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5 unusual facts about Telugu


Ghatotkacha

Telugu people popular folk tale Sasirekha Parinayam based on oral traditions,The plot concerns the marriage of Sasirekha, the daughter of Balarama, to Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna where Ghatotkacha played a lead role .

Manthara

According to Sri Ranganatha Ramayanam of Telugu version mentioned a small story between child Rama and Manthara in Balakanda.It describes an incident connected with young Rama and Manthara.

Telugu

Telugu language, a major South-Central Dravidian language and the official language of Andhra Pradesh

Versions of Ramayana

Contemporary prose versions of the epic Ramayana include Sri Ramayana Darshanam by Dr. K. V. Puttappa in Kannada and Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu by Viswanatha Satyanarayana in Telugu, both of which have been awarded the Jnanpith Award.

Some of the important adaptations of the classic tale include the 12th century Tamil language Ramavataram, 14th century Telugu language Sri Ranganatha Ramayanam,the Khmer Reamker, the Old Javanese Kakawin Ramayana, and the Thai Ramakien and the Laos Phra Lak Phra Lam.


Agni Natchathiram

The film was dubbed into Telugu with the title Gharshana (not to be confused with the 2004 Teluguof

Amos Sutton

By 1805, Baptist missionary society and later Amos Sutton under the auspices of Serampore Trio -- William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and William Ward attempted to preach Telugu-speaking people in northernmost parts of present Andhra Pradesh—adjoining areas to Orissa like Chicacole(present Srikakulam) and Vizagapatnam(present Vizag or Visakapatnam).

B. Venkateshwarlu

In 2005 Venkateshwarlu directed Trivarnam - Every Indian Heartbeat, a patriotic video album in Telugu.

He worked as Reporter in Eenadu Telugu news daily from 1989 to 1993, later he worked as Script Writer in State Institute of Education Technology (SIET), Doordarshan (a UNESCO aided Educational Project).

Bhamidipati

Bhamidipati Radhakrishna is an Indian playwright and script writer in Telugu cinema.

Boyi

Boyi Bhimanna (బోయి భీమన్న), also transliterated as Bheemanna, Bheemana and other ways, a famous Telugu language poet

Chellapilla Sitarama Murthy

"Women in Valmiki Ramayana" (22 articles) in English and translated them into Telugu.

Daisy Shah

Later she appeared in Kannada films like Bhadra and Gajendra while also appearing as an Item girl in Bachchan and Bloody Isshq, before getting a big break to play Salman Khan's ladylove in Sohail Khan's Jai Ho, a remake of the Telugu film Stalin.

Devulapalli

Devulapalli Krishnasastri was a Telugu poet He is famously known as Andhra .

Dil Aur Deewar

It is the remake of successful 1973 Telugu film entitled Jeevana Tarangalu.

Gaana.com

This would give Gaana.com access to over 55,000 songs covering film, Carnatic and popular devotional music in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages.

Gandhinagar 2nd Street

The film was later remade in Tamil as Annanagar Mudhal Theru starring Sathyaraj, Radha and Janagaraj, with Prabhu in a cameo appearance and in Telugu as Gandhinagar Rendo Veedhi with Rajendra Prasad, Jayasudha.

Gharwali Baharwali

The film is a remake of the Tamil film Thaikulame Thaikulame starring Pandiarajan, it was also remade in Kannada as Naanu Nanna Hendethira with Ravichandran and in Telugu as Intlo Illalu Vantitlo Priyuraluwith Venkatesh.

Harichandra

It did fairly well at the box office and led to remake in telugu as Harischandraa starred by J.D. Chakravarthy and Rasi in lead roles.

Hasika

After winning critical acclaim for her debut in the Telugu film Bus Stop (2012), she has signed up for Tamil films including Vetrimaaran's production Poriyaalan and Prabhu Solomon's Kayal, in which she plays the titular character.

Hindu Higher Secondary School

The schools roots are in two boys' schools in the Triplicane area of Madras, the Dravida Pathasala (Pathasala means school in Sanskrit) for Tamil boys and the Hindu Balura Pathsala for Telugu boys.

Kabita

He also acted in the Telugu remake Anthuleni Katha (1976) with Jayaprada, playing a different role as her boss and suitor.

Kandukuri Veeresalingam

Rao Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam also spelled as Kandukuri Veereshalingam (Telugu: కందుకూరి వీరేశలింగం) (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919), also known as Kandukuri Veereshalingam Pantulu (Telugu: వీరేశలింగం పంతులు), was a social reformer of Andhra Pradesh.

Kona Prabhakara Rao

He has in his earlier days produced, acted and directed many Telugu films, notable among them being Mangalasutra, Niraparadhi (1951), Nirdoshi, Drohi and Soudamini.

Krishna Patrika

Krishna Patrika is a Telugu-language newspaper founded by Indian freedom fighter, Konda Venkatappayya.

