Prince Mahesh Profile

Name: Mahesh Babu

Birth Name: Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu

Nick name: Naani, Prince, Navataram Superstar

Profession: Actor

Date of Birth: 9 August 1974

Birth Place: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Zodiac sign:Leo

Nationality:Indian

Eye colour: Brown

Hair colour: Light brown

Mother Tongue: Telugu

Religion: Hindu


Family

Father: Krishna (Actor)

Mother: Indira Devi

Sibilings:
Elder Brother: Ramesh Babu, Elder
Sisters: Padmavathi and Manjula (Film Producer) & Younger Sister: Priya (Priyadarshini)

Spouse: Namrata Shirodkar (Bollywood Actress)(Married-February 10th, 2005)

Son: Gautham (Born-August 31st, 2006)

Education: Mahesh Babu studied at the prestigious St. Bede's School in Chennai and later graduated with a B.Com from the famous Loyola College in Chennai.

Debut

Child actor: Needa
FIlm Hero : Raja Kumarudu (1999)

Favorites

Hero: Superstar Krishna, Amitabh bachchan, Rajinikanth, Vijay

Heroine: Sridevi

Music Director: Mani Sharma

Stunt master: Vijayan

Choreographer: Raju sundaram

Sports: Cricket

Food: Home food

Drink: Coffee

Director: Manirathnam

Film of his own: Okkadu

Co-star: Trisha

Hobbies: Watching movies and reading

Awards:

Of the 11 released films Prince Maheshbabu bagged 6 Nandi awards. He is the only hero who bagged so many Nandi awards in a short span.


* Nandi Award for Best Male Debut in Raja Kumarudu (1999)
* Won special jury award for Murari (2001)
* Won special jury awards for Takkari Donga for the year 2002.
* Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in Nijam (2003).
* Won special jury awards for Arjun for the year 2004.
* Won the Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in Athadu (2005).
* Filmfare Award for Best Actor (2006) for the film Pokiri.
* Filmfare Best Actor Award for Okkadu(2006).

Ambassador: Brand ambassador of Thums Up in Andhra Pradesh

Ambition: Should give good movies all the time for his fans

About his father:"I only watched his films. I didn't see any other Telugu movies in my childhood".

About him

Trisha: "Mahesh Babu is the most professional hero I have ever worked with. He is so passionate about films that he would come and sit in the sets even when his scenes are not being shot. He involves himself in every aspect of film making."

Manjula: “When I am working with Mahesh, I have to be on my toes. He is a perfectionist. I discuss every story with him. When I am working with him, I just can’t relax”

Biography:

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, who is son of Telugu Superstar Krishna and Indira Devi, was born on 9 August 1974 in Chennai India. Mahesh Babu, popularly known as Prince, had his education in Chennai. He completed his B.Com graduation in Loyola College, Chennai. He has an elder brother called Ramesh, two elder sisters Padmavathi, Manjula and one younger sister Priyadarsini.

He started doing film since he was young. Therefore acting got into his blood and the moment he finished his studies he took up acting as his profession. When Mahesh was young he enjoyed acting as a hobby as he thought he got a chance to bunk the school.


He set up his filmy career as a child actor in his Superstar father's film. Mahesh’s first appearance on the screen was by the film ‘Needa’. It was a very brief shot. Then he appeared in ‘Poraatam’. After seeing ‘Poraatam’ famous producer Doondi predicted that Mahesh would grow into a star one day, as the prediction turned out to be true today. Mahesh Babu has been ushered in as a hero with the film ‘Rajakumaarudu’ opposite Bollywood actress Preity Zinta in 1999 which was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.

In 2000, his second movie Yuvaraju in which he acted opposite Sakshi Sivanand and Simran, was released. The movie was a big flop at the Box Office. In the same year, Movie Vamsi in which his father Krishna appeared in a pivotal role hit the Telugu screen. He acted with Namrata Shirodkar. It did not do well business and considered as a flop.


Then came his fourth movie Murari in the year directed by Krishna Vamsi and co-starring Sonali Bendre. The music of the movie was a big hit.

Despite heavy expectations, his fifth movie Takkari Donga did an average collections at the box office. Again his sixth movie Bobby directed by shoban opposite Aarthi Agarwal was a big flop at the Box Office. With these two flop movies, year 2002 was a very dull phase in Mahesh Babu's career.


Finally in 2003, Mahesh babu rocked Telugu audiences with his movie Okkadu, directed by Gunasekhar. The movie became the biggest hit and earned highest amount in Telugu Cinema Industry till date. With this movie Mahesh became the Superstar of Telugu Filmdom. In the same year, his next movie Nijam became big flop at the Box Office. But the movie got him Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance.

While acting in the movie Vamsi in 2000, Mahesh Babu fell in Love with Bollywood actress Namrata. And finally, he married Namrata Shirodkar in February 2005. Mahesh and Namrata gave birth to a son named Gautam Gattamaneni on 31 August 2006.


In 2004, Mahesh acted in Tamil hit remake Naani directed By surya and was a big flop at the Box Office. Same year his next flick Arjun was released in summer. The movie was an average grosser at the Box office. In June 2004, Mahesh signed up for film Athadu directed By Trivikram srinivas, which was released in July 2005. The movie was a super hit both in India and overseas. In April 2006, his next two movies, Pokiri and Sainikudu became the highest grosser in the Telugu Cinema Industry. At this point of time, Mahesh had improved his performance a lot. In these two movies, his performance was extremely good and he received rave reviews. In September 2007, his next flick Athidhi in which he paired with Amrita Rao, hit the screens and was a successful movie at the Box Office.


Recently, Mahesh Babu gave voice over for movie Jalsa directed by Trivikram and made several heads to turn. Now Prince Mahesh Babu has signed to act in the film Varudu directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Singanamala Ramesh. Parvathi Melton has already been signed up as the second heroine. Mahesh Babu is searching for first heroine. Names of Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana are being heard for the same. So the search is still on for a glam doll. Mahesh babu has also signed an untitled movie directed by Puri Jagannath project and produced by Warner Bros-Soundarya Rajinikanth. The shooting of the movie will start in end of 2008 and will be released in 2009.


