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

Thursday 26 May 2011

Sekhar Kammula's 'Life Is Beautiful' In 2014?




It has been quite a while since anyone heard about Sekhar Kammula until the Cannes festival happened and he was present there. While that is one side, jokes are making rounds in the film nagar area and this has to do with Kammula’s new movie ‘Life Is Beautiful’.

A noted director said “Looking at Kammula’s speed, the film might be coming in 2014. No one is saying the project is shelved, but then no work is happening either. I think he has announced the project around 2010, so far no noise and no news about the star hunt.”

Another actor who has interacted with Kammula few times said “Even if it takes off, with his pace I think it will come in 2014 only.” While the speculations are on, fans of Kammula are wondering why it takes him such a long time since his films don’t involve heavy graphics or mind blowing action sequences. Only Kammula can answer that…
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