Anjali Biography

Anjali is a South Indian film actress and model, who mainly works in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role as Anandhi in the 2007 Tamil film Katradhu Thamizh, which happened to be her first Tamil film itself and introduced her to the Tamil audience as an actress.

Career

Anjali was born in Rajamundry in Andhra Pradesh, India and has 2 brothers.

She started her acting flim career in 2007 with the critically acclaimed Tamil film Katradhu Thamizh, directed by Ram, who gave her the opportunity to star in the film, when she was vainly waiting for an offer in the Telugu film industry. 

Though the film proved to be unsuccessful at the box-office, people took notice of "Ananthi", the homely girl, which Anjali portrayed in the film and she garnered critical acclaim, was highly praised and was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for the Best Debut Actress in Tamil for that year.

In her second film Aayudham Seivom opposite director-turned-actor Sundar C., she went for an image makeover, shedding her "homely image" and enacting a glamorous role with less scope to perform, which was not well received by the audience as it was a surprise and shock as opposed to her first film, in which she gave an impressive performance.

Currently, Anjali is working on five films simultaneously, including Angaadi Theru, directed by Vasanthabalan, who earlier directed the National Film Award winning Tamil film, Veyyil, and Rettai Suzhi, in which she will be sharing screen with veteran directors Bharathiraja and K. Balachandar.

 

Anjali Devi Biography

Mrs Anjali Devi (born 24th August, 1927) is a veteran Telugu actress and producer. She is well known for her mythological role as Sita in Lava Kusa and glamorous roles in movies like Suvarna Sundari and Anarkali.

She hails from Peddapuram, East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh state, India and later settled in Chennai. She was a drama artist before entering into movies. Her debut was as a divine dancer in Gollabhama produced by Krishnaveni in 1947. Her first movie as heroine was Kashtajeevi by L. V. Prasad. She later acted in more than 350 Telugu films and also in a few Tamil and Kannada films as the heroine.

She married Adinarayana Rao, a music director, in 1948. She, along with him, produced many Telugu films under the banner of Anjali Pictures. She acted in Lava Kusa, a milestone film and the first color film in Telugu film industry in 1963. She acted in various roles like damsel, angel, dancer, demon, goddess, traditional woman and later in mother characters. Her grand daughter Saila Rao is also an actress.

She received Raghupathi Venkaiah Award in 2005 for her life time service to Telugu film industry.

She was conferred with Ramineni Award given for 2006 in fine arts sections.

She won the prestigious ANR National Award for 2007.

Vijaya Nirmala Biography

Vijaya Nirmala is a South Indian actress and director. In 2002, the Guinness Book of Records named her the most prolific female producer for having 100 above feature films.

Vijaya Nirmala's entry into the film industry was as a child artiste in Panduranga Mahatmyam (1957) at the age of 7. In 1964, she starred opposite Prem Nazir in the landmark Malayalam film Bhargavi Nilayam.She debuted in Telugu industry through the film Rangula Ratnam.Her debut film in Tamil was Engaveettu Penn,which was followed by movies including Panama Paasama, En Annan, Gnanaoli, and Uyira Maanama. She met her second husband Krishna on the sets of Saakshi (1967), her second film in Telugu, and they starred together in 47 films. It was Saakshi, that kindled her interest in direction.To date, she has acted in over 200 films with 25 each in Malayalam and Tamil, and the remaining in Telugu.Her small screen debut came with Balaji Telefilms Pelli Kanuka. Soon after, she launched her own banner Vijaya Krishna Movies and produced 15 films. She made her directional debut with a Malayalam film with a budget of 3 lakhs. She made her directorial debut in Telugu with Meena and directed 40 films in Telugu and one film each in Malayalam (directorial debut film) and Tamil (Kungumachimizh).Currently the actress-director is based in Hyderabad and is managing Padmalaya Studios and Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd.

Vijaya Nirmala from her first marriage has one son, actor Naresh. In 1969, she married actor Krishna. She has indicated that she has an amiable relationship with her husband's first wife Indira and her children.

Vijaya Nirmala received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for 2008 regarding her contributions to Telugu film industry.

Ankitha JhaveriBiography

Name:Ankitha

Alternate Names:Ankita
                          Ankita Jhaveri
                          Ankitha Jhaveri 

Place of birth:Maharashtra
                     Mumbai 

Profession:Actress, Model 

Mother Tongue:Marathi 

First Movie:Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
                  (Telugu, 2002) 

Movies

Arjunudu ( 2011, Telugu )

Bhagyaraj (2011, Tamil )

Tsunami 7X ( 2009, Telugu )

Police Adhikari (2009, Telugu )

Vinayakudu (2008,Telugu)

Anasuya (2007, Telugu)

Nava Vasantham (2007, Telugu)

Julaayi (2007, Telugu)

Thiruranga ( 2007, Tamil )

Raraju ( 2006,Telugu )

Seetharamudu (2006, Telugu)

Manasumata Vinadhu (2005, Telugu)

London ( 2005, Tamil )

Vijayendra Varama (2004, Telugu)

Monalisa (2004, Telugu)

Andaru Dongale (2004, Telugu)

Simhadri (2003, Telugu)

Shriraam ( 2003, Kannada )

Dhanalakshmi I Love You ( 2002, Telugu )

Premalo Pavani Kalyan (2002, Telugu)

Dhanalakshmi Ilove U (2002, Telugu)

Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo (2002, Telugu)

 

Anuradha Mehta Biography

Anuradha Mehta was born on April 8, 1983 in Mumbai, India. She is a famous actress.

