for Kanne Vayasu) and O Seeta Katha stand out the most and earned her awards and recognition.
She worked in movies like Paruva Kaalam in Tamil with Kamal Haasan and Kanya Vaiyasulu in Telugu. After that, she appeared in about 20 Malayalam films. She also acted in P. N. Menon's Chemb

Personal life and background
Ramani was born in Madras, India. Her father was a journalist with Picture Post.
She is married to Chakrapani, an Oriya actor. They have a son, Tarun, a Tollywood actor.

 

Mrs S. Varalakshmi, also known as S. Varalaxmi (born 1927) is a veteran Telugu and Tamil actress and singer. She is popular for her roles and songs in Telugu movies like Mahamantri Timmarasu and Venakateswara Mahatyam and Tamil movies like Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Savale Samali.

She has received several awards commending her service to Tamil cinema. The most recent ones were:

Sivaji Ganesan Memorial Award Presented by the Sivaji Family in Oct 2007.

Kavignar Kannadasan Award presented by the Tamil Nadu Government in 2004.

Varalakshmi was born in Jaggampeta, Andhra Pradesh, India. She started her career as child artist in saint role in Balayogini, when she was nine years old. Her first successful movie was Balaraju in 1948. She later acted with all top heroes in Telugu and Tamil industries. She was also famous for her voice, and sung her songs in all movies she acted. Her roles as Sivaji's wife in Veerapandiya Kattabomman and important roles in Poova Thalaiyaa, Savale Samali,Maattukkara Velan and Neethikku thalaivanangu won her critical acclaim as a talented singer and actress in Tamil movies. In her later career, she acted in mother and aunt roles. She married film producer A L Srinivasan and has two children. She continued to act after marriage in senior roles in Telugu and Tamil cinema.