Ushakiran Movies

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Usha Kiran Movies
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1983 (1983)
FounderRamoji Rao
Headquarters
Balayogi Paryatak Bhavan, Greenlands, Begumpet, Hyderabad[1]
,
India
ProductsFilms
OwnerRamoji Group
Ramoji Rao, founder of Usha Kiran Movies

Usha Kiran Movies is an Indian film production company founded by Ramoji Rao in 1983. 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
1984Srivariki PremalekhaTeluguNaresh, PoornimaJandhyala
Kanchana GangaChandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath BabuV. Madhusudhana Rao
Sundari Subbarao [6]Chandra Mohan, VijayshantiRelangi Narasimha Rao
1985MayuriSudha Chandran, SubhakarSingeetam Srinivasa RaoRemade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri
Dubbed in to Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori
PratighatanaVijayshanti, Chandra MohanT. KrishnaDubbed in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and remade in Hindi as Pratighaat
Preminchu Pelladu[7]Rajendra Prasad, BhanupriyaVamsy
1986Mallemoggalu[8]Sagarika, RajeshV. Madhusudhana Rao
Poojaki Panikiradani PuvvuShekhar Suman, ThulasiA. Mohan Gandhi
Karu Diddina Kapuram[9]Rajendra Prasad, PavitraD.V. Narasa Raju
Naache MayuriHindiSudha Chandran, Shekhar SumanT. Rama RaoRemake of Mayuri
1987Chandamama Rave[10]TeluguChandra Mohan, KalpanaMoulee
PratighaatHindiSujata MehtaN. ChandraRemake of Pratighatana
1988 Premayanam[11]TeluguNaresh, JayashreeC. V. Sridhar
O Bharya KathaJayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath BabuMoulee
1989Mouna PoratamYamuna, Vinod KumarMohan Gandhi
Paila PacheesuRajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, BrahmanandamMoulee
1990Judgement[12]Siva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, ArunaA.Mohan Gandhi
Mamasri[13]Suresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, AnandSharath
Manasu MamataNaresh, SitharaMoulee
1991Amma[14]Suhasini, Sarathbabu, Baby SunayanaSuresh Krissna
AswiniBhanu Chander, Ashwini NachappaMoulee
People's EncounterMeka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, BhanupriyaMohan Gandhi
1992 Jagannatham & Sons[15]Suresh, SindhujaAnil Kumar
TejaTarun Kumar, TulasiN. Hari Babu
Sriman BrahmachariSureshSarath
VasundharaSithara[16]Suresh Krissna
1993Jeevithame Oka CinemaVarunrajPhani Ramachandra
1998Padutha Theeyaga[17]Vineeth, Heera RajagopalKranthi Kumar
Daddy Daddy[18]ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, RaasiKodi Ramakrishna
1999Mechanic Mavayya[19]Rajasekhar, RambhaS. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
2000Subhavela[20]Ravi Kanth, AnasuyaRamana
ChitramUday Kiran, Reema SenTejaRemade in Kannada as Chitra
MadhuriAbbasMouli
Moodu MukkalaataJagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, RaasiK. Raghavendra Rao
Nuvve KavaliTarun Kumar, Richa PallodK. Vijaya BhaskarRemake of Niram and Remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi
2001DeevinchandiSrikanth, Raasi, MalavikaMuthyala Subbaiah
Ninnu ChoodalaniJr. NTR, Raveena RajputV. R. Pratap
Akasa VeedhiloNagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, KasthuriSingeetam Srinivasa Rao
ChitraKannadaNagendra Prasad, Rekha VedavyasDinesh BabooRemake of Chitram
AnandamTeluguAakash, Rekha Vedavyas, Venkat, Tanu RoySrinu VaitlaRemade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu
Cheluve Ondu HelthiniKannadaSaurav, Chaitra HallikeriR. Saigopal
IshtamTeluguCharan, Shriya SaranVikram Kumar & Raj Kumar
2002Manasuvunte Chalu[21]Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, SivajiJonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao
Priya Nestama[22]Venu Thottempudi, ShanuR. Ganapathi
NinagagiKannadaVijay Raghavendra, RadhikaS. MahendarRemake of Nuvve Kavali
NeethoTeluguPrakash Kovelamudi, Mahek ChahalJohn Mahendran
BeeperEnglishEd Quinn, Harvey Keitel, Joey Lauren Adams, Gulshan GroverJack SholderCo Production with Shoreline Entertainment
Manase O ManaseKannadaRamkumarM. S. RajashekarRemake of Manasu Mamtha
DheeraRockline VenkateshOm Sai PrakashRemake of Evadra Rowdy
2003Tujhe Meri KasamHindiRitesh Deshmukh, Genelia DeshmukhK. Vijaya BhaskarRemake of Nuvve Kavali
AnandaKannadaNaveen Mayur, RuthikaVara Mullapudi
Oka Raju Oka RaniTeluguRavi Teja, NamithaYogie
Ooh La LaKannadaKrishnamohanHemanth Hegde
Toli Choopulone[23]TeluguNandamuri Kalyan Ram, AkankshaY. Kasi Viswanath
Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal InidhuTamilJai Akash, NehaSakthi ChidambaramRemake of Anandam
2004AnandamanandamayeTeluguJai Akash, Renuka MenonSrinu Vaitla
Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda HumHindiArya Babbar, Shriya SaranEsmayeel Shroff
2006Veedhi[24]TeluguSharwanand, GopikaV. Dorairaj
2007SixerKannadaPrajwal Devaraj, DevakiShashank
2008NachavuleTeluguTanish, Maadhavi LathaRavi Babu
2009Ninnu KalisakaSantosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati BabuSiva Nageswara Rao
SavaariKannadaSrinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman RanganathanJacob VergheseRemake of Gamyam
Co Production with Arka Media Works
2010Betting BangarajuTeluguAllari Naresh, NidhiE.Sattibabu[25]
2011NuvvilaAvish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya NambeesanRavi Babu
2015Beeruva[26]Sundeep Kishan, SurabhiKanmaniCo Production with Anandi Art Creations
Dagudumootha DandakorRajendra Prasad, Sara ArjunR.K MalineniRemake 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 – 2001AntharangaluSarath Babu, Kinnera, Kalpana, AchyuthVinay KumarCo-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 Srinu[32] Actor
Ravi Prakash Subhavela
Richa Pallod Nuvve Kavali Actress Debut in Telugu
Sai Kiran Actor
2001 Rekha Vedavyas Chitra Actress
Shriya Saran Ishtam
2002 Jennifer Kotwal Manasuvunte Chalu Debut in Telugu
Prakash Kovelamudi Neetho Actor
Mahek Chahal Actress
Radhika Kumaraswamy Ninagagi
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 Debut in Telugu
2011 Yami Gautam Nuvvila
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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