Anantapur History

Anantapur offers some vivid glimpses of the prehistoric past. It is generally held that the place got its name from 'Anaatasagaram' , a big tank, which means "Endless Ocean". The villages of Anaantasagaram and Bukkarayasamudram were constructed by Chilkkavodeya, the minister of Bukka-I, a Vijayanagar ruler. Some authorities assert that Anaantasagaram was named after Bukka's queen, while some contend that it must have been known after Anantarasa Chikkavodeya himself, as Bukka had no queen by that name.
Anantapur is familiarly known as "Hande Anantapuram" . ' Hande ' means chief of the Vijayanagar period. Anantapur and a few other places were gifted by the Vijayanagar rulers to Hanumappa Naidu of the Hande family.
The place subsequently came under the Qutub Shahis, Mughals, and the Nawabs of Cuddapah, although the Hande chiefs continued to rule as their subordinates. It was occupied by the Palergar of Bellary during the time of Ramappa but was eventually won back by his son, Siddappa. Morari Rao Ghorpade attacked Anantapur in 1757. Though the army resisted for some time, Siddappa ultimately bought off the enemy for Rs.50,000.
It then came into the possession of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Tipu hanged all the male members of the Siddappa family except Siddappa who escaped from his confinement at Srirangapatnam. After Tipu's death, it was once again taken back by Siddappa. Siddappa submitted himself to Nizam because of the treaty of 1799, who took the total control of the area. He was later pensioned off when British occupied the territory

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Jr NTR equals Rajinikanth's record



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Young Tiger Jr NTR's previous film 'Shakti' was ended up as one of the biggest disasters of all time but that isn't showing minimum affect on the business of his next film. Tentatively titled 'Oosaravelli', NTR's next film is being directed by Surender Reddy. It is a family entertainer with ample dose of action.

Apparently, Expectations are high on 'Oosaravelli' that business circles are putting high stakes on this film. RR Movie Makers Venkat has so much confidence over this film that he bought the entire AP distribution rights of this film for Rs. 27 crores. It is equal to the amount for which Rajinikanth's 'Robot' was sold for in AP.

According to the reliable sources, Producer Venkat is riding high these days as he recently bought entire AP rights of few big budgeted film for a whopping sum, one of them happens to be Nag's upcoming flick 'Rajanna'. 'Oosaravelli' is slated for release in the month of September. Tamanna and Harika are playing the heroines in it.
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