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12 unusual facts about Telugu Language


Appa Rao

Appa Rao or Apparao (Telugu: అప్పారావు) is one of the Indian names.

Brahmayya

Brahmayya or Brahmaiah (Telugu: బ్రహ్మయ్య) is one of the Indian names.

Ganapati Sastri

Ganapati Sastri (Telugu: గణపతి శాస్త్రి) is one of the Indian names.

Gorintaku

Is the Telugu leaf name of Lawsonia inermis used in traditional dye application on the skin in festivals and celebrations in Andhra Pradesh.

Kondaiah

Kondaiah or Kondayya (Telugu: కొండయ్య) is one of the Indian names.

Kutumba Rao

Kutumba Rao or Kutumbarao (Telugu: కుటుంబరావు) is ane Indian names.

Narayana Murthy

R. Narayana Murthy is an Indian film actor, director and producer of Telugu films.

Pullaiah

Pullaiah or Pullayya (Telugu: పుల్లయ్య) is an Indian name.

Pustakam

Pustakam or Pusthakam means Book in Telugu language.

Sitaramayya

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

Telugu

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

Thammudu

Thammudu or Tammudu (Telugu: తమ్ముడు) is a Telugu word meaning younger brother.


Abburi Chayadevi

Abburi Chayadevi is a Telugu fiction writer, born on 13 October 1933 in Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.

Abheri

The most popular movie song in this raga is Aakaasa veedhilo from the old Telugu classic movie Malliswari (1951) sung by Ghantasala and Bhanumati.

Agni Natchathiram

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

Agnimala

Agnimala is a 1975 Telugu language novel by Indian author Dasari Subrahmanyam.

Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau

The film is a remake of the bilingual South Indian film Neethaane En Ponvasantham (Tamil) / Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (Telugu).

B. V. Radha

Proficient in a number of languages, she has acted in Kannada, Tulu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films.

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).

Blouse

A choli (Hindi: चोली), (ravike in South India Telugu: రవికె, Kannada: ರವಿಕೆ) is a midriff-baring blouse shell garment in the Indian sari costume worn in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other countries where the sari is worn.

Chaduvukunna Ammayilu

Chaduvukunna Ammayilu (Telugu: చదువుకున్న అమ్మాయిలు) is a 1963 Telugu film produced by Dukkipati Madhusudhana Rao from Annapurna Pictures and directed by Adurthi Subba Rao.

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.

Garimella Satyanarayana

Garimella Satyanarayana (Telugu: గరిమెళ్ళ సత్యనారాయణ) (1893 – December 18, 1952) was a Poet and Freedom Fighter of Andhra Pradesh, India.

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.

Gunupur

The major languages spoken in the region are Oriya or Odia (as substituted by the 96th amendment to Indian constitution), Telugu and Tribal languages like Soura and Kui.

Gurukiran

This hit took him to Telugu Film Industry as music director for remake of same movie.He is also scoring music for Telugu movie Nagavalli, which is the remake of blockbuster Kannada movie Aptharakshaka'.

History of South India

In 1953, the Jawaharlal Nehru government yielded to intense pressure from the northern Telugu-speaking districts of Madras State, and allowed them to vote to create India's first linguistic state.

Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination

IIT-JEE is conducted only in English and Hindi, making it harder for students where regional languages, like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu, Oriya, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese or Gujarati, are more prominent.

Kabita

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

Kovur, Prakasam

The popular TV Channels are state wide Telugu cable channels Sakshi TV, Gemini, Maa TV, ETV,Teja and all other news channels, Hindi, English Movie channels,Local cable channels are available.

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.

Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum

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

Mahesh Manjrekar

He first gained acclaim as an actor for his performance in the 2002 film Kaante, and later played negative roles in the Telugu film Okkadunnadu (2007) and as the gangster Javed in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

Maisamma IPS

Maisamma IPS is a Telugu film starring Mumaith Khan and Sayaji Shinde in lead roles.

Mirattal

The film is remake of the successful Telugu language film, Dhee, and originally Madhesh approached Genelia D'Souza to reprise her role in the original and pair up with Vinay Rai.

Muddupalani

Muddupalani (fl. ca. 1750) was a Telugu speaking poet and devadasi attached to the court of Pratap Singh, the Maratha king of Tanjore.

Nava Telangana Praja Party

Blue color was chosen to reflect rivers around the regions of Telangana state and also reflects the color of bird Indian Roller (Pala Pitta bird in Telugu language) which is regarded as most auspicious to watch on the occasion of Dasara festival by the people of Telangana .

Om 3D

Om 3D is a 2013 3D Telugu film written and directed by Sunil Reddy starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram.

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.

Rushyendramani

Rushyendramani (Telugu: ఋష్యేంద్రమణి) (b: January 1, 1917 - d: August 17, 2002)a trained singer, dancer was a famous stage/film actress and playback singer from South India.

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.

Srinatha

Srinatha was respected as Kavi Sarvabhouma (King of poets) in Telugu, and patronised by many kings including the Kondavidu Reddys, Velamas of Rachakonda and Deva Raya II of Vijayanagara Empire.

Tanglish

Madras Bashai, a related, but distinct, language variant, a slang form of Tamil used in Chennai that is a blend of Tamil with Indian English, Telugu and Hindustani

Telangana Telugu

Telangana Telugu( Telugu : తెలంగాణ తెలుగు ) is a type of Telugu dialect spoken in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.

Toe ring

It is worn as a symbol of the married state by Hindu women and is called bichiya (pronounced: bee-chee-ya) in Hindi, jodavi(जोडवी) in Marathi, Mettelu (మెట్టెలు) in Telugu, Metti in Tamil (மெட்டி), Kaalungura in Kannada.

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.