Usha Kiran Movies

Usha Kiran Movies
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1983; 42 years ago (1983)
FounderRamoji Rao
Headquarters
Balayogi Paryatak Bhavan, Greenlands, Begumpet, Hyderabad[1]
,
India
ProductsFilms
OwnerRamoji Group

Usha Kiran Movies is an Indian film production company founded by Ramoji Rao in 1983.[citation needed] It is a part of Ramoji Group.[2] This film production house has produced over 80 films with the majority of them in Telugu, along with some in Kannada, Hindi and other languages.[3]

History

The production house is known for giving an opportunity to young talent and produced many content-oriented films under Usha Kiran Movies banner.[4] The production company started with the film Srivariki Premalekha (1984).[5]

Partial filmography

Year Film Language Actors Director Notes
1984 Srivariki Premalekha Telugu Naresh, Poornima Jandhyala
Kanchana Ganga Telugu Chandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath Babu V. Madhusudhana Rao
Sundari Subbarao [6] Telugu Chandra Mohan, Vijayshanti Relangi Narasimha Rao
1985 Mayuri Telugu Sudha Chandran, Subhakar Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri
Dubbed in to Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori
Pratighatana Telugu Vijayshanti, Chandra Mohan T. Krishna Dubbed in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and remade in Hindi as Pratighaat
Preminchu Pelladu[7] Telugu Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya Vamsy
1986 Mallemoggalu[8] Telugu Sagarika, Rajesh V. Madhusudhana Rao
Poojaki Panikiradani Puvvu Telugu Shekhar Suman, Thulasi A. Mohan Gandhi
Karu Diddina Kapuram[9] Telugu Rajendra Prasad, Pavitra D.V. Narasa Raju
Naache Mayuri Hindi Sudha Chandran, Shekhar Suman T. Rama Rao Remake of Mayuri
1987 Chandamama Rave[10] Telugu Chandra Mohan, Kalpana Moulee
Pratighaat Hindi Sujata Mehta N. Chandra Remake of Pratighatana
Premayanam[11] Telugu Naresh, Jayashree C. V. Sridhar
1988 O Bharya Katha Telugu Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath Babu Moulee
1989 Mouna Poratam Telugu Yamuna, Vinod Kumar Mohan Gandhi
Paila Pacheesu Telugu Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam Moulee
1990 Judgement[12] Telugu Siva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, Aruna A.Mohan Gandhi
Mamasri[13] Telugu Suresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, Anand Sharath
Manasu Mamata Telugu Naresh, Sithara Moulee
1991 Amma[14] Telugu Suhasini,Sarathbabu, Baby Sunayana Suresh Krissna
Aswini Telugu Bhanu Chander, Ashwini Nachappa Moulee
People's Encounter Telugu Meka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, Bhanupriya Mohan Gandhi
Jagannatham & Sons[15] Telugu Suresh, Sindhuja Anil Kumar
1992 Teja Telugu Tarun Kumar, Tulasi N. Hari Babu
Sriman Brahmachari Telugu Suresh Sarath
Vasundhara Telugu Sithara[16] Suresh Krissna
1993 Jeevithame Oka Cinema Telugu Varunraj Phani Ramachandra
1998 Padutha Theeyaga[17] Telugu Vineeth, Heera Rajagopal Kranthi Kumar
Daddy Daddy[18] Telugu ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, Raasi Kodi Ramakrishna
1999 Mechanic Mamaiah[19] Telugu Rajasekhar, Rambha S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
2000 Subhavela[20] Telugu Ravi Kanth, Anasuya Ramana
Chitram Telugu Uday Kiran, Reema Sen Teja Remade in Kannada as Chitra
Madhuri Telugu Abbas Mouli
Moodu Mukkalaata Telugu Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi K. Raghavendra Rao
Nuvve Kavali Telugu Tarun Kumar, Richa Pallod K. Vijaya Bhaskar Remake of Niram and Remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi
2001 Deevinchandi Telugu Srikanth, Raasi, Malavika Muthyala Subbaiah
Ninnu Choodalani Telugu Jr. NTR, Raveena Rajput V. R. Pratap
Akasa Veedhilo Telugu Nagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Chitra Kannada Nagendra Prasad, Rekha Vedavyas Dinesh Baboo Remake of Chitram
Anandam Telugu Aakash, Rekha Vedavyas, Venkat, Tanu Roy Srinu Vaitla Remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu
Cheluve Ondu Helthini Kannada Saurav, Chaitra Hallikeri R. Saigopal
Ishtam Telugu Charan, Shriya Saran Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar
2002 Manasuvunte Chalu[21] Telugu Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, Sivaji Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao
Priya Nestama[22] Telugu Venu Thottempudi, Shanu R. Ganapathi
Ninagagi Kannada Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika S. Mahendar Remake of Nuvve Kavali
Neetho Telugu Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek Chahal John Mahendran
Manase O Manase Kannada Ramkumar M. S. Rajashekar Remake of Manasu Mamtha
Dheera Kannada Rockline Venkatesh Om Sai Prakash Remake of Evadra Rowdy
2003 Tujhe Meri Kasam Hindi Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh K. Vijaya Bhaskar Remake of Nuvve Kavali
Ananda Kannada Naveen Mayur, Ruthika Vara Mullapudi
Oka Raju Oka Rani Telugu Ravi Teja, Namitha Yogie
Ooh La La Kannada Krishnamohan Hemanth Hegde
Toli Choopulone[23] Telugu Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Akanksha Y. Kasi Viswanath
Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu Tamil Jai Akash, Neha Sakthi Chidambaram Remake of Anandam
2004 Anandamanandamaye Telugu Jai Akash, Renuka Menon Srinu Vaitla
Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum Hindi Arya Babbar, Shriya Saran Esmayeel Shroff
2006 Veedhi[24] Telugu Sharwanand, Gopika V. Dorairaj
2007 Sixer Kannada Prajwal Devaraj, Devaki Shashank
2008 Nachavule Telugu Tanish, Maadhavi Latha Ravi Babu
2009 Ninnu Kalisaka Telugu Santosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati Babu Siva Nageswara Rao
Savaari Kannada Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan Jacob Verghese Remake of Gamyam
Co Production with Arka Media Works
2010 Betting Bangaraju Telugu Allari Naresh, Nidhi E.Sattibabu[25]
2011 Nuvvila Telugu Avish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya Nambeesan Ravi Babu
2015 Beeruva[26] Telugu Sundeep Kishan, Surabhi Kanmani Co Production with Anandi Art Creations
Dagudumootha Dandakor Telugu Rajendra Prasad, Sara Arjun R.K Malineni Remake of Saivam
Co Production with First Frame Entertainment

