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Shankar Melkote (Telugu: శంకర్ మేల్కోటే) is a Telugu comedian, supporting actor and CEO of a marketing company in Hyderabad.He started film career from Jandhyala's Srivariki Premalekha. He acted in 180 Films.He is one of the speaker and writer in Hyderabad Literary Festival. Melkote received the 17th Yudhvir Memorial Award in 2008 for outstanding contribution.
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Karthikeya (2014)
, 1h55Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Nikhil Siddhartha, Swathi Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, V. Jayaprakash, Rao Ramesh, Nassar
Roles Principal
Rating71%
Centuries ago, Sri Raja Keerthi Ravi Varma promises to build a huge temple for a swayambhu idol of Kartikeya if the latter saves his kingdom from drought. It regains normalcy after unexpected rains and Varma constructs a huge temple under the supervision of Vishvakarma. On the night of every Karthika Pournami, huge white light is emitted the temple since its origin and people believed it as Kartikeya's presence and blessings. Since then, Kartikeya was worshiped there on a grand scale till 2012. However the temple was closed due to few circumstances in 2013 and whoever tried to reopen it or know about it died mostly because of a snake bite or an accident making the temple a haunted place.
Manam (2014)
, 2h30Directed by Vikram Kumar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Brahmanandam
Roles Yashwanth Rayudu, Prema's father
Rating79%
Radha Mohan and Krishna Veni are a couple leading a miserable marital life due to several misunderstandings and decide to apply for divorce. They die on 14 February 1983 at 10:20 AM near a clock tower on their way to the lawyer's office. Their son, Nageswara Rao, becomes a rich and influential businessman and happens to come across his parents' lookalikes, Nagarjuna and Priya. After befriending them, Rao decides to re-establish them as a couple but is shocked when Nagarjuna introduces his lover, Prema. Rao manages to dissolve the relationship with the help of his personal adviser, Girish Karnad. Unaware of this, Nagarjuna swears not to fall in love with anyone. At the same clock tower, Rao meets Dr. Anjali and falls in love with her at first sight. He helps her in admitting an injured old man to a nearby hospital and donates his blood. The injured man, Chaitanya, is shocked upon seeing the pair as they resemble his deceased parents, Seetharamudu and Ramalakshmi.
O Manasa (2013)
Actors Aparnaa Bajpai, Ajay, Shankar S. Melkote
This film is targeted towards a youth audience and the plot is based on the experiences of a group of young people from different backgrounds as they come together, their successes and trials.
Sudigaadu (2012)
Directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Genres Comedy
Actors Allari Naresh, Monal Gajjar, Brahmanandam, Ali, M. S. Narayana, Krishna Bhagavan
Roles Judge
Rating60%
Kamesh (Allari Naresh) and his wife (Hema) become the proud parents of a dynamic and powerful new baby who is born with a six pack body. Just when the baby is born, Thikkal Reddy (Jaya Prakash Reddy) comes in as the villain in search of his enemy who runs into New Born Baby's room. He prays to god to save him and hides in the room. The New Born Baby does urination for a long time which leads to the death of Thikkal Reddy's elder son and he becomes a sworn enemy of the baby. To save the baby from Thikkal Reddy, Kamesh gets his mother (Kovai Sarala) to escape to Hyderabad. The baby grows up into Siva (Allari Naresh), a powerful and dynamic young guy with seemingly invincible powers like a Telugu Cinema hero.
Gaganam (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Radha Mohan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Bharath Reddy, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Sana Khan
Roles S. K. Sharma, Spl. Secretary - Internal Security
Rating71%
On a flight from Chennai to Delhi five passengers retrieve weapons hidden in the toilet and use them to hijack the plane. An engine is damaged during the struggle with the pilots so they make an emergency landing at Tirupati Airport. Government authorities arrive. The hijackers demand ₹100 Crore (c. US $22,000,000), the release of their imprisoned leader Yusuf Khan (Sricharan), and a fresh aircraft for their escape.
Current (2009)
Genres Romantic comedy
Actors Sushanth, Sneha Ullal, Raghu Babu, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam, Charan Raj
Rating56%
Sushshu [Sushanth] is a happy-go-lucky college student whose philosophy of life is summed up as Forget Yesterday, Enjoy Today & Worry Not about Tomorrow which keeps him happy but worries his parents to no end. A transfer brings the entire family to Hyderabad where he flips for his college classmate Sneha on day one. A determined Sushanth woos her successfully and we are treated to a couple of songs in the bargain. Now, Sneha's philosophy of life runs totally opposite of Sushanth and very soon reality sets in. His attitude ruins his marriage prospects with Sneha and they end up separating. The second half of the movie is all about how they try to fall out of love while making compromises to their philosophies.
Bahumathi (2007)
, 3h14Directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy
Actors Venu Thottempudi, Sangeetha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Venu Madhav, Ali, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Rating44%
Venkataramana (Venu) is an honest police officer who refuses to accept bribes and always stands by his word. He is an orphan and dreams of helping the other orphans. His friend Krishna Bhaghavan plays a cop who misses no opportunity to make money fining pedestrians for not wearing a helmet.
