

Nandini Reddy would later turn director and sign Nithya for the lead female role in her first project. During the entrance examination, she met Nandini Reddy, who "brainwashed" and convinced her to take up acting. The audio of the film was launched in Hyderabad on May 15. She then decided to become a filmmaker as she could express her ideas "better through films", and enrolled for a course in cinematography at the FTI Pune. With Sega, her second Telugu movie after Ala Modalaindi, Nithya Menon is hoping to strengthen her foothold in Tollywood. She once said in an interview that she never wished to become an actress but a journalist as she was "an idealist", but felt journalism was "not what it used to be". The film, which narrated the episode from the Uttarakhanda of the Ramayana - the agony of Rama's separation from Sita, the birth of Lava-Kusa in Valmiki Ashram to the Ashwamedha Yagna and Rama's final reunion with the twins had mellifluous music (also excellent background score) composed by maestro Ilayaraja which enhanced the story telling too.īesides the high technical values of the film (including the brilliant graphics), the performances by ANR, Balakrishna and Nayanathara stood out.Nithya Menen is an Indian film actress and playback singer, who works in the South Indian film industry.Nithya Menen was born in Banglore, Karnataka into a Malayali family and studied journalism at the Manipal Institute of Communication. Produced by Yalamanchili Saibabu at a whopping budget, Sriramarajyam had all the grandeur in terms of gigantic darbar sets and the simplicity of the Valmiki Ashram at the same time. This Bapu-Mullapudi Venkataramana mythological brought back the epic tale to the Telugu screen. Here's our selection of the five best Telugu films of this year:Ĭast: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayanathara, Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) This year saw many big budget films with big stars not doing well at the box office while movies made on smaller budgets with meaningful and sensitive storylines captured the attention of audiences.
