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1st IIFA Utsavam
The 1st IIFA Utsavam ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2015 was an event held on 24 and 25 January 2016 at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad. Marking the inaugural event of the IIFA Utsavam, it recognised the best work from the four industries during the period from late 2014 to late 2015 and awarded prizes to performers and technicians from the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Awards and nominees Main awards Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Other awards * Special Award: K. Balachander * Best Cinematographer (Malayalam): Amal Neerad ('' Iyobinte Pusthakam'') * Best Production Designer (Tamil): Sabu Cyril ('' Baahubali: The Beginning'') * Best Background Music: B. Ajaneesh Loknath (''Rangitaranga'') * Best Sound Mixing: Murali Rayasam (''Rangitaranga ''RangiTaranga'' (English: ''Colourful Wave'') is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language mystery thriller film written and dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around Hyderabad city lakes, artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 Census of India, Hyderabad is the List of cities in India by population, fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 74 billion, Hyderabad has the fifth-largest urban economy in India. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirup Bhandari
Nirup Bhandari is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut in the 2015 critically and commercially acclaimed movie ''RangiTaranga'', directed by his brother, Anup Bhandari. Early life Nirup Bhandari was born on 13th August in Puttur, Karnataka to Sudhakar Bhandary and Rathna Bhandary. Later the family moved to Mysore. Nirup completed his graduation (Electronics & Communication Bachelor's degree) from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysore. On completion of his graduation he started working at SAP Labs India. Career While working at SAP, Nirup started learning acting under renowned theatre personality Ratan Thakore Grant at MiSF!T school of acting. He acted in plays and short films before venturing into films. He debuted in Anup Bhandari's directorial debut film ''RangiTaranga'', which also starred Radhika Narayan, Avantika Shetty and Sai Kumar. ''RangiTaranga'' turned out to be one of the biggest blockbusters. It also opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajay Rao
Ajay Rao (also credited as Krishna Ajay Rao) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He rose to fame with 2003 blockbuster movie '' Excuse Me''. Career Ajay Rao debuted as a lead with the film '' Excuse Me'' (2003) and later appeared in films like ''Taj Mahal'' (2008), ''Krishnan Love Story'' (2010), ''Krishnan Marriage Story ''Krishnan Marriage Story'' is an Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film written and directed by debutant Nuthan Umesh, starring Ajay Rao and Nidhi Subbaiah in the lead roles. Vijaya Kumar is the producer and Sridhar V. Sambhram is the mu ...'' (2011), and '' Krishna Leela'' (2015). With '' Krishna Leela'' (2015) he debuted as a producer launching his home banner ''Shree Krishna Arts And Creations''. Personal life He married his long-time girlfriend Sapna on 18 December 2014. Four years later they have a daughter named cherishma Filmography References External links * Ajay Rao on Filmibeat.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yash (actor)
Naveen Kumar Gowda (born 8 January 1986), better known by his stage name Yash, is an Indian actor who works in Kannada films. He is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South. Yash began his career with appearances in several television series in the 2000s. He made his film debut in 2007 with ''Jambada Hudugi''. The 2008 romantic drama ''Moggina Manasu'', for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, proved to be a breakthrough role, breakthrough for Yash. His first film in a leading role, ''Rocky (2008 film), Rocky'' (2008), was poorly received critically and a box office flop. He followed it up with a series of romance films that were commercial successes, and received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada, Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for ''Drama (2012 film), Drama'' in 2012. Yash went on to establish himself as a leading actor of Kannada cinema with the college romance ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashank (director)
Shashank (born 24 June 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut as a director with the 2007 film '' Sixer''. His second directorial ''Moggina Manasu'' (2008) received critical acclaim for its screenplay and its coming-of-age theme. He went on to direct other successful films in the romance genre such as ''Krishnan Love Story'' (2010) and '' Krishna-Leela'' (2015). He is also credited to have introduced actors Yash and Radhika Pandit who went on to become successful actors in Kannada cinema. Early life Shashank was born in a small village called Thaalya, in Chitradurga district, Karnataka. He is the third child of his parents Hanumanthappa and Lakkamma, his father was a small farmer. However he was later adopted by his maternal uncle and aunt, Chandrashekarappa and Shantamma. Since Chandrashekarappa worked in VISL, Bhadravati, Karnataka. Shashank completed his matriculation from Bhadravati. Later he did his diplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhosh Ananddram
