# Usha Kiran Movies

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 Premalekha | Telugu | Naresh, Poornima | Jandhyala | |
| 1984 | Kanchana Ganga | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Saritha, Swapna, Sarath Babu | V. Madhusudhana Rao | |
| 1984 | Sundari Subbarao | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Vijayshanti | Relangi Narasimha Rao | |
| 1985 | Mayuri | Telugu | Sudha Chandran, Subhakar | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Remade in Hindi as Naache Mayuri Dubbed in to Malayalam and Tamil as Mayoori |
| 1985 | Pratighatana | Telugu | Vijayshanti, Chandra Mohan | T. Krishna | Dubbed in Malayalam as Pakarathinu Pakaram and remade in Hindi as Pratighaat |
| 1985 | Preminchu Pelladu | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Bhanupriya | Vamsy | |
| 1986 | Mallemoggalu | Telugu | Sagarika, Rajesh | V. Madhusudhana Rao | |
| 1986 | Poojaki Panikiradani Puvvu | Telugu | Shekhar Suman, Thulasi | A. Mohan Gandhi | |
| 1986 | Karu Diddina Kapuram | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Pavitra | D.V. Narasa Raju | |
| 1986 | Naache Mayuri | Hindi | Sudha Chandran, Shekhar Suman | T. Rama Rao | Remake of Mayuri |
| 1987 | Chandamama Rave | Telugu | Chandra Mohan, Kalpana | Moulee | |
| 1987 | Pratighaat | Hindi | Sujata Mehta | N. Chandra | Remake of Pratighatana |
| 1988 | Premayanam | Telugu | Naresh, Jayashree | C. V. Sridhar | |
| 1988 | O Bharya Katha | Telugu | Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Sarath Babu | Moulee | |
| 1989 | Mouna Poratam | Telugu | Yamuna, Vinod Kumar | Mohan Gandhi | |
| 1989 | Paila Pacheesu | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Ramya Krishna, Brahmanandam | Moulee | |
| 1990 | Judgement | Telugu | Siva Krishna, Vinod Kumar, Yamuna, Aruna | A.Mohan Gandhi | |
| 1990 | Mamasri | Telugu | Suresh, Ramyakrishna, Liji, Anand | Sharath | |
| 1990 | Manasu Mamata | Telugu | Naresh, Sithara | Moulee | |
| 1991 | Amma | Telugu | Suhasini,Sarathbabu, Baby Sunayana | Suresh Krissna | |
| 1991 | Aswini | Telugu | Bhanu Chander, Ashwini Nachappa | Moulee | |
| 1991 | People's Encounter | Telugu | Meka Srikanth, Vinod kumar, Bhanupriya | Mohan Gandhi | |
| 1992 | Jagannatham & Sons | Telugu | Suresh, Sindhuja | Anil Kumar | |
| 1992 | Teja | Telugu | Tarun Kumar, Tulasi | N. Hari Babu | |
| 1992 | Sriman Brahmachari | Telugu | Suresh | Sarath | |
| 1992 | Vasundhara | Telugu | Sithara | Suresh Krissna | |
| 1993 | Jeevithame Oka Cinema | Telugu | Varunraj | Phani Ramachandra | |
| 1998 | Padutha Theeyaga | Telugu | Vineeth, Heera Rajagopal | Kranthi Kumar | |
| 1998 | Daddy Daddy | Telugu | ANR, Jayasudha, Harish, Raasi | Kodi Ramakrishna | |
| 1999 | Mechanic Mamaiah | Telugu | Rajasekhar, Rambha | S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu | |
| 2000 | Subhavela | Telugu | Ravi Kanth, Anasuya | Ramana | |
| 2000 | Chitram | Telugu | Uday Kiran, Reema Sen | Teja | Remade in Kannada as Chitra |
| 2000 | Madhuri | Telugu | Abbas | Mouli | |
| 2000 | Moodu Mukkalaata | Telugu | Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
| 2000 | Nuvve Kavali | Telugu | Tarun Kumar, Richa Pallod | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Remake of Niram and Remade in Hindi as Tujhe Meri Kasam and Kannada as Ninagagi |
