Anjana Productions

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Anjana Productions
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedHyderabad, in 1988
FounderChiranjeevi
Headquarters,
India
Key people
Chiranjeevi
Nagendra Babu
Pawan Kalyan
Ram Charan
ProductsFilms
Subsidiaries

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. It is considered as the home production company of Allu–Konidela family.[1][2]

Film production[edit]

1988–1999[edit]

Anjana productions' first film was the musical drama film Rudraveena (1988), directed by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi. It 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[edit]

In 2000, Nagendra Babu produced Kouravudu with 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[edit]

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[edit]

Year Film Name Cast Director
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, Khushbu A. R. Murugadoss
2010 Orange Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza, Shazahn Padamsee Bhaskar

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ Bhargavi (2 January 2014). "Mega banners Geetha Arts, Anjana Productions out of work?". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 486. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
  4. ^ "Top 50 days centers in Tollywood | Hit or Phat". Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  5. ^ kavirayani, suresh (2 May 2018). "I lost my confidence after Orange: Naga Babu". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ "All's not well between Chiru & brothers - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2020.