Santhosh Ananddram is an Indian film lyric writer, screenwriter, director who works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame with his debut directional venture 2014 film ''Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari''. He later went on and directed Kannada Star Puneeth Rajkumar in ''Raajakumara'', which was considered to be an all time industry hit in Kannada cinema. Career He started his film career as a lyric writer through ''Rocky (2008 film), Rocky''. He then assisted Harsha (director), Harsha in script, dialogues and direction departments for ''Chingari (2012 film), Chingari''. He also worked as a dialogue writer for ''Agraja'' and ''Gajakesari''. He made his directional debut in 2014 with Industry hit ''Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari'' starring Yash (actor) and Radhika Pandit. His next movie ''Raajakumara'' with Puneeth Rajkumar was released on 24 March 2017 and received huge applause from critics and audience. After humongous success of ''Raajakumara'' and two straight industry hits, he rose to fame as "St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anup Bhandari
Anup Bhandari is an Indian film director, composer and lyricist who works primarily in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He made his directorial début with the mystery thriller film ''Rangitaranga'', featuring his brother Nirup Bhandari, in 2015. Early life Anup Bhandari was born on 2 March 1982 in Puttur, Karnataka to Sudhakar Bhandary and Rathna Bhandary. He was brought up in Mysore, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in Information Science from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology. After graduating, he joined Infosys Technologies as a Software Engineer in Mysore and eventually moved to USA, where he worked for almost a decade before returning to India to make his debut feature film. Career Bhandari started off making short films while working for Infosys and won several awards. While in the US, he directed a short film called "WORDS" starring Hollywood actor Russell Harvard of There Will Be Blood and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naanu Avanalla
''Upendra'' is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra, Raveena Tandon, Prema and Damini. The film explores three human emotions through the relationship between the main character and the three heroines. The songs of the film were written by Upendra and music was composed by Gurukiran. The movie has a cult fanbase. It is said that the director named it as Upendra with the thought that the name includes the names of the main characters of the film (U-Upendra, P-Prema, D-Damini & Ra-Raveena). The film won Filmfare Award for Best Film (Kannada) and Filmfare Award for Best Director (Kannada). A Japanese who saw the film in Bangalore was impressed by it as he found it similar to the story of Buddha and the concept of ''Maslow's hierarchy of needs'' and hence got it released in Japan. It was screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Japan in 2001. A sequel tilted ''Uppi 2'' was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love In Mandya
''Love in Mandya'' ( kn, ಲವ್ ಇನ್ ಮಂಡ್ಯ) is a 2014 Indian Kannada language romance film written and directed by Arasu Anthare. It stars Sathish Ninasam and Sindhu Lokanath in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Manjunath, Prakash Shenoy, Jayashree Krishna and Rajendra Kamath. Prior to its release, the soundtracks "Currentu Hodha Timealli" and "Opkondbutlu Kanla" from the film became widely popular having gone viral in the social media. Upon its theatrical release on 28 November, the film opened to generally positive response from critics and audience alike, with the performances of Sathish and Sindhu Lokanath receiving praise. Cast * Sathish Ninasam as Karna * Sindhu Lokanath as Sushma * Master Manjunath as Shille * Baby Bhavana as Putti * Prakash Shenoy * Jayashree Krishna * Rajendra Karanth as Periyandavan * Rockline Sudhakar as Basappa * Bus Kumar * Vasu * Giri Krishna * H.M.Vijay kumar * Mruthyuanjaya Hiremata Production Arasu Anthare, ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Leela (2015 Film)
''Krishna Leela'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada romance film written directed by Shashank and produced by Ajay Rao, making his debut at production under the Shree Krishna Arts and Creations banner. Besides Rao, the film features Mayuri Kyatari, making her film debut and Rangayana Raghu in pivotal roles. Shashank had revealed that the movie was inspired by a true incident that happened in 2010 in Bangalore. The film released on 20 March 2015 to positive reviews by critics. It completed the 100 days run successfully across theatres in Karnataka. This movie was remade in Bengali in 2021 as ''Miss Call''. Cast * Ajai Rao as "Smile" Krishna * Mayuri Kyatari as Leela * Rangayana Raghu as Inspector Chandrashekar * Shobaraj * Dharmendra Urs as "Benki" Mahadev, Leela's father * Achyuth Kumar as Krishna's father * Tabla Nani as Lawyer Parameshwar * Bullet Prakash * Sadhu Kokila * Suchendra Prasad * Mico Nagaraj * Vijay Chendoor as Bhawa * Sharada * Lakshmi Raj * Shwetha Srinivas * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendasampige
Kendasampige is a 2015 Indian Kannada thriller film directed by Duniya Soori and written by Surendranath. It stars newcomers Santhosh Reva (Vikky Varun) and Manvitha Harish in the lead roles, making their debuts with the film. Rajesh Nataranga, Prakash Belawadi and Chandrika feature in supporting roles. The film is a sequel to forthcoming film ''Kaage Bangara''. The plot which is centered on a couple who are framed in a case of crime and are on a run from police, exposes the nexus between the latter and the influential. The road drama was praised for bringing forth a dirty web of drug trade, the mafia, corrupt police officials and a questionable judicial system. The movie is based on a 1996 story by writer Surendranath. Produced under the banner Parimala Film Factory, the cinematography for the film was done by Satya Hegde and was edited by Deepu S. Kumar. V. Harikrishna composed the film score and the soundtrack. On 18 December 2015 Kendasampige completed 100 Days run in 5 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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