Telugu Movie Review Jai Lava Kusa - Cast & Crew

A young, pretty actress Niveda Thomas is a popular face in Malayalam and Tamil audience. Every viewer remembers her as the chirpy child they used to see in their television screens. She has grown with the television and movie industry from her childhood. The 19-year-old actress was born to Malayali parents in Kannur on 15th October 1995. She first appeared in the movie Uthara, as a child artist in 2003. Before coming to movies, she appeared in Tamil serials, her debut being Rajarajeshwari in 2001. She essayed the role of Nallamma, a child goddess in physical form helping and guiding the Main lead actress. She did minor roles in movies and serials after that.  My dear Bhootham, a children's serial, marked her entry into Malayalam television in 2007.

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Hamsa Nandini, born in December 1984, in the glorious city of Pune, was destined to become a star. She was brought up in Pune and then shifted to Mumbai for achieving her dream of becoming a model. She was named Poonam at the time of her birth, but due over the popularity of the name Poonam, she got rechristened to Hamsa Nandini. She was involved in the modeling career for an advertising agency since her 11th standard.

Later, she graduated in Commerce and enrolled herself for a post graduation in Human Resources in 2009. She has a good voice and is well trained in Indian classical music. Her break started in 2012 when she was offered a role of modeling in the Celebrity Cricket League in a South Indian magazine. Then, famous director Vamsi offered her a role in his movie ‘Anumanaspadam’. Her second m...

C.K. Muraleedharan is a well-known Malayalam Cinematographer. He is born and brought up in Kerala and has made a huge contribution to Indian Cinema. He comes across as a very meticulous person. He started his career filming documentaries and has shot episodes of various Doordarshan Programmes. He has filmed hundreds of documentaries for channels in India, BBC and the Film Board of Canada. In an interview with Indian Express, he spoke about how his engagement with cinema started from his college days, and that’s when he decided to make a career in the film industry.

He took admission in an institute in Pune to pursue his dreams. Originally, he wanted to become a director but ended up being a cinematographer. He has a daughter named Karthika Muraleedharan, who recently bagged a role in Amal Neerad’s untitled movie. Sh...

Chota K. Naidu is a prominent Indian cinematographer in the Telugu film industry. He is the brother of Tollywood cinematographer, Shyam K. Naidu and the uncle of Sundeep Kishan (Telugu actor). His first film as a cinematographer was the 1991 Telugu film, Amma Rajinama, helmed by Dasari Narayana Rao. He earned the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South for the 2008 Telugu film, Kotha Nagaru Lokam and the 2012 Telugu fantasy film, Damarukam. He worked in the cinematography of the Telugu films, Raguluthunna Bharatham, Santaan, Deyyam, Veedavadandi Babu, Master, Choodalani Vundi, Kunwara, Annayya, Daddy, Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, Baba, Aadi, and much more. He is notable for his work in the blockbuster Telugu comedy film, Venkatadri Express, in 2013. This film stars Sundeep Kishan and Rakul Preet Singh ...

After the success of "Dhinka Chika" song for Salman Khan, starrer "Ready", South Indian composer Devi Sri Prasad, has been getting numerous offers in Bollywood. Devi Sri Prasad liked the evergreen film ‘Sholay’ so much in his youth days, that he has seen the movie many times in his young days, and had then made his thoughts to make his journey to the film world. 

He stated that music in’ Sholay’ could always be an inspiration for his generation. Thus, he always wanted to be part of Bollywood and entertain the music lovers throughout India. He has so much passion for music and the film industry that he does not miss any music show hosted for his fans in abroad. Though offers from Bollywood are in the pipeline, he wants...

Born on 10th May in Andhra Pradesh, Chandrabose is a Tollywood lyricist and singer. He got a degree in Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad.

He started his career as a singer with Doordarshan but with no success after which he switched to being a lyricist. He was introduced to the director of the movie Gharana Alludu, Muppalaneni Shiva by his father’s close friend.

