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Teja is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography and Cinematography Indian born on 22 february 1966 at Chennai (Inde)
Teja is a popular Indian film cinematographer turned director, predominant in Telugu and Hindi cinema. He made a slam bang entry into Tollywood with a string of blockbusters, including Chitram, Nuvvu Nenu, Jayam and Nijam. After working in Bollywood from 1984 to 2000, he made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema with Chitram. Chitram changed the face of Telugu cinema and paved way for a variety of new-genre romantic and love films.
He introduced over five hundred actors, technicians including Nitin, Kajal Agarwal, Prince, Navdeep and comedian Sunil. He has garnered many awards, notably- Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer and Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South, Nandi Award for Best Director and Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for Nuvvu Nenu.
He is not only famous for his film work, but also infamous for his short-temper and eccentricity. He is known to often use unconventional ways to obtain satisfactory performances from actors on sets.
Teja in an ABN-interview named various persons responsible for his younger son's death, he also further stated that he had done all sorts of odd jobs for survival, including illegal frying and sale of marijuana.
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Teja
Birth name Dharma Teja
Nationality Inde
Birth 22 february 1966 (58 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 22 february 1966 (58 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards
He introduced over five hundred actors, technicians including Nitin, Kajal Agarwal, Prince, Navdeep and comedian Sunil. He has garnered many awards, notably- Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer and Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South, Nandi Award for Best Director and Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for Nuvvu Nenu.
He is not only famous for his film work, but also infamous for his short-temper and eccentricity. He is known to often use unconventional ways to obtain satisfactory performances from actors on sets.
Teja in an ABN-interview named various persons responsible for his younger son's death, he also further stated that he had done all sorts of odd jobs for survival, including illegal frying and sale of marijuana.
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Kshana Kshanam (1991)
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films
Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Sridevi, Paresh Rawal, Gangasani Rami Reddy, Hema Syed, Brahmanandam
Rating80%
The film is the story of a middle class girl (Sridevi) and a thief (Daggubati Venkatesh) brought together under strange circumstances. The film revolves around the pair chased by an eccentric bank robber, (Paresh Rawal) and the police (Rami Reddy).
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Neeku Naaku Dash Dash (2012)
Directed by Teja
Genres Romance
Actors Prince Cecil, Nanditha Raj, Suman Setty, Tanikella Bharani
Rating63%
Keka (2008)
Directed by Teja
Actors Anoop Kumar
Arjun (Raja) is a student and he meets a young beauty Sujata (Ishana) in a village. Both of them hail from Hyderabad but they come to this village on holidays where their grand parents reside. After an incident, Sujata's grandparents take to her to the city where her parents fix marriage with a rich guy Kiran (Anup) who happens to be Arjun's best friend. Now all these three land in same college and love between Arjun and Sujata blossoms again. When Arjun tells Kiran that he is in love with Sujata, the latter readily sacrifices for their friendship. The movie concludes with a major twist ending.
Lakshmi Kalyanam (2007)
Directed by Teja
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Kajal Agarwal, Sayaji Shinde, Ajay, Avinash, Suhasini
Rating54%
Two feuding villages form the backdrop of this story, with Ramu (Kalyan Ram) and Lakshmi (Kajal Agarwal) belonging to one village and villain Giridhar (Ajay) to another. Lakshmi and Ramu are cousins, who grow up to love each other, which is not appreciated by Lakshmi's father, who is also the village head.
Jai (2004)
Directed by Teja
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Navdeep, Santhoshi, Dhanraj, Tanikella Bharani, Ayesha Jhulka, Abhinaya Sri
Rating53%
Jairam (Navdeep) is a son of rich widow (Ayesha Jhulka), whose husband was killed by Pakistanis in the war. As usual she neglects her son and busy in earning money for him in the business. Jairam falls in love with Farah (Santhoshi), he's a brilliant student also possesses high moral values and learn boxing from Farah’s father. Ayesha Julka holds the Indo-Pak Boxing match. India loses the match and the Pakistan champion challenges Indians saying that even after 56 years of independence Indians cannot stop Pakistanis from butchering the Indian army members. Hero challenges that he will win them in 56 days. Here comes the twist in the tale. The Pakistani boxer is none other than the ISI member sent by Lashkar-E-Toiba Chief Maulana Masood Azhar. When young Jai challenges them, they stoop like a film villains and fracture Jai’s ribs and tear the ligaments of his right hand, which he uses for his boxing. Afterwards jai challenges him and defeats him in a boxing match.