According to reliable sources, Mahesh Babu has also given his consent to act in a multi-starrer untitled film to be directed by VV Vinayak and produced by YS Jagan son of Chief Minister YS Rajashekar Reddy. In order to pursue the current trend, the Prince is busy doing physical exercises very hard. He will appear in a novel six-pack get up. In addition, Mahesh is the brand ambassador of Thums Up beverage in South India and is also the brand ambassador of Hero Honda motorcycle.


Facts:

He wakes up at 7 am and goes for jogging daily.

'Murari' was his first Telugu movie to get dubbed in Tamil.

Most of his movies are remade in Tamil and they are acted by Vijay.

He married Bollywood actress Namrata Shirodkar who is two and half years older than him, on 10 Feb 2005.

The telugu actor is the brand ambassdor for Thums Up in Andhra Pradesh.

The Prince started his career as an Child artist in his Father films.

His Pokiri has broken old records as per as the collections concerned and created a wave in Tollywood. It helped the industry a lot to increase its overseas business.

Amitabh Bachchan has appreciated Mahesh Babu’s performance in “Pokiri” very much.

The actor and wife Namratha have jointly signed for a commercial ad. As reported, Mahesh and Namratha will be brand ambassadors for Whirlpool for two years.


In his 14 movies.he got 6 nandi awards for rajakumarudu,murari,takkari donga, nijam,arjun,athadu

Two filmfare awards for okkadu & pokiri

Arjun was nominated to IFFI.

One & only star who received 6 nandi for his 7 years of acting is prince mahesh babu.


Mahesh Babu quotes

“Chiranjeevi has always been very genuine to me. That is the greatness of that man. He watches films with a comman audience perspective. He spoke to me over phone for 15 minutes and explained me which scene he liked in the film. Chiranjeevi is very happy because Pokiri has become such a good hit.”

“I will select my future subjects keeping my fans in mind. I saw them enjoying Pokiri success more than I did, and that’s why I will only do films which make them happy from here on”.

“Puri Jagan is completely responsible for the success of Pokiri with his story, dialogues, characterization and direction.”

“Telugu film industry is in the brink of change. Audiences are looking for freshness in films. Films made with outdated formulas are not working at box office. Hindi film industry has already changed and Telugu film industry is on the verge of change.”

“After marriage, I entered very exciting phase of my career. I never had back-to-back super hits in my career earlier”


Filmography:

As a Child Artist:

1. Needa -----
2.Poratam ----- December 9, 1983
3.Sankharavam ----- July 16, 987
4.Bazaar Rowdy ----- August 26, 1988
5.Mugguru Kodukulu ----- October 20, 1988
6.Gudhachari 117 ----- April 22, 1989
7.Koduku Diddina Kapuram ----- September 21, 1989
8.Anna-Tammudu ----- July 27, 1990
9.Balachandrudu ----- September 21, 1995

As a Hero:

Rajakumarudu... Raj Kumar

Screenplay & Direction -- K Raghavendra Rao
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Preity Zinta, Prakash Raj
Music -- Mani Sharma
Release Date -- July 30, 1999

• The film released with 78 prints in 116 screens.
• The film had a 50 days run in 69 centres and 100 days run in 42 centres.
• The film was dubbed in Hindi as Prince No. 1 and dubbed in Tamil as Kaadhal Vennila.
• Winner of Nandi Award for Best Male Debut

Yuvaraju....Srinivas

Story - Screenplay - Direction -- Y.V.S Chowdary
Cast: Mahesh, Simran, Sakshi, Venkat, Master Teja
Music Director: Ramana Gogula
Producer -- Burugapally Sivarama Krishna
Release date -- 14th April 2000

Vamsi....Vamsi

Director -- B. Gopal
Cast: Mahesh, Namratha, Krishna, Mayuri Kango
Story, Dialogues and Screenplay -- Satyanand
Producer -- G. Adiseshagiri Rao
Music -- Mani Sharma
Release date -- October 4, 2000

Several scenes in this movie were adapted from Hollywood movies like MI,

Murari....Murari

Editing, Story, Screenplay & Direction -- Krishna Vamsi
Cast: Mahesh, Sonali Bendre, Satyanrayana, Lakshmi
Music -- Mani Shrama
Producer -- Nandigam Gopi
Release Date -- 17th February 2001

• The film turned out to be a superhit running for 50 days in 50 centres.
• It had a 100 day run in 34 centres.
• The film had a 175-day run in 2 centres
• This was Sonali Bendre's first Telugu Film
• Winner of Nandi Award for Special Jury
• Dubbed into Tamil as Murari, Remade in Kannada as Gopi by Byregowda Creations

Takkari Donga....Raja

Editing, Story, Screenplay & Direction -- Jayant C Paranji
Cast: Mahesh, Lisa Ray, Bipasha basu, Rahul Dev
Producer -- Jayant C Paranji
Music -- Mani Shrama
Release Date -- January 12, 2002

Awards

* Winner, Nandi award for Mahesh Babu - Special Jury
* Winner, Nandi award for Vijayan - Best Fight Master
* Winner, Nandi award for Mastre Kaushik Babu - Best child actor
* Winner, Nandi award for Jayanan Vincent - Best cinematography
* Winner, Nandi award for Madhusudham Reddy - Best audiographer

This movie was dubbed into Hindi as Choron Ka Chor.

Bobby...Bobby

Director -- Shobhan
Cast: Mahesh, Arthi Agrwal, Prakashraj, Raghuvaran
Producer --
Music Director -- Manisharma
Release Date -- 31st October, 2002

It is a remake of Leonardo DiCaprio starrer Romeo and Juliet.

Okkadu....Ajay

Director -- Gunasekhar
Cast: Mahesh, Bhoomika, Mukesh Rishi, Prakash Raj
Producer -- M.S. Raju
Music -- Mani Sharma
Release Date -- January 15, 2003

Awards

Filmfare Awards
Best Film - M.S. Raju
Best Director - Gunasekhar
Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
Best Music Director - Mani Sharma

Santosham Film Awards
Best Film - M.S. Raju
Best Villain - Prakash Raj
Best Art Direction - Ashok

• The film released on 15 January 2003 with 150 prints in 225 screens.
• The audio was released on 19 December 2002.
• The film collected a share of Rs.47.8 million in its opening week in Andhra Pradesh.It collected a distributors' share of nearly Rs.250-300 million.
• The film had a successful 50-day run in 144 centres.
• The film had a successful 100-day run in 100 centres.
• The film had a 175 day run in 10 centres.
• The movie was remade into Tamil, under the name Ghilli (2004), starring Vijay and Trisha Krishnan.
• The film was made into Kannada as Aajay (2006) starring Puneet Rajkumar and Prakash Raj.
• The first 15 minutes of the movie, is an adaptation of the hollywood classic West Side Story.

