Category: Nostalgia

Veteran actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao too began his film career rather humbly like several others before him. ANR went to Madras in search of roles…

This is about Chiranjeevi’s film ‘Rudranethra’. The film Rudranetra stars Chiranjeevi, Radha, Vijayashanthi, Nutan Prasad and Raghuvaran in the lead roles. The film was released…

Akkineni Nageswara Rao is the senior-most actor in the industry. He has been in the industry for more than six decades. He has seen the…

“That was in 1961 when I was doing my engineering in Madras. There was anniversary function at Gudur Sree Kalidasa Kalanikethan. I have participated in…

Whenever we think of the film Dana Veera Soora Karna, we only remember the name of the great NT Rama Rao. It is only his…

Homosexuality and lesbianism are known to be very common even in the olden days but seen light off late. It may have been in practice…

Kalavachaspathi Kongara Jaggayya is not only a great poet but also a writer, newsreader, historian and translator. He translated Rabindranath Tagore’s Geetanjali into Telugu.  Kongara…

S V Ranga Rao was a strong and sturdy man. His height, coupled with big moustaches and fiery red eyes made him look like a…

The film industry is now a colossus. But it was not a smooth sailing in the initial stages. It was stage plays that dominated the…

Laxmi Vara Prasad or LV Prasad as we all know him is actually Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasad. This was his real name but over a…

A big hue and cry is being made about bikinis and lip-to-lip kissing on screen now. But what will come, as a surprise, is that…

When we talk of Sathya Harischandra, the first thing that comes to one’s mind is about his steadfast principle of speaking the truth at all…

Akkineni Nageswara Rao belongs to the golden age of cinema. The veteran actor gave many memorable hits in his long and illustrious career. ANR as…

Veteran actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao shared some of his experiences about the making of his film ‘Iddaru Mithrulu’. ANR played dual roles in the film.…

An incident took place before the shooting of the film ‘Lava Kusha’, the first color film in Telugu. Shankar Reddy was the producer of the…

Paruchuri Gopalakrishna needs no introduction for Telugu film lovers. He shared his past saying, “Ours is a middle class family. My father used to have…

Watching film stars and film shooting is a wonderful amusement for Telugu population and here is an incident from 70s. The shooting of the film…

This was happened long back when Sivaji Ganesan was in hay days of his career as a hero. Lata Mangeshkar was also on the top…

Kota Sreenivasa Rao is known for his boundless ambition while he was about to enter film industry. He was working in State Bank of Hyderabad,…