Telugu Movie Review Jyothi Lakshmi - Cast & Crew

Lipsika is a playback singer by profession in the Indian film industry who works predominantly in the Telugu film industry. Her record labels include Aditya Music, Puri Sangeet, Silly Monks Music, Mango Music, Lahari Music, and Saregama. She has worked in many movies such as Chalo, Express Raja, Hyper, Brand Babu, Sailaja Reddy’s Son-in-Law, MaraaTelupana Priya, KothaKothagaVunnadi, Ye MantramVesave, NaannaNenuNaa Boyfriends, Kotha Janta, Nee Jathaleka, Hyderabad Love Story, Premikudu, Lava Kusa, Vajralu Kavala Nayana, Jyothi Lakshmi, Padesave, Romance With Finance, Jagannayakudu, Kulfi, RenduRelluAaru, Madhura Swapna, Andamaina Maya, Gulf, PadamatiSandhyaraga…, Ayyo Rama, Biskett, NRI, First Love, NuvvuNenuOseyOsey, Rajmahal, Aloukika, and Band Baaja.

Sravana Bhargavi is an Indian-Telugu Playback singer and recorded numerous songs in Telugu. Apart from singing, she has also dubbed for several films. As a graduate, Bhargavi holds bachelor's of Technology degree from Vignan Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad. She is presently pursuing Masters of Business Administration studies. Shravana first debuted in the area of playback singing with the Telugu song “Simhamanti Chinnode" from the film 'Simha' in the year 2010. She also sang the song "Ale Bale" for the movie 'Theenmaar' and "Bhoom Shakenaka" for the film 'Khaleja.' After having a successful career as a singer, she finally married to singer Vedala Hemachandra on February 14, 2013. Bhargavi has also hosted a show on 92.7 Big FM in Hyderabad, India.

Uma Neha is a talented singer down south and can be regarded as 'Queen of title tracks' as she has sung the title tracks for Paisa Vasool, Temper, and Jyothi Lakshmi. She was born in Kurnool and it is said that director Puri Jagannadh has been given her a break in the movie to perform the title track of Balakrishna starrer Paisa Vasool which has topped several chartbusters. In addition, she has dubbed recently for actress Musskan Sethi.  For the song 'Paisa Vasool', it has vocals of Daler Mehendi, Uma Neha, and Anurag Kulkarni. The lyrics were penned by Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar and music was composed by Anup Rubens.

Apoorva Srinivasan is a well-known Indian model and actress. Apoorva was born on the January 1^st, in the year 1993. Apoorva's place of birth is Bangalore, Karnataka. She currently resides there. Apoorva was a student of Journalism and Interior Designing. Apoorva came into the flashlights after she, got a victory in the Hyderabad Times Fresh contest in 2012. After that, she got many offers to work in the films.

Jyothi is an Indian movie actress who worked for the South Indian film industry. She is a great actress who continuously shared her work in Telugu movies. Not only Telugu, but she also worked in Malayalam and Kannada films.

T.K.Pranavi Acharya is a well-known playback singer and a dubbing artist in the Telugu film industry. She was born on August 16, 1986 and her zodiac sign is Leo. She is from Hyderabad and has done her schooling from Nrupatunga High School in Hyderabad. She completed her education from Osmania University, Hyderabad. She has a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Music. This brilliant singer has won many awards. In 2010, she was awarded the Nandi award in the category of the best female playback singer for the song Sarigamapadani from the film Snehageetham. In 2008, she was awarded the Navayuvagalam award in the category of the best female playback singer for the song Rabbarugajuli from the film Yamadonga and in the same year, she was also awarded the best female playback singer for the song Ninna Yeduru Chusa from Toorpu Velle Railu.

Puri Jagannadh wears many feathers to his cap including production, direction and screenplay writing. His main area of interest is Telugu films. He has received Nandi awards thrice in his career spanning more than a decade. 