Nijam.....Seetaram

Director: Teja
Cast: Mahesh, Rakshita, Prakash Raj, Gopichand
Producer: Teja
Music: RP Patnaik
Release Date: May 23, 2003

• The movie was slammed by critics and was an utter failure. Teja could not deliver success after Jayam.
• Winner of Nandi Award for Best Actor.

Nani...Nani

Director -- S J Surya
Cast: Mahesh, Amisha Patel, Devayani
Producer -- Manjula & Sanjay Swaroop
Music -- AR Rehman
Release Date -- 2003

• Naani is a remake of the Hollywood film "Big"
• It was already made in Tamil where the director S. J. Suryaah himself played the hero alongside simran.

Arjun... Arjun

Director: Gunasekhar
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Shriya Saran, Keerthi Reddy, Prakash Raj, Saritha
Producer: G. Ramesh Babu
Music: Mani Sharma
Release Date: August 18, 2004

• The film collected a share of Rs.55 millions in its opening week.
• 100 days in 21 centres.
• In this film, the name of the character played by Mahesh Babu is not revealed till the end. The other roles call him with the name of the relation, but none call him Arjun, and this is revealed only at the end.
• This was Mahesh's last film released before he tied the knot with Namratha Shirodhkar, on the other hand this was the first movie(and the last as on July 2008) for Keerthi Reddy after marriage.
• The film was produced by Mahesh's brother Ramesh.
• The Madurai Meenakshi temple shown in this film is a colossal setting of the real one. It was created by art director Padma Sri Thotta Tharani.
• The film dubbed in Tamil as Varenda Maduraiku.

Athadu...... Nanda Gopal alias Nandu alias Pardhu

Director: Trivikram Srinivas
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Sonu Sood, Prakash Raj, Nassar
Producer: Murali Mohan & Jayabheri Kishore
Music: Mani Sharma
Release Date: August 10, 2005

Awards

Nandi Awards
Best Actor - Mahesh Babu
Best Dialogue Writer -Trivikram Srinivas

Santosham Film Awards
Best Film - M. Rammohan Filmfare Awards
Best Director - Trivikram Srinivas

• The film was released with 6 prints in U.S.A. and in 3 screens in Chennai.
• It took more than 1 year to shoot this film.
• For the first time in a South Indian film, a total of 120 cameras were used at the same time to shoot the climax sequence.
• It took 27 days to can the last fight in direction of fight master Peter Hain.
• There were many cuts edited out of the film, dealing with the last fight in the church.
• Rremade in Hindi as "Ek - The Power of One" with Bobby Deol, Shriya Saran and Nana Patekar.
  
• It's to be dubbed and released in Tamil as Nandhu. Also dubbed in Malayalam as Target.
• The music in the song Avunu Nijam is actually not a copy of the music from the track Psyche Rock by Pierre Henry as is assumed by most rock fans, but is an original by Mani Sharma.
• The film netted Rs.1.05 million from 3 screens in Chennai.It collected a distributors' share of Rs.220 million in its total run.
• The film had a 100-day run in 38 centres.
• The film had a 175-day run in Sudarshan 35mm, Hyderabad.,grossing Rs.10.4 million from the theatre.

Pokiri.....Pandu/Krishna Manohar

Story - screenplay - direction - dialogues - producer -- Puri Jagan
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar, jyothirana
Producer -- Mnjula
Music -- Manisharma
Release Date -- 28th April, 2006

• The film released in 297 screens,including 254 in andhra Pradesh, 20 in Karnataka,3 in Orissa,3 in Tamil Nadu,1 in Mumbai and 16 in Overseas.
• In its first week of release, Pokiri grossed a share of 9.11 crores.
• In the US, the film grossed $100,000 USD in the first two weeks and grossed $350,000 by June 2006. Pokiri grossed a total amount of about $4,00,000 at the US box office.
• The film completed 50 days in 299 centers .Even after running after 100 days in 200 centers, Pokiri was number one at box office.
• The film had a silver jubilee in 63 centers. It completed a run of 561 Days which is an All Time Record in Tollywood.

Sainikudu ... Siddarth

Director: Gunasekhar
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Irfan Khan, Ajay
Music Director: Harris Jayaraj
Producer: C. Ashwini Dutt
Release Date: November 30, 2006

• The film released in 526 screens including 402 in Andhra Pradesh,40 in Karnataka,22 in rest of India and 63 in Overseas.
• This film was dubbed into Tamil as Kumaran and Malayalam as Sulthan.
• The dubbed version of the movie in Tamil was a Super Hit in Tamil Nadu. The movie did very well and made good money for the distributors.
• It was released in 50 prints in Tamil Nadu including 30 in Chennai alone.

Athidhi.....Athidhi

Director: Surender Reddy
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Amrita Rao, Murali Sharma, Kota Srinivasa Rao
Producer: G. Ramesh Babu
Music : Mani Sharma
Release date: October 18, 2007

Box Office Perfomance:

First day world wide collection-Rs 6 crores
Four day’s world wide collection-Rs 16.73 crores
One week world wide collection-Rs 22 crores
Two weeks world wide collection-Rs 32 crores
Three week world wide collection-Rs 36,09,18,000/-

• Prince Mahesh Babu’s Athidhi was released on 18th October with more than 600 prints and 712 theatres. The film has set a new record by collecting Rs6 crores on the first day itself and the film has collected Rs16.73 crores in just 4 days of its run.
• Though the film turned an average flick it gave another record for this handsome Pokiri in Tollywood and it is possible for one and only Prince Mahesh Babu, the Super Star.
• Ratraina Naaku Okay song is very similar to "Deentanaktha" in Navadeep and Arya starrer Kalisunte Movie.