With some help from M.M. Sreelekha, a well- renowned music director, Chandrabose wrote his first movie song Manchu Kondalloni Chandramaa in 1995. He then went on to write music for many other movies such as Pellam Oorelithe (2003), Avunu Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru (2002), Budget Padmanabham (2001), Azaad (2000), Linga Babu Love Story (1...

Ramajogayya Sastry was born on August 24, 1970 in the small village called Arepalli Muppalla, Ipur Mandal which is near Narasaraopet of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh to parents Suryaprakasa Rao and Saraswatamma in an agricultural family. His father was a priest and an agriculturist by profession. His mother is a home-maker. He was the only child of his parents. He is a Computer Science Engineer who persuaded his B.Tech from NIT Warangal and his Master’s degree in M.Tech at IIT Kharagpur.

During his under graduation, he was very much passionate about writing and he involved into writing lyrics. He was very much interested in writing irrespective of his education which had nothing to do with his passion. Even though, he did not have any connec...

Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Divya Kumar is an Indian Bollywood playback vocalist who sang in various Bollywood movies. He belongs to a musical family. Divya is the son of Bhagwan Shivram, who is a musician and grandson of Pandit Shivram, who was a composer for some regional movies and motion pictures by V Shantaram. Divya began singing at the age of eight, and as a kid, he showed up on several stage shows. He considered a different career. However, his mother asked him to choose vocalist as his profession. He appeared within the troupe of Kalyanji Anandji in many shows and has worked recently with Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, and Sunidhi Chauhan, which are all from the music school of Kalyanji Anandji.

Divya’s first Bollywood debut film was Tutiya Dil by Amit Khanna with Ram Sampath, for which he recorded at the studio of ...

Hemachandra is a music director and a playback singer of Telugu Industry. He is from Hyderabad. He became famous since he stood 2nd runner-up in the singing competition at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge in the year 2005. He took training in Carnatic music. He was trained by Vedala Sasikala Swamy, his mother. He was also trained at the Hyderabad's Government Music College at the Hindustani music. He completed his schooling in Hyderabad at the All Saints High School, and he completed his graduation in Animation and Multimedia. He is the cousin of a popular playback singer, N.C. Karunya. He was married to Sravana Bhargavi, a South Indian playback singer, who has recorded several Telugu songs. They got engaged on 9th December 2012 and were married to each other on 14th February 2013. Niluvave song from the movie' Lakshyam' was hi...

Jaspreet Jasz is associated with Indian playback singing. He has worked in Bollywood and Tollywood cinema. His stint with advertisement jingles is also notable. The reality shows Indian Idol gained accolades for him. Jaspreet had an interest in music at a very young age. He entered into Bollywood singing during 2006 with Dil Kabaddi. He also worked for the title track of A R Rahman’s Blue. Jaspreet had also gained international recognition through A R Rahman’s Nimma Nimma.  

Nakash Aziz, is an Indian playback singer and music composer in Bollywood industry. He was born on 24 February, 1985. Basically Nakash Aziz comes from a petit town Moodbidri, near Mangalore, Karnataka. He is well known for his hit songs like “Sari Ke Fall Sa” and “Gandi Baat”, both songs came from the movie ‘R… Rajkumar’ (2013) and another song ‘Dhating Nach’ from a film ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’ (2013). All these songs are picturised on ‘Shahid Kapoor’. Nakash has also assisted a very famous and “The Living Legend Composer and singer” Mr. A. R. Rehman on Hindi films such as ‘Delhi 6’,’I’, ‘Rockstar’, ‘Raanjhanaa’ and ‘Highway’. Before becoming a playback singer he worked as music compos...

Ranina Reddy is a playback singer who got associated with music composer Harris Jayaraj. One can coin her with simple words like ‘bold, brash and unique’ for her gifted voice. And perhaps she is the most influential style icon in music too. Ranina Reddy even appeared in a cameo appearance in Venkat Prabhu's film Saroja. Ranina began her singing career in 2008 but her recognition came a few years later.