Jairam (2004)
Directed by Teja
Actors Navdeep, Santhoshi, Dhanraj, Ayesha Jhulka
Jairam (Navdeep) is a son of rich widow (Ayesha Jhulka), whose husband was killed by Pakistanis in the war. As usual she neglects her son and busy in earning money for him in the business. Jairam falls in love with Farah (Santhoshi), he's a brilliant student also possesses high moral values and learn boxing from Farah’s father. Ayesha Julka holds the Indo-Pak Boxing match. India loses the match and the Pakistan champion challenges Indians saying that even after 56 years of independence Indians cannot stop Pakistanis from butchering the Indian army members. Hero challenges that he will win them in 56 days. Here comes the twist in the tale. The Pakistani boxer is none other than the ISI member sent by Lashkar-E-Toiba Chief Maulana Masood Azhar. When young Jai challenges them, they stoop like a film villains and fracture Jai’s ribs and tear the ligaments of his right hand, which he uses for his boxing. Rest of the story deals how Jairam wins the match single handled.
Nijam (2003)
, 3h8Directed by Teja
Genres Action
Actors Mahesh Babu, Rakshita, Raasi, Tottempudi Gopichand, Duvvasi Mohan, Talluri Rameshwari
Rating65%
Sidda Reddy (Jaya Prakash Reddy) is a powerful mafia leader whose right hand is Devudu (Gopichand). Devudu has a lover called Malli (Raasi). Reddy - who also like Malli - takes her to the bed, which is not liked by Devudu. In the process, Devudu kills Reddy and he becomes the leader of the mafia gang. Venkateswarlu (Ranganath) is a fire officer. In an incident, Devudu sets a marketplace a fire and Venkateswarlu rescues it with his firefighting and at the same time Venkateswarlu slaps Devudu, as he continues throwing Kerosene at the marketplace. Devudu holds a grudge against Venkateswarlu and sends him to jail on a framed charge of murder. Seetaram (Mahesh Babu) who is the son of Venkateswarlu tries to rescue his father from the jaws of police. But in the process, everybody starts asking him for money to do the work. At the end of the day, the police officer kills Venkateswarlu. The rest of the story is about how Seetaram's mother (Talluri Rameswari) takes revenge on the people responsible for the death of her husband with the help of her son Seetaram. The criminals involved in the crime of his father's death are killed one after the other by the mother and the son in a planned and scientific manner. This film tells about an innocent boy, who along with his mother undergoes injustice and also loses his father in this process. The mother in this situation plays the role of a trainer and a guide to her son, making him strong physically and emotionally, to fight back.
Yeh Dil (2003)
Directed by Teja
Genres Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Tusshar Kapoor, Anita Hassanandani, Pratima Kazmi, Vineet Kumar, Akhilendra Mishra, Chetana Das
Rating41%
Ravi Pratap Singh (Tusshar Kapoor) is a college student and the son of a wealthy businessman Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Akhilendra Mishra). His best friend Kabir always helps him. Ravi lives with his father, as his mother died. Vasundhara Yadav (Anita Hassanandani), is the daughter of a middle class wrestler Mithua Yadav (Vineet Kumar) studying in the same college. She lives in a joint family with many of her relatives. Ravi excels in sports, but is terrible in academics. Vasu doesn't pay attention to sports and focuses on academics.