Vimala Raman Profile

Name: Vimala Raman

Birth Day: 23 january

Sex : Female

Height: 5'6"

Eye: Black

Hair: Black

Birth Place : Australia

Ethnicity : Tamilian

Profession : Actress

Debut Film : Poi (Tamil) in 2006

Other Talents : Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical Dance)

Dance Education : 'Natanalaya Dance Academy' based in Sydney, Australia


Biography:

Being born and brought up in Sydney, Vimala entered her childhood passion of Bharthanatyam at the age of five. In 1991, she joined her current guru, Smt. Jayalukshmi Kandiah O.A.M and the Natanalaya Dance and Music Academy, based in Sydney, Australia, where she further specialised in Bharthanatyam (Kalakshetra style). In the past 18 years, Vimala has been performing in all of Natanalaya’s annual programs, also taking major roles in all dance dramas.

Vimala graduated in Bharthanatyam in the year 2000. Ever since her arangetram, apart from performing with her dance school, other highlighted performances of Vimala’s, naming a few include: The Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics; Chinnmaya Mission, Sai Baba musical program; Refugee Week; Deepavali festival, the Temple functions and many more.

Vimala took part in a production by the renowned dancer C.V Chandrasekhar from India, “KREEDA” performing both in Canberra and Sydney. Vimala also had the honour of being invited to perform at the Ganesh Temple in New York, America, where she gave a full-fledged program to a complete and appreciative audience.


She went as part of a troupe of “Australian Indians” to perform in numerous places in Sri Lanka and also performed in many places in India, including the Music Academy in Chennai, Kalaimamani Awards (Chennai), Mahabalipuram Dance Festival, Chidambaram Shiva Temple and in the National College,Bangalore.

vimala ramanVimala was also offered and gave a program for one of the main T.V channels in Tamil Nadu India, JAYA TV. Her solo program “Salangai Oli”was broadcasted in February 2004 on JAYA TV. This successful program has seen increasing offers and opportunites for her internationally as a Bharthanatyam artiste.

Vimala furthers her learning in Chennai, India from a well-renowned dancer and dancer teacher, Smt. Roja Kannan, who is a disciple of Sri Adyar Lakshmanan (renowned artiste in India).

Vimala has completed her degree in BSc Information Systems from the University of New South Wales. Along with her passion for being a Bharthanatyam Artiste, Vimala’s other hobbies include modelling assignments for many advertisments and promotions. Vimala also won the Miss India Australia 2004 title in October 2004. Having a strong background in classical dance has enabled Vimala the ability to also choreograph and perform fusion numbers. Incorporating both classical with western, Vimala has performed in many shows elucidating a fusion style dancing allowing east to meet the west.

Her passion and love for Bharthanatyam is the ultimate motivation to continually learn this beautiful art form, and to further pursue her dancing career. Vimala’s ultimate ambition is to aspire as a talented Indian classical dancer and as an embassodor for Indian Australians. Innovating and promoting Bharthanatyam in a western way and creating greater awareness in Australia for one of the oldest forms of dance in the world and the rich Indian culture.


Dance Performances

2005
• Gave solo program for the Singapore Indian Fine Arts "SIFA" Dance and Music Festival in Singapore

2004
• Dance tour cont , performed in Kalaimamani Awards Chennai vimala raman
• Music/Dance season, at Music Academy, Chennai
• Mahaballipuram Dance Festival
• Chidambaram Shiva Temple
• National College, Bangalore
• India Night Dance Festival
• Valentine’s Day Special program on JAYA TV “SALANGAI OLI”, Chennai
• Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan ‘India’s Independance day Celebrations’ – Sydney
• PSA Surgeon’s Conference – Coffs Harbour, Australia

2003
• FAIA (Federation of Australian Indians Association) ‘Australia Day and Indian Republic Day Celebrations’
• World Conference of Religions for Peace N.S.W
• Launch of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Sydney
• Formal Launch of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan – Sydney
• ‘Swami Dayananda Saraswati – An evening of devotional music’
• ‘Ganesh Chudhurthi in Sri Venkateswara Temple’
• Dance tour, performing in Colombo Sri Lanka

2002
• Program given in Ganesh Temple, Queens, America
• Sankara Jayanthi
• ‘Kreeda – Games of India’ in Sydney – Choreographed by Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar
• ‘Kreeda – Games of India’ in Canberra – Choreographed by Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar
• Yesodha in ‘Yesodha Krishna – Ananda Narthana’ – with Natanalaya Dance Academy
• ‘Ganesh Chudhurthi in Sri Venkateswara Temple’, Sydney

2001
• Sai Baba musical evening
• Chinnmaya Mission – Fund raising
• Sankara Jayanthi

2000
• Vimala’s Bharthanatyam Arangetram (Graduation Ceremony)
• Kannagi in ‘Silambu’ for the Sri RamaKrishna Orphanages and Durgapuram Mahalir Illam, Colombo, Sri Lanka – with Natanalaya Dance Academy
• Opening Ceremony of Sydney Olympics
• Launching of Tamil Society Library, Sydney
• 52nd Indian Independence Day Celebration

1999
• Rathi in ‘Rathi Manmadhan’ – with Natanalaya Dance Academy

1998
• Meenakshi in ‘Meenakshi Kalyanam’ – with Natanalaya Dance Academy

1997
• Step-mother in ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ for Australian Dance Week – in Classical Bhartha Natyam style dancing with Natanalaya Dance Academy
• Darling Harbour’s 10th Anniversary International Dance Festival

1996
• Navrang Festival

Vimala Raman was adjudged Miss India Australia in an impressive function held at Sir John Clancey Auditorium of the University of New South Wales on Sunday, October 24, 2004. As the winner of Miss India Australia title for the year 2004 Vimala Raman has earned the honour of representing Australia in the Miss India Worldwide 2005 to be held in Mumbai on Jan 9, 2005.

Judges for the pageant, included Indian film star Sanjay Suri and Miss India Worldwide 2003 Purva Merchant, Carmen Cromer, an Australian freelance writer, Peter Menzies Jr., Hollywood cinematographer, and Shalini Patel, well-known bharatanatyam and kathak dancer and teacher.

vimala raman - miss india australia 2004Vimala Raman also won the Miss India Australia Cyber Queen honours for attracting the maximum number of votes on the Internet.

