Kanneganti Brahmanandam, mononymously known as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor and comedian celebrated for his work primarily in Telugu cinema. With a career spanning over three decades, he is recognized for his prolific contributions to the film industry and for bringing laughter to generations of audiences.
Key facts
- Guinness World Record: He holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen credits for a living actor, with appearances in over 1,000 films.
- Early life and education: Born on February 1, 1956, in Sattenapalle, Andhra Pradesh, he worked as a Telugu lecturer before entering the film industry. He was also a talented mimicry artist and theatre performer.
- Breakthrough: After being noticed for his stage work, he was cast in the 1987 film Aha Naa Pellanta!, which launched his successful career.
- Awards and recognition: In recognition of his exceptional career, he was honored with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, in 2009.
Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films.[6][7] Cited as the “first female superstar” of Indian cinema,[6][7] she was the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, Seven Filmfare Awards (a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, Three Filmfare Awards, Three Filmfare Awards South), Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Kerala State Film Award, and a Nandi Award.[8] Sridevi’s career spanned over 50 years in a wide range of genres. She was known for her reticent and introverted off-screen personality, but headstrong and outspoken on-screen persona, often playing strong-willed women.[9][10] In 2013, Sridevi was honoured with the Padma Shri, the country’s fourth highest civilian honour.[5]
Sridevi made her debut as a child in the 1967 Tamil film Kandhan Karunai at the age of four,[11] and began playing lead roles as a child in M. A. Thirumugam‘s 1969 mythological Tamil film Thunaivan. Her first role as an on-screen adult came in 1976 at age 13, in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu. She soon established herself as a leading female star of South Indian Cinema, with roles in such films as 16 Vayathinile (1977), Sigappu Rojakkal (1978), Padaharella Vayasu (1978), Varumayin Niram Sivappu (1980), Meendum Kokila (1981), Premabhishekam (1981), Vazhvey Maayam (1982), Moondram Pirai (1982), Aakhari Poratam (1988), Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (1990) and Kshana Kshanam (1991).
Sridevi’s first starring role in Hindi cinema came with the drama film Solva Sawan (1979), and she received wider recognition for the action film Himmatwala (1983). She emerged a leading Hindi film star with several successes, including Mawaali (1983), Justice Chaudhury (1983), Tohfa (1984), Maqsad (1984), Masterji (1985), Karma (1986), Mr. India (1987), Waqt Ki Awaz (1988) and Chandni (1989). She received praise for her performances in Sadma (1983), Nagina (1986), ChaalBaaz (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Gumrah (1993), Laadla (1994), and Judaai (1997). Following a hiatus, she played the title role in the television sitcom Malini Iyer (2004–2005). Sridevi returned to film acting with the comedy-drama English Vinglish (2012) and had her 300th and final film role in the crime thriller Mom (2017). She earned acclaim for both performances, and for the latter was posthumously awarded the National Film Award for Best Actress.
On 24 February 2018, she was found dead in her guest room at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the cause cited as accidental drowning.[12] News of her death featured prominently in Indian and international media. She was married to film producer Boney Kapoor, with whom she had two daughters, actresses Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor.
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He was born on 9 August 1975 in a Telugu family in Madras (now Chennai), India. One of the most popular & one of the highest-paid Indian film actors. Referred to in the media and by his fans as “Superstar”. In addition to being an actor, he is a humanitarian & philanthropist – co running the charitable trust and non-profit organisation “Heal A Child”. Mahesh Babu gives 30% of his annual income to charities, and most of his philanthropic activities are unpublicised because he prefers them to be so.
He is the fourth of the five children of Legendary Telugu actor Krishna and his wife Indira. Their family hails from Burripalem in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. He was educated at St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Loyola College, Chennai.
Mahesh made his debut as a child artist at the age of four in a cameo role in Needa (1979) and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with Rajakumarudu (1999) which won him the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.[3] Babu achieved his breakthrough with the supernatural drama Murari (2001), and the action film Okkadu (2003). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Arjun (2004), Athadu (2005), Pokiri (2006), Dookudu (2011), Businessman (2012), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), Srimanthudu (2015), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018), Maharshi (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020) and Sarkaru Vaari Paata (2022). Pokiri held the record of being the highest-grossing Telugu film, Maharshi won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film.
Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver.[6] Distributed by 20th Century Fox,[a][b] it is the first installment in the Avatar film series. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable unobtanium,[c] a room-temperature superconductor mineral. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na’vi, a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to a genetically engineered Na’vi body operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora called an “Avatar”.[10]
Development of Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film.[11][12] Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999;[13] however, according to Cameron, the necessary technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film.[14] Work on the fictional constructed language of the Na’vi began in 2005, and Cameron began developing the screenplay and fictional universe in early 2006.[15
After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe along the way.