During the year 2004, Jagannadh ventured into Bollywood with the flick, Shart: The Challenge. This film bombed at the box office. Bbuddah..Hoga Terra Baap is his directorial venture of 2011 and it has the credit of being recorded in Oscar library. Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies and Vaisho Academy are his production ventures. Puri Sangeet is the music company organized by Jagannadh. 

Badri, Idiot, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Pokiri, Desamuduru, Golimaar, Sivamani, Iddarammayilatho, Businessman, Temper and Heart Attack are some of his box office successes. Born on 28 September 1966 in Pithapuram, Andhrawala, Jagannadh pursued his studies at St. Theresa R.C.M. High school. He initially tested waters as an assistant director to ace director Ram Gopal Varma and worked under him in many Telugu flicks. His first directorial venture, Badri, was a commercial success. This film had Pawan Kalyan in the main role and the film led way to Jagannadh to direct more films. Telugu actor Ravi Teja and Jagannadh share a good rapport and they have worked together in Idiot, Itlu Sravani Subramanyam and Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi. Jagannadh helmed direction for the debut venture of Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Teja. 

Jagannadh received the Nandi Award for his flick Pokiri. This film also fetched him the Best Director Filmfare Award during the year 2006. This film ran for over 500 days, which is indeed a great feat. It was remade into Tamil and Hindi too, and it was successful in these languages. Jagannadh also tried his luck in Kannada film industry and the flicks that he directed here include, Yuvaruvaraja and Appu. Jagannadh had also succumbed to depression once, but later he took it in his stride and emerged a wise person.

C. Kalyan is a producer in the Telugu and Tamil film industry. A strong believer of versatility, Kalyan possesses the ability convince and make people stick to the project at hand. He started out his career by working as an assistant director to well-noted directors of the time. His debut in the field came with the movie, “Bavagaru”, starring Suman and directed by Satyamurthy. He became one of the noteworthy people in the industry by producing movies with a certain flair to them such as “Chandamaama”, starring Navdeep and Kajal Agarwal and directed by Krishna Vamsi.

Murthy is an Indian writer who works dominantly in the Telugu language. He was born on 13 November 1949 in Vijayawada and completed his graduation in B. com from Andhra University in 1969. His father is Malladi Dakshina Murthy, and his mother is Malladi Saradamba, and he is their seventh child. He later tied the knot with Padmaja. He was always inclined towards writing but used to write in his free time. After graduation, he worked in the private sector for three years till 1972. In 1972 he joined the Government service in Hyderabad as an auditor at Audit Board’s Office. To pursue his passion for writing, he later took a very courageous decision to leave his job. Then in 1986, he took writing as a full-time thing and soon captivated everyone with his work. His forte is fiction and thriller. He is known for his creative storyline in these genres. They would surely keep you hooked.

Sunil Kashyap is a music composer and singer in Tollywood, and his rise has been a real phenomenon . After getting super acclaim for the Tamil and Telugu version of the song from ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, which was composed by A. R. Rahman, the viewers kept asking for more such melody numbers from him. Interestingly, before getting a break in A. R. Rahman’s musical masterpiece film ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, Sunil was a participant in a singing reality TV show, ‘Oh Laa Laa’, where A. R. Rahman was the judge. Fascinated by his voice, Rahman gave the talented singer his first chance. It is said that even Sunil’s brother, Anil Kashyap, and sister, Gayathri, are now singers.

Ravi Kumar Pilla, a well-known costume designer from Pithapuram, who announced his arrival into the south film industry in 2012 as the costume designer for the movie “Tuneega Tuneega”, is on his way to becoming a budding director in the film industry. He was born in 1977, from a very small age he was into clothes and used to loiter around tailor shops and picked up the art of stitching when he was in standard 5. Now, he has risen to such a level that he now owns his personal workshop along with permanent assistants.