"Vimala is very talented girl - she personifies the best of Indian and Australian cultures; a superb bharatanatyam dancer; very sociable and confident. I think she has a very good chance in the pageant to be held in Mumbai Jan 9 around the Bharatya Pravasi Divas celebrations," said a visibly pleased Raj Suri - the organizer of Miss India Australia.

Film Career:

She is a Tamilian but hails from Sydney. She has acted in Tamil films, but now trying her hands at Tollywood. She is Vimala Raman, the heroine of ‘Poi’ and ‘Raman Thediya Seethai’.

"Language is secondary for me. All that I look for is a good script with ample importance to my character. I am ready to work in any film if these two conditions are fulfilled," she says.

The actress, who started her career with veteran director K Balachandar’s ‘Poi’, earned accolades in Kollywood for her performance in ‘Raman Thediya Seethai’, which has filmmaker Cheran in the lead role. "I hope that I can make a mark in Tollywood too," she says.

On acting in glamorous roles, she says, “there is nothing wrong in doing steamy sequences unless they add value to the story. I am ready for it. But at the same time, I have my limits.”

Now the third film is currently on in which she is said to be appearing in a bikini. This Tarun and Vimala Raman starrer is being directed by VN Aditya and produced by Raju Harwani and Gogineni Srinivas under the banner of Supreme Movies. The film supposedly deals with the problems that youth face in the software field .Already one schedule was completed in Bangkok for the movie.

It is rare occurrences for a heroine in Malluwood to become part of five films, even before the release of her debut film. But Vimala Raman who is debuting into Malayalam with Suresh Gopi starrer Time is going
for such a busy start. After completing Time, she is appearing in Pranayakam, a love story, this is also planned to start this month.

She has signed one more film in Malayalam, Suryan directed by VM Vinu. In the film Jayaram will be the hero of Vimala.

Now the latest grapevine says that she may replace Gopika for the Mohanlal starrer Alibhai, planned to start within months.

Vimala will be luckier if she is selected to become Mammootty’s heroine in the next Joshy directed film. Scriptwriter Renjith who is writing for thefilm has already asked to get her dates for the film.The Mallu actress Vimala Raman is truly a possesor of amazing talents and is a veratile actress.


Other Facts:

Vimala Raman is a well known Bharatanatyam dancer as well as actress in Kollywood and Malayalam Film Industry

She was born & brought up in Sydney. She started practicing Bharatanatyam at the age of five. In 2004 she won Miss India Australia title as well as Miss India Australia cyberqueen title.

Her first Malayalam movie was Time with Suresh Gopi. Her first movie was Poi in Tamil.

She was the pair of Ajmal Ameer in Pranayakalam. She also acted with Mammooty in Nasrani & Dileep in Romeo.

Vimala's latest release is Calcutta News with dileep. She last appeared in College Kumaran with Mohanlal.

Vimala raman is known to have attended natanalaya Dance Academy based in Sydney, Australia. She was taught dance under the strict tutelage of Smt, Jajalukshmy Kandiah and Vanamadi Pundamon


Filmography:

Movie: Idea Venkat
Language: Telugu
Director: Marthand K Shankar
Producer: A V M productions
Co - Stars: Varun Sandesh

Movie:Time
Language : Malayalam
Director:Shaji Kailas
Producer: Bhagayachitra Films
Actor:Suresh Gopi

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Pavan Kalyan Profile

Name: Pawan Kalyan

Birth Name: Kalyan Konidela

Title: Power Star

Profession: Actor, Writer, Stunt master, Director, Producer, Playback singer, Screenplay writer, Choreographer

Date of Birth: 2 September 1971

Birth Place: Mogultur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Height: 5' 11"

Nationality: Indian

Mother Tongue: Telugu

Religion: Hindu

Family

Father – Konidela Venkata Rao

Mother – Anjana Devi

Elder brothers – Chiranjeevi (Telugu Actor), Nagendra Babu (actor & producer)

Sisters -Vijaya Durga, Madhavi

Brother-in law - Allu Aravind

Nephews – Ram Charan Teja

Son-in-law - Allu Arjun

Nieces - Srija, Sushmita

Sisters-in law -Surekha, Padmaja

Wife – Nandini (Divorced) , Renu Desai

Son – Akira Nandan


Debuts

Film Actor: Akkada Ammayi - Ikkada Abbayi

Writer: Johny (2003) (screenplay) (story)

Stunts: Khushi (2001) (stunts)

Director: Johny (2003)

Choreography: Gudumba Shankar

Martial Art: Well versed in Akido martial art

Favorites

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Food: Vegetarian

Hobbies: reading books and planting saplings

Music: Carnatic

Rose to fame: Toli Prema

Admires: A.M. Rathnam, P.C. Sreeram.

Remuneration: Rs.10 crore

Address:
Plot No.5,Road No.9,
Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad-33

Quote: It's a criminal waste to idle away your life. If you aren't sleeping you must keep yourself engaged doing something constructive. That is good also for people around you because you radiate positive vibes

Konidela Kalyan Babu, youngest brother of the Telugu Matinee Idol Megastar Chiranjeevi christened his name as Pawan Kalyan with his first film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi in 1996.

Today Pawan Kalyan is an Icon for the Box Office Power House with his top notch opening collections and scintillating performances. His image and craze among the trade circles and the public is just near to Chiranjeevi. In the career spanning 11 years, he has performed all shades of roles and was well appreciated by the masses. His 13th movie is under shoot and Geetha arts is producing the film. He is the only star in the current generation who dared to direct a movie when his career was in peek.

Biography

Pawan Kalyan, the hero who could get huge following with just 6 movies to his credit and able to make his 7th movie grossing more than 20 crores, is a simple, humble and away-from-publicity guy. Media is always keen on him as they know nothing about him.

Pawan Kalyan was well resourced when he stepped into films. His big brother Megastar Chiranjeevi's ardent fan following getting ready to embrace the launch of another member from the Mega family, his second brother Nagababu - a producer, his brother-in-law Allu Aravind - an ace producer. What else would one need?

