Here is a look at the actors who impressed us this year.
Veteran actor B Saroja Devi passed into the ages on Monday, July 14, in Bengaluru.
'It's heartening to see that the festive energy is being driven not only by star-led blockbusters but also by fresh, content-rich films.'
Get your lowdown on what's happening in Telugu cinema.
Get your lowdown on what's happening in Telugu cinema.
Kantara Chapter 1 is scheduled for a worldwide release on October 2, in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and English.
The actress discusses her new film and her future plans.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
'I crave to do a film about lost kingdoms, kings in exiles and ethereal princesses.'
The film in question is director Puri Jagannath's Ek Niranjan.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Telugu film industry.
This 18-year old actress of mixed parentage is a promising talent in Telegu cinema.
A Kerala court is expected to deliver a verdict in the 2017 actress assault case involving Malayalam actor Dileep, a case marked by twists, delays, and a battle over narrative.
'I went from being a teenager, to an actor and eventually into a star all so quickly.'
Kubera is a well-intentioned addition to Shekar Kammula's cinematic universe that drags on but never loses its prescient quality, notes Arjun Menon.
Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Telugu cinema, right here.
'Every film had its challenges, but Mr India, Sadak and Gandhi were the toughest.' 'Mr India needed imagination, Sadak needed sensitivity and Gandhi demanded historical authenticity.'
Shah Rukh Khan won his first National Film Award for best actor for Jawan, sharing the honour with Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail. Rani Mukerji was named best actress for Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway. 12th Fail was adjudged best feature film.
It was a black weekend for the Bollywood box office, as close to half a dozen new films arrived in theatres and all of them flopped!
Here are five successful Telugu films that hit the screens in the first half of 2014
'Playing a negative role was a positive experience for me, doing things I'd never do in real life.'
Prabhas never looked more heroic and magnetic than he did in the dual role of Amarendra and Mahendra Baahubali, applauds Mayur Sanap after watching the nearly four hour-long Baahubali: The Epic.
'Am I not happy he was born? Am I not happy he crossed my path when I was walking through a wasteland? Am I not happy that, like a haunting song, he still lingers in my heart?'
'Such a great man is rare not only in the Telugu film industry, but in the Indian film industry as well.'
'It is daunting, for sure, because you're rowing upstream.'
Akkineni Nageswara Rao was one of the people instrumental in bringing the Telugu industry to Hyderabad from Chennai in the 1990s. Radhika Rajamani salutes the thespian, who passed into the ages on Wednesday, January 22.
After delivering the biggest hit of her career with Animal, Rashmika Mandanna finds herself on this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 achievers list.
It's going to be a record-breaking day at the box office on Thursday, August 13.
'It's great to be treated as one of their own in Andhra Pradesh.'
The fun never ends in Priyanka Chopra's home!
For now, Samantha has decided to make Mumbai her home and apparently purchased property.
It's 'not looking like a Diwali lineup, which is usually grand and has superstar movies.'
'After the first Kantara, when they announced the second one, I kind of knew he will call me. I had this instinct. Then he called me at midnight and I didn't pick up. I was like, I'm not talking to anybody at 12 at night. The following day, I called and we chatted. He said, I have to narrate you something. I said, I know, it's Kantara!'
'If I had the chance now, I would have continued acting.' 'The cultures of Maharashtra and Bengal are different and I felt I had to give my best to be a good daughter-in-law and an ideal wife.' 'I never thought I could balance both.'
But for those who come to watch Rajini for a larger-than-life, first-day-first-show vibe, he will not disappoint in Coolie, raves Divya Nair.
'It is more than what most leading ladies get in Telugu cinema for an entire film.'
'Prabhas's look in the film is a guarded secret.' 'Such an irresponsible act of vandalism is extremely damaging to the project.'
'The moment I watched the teaser I was astonished.'
'I was studying for my grade 10 examinations and shooting for Balika Vadhu at the same time. That's when I got the script of Uyyala Jampala. So I was carrying my Physics book in my hand and the script in the other!' Avika Gor takes on Telugu cinema.
'I'd like to do films in as many languages as possible.'
