Usha Kiran Movies is an Indian film production company founded by Ramoji Rao in 1983. It is a part of Ramoji Group. 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.
History The production house is known for giving an opportunity to young talent and produced many content-oriented films under Usha Kiran Movies banner. The production company started with the film Srivariki Premalekha (1984).
Partial filmography Year Film Language Actors Director Notes 1984 Srivariki PremalekhaTelugu Naresh, PoornimaJandhyala Kanchana GangaChandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath BabuV. Madhusudhana Rao Sundari Subbarao Chandra Mohan, VijayshantiRelangi Narasimha Rao 1985 MayuriSudha 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 PelladuRajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya Vamsy 1986 MallemoggaluSagarika, RajeshV. Madhusudhana RaoPoojaki Panikiradani PuvvuShekhar Suman, ThulasiA. Mohan Gandhi Karu Diddina KapuramRajendra Prasad, PavitraD.V. Narasa Raju Naache MayuriHindi Sudha Chandran, Shekhar SumanT. Rama RaoRemake of Mayuri 1987 Chandamama RaveTeluguChandra Mohan, KalpanaMoulee PratighaatHindiSujata MehtaN. ChandraRemake of Pratighatana1988 PremayanamTelugu Naresh, JayashreeC. V. Sridhar O Bharya KathaJayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath BabuMoulee 1989 Mouna PoratamYamuna, Vinod KumarMohan Gandhi Paila PacheesuRajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam Moulee 1990 JudgementSiva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, ArunaA.Mohan Gandhi MamasriSuresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, AnandSharath Manasu Mamata Naresh, SitharaMoulee 1991 AmmaSuhasini, Sarathbabu, Baby SunayanaSuresh Krissna AswiniBhanu Chander, Ashwini NachappaMoulee People's EncounterMeka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, BhanupriyaMohan Gandhi1992 Jagannatham & SonsSuresh, SindhujaAnil KumarTejaTarun Kumar, Tulasi N. Hari BabuSriman BrahmachariSureshSarath VasundharaSithara Suresh Krissna1993Jeevithame Oka CinemaVarunrajPhani Ramachandra 1998 Padutha TheeyagaVineeth, Heera RajagopalKranthi Kumar Daddy DaddyANR, Jayasudha, Harish, RaasiKodi Ramakrishna 1999 Mechanic MavayyaRajasekhar, RambhaS. V. Rajendra Singh Babu 2000 SubhavelaRavi Kanth, AnasuyaRamana ChitramUday Kiran, Reema SenTejaRemade in Kannada as ChitraMadhuriAbbasMouli Moodu MukkalaataJagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi K. Raghavendra Rao Nuvve KavaliTarun Kumar, Richa PallodK. Vijaya BhaskarRemake of Niram and Remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi 2001 Deevinchandi Srikanth, Raasi, MalavikaMuthyala Subbaiah Ninnu ChoodalaniJr. NTR, Raveena RajputV. R. Pratap Akasa VeedhiloNagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, KasthuriSingeetam Srinivasa Rao Chitra KannadaNagendra Prasad, Rekha VedavyasDinesh Baboo Remake 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 2002 Manasuvunte ChaluSai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, SivajiJonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao Priya NestamaVenu Thottempudi, ShanuR. Ganapathi NinagagiKannadaVijay Raghavendra, RadhikaS. MahendarRemake of Nuvve Kavali NeethoTelugu Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek ChahalJohn Mahendran Beeper English Ed Quinn, Harvey Keitel, Joey Lauren Adams, Gulshan Grover Jack Sholder Co Production with Shoreline EntertainmentManase O Manase KannadaRamkumar M. S. RajashekarRemake