THE CINE TELUGU FILM ACTERS: July 2008

akkineni.najarjuna

he celluloid scientist Nagarjuna, son of the Akkineni Negeswara Rao, was born on 29th August 1959 . He Graduate with an Engineering Degree from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Nag's foray into films is an act of passion. His first film Vikram(1986), made a splash at the hearts of youth.

It was 'Geetanjali' that has taken Nag's image as a romantic hero to new heights. 'Shiva' gave Nag much needed action Hero image and Nag made inroads into the hearts of students. Fueled by the success of Shiva, Nag made a grand entry into Hindi filmdom with the remake of 'Shiva'. This film has also got him Amala, his soul mate.

Nag paired up with Vamsi to produce one of the biggest Telugu romantic blockbusters, 'Ninne Pelladatha'. After this film Nag faced the biggest challenge in his cine career. That is to act as Annamayya, the legendary singer/poet of Medieval times.

To his credit he blooded Geetha Krishna, Ram Gopal Varma, Uppalapati Narayana Rao, Praveen Gandhi and Pratap. He offered a new comer Krishna Vamsi just by looking at a 5 minute rushes of 'Gulabi'. Nag will be known as the person who changed the mindset of industry with his creative thinking. He encouraged the new technology in his films. And others followed him.

Nagarjuna is characterised by his soft-spoken nature. Being a frank and an open person, he has won a permanent place in the heart of Film Industry in South India.

After a decade of acting in films and becoming one of the most popular film stars in South India, he wanted to try producing a film. He made history of sorts, by producing a film "Sisindri" with his nine month old son,Akhil won several awards for his performance.

Trisha is a well known name in Tollywood. She ha several hit films to her credit.

Her latest film ‘Bujjigadu made in Chennai’ Prabhas in the lead and directed by Puri Jagannath is doing reasonably well.

She scored big hits with films like ‘Adavari Maatalku Ardhale Veerule’ opposite Venkatesh and ‘Krishna’ with Ravi Teja.

But Trisha is a very worried person. Her recent films in Tamil bombed at the box office. To add to he wows, heroine like Nayanatara and Priyamani are going great guns and they are now changing her monopoly in Tamil.

Priyamani not only won the national award for best actress this year but she has also bagged a role in Shankar’s prestigious project ‘Robo’.

Trisha is worried that Nayanatara and Priyamani will now give tough competition to her and even bag films that were meant for her.

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SILPASETTY

Shilpa Shetty (Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ; born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has appeared in nearly 50 Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she went through years of decline during her career, Shetty was willing to reinvent herself quite often. Her performances in Dhadkan (2000) and Rishtey (2002) were appreciated, while her portrayal of an AIDS patient in Phir Milenge (2004), won her many accolades. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress.

Shetty has been embroiled in various controversies including suspected mafia links. In 2006 she was issued with a warrant on charges of obscenity. After taking part in the British Celebrity Big Brother TV show in 2007, Shetty was crowned the winner with 63% of the final vote,^[1] after an international racism controversy involving her and fellow contestants Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd. This was followed by her comeback to films in 2007 when she acted in two successive movies, Life in a... Metro and Apne, with her performance in the former drawing positive reviews. Shetty thus re-established her status in the film industry

iswaryarai

Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003).

After she was born, her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect.

She can communicate in several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Marathi Tamil . While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place (behind Sushmita Sen), and went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress. and

nithin

Having enamoured the audience with his boyish charm with the blockbuster Jayam in 2002, NitinTakkari, which is going great guns at the BO. still remains the quintessential boy- next-door in Tollywood. It's hard to believe that five years have gone by since he made his debut, and Nitin has had his share of ups and downs. He hadn't had a hit since Sye in 2004, and naysayers were up in arms with their doomsday predictions. Not the one for many words, Nitin silenced his critics with an exuberant performance in