Krishna Telugu

Krishna Telugu ( Telugu: కృష్ణా తెలుగు ) or Vijayawada Telugu ( Telugu: విజయవాడ తెలుగు ) or standard dialect of Telugu is a type of Telugu dialect spoken in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh and often considered as standard dialect of Telugu.Telugu spoken in Tollywood movies is Krishna Telugu.It has sweetest accent among all Telugu accents of Andhra Pradesh.

Kuththu

Venkatesh and Simbhu decided to collaborate for second time with Kuthu being the remake of successful Telugu film Dil.

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum

It was a big financial success, leading to remakes into Telugu as Letha Manasulu (1966) and Hindi as Do Kaliyaan (1967).

Laxman Aelay

He also designed posters for the movie, Rangeela and subsequently, worked as the Ad Designer for the Telugu film Deyyam.

Madatha Kaja

Being a comedy film, it features most of the Telugu comedians like Ali, Subbaraju, M. S. Narayana Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Ahuti Prasad, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Jeeva, Raghu Babu, Vennela Kishore and Chalapathi Rao.

Mone Boro Kosto

This movie is actually inspired from 2008 Telugu film Souryam.

Nanaya

:This article is about the Mesopotamian goddess; for the Telugu author see Nannayya.

Narayana Rao

Dasari Narayana Rao (born 1947), Telugu film director and Parliamentarian

Neha Oberoi

Her foray into films started with the Telugu blockbuster Balu ABCDEFG and was followed by a role in one of the short films in Dus Kahaniyaan.

Palwankar Baloo

The (high-caste) Brahmins in the Hindu side were against it, but some Telugu members argued for his inclusion, as did Captain Greig.

Perugu Siva Reddy

The famous Telugu actor Chiranjeevi sought his advice and assistance in the establishment and operations of the Chiranjeevi Eye Bank.

Peter Percival

His other publications include, a book on Tamil proverbs in English, English-Tamil and English-Telugu dictionaries, and a bilingual Tamil and Telugu journal Dinavartamani.

Putrudu

Devi Putrudu is a 2001 Telugu film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.

Ram Mohan P

He has produced Ashta Chamma, Golconda High School under his production company Art Beat Capital Pvt Ltd and later he started producing films under Sunshine Cinemas Pvt Ltd, a Telugu movie production company established in April, 2012.

Sanchita Padukone

Sanchita Padukone (born 16 March 1988) is an Indian film actress, who predominantly acts in Tamil and also appears in Kannada films and Telugu films.

Sati Savitri

Sati Savitri is a Telugu film released in the year 1978 directed by B. A. Subba Rao under the banner of Lalitha Siva Jyothi studios.

Shaheen Khan

Shaheen Khan, also credited as Sandhya, is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films.

ShakthiDass

He later did innumerable wrappers, storyboard illustration, and sketches for various magazines and novels in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, English and Oriya including Bommarillu, Chandamama, Balamitra, Nandanam, Bujjayi, Balabharati, Kumkuma, Dinakaran, Vasuki, Rishi Petam, Rotary News,Vijaya Publications, Oriya News, Chinnari, Kannada Chokkalingam.

Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho

After Astitva with 9 years long gap Mahesh Manjrekar directed Marathi film.This film was later remade in Tamil & Telugu as Dhoni and in Bengali as "Cholo Paltaai" starring Prosenjit Chatterjee.

Sitaramayya

Sitaramayya, Sitaramaiah or Sita Ramayya (Telugu: సీతారామయ్య) is one of the Indian names.

Sri Mahalakshmi

The film is a remake of Malayalam film Chinthamani Kolacase starring Suresh Gopi (who previously starred in Telugu film Antima Theerpu) and Bhavana (later she went to Telugu film Ontari opposite Gopichand) while second remake in Tamil as Ellam Avan Seyal the film was banner Shihari's Production Sri Chalana Chitra.

Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi

Tanu Monne Vellipoyindi is a Telugu film starring Ajmal Ameer and Nikitha Narayana in the Lead roles directed by Vamsy.

Thimmakka

Timmakka: the popular name of Tallapaka Tirumalamma, a famous Telugu poet

Trilinga Kshetras

According to a Hindu legend, Shiva descended as linga on three mountains namely, Kaleswaram, Srisailam and Bhimeswaram, which marked the boundaries of the Telugu country.

Ulava charu

In Telugu language, spoken locally, Ulava (singular)/Ulavalu (plural) means Horse gram, a legume with the botanical name Macrotyloma uniflorum and Charu or Chaaru means soup.

Vempati Sadasivabrahmam

He studied Pancha Kavyas and achieved proficiency in Sanskrit and Telugu languages.

Zee Telugu

By December 2005, despite having some popular programmes such as game show Gold Rush, hosted by popular female anchor Udayabhanu, as well as soap opera Nishabdam, overall Zee Telugu had only achieved a 1.24% weekday and 1.86% weekend market share in Andhra Pradesh.


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