She is one of those actress who remained as models in the past. Anuradha has gained a lot of fame in the world of Kollywood and Tollywood industries.

She was brought up in Mumbai and did her schooling from St. Francis De Sales School, Janakpuri, New Delhi. Her famous Telugu movies include, "Arya", "Nuvvante Nakishtam" and "Maharajasri".

Anuradha has also played roles in Kannada movies such as, "Ajay" and "Honganasu".

She is famous for her role as Geeta in the Telugu movie, "Arya" directed by Sukumar.

Anu Agarwal Biography

Name:Anu Agarwal

Date of Birth:11 January 1969

Place of Birth:Punjab, India 

Height:5' 6" (1.68 m) 

Anu Agarwal is a Punjabi born in New Delhi on 11th January 1969.She grew up in Chennai. She studied Psychology at the Delhi University and earned a gold medal. 

She met with a car accident that saw her out of action for  a while as she focused on getting better.

She dated actor Saif Ali Khan.

Anu Agarwal’s Movies 

Anu Agarwal made her debut in Mahesh Bhatt’s Aashiqui (1990) with new comer Rahul Roy. The movie became an instant hit. Her next two movies Ghazab Tamasha (1992) and Khal-Nayika (1993) failed to recreate the magic of Aashiqui. 

She worked in the Tamil hit Thiruda Thiruda (1993) by Mani Rathnam. She appeared in a short film by Mani Kaul called The Cloud Door which was based on an erotic theme. It kicked up a controversy and was not screened again.

She was seen in Janam Kundali (1995) and Return of Jewel Thief (1996) after which she stepped out of the spot light.

Vijayashanthi Biography

Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She was born in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India on 24 June 1966. She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema. She has won the National Film Award (Best Actress) for Karthavyam in 1991. She played a wide variety of roles including glamorous roles,action heroine, tough cop, Goddess, sentimental roles and proved herself in all roles. She is ever rememberd for her versatality including acting, dancing, fighting skills.

Background and career

Vijayashanti, whose given name was 'Shanti', is a politician and is the elected MP from the Medak constituency in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Prior to joining politics in 2004, she was a leading actress in Telugu and Tamil films. She began her acting career in 1979 at the age of 13 as the leading lady in the Tamil film Kallukkul Eeram ("The moisture inside stone / rock") directed by the legendary Tamil film-maker Bharati Raja. The same year, she debuted in her native Telugu with the movie Kilaadi Krishnudu ('Cunning Krishna'), pairing opposite superstar Krishna. For the first few years, she portrayed mostly glamour roles. Notable among them is her role in the Telugu film Satyam-Shivam (1981), the cast of which included the two legends of Telugu Cinema - NTR,and ANR. She is believed to be married Srinivas Prasad and having two children. 

Glamour Queen & Dream Girl

Vijayashanti's first break as a performer came in the 1983 Telugu film Neti Bharatam directed by T. Krishna. The next few years saw her in performance-oriented roles (Desamlo Dongalu Paddaaru, Vandemaataram, Pratighatana, Aruna kiranam, Repati Pourulu, Devalayam, etc.), and in glamorous roles (Challenge, Desodhdhaarakudu, Pasivaadi Praanam, Muddula Krishnaiah, Agni Parvatam, Gang Leader etc.). By 1985 she was exclusively acting in Telugu films. She became a Glamour Queen of the Telugu film industry.

As an action heroine and mass entertainer

In the blockbuster movie Karthavyam (1990), her performance as a tough cop (modeled after real-life supercop Kiran Bedi) won her the National Film Award from Indian Government and an Andhra Pradesh State award for best actress.She became third women to win national award for best actress from Telugu industry. The success of this movie saw her moving away from glamorous roles and limiting herself to tough lady roles. These tough lady roles made her a lady super star in Telugu.

In 1990, Kartavyam was dubbed into Tamil as Vijayanthi IPS and its success brought her actress in Tamil cinema as well. (It was also remade in Hindi as Tejaswini, with herself playing the lead role. As expected, Tejaswini did very well at the Hindi box-office). Following the success of Vijayanthi IPS, the producers of her films began releasing Tamil versions of her movies simultaneously with the Telugu Movies. After she started concentrating on Action roles. some thing special is her nativity showing

Political career

In 1997 she started her political career by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Soon she was made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing (Bharateeya Mahila Morcha). During the 1999 Indian general elections she was named BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi of Congress(I) (however, she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary). She started her own political party, Talli Telangana, which merged into Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in January 2009.

From 1999 her movie appearances decreased as she focused on her political career. By 2004 she had stopped signing new films. In 2009 General Election of 15th Lok Sabha she won Medak seat.She is actively participating in the telangana agitation for a separate state for the telangana region.

Awards

National Film Award - Best Actress - Karthavyam (1990).

Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Osey Ramulamma (1997).

Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Kartavyam (1990).

Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Repati Pourulu (1986).

Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu) - Neti Bharatam (1983).

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (South) in Indian Cinema (2003).

Mannan (1992) - Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil).

Kartavyam (1990) - Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Osey Ramulamma (1997) - Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Bharatanaari (1989) - Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Pratighatana (1985) - Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Neti Bharatam (1983) - Nandi Award for Best Actress.

She also received the Nandi Award for Best supporting actress in 1982,1983