| 2001 | Deevinchandi | Telugu | Srikanth, Raasi, Malavika | Muthyala Subbaiah | |
| 2001 | Ninnu Choodalani | Telugu | Jr. NTR, Raveena Rajput | V. R. Pratap | |
| 2001 | Akasa Veedhilo | Telugu | Nagarjuna, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | |
| 2001 | Chitra | Kannada | Nagendra Prasad, Rekha Vedavyas | Dinesh Baboo | Remake of Chitram |
| 2001 | Anandam | Telugu | Aakash, Rekha Vedavyas, Venkat, Tanu Roy | Srinu Vaitla | Remade in Tamil as Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu |
| 2001 | Cheluve Ondu Helthini | Kannada | Saurav, Chaitra Hallikeri | R. Saigopal | |
| 2001 | Ishtam | Telugu | Charan, Shriya Saran | Vikram Kumar & Raj Kumar | |
| 2002 | Manasuvunte Chalu | Telugu | Sai Kiran, Jennifer Kotwal, Sivaji | Jonnalagadda Sreenivasa Rao | |
| 2002 | Priya Nestama | Telugu | Venu Thottempudi, Shanu | R. Ganapathi | |
| 2002 | Ninagagi | Kannada | Vijay Raghavendra, Radhika | S. Mahendar | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
| 2002 | Neetho | Telugu | Prakash Kovelamudi, Mahek Chahal | John Mahendran | |
| 2002 | Beeper | English | Ed Quinn, Harvey Keitel, Joey Lauren Adams, Gulshan Grover | Jack Sholder | Co Production with Shoreline Entertainment |
| 2002 | Manase O Manase | Kannada | Ramkumar | M. S. Rajashekar | Remake of Manasu Mamtha |
| 2002 | Dheera | Kannada | Rockline Venkatesh | Om Sai Prakash | Remake of Evadra Rowdy |
| 2003 | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Hindi | Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh | K. Vijaya Bhaskar | Remake of Nuvve Kavali |
| 2003 | Ananda | Kannada | Naveen Mayur, Ruthika | Vara Mullapudi | |
| 2003 | Oka Raju Oka Rani | Telugu | Ravi Teja, Namitha | Yogie | |
| 2003 | Ooh La La | Kannada | Krishnamohan | Hemanth Hegde | |
| 2003 | Toli Choopulone | Telugu | Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Akanksha | Y. Kasi Viswanath | |
| 2003 | Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu | Tamil | Jai Akash, Neha | Sakthi Chidambaram | Remake of Anandam |
| 2004 | Anandamanandamaye | Telugu | Jai Akash, Renuka Menon | Srinu Vaitla | |
| 2004 | Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum | Hindi | Arya Babbar, Shriya Saran | Esmayeel Shroff | |
| 2006 | Veedhi | Telugu | Sharwanand, Gopika | V. Dorairaj | |
| 2007 | Sixer | Kannada | Prajwal Devaraj, Devaki | Shashank | |
| 2008 | Nachavule | Telugu | Tanish, Maadhavi Latha | Ravi Babu | |
| 2009 | Ninnu Kalisaka | Telugu | Santosh Samrat, Chaitanya Krishna, Dipa Shah, Piaa Bajpai, Jagapati Babu | Siva Nageswara Rao | |
| 2009 | Savaari | Kannada | Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalini Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan | Jacob Verghese | Remake of Gamyam Co Production with Arka Media Works |
| 2010 | Betting Bangaraju | Telugu | Allari Naresh, Nidhi | E.Sattibabu | |
| 2011 | Nuvvila | Telugu | Avish, Ajay, Prasad Barve, Vijay Sai, Yami Gautam, Sarayu, Remya Nambeesan | Ravi Babu | |
| 2015 | Beeruva | Telugu | Sundeep Kishan, Surabhi | Kanmani | Co Production with Anandi Art Creations |
| 2015 | Dagudumootha Dandakor | Telugu | Rajendra Prasad, Sara Arjun | R.K Malineni | Remake of Saivam Co Production with First Frame Entertainment |

