Anjana Productions
Anjana Productions is an Indian film production company established by Chiranjeevi and his brother Nagendra Babu in the year 1988. Named after their mother Anjana Devi. Anjana Productions is one of the noted Production companies in Telugu Cinema and is considered the home production company of Allu–Konidela family.[1][2]
Type | Private |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | Hyderabad, in 1988 |
Founder | Chiranjeevi |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Chiranjeevi Nagendra Babu Pawan Kalyan Ram Charan |
Products | Films |
Subsidiaries |
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Film production
1988–1999
Anjana prodictions' first film was musical drama film Rudraveena (1988), directed by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi. The won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.[3] It later produced films such as Trinetrudu (1988), Mugguru Monagallu (1994) and Bavagaru Bagunnara? (1998).[1]
2000–2009
In 2000, Nagendra Babu produced Kouravudu (2004) himself playing the lead role. Later, he produced Gudumba Shankar (2004) with his younger brother Pawan Kalyan, and Stalin (2006) with Chiranjeevi in lead.[1][4]
2010
After the failure of the 2010 romantic drama Orange, starring his nephew Ram Charan, Naga Babu is said to have incurred deep losses and announced that he will not be producing films anymore.[5][6]
Filmography
Year | Film Name | Cast | Director |
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1988 | Rudraveena | Chiranjeevi, Shobana | K. Balachander |
1988 | Trinetrudu | Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya, Nagendra Babu | A. Kodandarami Reddy |
1994 | Mugguru Monagallu | Chiranjeevi, Nagma, Roja, Ramya Krishna | K. Raghavendra Rao |
1998 | Bavagaru Bagunnara? | Chiranjeevi, Rambha, Rachana | Jayanth C. Paranjee |
2000 | Kouravudu | Konidela Nagendra Babu, Ramya Krishnan | Jyoti Kumar |
2004 | Gudumba Shankar | Pawan Kalyan, Meera Jasmine | Veera Shankar Bairisetty |
2005 | Radha Gopalam | Srikanth, Sneha, Brahmanandam | Bapu |
2006 | Stalin | Chiranjeevi, Trisha, Khushboo | A. R. Murugadoss |
2010 | Orange | Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza, Shazahn Padamsee | Bhaskar |
References
- "నేడు నాగబాబు పుట్టినరోజు" [Today is Nagababu's birthday]. Prajasakti (in Telugu). 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- Bhargavi (2 January 2014). "Mega banners Geetha Arts, Anjana Productions out of work?". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 486. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- kavirayani, suresh (2 May 2018). "I lost my confidence after Orange: Naga Babu". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- "All's not well between Chiru & brothers - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2020.