TV serials

Year Serial Language Actors Director Network Notes
1995 – 1999 Sneha Telugu Kaveri Vamsy ETV
1997 – 1997 Popula Pette Naresh, Kinnera, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sakshi Ranga Rao Jandhyala
1997 – 2001 Antharangalu Sarath Babu, Kinnera, Kalpana, Achyuth Vinay Kumar Co-produced with Eenadu Television
1997 – 1999 Anveshitha Achyuth, Yamuna, Raja, Shanmukha Srinivas Ilyas Ahmed "Pradyumna"
2003 – 2007 Panchatantram

Associated talent

This is a list of notable people introduced by Usha Kiran Movies.

Year Cast Film Name Debut as Note
1984 Shankar Melkote Srivariki Premalekha Actor
Sudha Chandran Mayuri Actress
1989 Vinod Kumar[27] Mouna Poratam Actor Debut in Telugu
Yamuna[28] Actress
1990 M. M. Keeravani[29] Manasu Mamatha Music Director
Tarun Kumar Child Actor
1991 Ashwini Nachappa Aswini Actress
Srikanth[30] People's Encounter Actor
2000 Teja Chitram Director[31]
Uday Kiran Actor[31]
Reemma Sen Actress
Saandip Playback singer
Chitram Seenu[32] Actor
Ravi Prakash Subhavela Actor
Richa Pallod Nuvve Kavali Actress Debut in Telugu
Sai Kiran Actor
2001 Rekha Vedavyas Chitra Actress
Shriya Saran Ishtam Actress
2002 Jennifer Kotwal Manasuvunte Chalu Actress Debut in Telugu
Prakash Kovelamudi Neetho Actor
Mahek Chahal Actress
Radhika Kumaraswamy Ninagagi Actress
2003 Riteish Deshmukh Tujhe Meri Kasam Actor
Genelia D'Souza Actress
2007 Prajwal Devaraj Sixer Actor
2008 Maadhavi Latha Nachavule Actress
2009 Chaitanya Krishna Ninnu Kalisaka Actor
Dipa Shah Actress
Piaa Bajpai Actress Debut in Telugu
2011 Yami Gautam Nuvvila Actress
2015 Sara Arjun Dagudumootha Dandakor Child Actress
Surabhi Beeruva Actress

Awards

Ceremony Year Category Nominee Result
National Film Awards 2000 Best Feature Film Telugu Nuvve Kavali Won
Filmfare Awards South 1985 Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Pratighatana Won
2000 Nuvve Kavali Won
Nandi Awards[33] 1984 Best Feature Film - Silver Kanchana Ganga Won
1985 Best Feature Film - Gold Mayuri Won
1985 Second Best Story Writer
Usha kiran Movies Unit 		Mayuri Won
1989 Best Feature Film - Silver Mouna Poratam Won
1991 Best Feature Film - Bronze Aswini Won
1992 Best Children Film - Gold Teja Won

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