Ajay Gosh is an Indian actor who works in the Telugu and Tamil Film Industries. The actor is termed as the gifted villain for both Tollywood and the Tamil Film Industry. With his stout body and ferocious looks, he gave a spellbinding performance in one Tamil and one Telugu movie. Though he just appeared in two films, the audience from both the states received him well. He had a very attractive physique that suits the role of a villain. In both the films he worked, he did the negative characters. In the Tamil Film Industry, Ajay Ghosh made a decent entry. He gave a luminous performance as a sadistic police officer in ‘Visaaranai’.

Brahmanandam was born on 1st February 1956. He was the seventh son to Kanneganti Nagalingachari and Kannaganti Lakshmi Narsamma. He completed his high schooling from a high school at Sattenapalle. He later pursued his intermediate and graduation from D.N.R College, Bhimavaram. He completed his post graduation in Telugu literature from Andhra University. Before becoming an actor, Brahmanandam had worked as a lecturer in Atthilli for nine years.

Brahmanandam is considered as one of the most versatile Indian comic actors, noted particularly for his comic expressions. He has gone ahead to receive many accolades in the world. In the year 2007, he was in the Guinness World Record for appearing in the highest number of films that is over 1000 movies. The government of India honored him with Padma Shri Award in the year 2009. Brahmanandam was awarded the Best Actor in a comic role in the year 2011 at The Hyderabad Times Film Awards.

In the year 2012 in Dookudu, he was voted the Best Comedian in the Cinemaa Awards. The same year he was also awarded the Best Comedian in the SIIMA Awards. He went ahead to clinch the Best Actor in a Comic Role Award in the TOIFA awards ceremony. Surely Brahmanandam deserves all this because of his natural talent and hard work in the acting industry. Brahmanandam is married to Lakshmi Kanneganti, and he is blessed with two children, namely; Raja Goutham and Siddharth.

Brahmanadam Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

A standout amongst the most conspicuous identity in motion picture industry tollywood, Kadamkari Kiran is not behind when it comes to helping the financially backward artist. According to a report, he recalls that when NagaBabu was president of MAA, almost 34 artists were given 1000 rupees while only one is facilitated with the same now. He is highly disappointed with this transformation.

Priyadarshini Ram is a popular director, actor and writer of Telugu film industry who hailed from Tenali. He was born in the year 1955. When his father left this world, Priyadarshini Ram has been just 13. Due to his hard work he succeeded a degree, but could not carry his dream of a Management master. He has talents in writing different articles. He was a great writer, right from his college days. His works were well appreciated by his friends and teachers. As he is very creative, he got placed in an advertising company. He was offered to advertise the political campaign of the leaders. Grey America is the company that tried to acquire Priyadarshini Ram’s ad company, but they did not get succeeded, as Ram wanted to stay with his mother. Later on he got connections with the film people and entered into the Telugu film industry. Manodu is the first film that turned him as an actor. He was the writer, director and producer of that film. Priyadarshini Ram’s first film got him the special Jury award in Nandi Awards from Andhra Government. Later, he directed the film Toss, in which the story was also written by him. Priyadarshini Ram is the CEO of Sakshi, the Telugu Newspaper and TV channel.

Sampoornesh Babu is a Telugu actor who is popular for his role in Hrudaya Kalayem. Like the comedy movie Tamil Padam, which is a Spoof film, Hrudaya Kalayem was shot in Telugu by making fun of the Telugu Movies. This film was directed by Steven Shankar. This film was a complete spoof film and it has received positive critics from the audience. Though there is no acting scope and the poor quality picturing, the film hit the box office. It is said that the profit earned through Hrudaya Kaleyam, crossed that of the High budget film. Even the trailer of the film was watched by more than 10 lakh viewers, when it was released on YouTube. Sampoornesh Babu became very popular after this movie; but was offered with supporting roles. He accepted all the supporting roles and did his best. At present, he has 6 films, including a Tamil movie with Vikram, in his hand. 10 Endrathukulla is the Vikram movie, in which Sampoornesh Babu is given a decent role. He is acting with Charmi in Jothi Lakshmi. Current Theega is the film, in which he performed with Sunny Leone as a guest appearance. Bandipotu and Where Is Vidyabalan were his recent movies. Sampoornesh Babu has donated one lakh rupees for the Chief Minister’s relief Fund for the cyclone affected areas.