Pawan Kalyan was first married to Nandini, whom he divorced on 13 August 2008. Pawan Kalyan has been married to Renu Desai (On 28 January 2009) , a co-star, who is currently owning a design store called Designs. The happy couple are blessed with one son, Akira. Despite his latest release and directorial debut, the hugely expensive Johnny, faring disastrously at the box office, actor Pawan Kalyan's place among the top five stars in the Telugu film industry remains secure, at least for now.

Kalyan, younger brother of Megarstar Chiranjeevi, created a record in the Telugu film industry by selling Johnny for a record-breaking Rs 210 million and releasing it in more than 300 theatres. Viewers made a beeline for the first few shows, but the tragic tale of a young man running from pillar to post to save his cancer-stricken wife failed to click with the audiences.

His fans felt that if Kalyan had made a youthful entertainer -- the sort he's known for -- the distributors would have laughed all the way to the bank. A few industry bigwigs praised his directorial ability, but others questioned the choice of subject for his debut venture.

Kalyan's disappointed fans, however, are already looking forward to his next film, produced by his other brother Nagababu. Directed by Veerasankar, it stars Meera Jasmine as his leading lady. He is also working on a film directed by Karunakaran for ace producer Aswini Dutt. It remains to be seen which film reaches the theatres first.

Shy by nature, Kalyan dreamt of becoming a film technician. It was Chiranjeevi's wife Surekha who convinced him to become an actor. Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law Allu Aravind launched Kalyan with great fanfare in Akada Abbai Ikkada Ammayi, but the movie failed to make an impact at the box office.

Film Career

Though Pawan Kalyan was launched in a big way with Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi in 1996, all one could see in him was Chiranjeevi's brother. Continued the same trend for another two movies - Gokulamlo Sita and Suswagatham. Pawan Kalyan's discipline and dedication comes from the martial arts that he has been practising. To clarify some of the critics comments about his martial arts skills, Pawan Kalyan demonstrated a show amidst a huge audience at Ravindra Barathi. He was awarded the title "Pawan", symbolising Lord Hanuman for his energy. Hence Kalyan was rechristined as Pawan Kalyan.

In 1998, Tholi Prema released. It initially started out low profile but the treatement and the storyline along with melodious and balanced music by Deva took the movie to great heights and so did the image of Pawan Kalyan. Tholi Prema is a milestone in Pawan Kalyan's career. It is the movie which made the audience recognize the talent him.

Thammudu, another blockbuster followed, is a remake of Jo Jeetha Wohi Sikkandar with a difference that Pawan Kalyan is a kickbocxer.

Kalyan teamed up with a new director, Puri Jagannath, for his next film, Badri (1999). His superstardom was evident when the movie traded for an astronomical sum, leaving the Telugu industry amazed and his critics carping. But Kalyan silenced them when the love story opened well and went on to make a huge profit.

Badri's action sequences were well appreciated by the audiences and added a new dimension to Kalyan's loverboy image. "I pick those down-to-earth characters to identify myself with a wider section of the youth," said the PowerStar. He consciously began to increase the gap between his releases.

Producer A M Ratnam signed him for a remake of his Tamil hit Khushi. The movie exploited Kalyan's loverboy-cum-action hero image. The ego clashes between the protagonists (Kalyan and Boomika) were widely appreciated and the film went on to become the biggest hit of his career, grossing Rs 27 crore (approximately US $5.72 million).

Pawan Kalyan is, as reported by media by then, involves himself in other aspects of the film too. Though few criticize that, it's his responsibility and commitment to the project that makes him take care of everything. And ofcourse, it worked each and every time. Kushi, released in 2001, created records. Kushi, his 7th movie, went on to get a gross of 20 crores.

By this time, he had stopped interacting with the local press and even skipped the press meets organised to cover his films. He only granted interviews to a few English magazines, but later discontinued this practice as well. He shot his debut venture in a low-profile manner and shrouded it in secrecy. The media were warned against using stills of Johnny without permission.

Just before the film's release, Kalyan was in the news when he accused the Deccan Chronicle Group of publications of making baseless allegations against him and his brother, Chiranjeevi. He, Nagababu and Allu Aravind staged a dharna before its office in Secunderabad, with fans organising a rasta roko (road blockade) in his support.

Pawan made his first official directorial debut with Johnny, for which he traveled to Japan to get trained in martial art Aikido. Renu Desai and himself cast as lead actors, the film did not do well at the box-office. Gudumba Shankar (2004), for which Pawan contributed screenplay miserably failed to reach the expectations of the audience. Balu (2005) by Vyjayanthi Films didn't do too well. His next movie Bangaram was average. Annavaram (2007) was good grosser.

Jalsa (2008), is the most widely released south Indian picture ever (approximately 1000 theaters worldwide). The movie hit the screens with high expectations and created record of collecting more than 42 crores with in 50 days of its release another big hit in Pawan's Career. Currently he is acting in a film named Komaram Puli directed by S.J Suryah, cinematography by twice IIFA award winner Binod Pradan and music of this film is given by the Oscar award winner A.R.Rehman.

Politics
Pawan Kalyan is involved in the State politics of Andhra Pradesh. He is campaigning for the Praja Rajyam Party, which is led by his own brother Chiranjeevi. He was appointed as the president of Yuva Rajyam, the youth wing of Praja Rajyam.

Media
Media have every reason to misinterpret him. They write a lot about him. He was completely down after Johnny. What he thought of Johnny and what got translated on screen was very different. He compensated the distributors' loss. He have always shared the loss and no one talks about it. Nevertheless, he is a very content person and he never felt that he should use media to justify his actions. He always thinks that movies are the only source of media for him to interact with the audience and his fans. The fact that he has not celebrated even a single 'Success Meet' or a function after his movie reaches a landmark shows his modesty and simplicity. His sheer disinterest in media is the reason for the bad propagation about him in the media. Also Pawan did not receive any award for his movies so far as he is not media friendly. The fact that he did not receive the Best Actor award for Khushi in 2001, the year in which Telugu film industry was in crisis shows the non-cooperation of media to him.

Social Work
Pawan Kalyan has started an organization called Common Man Protection Force(CMPF) in October 2007. He has contributed 1 crore INR towards the corpus fund, CMPF aims to solve the social problems, help the neglected sections of the society, in India. He makes sure that all this films have a message for the viewers, making them aware of the problems in the society and quest towards the solutions. He is a person who always questions his motives constantly.

