Allani Sridhar

Allani Sridhar is an Indian screenwriter and film director working mainly in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed 1988 biopic feature film, Komaram Bheem, in which he also acted. In 1990, the film won the then Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Award for best film on national integration.

Early life

Allani Sridhar was born to a farmer's family in Medak district of Telangana state. The family got shifted to Hyderabad during his early childhood. He spent most of his childhood and youth days in Hyderabad. He finished his schooling from Andhra Vidhyalaya High School in Chikkadpally where he scored top grades in the school's recent history then. Subsequently, he joined a polytechnic course only to quit it in the middle to pursue his love for movies.

Career

Writing

He began his career as a writer in a weekly magazine and wrote a serial story called "Campus, Campus" which was a huge hit in those days. It compiled a huge readership, particularly among college goers.

Sridhar

Sridhar is a given name that is also sometimes used as a surname. Notable people with this name include:

In some of the above cases, "Sridhar" may actually be the given name, though appearing at the end, as the person may follow a naming system where the given name is preceded by a patronymic and/or the family name.

See also

Oh My Friend

Oh My Friend is a 2011 Telugu-language musical film written and directed by debutant Venu Sri Ram starring Siddharth, Shruti Haasan and Hansika Motwani. It was produced by Dil Raju and had music by Rahul Raj. The dubbed Tamil version of the film was released on 20 May 2012, under the title Sridhar, with Sivakarthikeyan lending his voice to Siddharth.

Plot

The movie begins with Chandu (Siddharth Narayan) and Siri (Shruti Haasan) as childhood friends. Chandu and Siri call each other "Faltoos" and "Killer", respectively, affectionately. Their friendship remains intact even as they grow up. Chandu who was sent to mumbai to do MBA, instead learns music and returns home which leads to agony of his father. However, Siri convinces Chandu's father that it is her responsibility to take care of Chandu's career. They go for an audition there they get a fight with a band and he is sent out of the audition. Prior to that, Siri accepts the love proposal by Uday (Navdeep), who lives in US after consulting Chandu. Later, Chandu and Siri accidentally meet their common friend in college, Ritu Sharma (Hansika Motwani) and Chandu falls in love with her at first sight. Chandu starts spending time with Ritu to impress her, but Siri feels that she is being avoided. Siri decides to leave for a dancing School at Chennai. Meanwhile, Ritu accepts Chandu's love proposal. When Siri is about to leave, Chandu apologises her that he had not noticed that she was being avoided. At the same time, Uday comes back from US to surprise her. Hence, she decides not to leave.

Shridhar (actor)

Sridhar is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry, and also a dance scholar, performer and choreographer, trained in Bharatanatyam. He also holds a degree in Engineering. Sridhar is married to Anuradha, also a Bharatanatyam dance performer; both have performed for many dance shows as a duo.

Film career

He entered Kannada cinema as a hero in film Amrutha Ghalige, directed by Puttanna Kanagal. Since then he has acted in more than 60 films and has won many awards for his performances. He has acted in five languages namely Kannada Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.

Kannada

He won the Karnataka State Government's Best Actor Award for his performance as the saint-poet Sharief, in the film "Santa Shishunala Shariefa". This film also won the prestigious Nargis Dutt award from the Central Government. His film Bannada Vesha in Kannada won the regional best film award in which he portrayed the character of a yakshagana artist. He also acted in many devotional films.

Tamil

K.Balachander introduced him to the Tamil screen with his film "Manathil Uruthi Vendum" (with Suhasini). He later acted in several Tamil films including Poo Pootta Nandavanam (with Sarita), Maha Maayi (with Shobhana).