After an initial struggle, she made her big break with the "Ola Olaala Ala" soundtrack (2010), composed by Harris Jayaraj and evolved as one of the Tamil and Telugu cinema's most sought-after singer by the early-2010s (2010-14).

Within 4 years (2010-13), Ranina Reddy has sung over 50 songs which can be considered as her peak time in the music caree...

Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao- The most wanted editor for the directors of Indian Cinema. He was born in David in Krishna district which is located in Andhra Pradesh. Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao is a film editor in Telugu cinema industry. He is not only an editor but he also produces a lot of films. He started his career in the year 1977. He lived in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. And he served as the president of Andhra Pradesh film federation along with his younger brother Kotagiri Gopal Rao. He had been in that post for almost six years. He married Sujatha and he has two daughters namely Padmaja and Neeraja.

Unfortunately, his brother Kotagiri Gopal Rao died on 6th November 2012. His elder brother took care of his family after their father's death. At that time Venkateshwara Rao was not interested in academics. He did not cont...

Abhimanyu Singh is a popular Indian film and television actor who works extensively in the Bollywood industry. He was born in Patna, Bihar, India, and later moved to Delhi to attend college. He worked in some school dramas during college, until one day, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career. The first two months of his stay in Mumbai was really tough for the actor, since he couldn’t get any decent roles and had to wait for the producers for long hours just to cast him in any good films. He took his chances and decided to do theatre. He joined the group, Ansh, headed by Makarand Deshpande, who became his acting guru. One day, he got a call from his co-actor, Manoj Bajpai, and told him that he will be casted in the Hindi supernatural thriller film, ‘Aks’, which stars Amitabh Bachchan in 2001. T...

Vijay aka Duniya Vijay is an actor of Kannada cinema. This actor has acted in many films, and he was practically unrecognizable from the gritty characters that he played which were so meaningless. Later on, he landed up receiving some significant character and came to be recognized. His first film in which he appeared and got noticed was a film ‘Duniya’ in 2007. He had a struggling life in Sandalwood and stated to accept small roles till he was offered to play a good character by director Soori in 2007. Later, this talented actor had made his own niche of fans with his different movies and acting. However, he is a well-known face now who can play a lead hero in his films. Today, he is a well-known face in households for his rol...

Harish initially worked in Paramount Airways in the cabin crew department. Later he got himself associated with British Airways. Then he had a brief stint with an ad company in Chennai. Then Thaa happened which received good reviews. He worked hard for the film by growing a beard and darkening his skin. Surya Prabhakar was the director of this film. The film was not a commercial success but Harish received good critical acclaim. This flick was shown in the Tamil Film Festival in Norway. Harish fetched the Best Newcomer Award for this film. In the Festival, Harish got himself acquainted with Rad...

Priyadarshi Pulikonda is an Indian figure who has contributed some of his works to the film industry and has won several hearts with his performance in the movie PelliChoopulu.Priyadarshi’s family moved to Hyderabad nearly three decades ago and had been staying in Hyderabad ever since. At present, they live in Chandanagar. His father is a Professor, and his mother is well qualified too. The artiste, who is nearly 28 years old, is from a middle-class family.

He holds a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication from the University of Hyderabad. Priyadarshi also has a sister who is a Lieutenant in Navy. Priyadarshi is someone who believes in challenging himself. Sagara Sangamam was the turning point in Priyadarshi’s life, as it was a movie which urged and inspir...

Ronit Roy (Ronit Bose Roy) was born on 11th October 1965, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He became a popular in the industry after his character “Rishabh Bajaj” in Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay. He is a Bollywood actor and popular Indian Television actor, best known for his portrayal of Rishabh Bajaj, Mihir Virani and Aparajit Deb. He currently acting in the Hindi TV serial Adaalat as KD Pathak. Ronit Roy has been referred to as the Amitabh Bachchan of the TV screen and popularly known as “Big B” of small screen. He also owns a security business, providing security to Bollywood stars and production houses. Ronit has played the prestigious role of the legendary warrior Bhishma Pitamah in Balaji Telefilms' production Kahaani Humaaray Mahabharat Ki. Roni...