Great Respect for women
Pawan in all his movies made sure that women are never insulted ..proof for it would be that there were no double meaning dailogues, irritating club songs, underplayed roles of heroine. You can go with your family and enjoy his movies always.

Great musical and Lyrical values
According to Keeravani a great music director , Pawan is one of very few who got great music taste and judgement...We can understand as all his movies are great muscial hits..Pawan has great love towards good literature and lyrical values...All lyrics in his movies have good lyrical values and underlying message.

Keeping Low profile created Wrong perception
Pawan is very private person and always keeps low profile of himself. And tries to keep away from media. That was taken as advantage by some yellow journalits and a section of media to create hypothetical , imaginary and cock and bull stories about Pawan kalyan. As we all are aware , major percentage of people will be just carried away by gossips and fake news rather than having good inputs , analyzing things and then coming to a decision...some people got wrong perception about him.

Others about Power Star
Madhu Ambat ( great cinematographer)...."I have hardly seen youngsters who have that much great knowledge and clarity on film making. Pawan is one of them and he always thrives for perfection."

A.M. Ratnam ( a veteran film maker-Surya Movies) ... " To the extent of my knowledge, there are only two people who have great judgement and crystal clarity on commercial film making in south India..one is Rajnikanth and another is Pawan kalyan".

Trivikram Srinivas... " He is one of the greatest personalities I have ever met. I got inspired and have learnt many things from him...He is not only a reel life hero but also a real life Hero."

Surya ( Veteran actor --gold medalist in Asian school of drama)..." I have noticed an approach like a hollywood director in him. His hardwork and passion for better output inspired me a lot."

Trivia:

Pawan Kalyan is a Vegetarian.

He holds a Black Belt in Martial arts and did real stunts for his movies - Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbai and Thammudu.

Founded an organisation called Common Man Protection Force. It aims to solve the social problems and help the neglected sections of the society

He demonstrated his martial arts skills before a huge audience at Ravindra Barathi and was awarded the title 'Pawan'

Surrendered his revolver when his niece, Srija, who married against her family's wishes, told the media that she perceived a threat to her life from her family.

Pepsi First south Indian actor to appear in an endorsement, for the soft drink PEPSI.

Whenever he is free he can be seen in Shankarpally where he retreats for days together amidst the exotic surroundings.

Renu Desai is the Costume designer for most of his films.

He was a member of the Madras Rifle Club.

Chiranjeevi's wife Surekha who convinced him to become an actor.

He returned money back to the distributors for his film Johnny didnt do well at the Box Office.

Apart from being an actor, he feels also as a Director, Screenplay writer, Choreographer, Stunt Master and a Playback singer.

"Victory" Venkatesh is a good friend of Pawan Kalyan and both expressed their interest to act in a film.

Tamil sensational actor Vijay is also a good friend and great fan of him.

Tamil and Telugu actress Trisha in an interview said that, she had a crush on Pawan Kalyan.

Telugu actresses Nikitha, Genelia and shriya are also big fans of pawankalyan.

He has a good rapport with music director Ramana Gogula and the creative directors - Puri Jagannadh and A. Karunakaran.

His favourite past time is reading books and planting saplings.He has a farm house in the outskirts of hyderabad where he grows vegetables,fruits.

He is the most misunderstood man in the Telugu film industry, But there is no denying Kalyan's star power.

Superstardom and "pawan-Mania":

The move from "star" to "powerstar" came when pawan kalyan played "balu"in the 1998 blockbuster toliprema.the highest critical aclaimed movie It also received 6 nandi awards. Over the course of the next few years he would become a household name statewide,synonymous with labels such as "teenage heart-throb".In 1999 pawankalyan began a shift away to action and love involved movies and moved to engage himself by starring in three epic movies:Thammudu,Badri,Khushi.All three films were very well received by critics.His stardom took such a high because he is the only actor in the Telugu film fraternity to give four block-busters in a row. He mainly attracted youth and college students with his movies in college back-drop and he has most of his following in the youth and also the most popular and liked actor in the youth. Hence irrespective of hits and flops his films receive a tremendous opening collections.

By 2002, Pawan Kalyan is shot to such a fame that Pepsi decided to put him against their arch rival Coke (Thumbs Up), being promoted by his big brother, Chiranjeevi.

Pawan Kalyan was never a media accessible person. Pawan Kalyan, in one of his interviews, commented that he is an artist and hence it's not him but his films that should do the talking.

Creating a niche of his own, Pawan Kalyan utilized the provided platform to become a successful actor,winning many hearts and fans and of course controversies along a career that has spanned nearly a decade. pawan kalyan based firmly on acting that idolized a typical Andhra Young Man and attracted huge following among the youth.

But after the intro of Chiranjeevi into the political arena with his party Prajarajyam,Pawan Kalyan also has shared his set of controversies both in career and in life such as his well publicised divorce,and the elope of Chiranjeevi's daughter. Apart from such controversies his philanthropic and outspoken nature attract both followers and rivals.

Filmography:

Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi.....Kalyan

Cast: Pavan Kalyan, Supriya, Rambha, Sarath Babu
Music Director: Koti
Director:E V V Satyanarayana
Released on:May 21, 1996

• Dangerous stunts and martial arts in this movie was done by his own

Gokulamlo Seetha.........Pavan

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Raasi, Harish, Kota Sreenivas Rao,
Music Director: Koti
Director: Muthyala Subbaiah
Producer: GVG Raju
Released on: August 22, 1997

• This movie brought mass image to Pawan Kalyan. This movie completed its 100 day run in 11 theaters.
• It is a remake of Tamil film Gokulathil Seethai starring Karthik.