Satyam Rajesh is an acclaimed Telugu comedian and actor, known for his comedy in Telugu Films. He has acted in more than 85 films. He was also nominated by Nandi as the best comedian. Denikaina Ready is a comedy film, produced by Mohan Babu and directed by G Nageshwara Reddy. It features Hansika Motwani and Vishnu in lead roles. The film was also released in the Malayalam language as Endhinum Ready. It was dubbed into the Tamil language as Naangaellam Appave Ippadi. This film is the remake of Malayalam movie Udayapuram Sulthan. Another hit film of Satyam Rajesh was Mirchi. It was a super hit action drama movie produced by Pramod Uppalapati, who is Prabhas’s brother and directed by Koratala Siva under the banner of UV Creations. The film stars Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay and Prabhas in lead roles. The movie was initially titled Vaardhi and was later given another name, Mirchi. Soon after the movie’s soaring success, Prabhas entered the 40 crore club. The singer Kailesh Kher won Filmfare award for the best playback singer (song - Pandagala Digivacchavu).

Aziz Naser is an actor by profession in the Indian film industry. He is a director, screenwriter and a dubbing artist as well. He works actively in the Tamil film industry. He was born on 23 December 1980. He belongs to the state of Hyderabad, India. He is also known by the name Aziz Janbaz. He has also worked in many Kannada, Deccani, Marathi, and Telugu films during his career.

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 his first song which was composed by Mani Sharma. At present, he is putting his efforts on his performance in a show named Super Singer 9. He belongs to the Challengers team alongside an Indian playback and classical singer, who mainly sings songs in Tamil movies. The team is led by Kalpana. He was the winner of the Super Singer Male Award in the seventh series along with Srikrishna.

P. G. Vinda is a famous director, producer, and cinematographer in the Telugu film industry. He was born on 10 th May 1979. As a child itself, young Vinda had been fascinated with the world around him. He started capturing what all was going on around him on to a blank paper, filling it up with his own representation of how he views the world. After he graduated from their School of Fine Arts, he straight away went to take up the role of a cinematographer for the National Award winning film “Grahanam”, which was directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti.

Ravi Kumar is a Lyricist from India. He works in Telugu Cinema. He penned lyrics for more than 390 songs and has contributed to more than 125 films. He considerably worked with directors like Puri Jagannadh and music director Chakri and S.S. Thaman. He predominantly writes songs appealing to the masses. His genres include mass, melodies, and romance. He gained the credit and won two Santosham Film Awards in the year 2006 and 2008. He also received SIIMA Award in 2013. Ravi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla born on June 5, 1974, in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was brought up in Rajahmundry among five siblings. He got passionate about literature and got the inspiration from his maternal Grandfather Aravelli Rajagopalacharya, in his early years of childhood. While he was in Rajamundry he used to visit Gouthami library and it influenced him to approach into poetry.

Satya Dev Kancharana is an Indian Actor from Visakhapatnam. He holds a B. Tech in the Department of Computer Science, and he always wanted to become an actor since his childhood days. He works part timely in an IT firm and rest of the time he pursues his passion.

S R Shekhar is an Editor. He was born in India. He mainly works with the Telugu Cinema. He has Indian Nationality. He did films projects of different genres. He provides the best editing management. He is born in Tamil Nadu and India. Shekhar has well versed with the screenplay writing story writing and dialogue writing. Apart from the Telugu Films, he did projects in some other languages too. He has worked with several other editor and artists too. He did the films as Jyothi Lakshmi is the year 2015, and Chuttalabbai aka Chuttalabbayi. Shekhar did Jyothi Lakshmi first. Its release date is June 12 and the year is 2015.