Jayam (2002)
, 2h32Directed by Teja
Actors Nithin Reddy, Sadha, Tottempudi Gopichand, Suman Setty, Shakeela, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Rating62%
The story is centered in a village where the parents of first cousins Sujatha (Sadha) and Raghu (Gopichand) decide that both will be married when they become adults. As a child, Sujatha's uncle gives her anklets, which she wears as she grows up. As they grow older, Raghu is caught smuggling money from his house. At school, Raghu beats up a kid for talking to Sujatha. They quarrel, and soon Raghu's family leaves for another village. Sujatha grows to be an attractive college girl while the villain Raghu becomes a good-for-nothing character. On her way to college, Sujatha meets up with Venkat (Nitin), a poor but handsome, charming enthusiastic boy, and soon after their quarrels they fall in love. Meanwhile, Raghu's parents, hoping that he will become a responsible person after marriage, decide to carry out his marriage with Sujatha. The whole story takes a turn when Sujatha's parents learn about her love affair with Venkat. On the day of her marriage, Sujatha elopes with Venkat and the action hots up as they are chased by Raghu and his thugs.Finally, the villain Raghu is defeated in a face-to-face combat by Venkat, and Venkat marries Sujatha.
Jayam (2002)
Directed by Teja
Actors Kalabhavan Mani, Nithin Reddy, Rekha, Sadha, Anandaraj, Tottempudi Gopichand
Rating62%
Jayam (2002)
Directed by Teja
Actors Mukesh, Nithin Reddy, Rajan P. Dev, Sadha, Tottempudi Gopichand, Suman Setty
Rating62%
Jayam (2002)
Directed by Teja
Actors Murali, Nithin Reddy, Sadha, Karthika Mathew, Tottempudi Gopichand, Suman Setty
Rating62%
Nuvvu Nenu (2001)
Directed by Teja
Genres Romance
Actors Uday Kiran, Anita Hassanandani, Sunil, Radhika Chaudhari, Tanikella Bharani, Supriya Karnik
Rating64%
Ravi, played by Uday Kiran, is the son of a multimillionaire in Hyderabad. Vasundhara (Anita), is the daughter of a milk supplier. Ravi and Vasundhara both study in same college. The film starts with Vasundhara showing hatred towards Ravi, as he is a sportsman who is not good in his studies. Over a period of time, her hatred turns into love. Finally, they both fall in love, but their parents do not agree for their marriage. Parents plan to avoid the marriage by giving the couple a clause that they should not meet each other for one year. If their love remains even after one year then their parents would agree to let them marry.
Family Circus (2001)
, 2h7Directed by Teja
Genres Comedy
Actors Jagapati Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Roja, Kanchi Kaul, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam
Rating62%
Subramanyam/Subbu (Jagapathi Babu) is a simpleton who works as a manager in a firm, marries a no-nonsense lady Durga (Roja). They decide to adopt Subbu's dead sister's two sons and brings them home after that Durga gives birth to twins. The children are imps who make his life miserable with their mischief. Things worsen for Subbu because he has vacated too many houses due to naughty children. So, Subbu decides buy a house in a locality full of bizarre characters that include a retired army officer Lansnayak Bhagat (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a loud-mouthed neighbor Shantharam (Dharmavarapu Subramanyam) and some demented feminists.
Chitram (2000)
Directed by Teja
Genres Romance
Actors Uday Kiran, Reema Sen, Tanikella Bharani, Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam (AVS), Uttej
Rating70%
Janaki (Reema Sen) and her sister are NRIs who want to join a PU college in AP. Janaki stays with her uncle and procures the admission in the same college as Ramana (Uday Kiran), a die-hard music fan. When Janaki first sees him in the music room practicing they get attracted to each other. When family members of Ramana are away, Janaki happens to come to Ramana's house wearing a saree. As she does not know how to wear saree, all she does is drape it around her body . Ramana offers to teach her how to wear a saree then accidentally he puts hand inside her saree skirt which makes them both feel shy and attracted. In the process they consummate their passion. After a few days Janaki informs Ramana that she is pregnant. Ramana, along with his friends, hires a nurse to perform abortion on Janaki. When Ramana asks Janaki to prepare for the abortion, she refuses to do so as she says she wants a company of a kid. Janaki tells him that her mother used to tell her that when she dies she will be reborn as Janaki's child. Janaki is then told by the college Principal to take rest and write the exam following year. When Ramana's parents talk to Janaki's uncle he blames Ramana.