PeopleCharlize Theron, Matt Damon, John Leguizamo, Anne Hathaway, Iddo Goldberg, Homer, Samantha Morton, Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Hoyte van Hoytema, Jon Bernthal, Logan Marshall-Green, Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Josh Stewart, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Mia Goth, JC Argüelles
The Odyssey is an upcoming epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. An adaptation of Homer‘s ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope. The ensemble cast also features Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal, among others. Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas produce the film through their production company, Syncopy.
Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to Oppenheimer (2023) was announced by Universal Pictures in December 2024 as an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. Nolan began writing the screenplay in March 2024 and secured the project at Universal by that October. Casting commenced shortly thereafter, with Matt Damon confirmed for the lead role in February 2025. Principal photography took place from February to August 2025 across multiple international locations, including Morocco, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Iceland, and Western Sahara. With an estimated budget of $250 million, the film is the most expensive of Nolan’s career and marks his first film to be shot entirely on IMAX‘s 70 mm film cameras.
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Baahubali 2 -The Conclusion Baahubali 2 was praised for its compelling story, direction, visual effects, and performances. is a 2017 Indian epic action film and the second installment in the Baahubali duology. Directed by S. S. Rajamouli, the film was a massive box office success and was known for answering the question that made its predecessor a global sensation: “Why did Kattappa kill Baahubali?”.
Plot summary
The film is structured as a flashback narrated by Kattappa, the royal guard of Mahishmati.
- The rise of Amarendra Baahubali: The story details how Amarendra Baahubali (Prabhas) became a beloved leader and warrior, eventually earning the right to the throne over his jealous, adoptive brother, Bhallaladeva (Rana Daggubati).
- Betrayal and murder: Amarendra’s unwavering sense of justice and love for Princess Devasena (Anushka Shetty) creates a conflict with his family, leading Bhallaladeva to conspire against him. This results in the shocking assassination of Amarendra by Kattappa, under the queen mother Sivagami’s (Ramya Krishna) misguided orders.
- Mahendra Baahubali’s revenge: The narration reveals the identity of Amarendra’s son, Mahendra Baahubali, who was saved by Sivagami. Years later, Mahendra learns the truth about his lineage and fathers’s death. He then rallies an army to defeat the tyrannical Bhallaladeva and reclaim his rightful place as king.
Cast
- Prabhas as Amarendra Baahubali and Mahendra Baahubali
- Rana Daggubati as Bhallaladeva
- Anushka Shetty as Devasena
- Tamannaah Bhatia as Avantika
- Ramya Krishna as Sivagami
- Sathyaraj as Kattappa
- Nassar as Bijjaladeva
Awards and reception
Baahubali 2 was praised for its compelling story, direction, visual effects, and performances.
- National Film Awards: The film won three National Film Awards, including Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Special Effects, and Best Action Choreography.
- Saturn Awards: It also received the Saturn Award for Best International Film.
- Commercial success: As of 2025, it remains one of the highest-grossing films in Indian cinema history.
Spirit (2026): A multilingual cop action thriller from India, starring Prabhas. Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the film is reported to have a cliffhanger ending to set up a cinematic universe.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.
Prabhas had offered Sandeep Reddy Vanga to remake a Hollywood film, which didn’t materialize since Vanga was uncomfortable with remaking a film, and instead remarked an original thought would suit the actor better. During the pandemic, Vanga got an idea and told Prabhas about it, who replied, “That’s it, let’s do it.” That film is Spirit.v
‘Solo Leveling’ is acclaimed for its stunning animation, especially in fight scenes, and the compelling journey of Sung Jin-Woo. The dynamic action, immersive world-building, and engaging storyline are praised. However, some criticize the pacing and focus on minor details. Character development, particularly of the protagonist, is highlighted, though supporting characters are seen as lacking depth. The soundtrack and voice acting enhance the experience. Despite predictability and lack of innovation, many find it entertaining and visually impressive
After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up.After he survives a harrowing incident, Sung Jinwoo acquires a unique “level up” ability that transforms him into a powerful hunter in this anime series.
An expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.Jurassic World Rebirth premiered on June 17, 2025, at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, and was released in the United States and Canada by Universal Pictures on July 2.
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Zora Bennett leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life-saving benefits to mankind. As the top-secret expedition becomes more and more risky, they soon make a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.
Release date: 4 July 2025 (India)
Director: Gareth Edwards
Nominations: Bandung Film Festival for Imported Film
Cinematography: John Mathieson
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