## TV serials

| Year | Serial | Language | Actors | Director | Network | Notes |
| 1995 – 1999 | Sneha | Telugu | Kaveri | Vamsy | ETV | |
| 1997 – 1997 | Popula Pette | Telugu | Naresh, Kinnera, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sakshi Ranga Rao | Jandhyala | ETV | |
| 1997 – 2001 | Antharangalu | Telugu | Sarath Babu, Kinnera, Kalpana, Achyuth | Vinay Kumar | ETV | Co-produced with Eenadu Television |
| 1997 – 1999 | Anveshitha | Telugu | Achyuth, Yamuna, Raja, Shanmukha Srinivas | Ilyas Ahmed "Pradyumna" | ETV | Co-produced with Eenadu Television |
| 2003 – 2007 | Panchatantram | Telugu | | | ETV | |

## Associated talent

This is a list of notable people introduced by Usha Kiran Movies.
| Year | Cast | Film Name | Debut as | Note |
| 1984 | Shankar Melkote | Srivariki Premalekha | Actor | |
| 1984 | Sudha Chandran | Mayuri | Actress | |
| 1989 | Vinod Kumar | Mouna Poratam | Actor | Debut in Telugu |
| 1989 | Yamuna | Mouna Poratam | Actress | Debut in Telugu |
| 1990 | M. M. Keeravani | Manasu Mamatha | Music Director | |
| 1990 | Tarun Kumar | Manasu Mamatha | Child Actor | |
| 1991 | Ashwini Nachappa | Aswini | Actress | |
| 1991 | Srikanth | People's Encounter | Actor | |
| 2000 | Teja | Chitram | Director | |
| 2000 | Uday Kiran | Chitram | Actor | |
| 2000 | Reemma Sen | Chitram | Actress | |
| 2000 | Saandip | Chitram | Playback singer | |
| 2000 | Chitram Seenu | Chitram | Actor | |
| 2000 | Ravi Prakash | Subhavela | Actor | |
| 2000 | Richa Pallod | Nuvve Kavali | Actress | Debut in Telugu |
| 2000 | Sai Kiran | Nuvve Kavali | Actor | |
| 2001 | Rekha Vedavyas | Chitra | Actress | |
| 2001 | Shriya Saran | Ishtam | Actress | |
| 2002 | Jennifer Kotwal | Manasuvunte Chalu | Actress | Debut in Telugu |
| 2002 | Prakash Kovelamudi | Neetho | Actor | |
| 2002 | Mahek Chahal | Neetho | Actress | |
| 2002 | Radhika Kumaraswamy | Ninagagi | Actress | |
| 2003 | Riteish Deshmukh | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Actor | |
| 2003 | Genelia D'Souza | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Actress | |
| 2007 | Prajwal Devaraj | Sixer | Actor | |
| 2008 | Maadhavi Latha | Nachavule | Actress | |
| 2009 | Chaitanya Krishna | Ninnu Kalisaka | Actor | |
| 2009 | Dipa Shah | Ninnu Kalisaka | Actress | |
| 2009 | Piaa Bajpai | Ninnu Kalisaka | Actress | Debut in Telugu |
| 2011 | Yami Gautam | Nuvvila | Actress | Debut in Telugu |
| 2015 | Sara Arjun | Dagudumootha Dandakor | Child Actress | Debut in Telugu |
| 2015 | Surabhi | Beeruva | Actress | Debut in Telugu |

## Awards

| Ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee | Result |
| National Film Awards | 2000 | Best Feature Film Telugu | Nuvve Kavali | Won |
| Filmfare Awards South | 1985 | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu | Pratighatana | Won |
| Filmfare Awards South | 2000 | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu | Nuvve Kavali | Won |
| Nandi Awards | 1984 | Best Feature Film - Silver | Kanchana Ganga | Won |
| Nandi Awards | 1985 | Best Feature Film - Gold | Mayuri | Won |
| Nandi Awards | 1985 | Second Best Story Writer Usha kiran Movies Unit | Mayuri | Won |
| Nandi Awards | 1989 | Best Feature Film - Silver | Mouna Poratam | Won |
| Nandi Awards | 1991 | Best Feature Film - Bronze | Aswini | Won |
| Nandi Awards | 1992 | Best Children Film - Gold | Teja | Won |