of Manasu MamthaDheeraRockline VenkateshOm Sai PrakashRemake of Evadra Rowdy 2003 Tujhe Meri KasamHindi Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia DeshmukhK. Vijaya BhaskarRemake of Nuvve KavaliAnandaKannadaNaveen Mayur, Ruthika Vara Mullapudi Oka Raju Oka RaniTeluguRavi Teja, NamithaYogieOoh La LaKannadaKrishnamohanHemanth Hegde Toli ChoopuloneTeluguNandamuri Kalyan Ram, AkankshaY. Kasi Viswanath Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal InidhuTamil Jai Akash, NehaSakthi ChidambaramRemake of Anandam 2004 AnandamanandamayeTeluguJai Akash, Renuka MenonSrinu Vaitla Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda HumHindi Arya Babbar, Shriya Saran Esmayeel Shroff 2006 VeedhiTeluguSharwanand, GopikaV. Dorairaj 2007 SixerKannadaPrajwal Devaraj, DevakiShashank 2008 NachavuleTeluguTanish, Maadhavi LathaRavi Babu 2009 Ninnu KalisakaSantosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati BabuSiva Nageswara Rao SavaariKannadaSrinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman RanganathanJacob VergheseRemake of GamyamCo Production with Arka Media Works 2010 Betting BangarajuTeluguAllari Naresh, NidhiE.Sattibabu 2011 NuvvilaAvish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya NambeesanRavi Babu 2015 BeeruvaSundeep Kishan, Surabhi KanmaniCo Production with Anandi Art Creations Dagudumootha DandakorRajendra Prasad, Sara ArjunR.K Malineni Remake of SaivamCo Production with First Frame Entertainment
TV serials Year Serial Language Actors Director Network Notes1995 – 1999SnehaTeluguKaveriVamsyETV1997 – 1997Popula PetteNaresh, Kinnera, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sakshi Ranga RaoJandhyala 1997 – 2001 AntharangaluSarath Babu, Kinnera, Kalpana, AchyuthVinay KumarCo-produced with Eenadu Television1997 – 1999AnveshithaAchyuth, Yamuna, Raja, Shanmukha SrinivasIlyas Ahmed "Pradyumna"2003 – 2007Panchatantram
Associated talent This is a list of notable people introduced by Usha Kiran Movies. Year Cast Film name Debut as Note1984Shankar MelkoteSrivariki PremalekhaActorSudha ChandranMayuriActress1989Vinod KumarMouna PoratamActorDebut in TeluguYamunaActress1990M. M. KeeravaniManasu MamathaMusic DirectorTarun KumarChild Actor1991Ashwini NachappaAswiniActressSrikanthPeople's EncounterActor 2000TejaChitramDirectorUday KiranActorReemma SenActressSaandipPlayback singerChitram SrinuActorRavi PrakashSubhavelaRicha PallodNuvve KavaliActressDebut in TeluguSai KiranActor2001Rekha VedavyasChitraActressShriya SaranIshtam2002Jennifer KotwalManasuvunte ChaluDebut in TeluguPrakash KovelamudiNeethoActorMahek ChahalActressRadhika KumaraswamyNinagagi2003Riteish DeshmukhTujhe Meri KasamActorGenelia D'SouzaActress2007Prajwal DevarajSixer Actor2008Maadhavi LathaNachavule Actress2009Chaitanya KrishnaNinnu KalisakaActorDipa ShahActressPiaa BajpaiDebut in Telugu2011Yami GautamNuvvila2015Sara ArjunDagudumootha DandakorChild ActressSurabhiBeeruvaActress
Awards Ceremony Year Category Nominee ResultNational Film Awards2000Best Feature Film TeluguNuvve KavaliFilmfare Awards South1985Filmfare Award for Best Film – TeluguPratighatana2000Nuvve KavaliNandi Awards(in Telugu)1984Best Feature Film - SilverKanchana Ganga1985Best Feature Film - GoldMayuri1985Second Best Story Writer Usha kiran Movies UnitMayuri1989Best Feature Film - SilverMouna Poratam1991Best Feature Film - BronzeAswini1992Best Children Film - GoldTeja
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