Anasuya (2007)
Directed by Ravi Babu Tammareddy
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Bhumika Chawla, Abbas, Ravi Babu Tammareddy, Nikita Thukral, Suhani Kalita, Ankitha Jhaveri
Roles Uncle Joseph
Rating72%
Anasuya (Bhumika Chawla) is a young, passionate journalist who joins a local TV news channel as a reporter. She lives with her uncle Joseph (Shankar Melkote) in the city. On her very first assignment she had to go as an undercover, posing as a reporter from a women’s magazine in to expose suspected child labor in a local politician’s house . Anasuya successfully exposes the oppressive working condition of an orphan child called Lakshmi who is forced into menial work at the politician’s house. The politician throws the child out of his house to escape arrest. Anasuya shelters the girl and takes her home. The expose becomes a sensation Anasuya becomes a household name. She also becomes an instant favourite of her boss much to the irritation of her senior colleagues. Around this time a series of murders were baffling the police department. The murderer was taking an internal organ from his victims and leaving a red rose behind. When the police get reluctant to give the press information Anasuya is given the task of be-friending task force officer, Anand (Abbas) who was involved with the investigation, and getting information out of him.
Desamuduru (2007)
, 2h28Directed by Puri Jagannadh
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani, Pradeep Rawat, Ali, Rajesh, Subba Raju
Roles doctor
Rating61%
Bala Govind (Allu Arjun) is a program director in MAA TV. His fights for justice regularly get him into trouble. During one of these incidents, he saves a person (Raja Ravindra) from goons while severely thrashing Murugan (Subbaraju), son of the notorious smuggler Tambi Durai (Pradeep Rawat). Fearing retribution from Tambi Durai, the MAA TV crew sends Bala's team to Kullu Manali to shoot a travel episode instead of another team. There, Bala sees Vaishali (Hansika Motwani), who is a sannyasin. It is love at first sight for Bala. Vaishali, though initially apprehensive of Bala falls for him. The head sannyasin of the ashram Rama Prabha (Rama Prabha) unites the couple. However, before Bala is able to return to Hyderabad with Vaishali and marry her, Tambi Durai's henchmen kidnap her and take her his home. Bala returns to Hyderabad and finds that she is with Tambi Durai. The person who was saved by Bala reveals that Vaishali is the daughter of Narayan Patwari (Devan). In order to grab Patwari's property, Tambi Durai killed her parents and his wife (Telangana Shakuntala) performed the marriage of Vaishali with Murugan in front of their dead bodies. However, Vaishali escapes and reaches Kulu Manali. Bala takes the help of Inspector Prasad (Ahuti Prasad) to save Vaishali from their clutches and eventually succeeds in his attempt and marries her.
Modati Cinema (2005)
Actors Navdeep, Poonam Bajwa, Krishnudu, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bharani, Harish Shankar
Rating48%
Sreeram (Navdeep) is from a rich family. Sindhu (Poonam) is a middle-class girl with a nagging step mother and a strict father. Sreeram is impressed by Sindhu at first sight. He helps her solve her family problems. In the process, she misunderstands him. The rest of the movie is all about how the two understand the power of their love and tie the knot on the same day they meet.
Anand (2004)
, 3hDirected by Sekhar Kammula
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Raja, Raja Abel, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Satya Krishnan, Anuj Gurwara, Gopichand Lagadapati
Rating79%
The film is essentially the story of a modern-day girl Roopa (Kamalini Mukherjee). She begins her day with classical music lessons for kids in her neighborhood followed by her day job in an ad-agency. She along with her close friend Anitha (Satya Krishna) work on weekends at a nursery. Roopa is shown as a woman who stands for her self-respect, determined at her decisions and yet lovable and sensitive. Unlike her friend Anitha, Roopa though modern, sticks to her traditional roots when it comes to dressing.
Nenu (2004)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Allari Naresh, Archana / Veda Sastry, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Shankar S. Melkote, Chalapathi Rao, Rajiv Kanakala
Rating64%
Vinod (Allari Naresh), who has grown up under the care of a church father (Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao), is an introvert but a genius. He is forcibly sent to a college in Vizag by the father but is a complete misfit in class. Though shunned by the rest of his class, Divya (Veda) becomes his friend and he gradually warms up to her too. His feelings soon turn into love but he realizes that Divya considers him as only a friend. But he is unwilling to let her go. Meanwhile Vinod learns that Divya is in love with another classmate, Abhi (Abhishek).
Genres Comedy
Actors Prabhu Deva, Namitha, Tanikella Bharani, Chandra Mohan, Chalapathi Rao, Sunil
Rating48%
Oka Raju Oka Rani (2003)
, 2h30Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Ravi Teja, Namitha, Tanikella Bharani, Chandra Mohan, Brahmanandam, Sunil
Rating54%
Manmadhudu (2002)
, 2h22Directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sonali Bendre, Ananth Babu, Chandra Mohan, Tanikella Bharani, Jaya Prakash Reddy
Roles Sundar
Rating82%
Abhiram (Nagarjuna Akkineni) is a manager in his ad agency. He despises women and feels that all women are traitors. Abhiram's uncle (Tanikella Bharani), who is the chairman of the ad agency, appoints Harika (Sonali Bendre) as the assistant manager. Though Abhiram does not like a girl joining his company, he has to live with it as the appointment is made by his uncle. He starts mistreating her. Harika, vexed by Abhiram's acts, submits her resignation to his uncle, who then narrates Abhiram's past to Harika.