Telugu Movie Review Thandel - Cast & Crew

The woman who lit up every man’s heart during the movie Premam (2015), they were heart beats that batted in sync with the batting of her eyelashes, her smile that plastered smiles on every viewer’s face, the dance moves that surprised everybody, her husky voice, every single aspect about her during the movie made everyone, be it man or woman, sit glued to their seats. This Tamilnadu ponnu, born and brought up in Coimbatore, who played a mallu in the film ‘Premam’, who courageously appeared on screen with her pink pimples since Alphonse felt that it would be natural and also give the rest of the girls confidence about themselves, took Pallavi by surprise since she overcame her inferiority complex about her pimples as well.

Naga Chaitanya is a Telugu actor and he is into the film industry since 2009. His debut film Josh fetched him several awards, though he didn’t get the expected positive reviews for it. Naga Chaitanya was born in Hyderabad on 23rd November 1986. His parents are Telugu superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati. His granddads Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Daggubati Naidu were both prominent faces in Telugu film industry. Film celebrities Daggubati Venkatesh, Rana Daggubati, Sushanth and Sumant Yerlagada are also relatives to him.

When his parents parted ways Chaitanya came to Chennai. Amala Akkineni is the stepmother of this star. Though Chaitanya stayed with Lakshmi, he used to visit Hyderabad to see Nagarjuna. He did his schooling in Chennai. He performed drums and guitar while at school. Since Chaitanya was from a film family, everyone expected him to enter the industry, but he was not initially inclined. Eventually he nodded in the affirmative and pursued acting training in Mumbai. Later, in order to be trained in fight and dance, he journeyed to Hollywood Studios.

Gautham Menon’s “Em Maya Chesave” (Tamil film Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya) is the second venture of Chaitanya and he was lauded by critics for his performance in the film. Autonagar Surya, 100 percent love, Dada, Bejawada, Tadaka, Manam, Oka Laila Kosam are some of the films in which this star acted. Tadakha, which is the remake of Tamil flick Vettai, starring Arya, gave the much-needed appreciation for Chaitanya (the film set the cash registers ringing at the box office) since his previous venture Bejawada was lashed at by the critics for his poor performance. The 2014 flick Manam in which Chaitanya shared screen space with his father and grandfather saw a great transformation in this actor. Some of the other films of Chaitanya were also highly appreciated.

Akkineni Nagarjuna Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Shaan Kakkar is a popular TV and movie actor. He is well versed in Hindi, Urdu, Haryanvi, Punjabi and English. He is a diploma holder in acting. He did his acting course at 5 Elements Theatre Group from 2012 to 2014. Shaan played a gangster in “Officer,” a Telugu film directed by Ram Gopal Varma in 2018. The film has Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role. Although Shaan’s screen presence is minimal in this film, he is well-recognized. He made his first appearance on TV in 2015 with the serial Pyaar Ko Johann. Shaan played a businessman in the serial. He also played an Inspector of Police in the multilingual hit series, “Nagin” Season 1. He is also popular for the cop role in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi. He also played a supporting role in the serial Sasural Simar Ka on Colors TV alongside Dipika Kakkar, Shoaib Ibrahim, Avika Gor and Varun Sharma.