Suswagatham....Ganesh

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Devayani, Raghuvaran, Prakash Raj, Sudhakar
Music Director: S A Raj Kumar
Director: Bheemaneni Sreenivasa Rao
Producer: R B Chowdary
Released on: January 1, 1998

• This film is the first biggest hit of 'Pawankalyan' and managed to run for 100Days in 16 centres. And this movie eventually made Pawankalyan as one of the big commercial hero in the tollywood after the existing top heros.
• This film is a remake of the hit Tamil film 'Love Today'

Tholi Prema....Balu

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Keerthi Reddy, Vasuki, Ali
Music Director: Deva
Director: A Karunakaran
Producer: GVG Raju
Released on: July 24, 1998

• Karunakaran saw Pawan Kalyan’s photo on a news magazine at a pan shop in chennai and decided that he would be the lead actor in his movie.
• Karunakaran is a painter in real life. Keerthi Reddy’s picture on the post cards was drawn by him.
• Pawan Kalyan cut down his remuneration to fund the Taj Mahal set in “Gagananiki Udayam Okate”.
• The film had run for more than 100 days in 21 centres.
• The film had run for more than 200 days in 2 centres.
• Pawan Kalyan’s bike in toli prema is shown as a modified version of 2 stroke RX-100 but the bike shown after modificaiton is a 4 stroke dirtbike.
• There is no female voice in any of the songs in the movie.
• The film was later remade in Hindi as Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai starring Tusshar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.It was dubbed in Tamil as Aanandha Mazhai.
• Winner of National Award Best Feature Film and run for more than 365 days

Thammudu...Subrahmanyam (Subbu, Subhash)

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jingiani, Aditi Govitrikar, Achyuth, Chandra Mohan, Mallikarjuna Rao
Music Director: Ramana Gogula
Director: P.A. Arun Prasad
Producer: Sivarama Krishna B
Released on: July 15, 1999

• This film is loosely based on the 1989 English movie Kickboxer (film)
• This film is highly influenced from 1992 Hindi movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

Badri...Badrinath

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai, Amisha Patel, Prakash Raj
Music Director: Ramana Gogula
Director: Puri Jagannath
Producer: T Trivikrama Rao
Released on: 20 April 2000

• The film grossed more than Rs.120 million.
• This film completed its 100 Days run in 42 Centres.

Khushi...Siddartha Roy

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Bhoomika Chawla, Nazar, Vijay Kumar
Music Director: Manisharma
Director: SJ Suriya
Producer: AM Ratnam
Released on: 27 April 2001

• Kushi, his 7th movie, went on to get a gross of 20 crores.

Jhonny....Jhonny

Cast: Pawan Kalyan
Music Director: Ramana Gogula
Director: Pawan Kalyan
Producer: Allu Aravind
Released on: 25 April 2003

• The film did not do great at the boxoffice but the movie has touching moments and became a canvas of Pawan's directorial skills.
• Pawan Kalyan was in Japan for a brief period learing Akido martial art for the film.

Gudumba Shankar.....Gudumba Shankar, Kalyan ji Anand Ji

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Meera Jasmine, Ashish Vidhyardhi, Sayaji Shinde, Ali
Music Director: Manisharma
Director: Veera Shankar
Producer: Nagendra
Released on: 10 September 2004

• This film has Pawan Kalyan written all over it. Stunts and songs are conceptualized by Pawan Kalyan. He also got the credits for screenplay. The film is a good family entertainer.

Balu ABCDEFG....Balu

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Shriya, Jayasudha and Neha Oberoi
Music Director: Manisharma
Director: A Karunakaran
Producer: C. Ashwini Dutt
Released on: January 6, 2005

• The film had a 50-day run in 61 centres.
• This was the first telugu movie to be released in South Africa after 40 years and received overwhelming response there.

Bangaram....Bangaram

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Meera Chopra, Trisha, Mukesh Rishi, Reema Sen
Music Director: Vidyasagar
Director: Dharani
Producer: AM Ratnam
Released on: May 3, 2006

• Although it opened with extraordinary collections grossing almost 10 crores opening week, the film came out to be a disappointment.

Annavaram...Annavaram

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Siva Balaji, Asin, Sandhya
Music Director: Ramana Gogula
Director: Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Producer: R B Choudary
Released on: December 29, 2006

• This film is a remake of Tamil hit Thirupaachi
• The film was also remade into Hindi as Bhai starring Abhishek Bachchan and Asin.
• Zee Telugu bought the rights of this film at a price of Rs. 15 crores.
• Crores of rupees were spent on sophisticated cameras to choreograph the songs.
• On Day 1, the film grossed 3.75 crores. In its first week of release, the film grossed a share of 12.44 crores, which is the best opening for any of Pawan Kalyan's films. In the second week, the film grossed a share of 18 crores. After three weeks, the film grossed a share of 27 crores.
• The film had a 50-day run in 131 centres.
• Movie ran for 100 days in 7 centres and managed to be a good hit based on it's collections and the complete run.

Jalsa....Sanjay Sahu

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Ileana, Parvathi Melton,
Music Director: Devisri Prasad
Director: Trivikram Sreenivas
Producer: Allu Aravind
Released on: April 2, 2008

• The audio rights were sold to Aditya Music for 90 lakhs , the highest for a Telugu film ever in the recent times.
• The film released with 320 prints in 1000 theatres.
• The film crossed Rs 21 crores in its opening weekThe film's gross collection for the first 50 Days is Rs.42 Crores and collected 73 crores in its complete 100 days run with 159 centres. And recorded as the highest grosser of the tollywood till date.
• This was the last appearance singer Kay Kay made in telugu for the song My Heart Is Beating.

Komuram Puli....Inspector Rudra

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Nikesha Patel, Manoj Bajpai, Nasser, Girish Kannad
Music Director: AR Rehman
Director: SJ Suriya
Producer: Singamala Ramesh

• Komaram is taken from the surname of the Gond martyr Komaram Bheem who fought against the erst while Asaf Jahi dynasty for the liberation of Hyderabad State.
• Pawan Kalyan has gone through a makeover to suit himself to the role of powerful cop with a moustache and military cut.
• Rumors are circulating in and around film industry that Pawan Kalyan is going to appear in dual role in the film. One character is known to everybody that he is acting as a cop.

Special Appearances:

Shankar Dada MBBS....Cameo Role

Shankar Dada Zindabad...Suresh

Writer:

Satyagrahi (2008) (in production) (screenplay)
Gudumba Shankar (2004) (screenplay)
Johnny (2003) (screenplay) (story)

Stunts:

Johnny (2003) (stunts)
Daddy (2001/I) (stunts)
Khushi (2001) (stunts)

Director:

Satyagrahi (2008) (in production)
Johnny (2003)

Music Department:

Johnny (2003) (playback singer)

Self:

Shart: The Challenge (2004) .... Himself