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Ambi (film)
''Ambi'' is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic film directed by V. Nagendra Prasad and produced by N. Kumar. The film stars Aditya and Manya in the lead roles. The film has musical score by V. Nagendra Prasad. The film ran for a hundred days. Cast *Aditya as Ambi * Manya *Shobaraj * Kishore *Bullet Prakash * Chitra Shenoy *Shankar Soundtrack The music was composed by V. Nagendra Prasad. Reception R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''Rediff Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 e ...'' opined that "This could have been a better film. Sadly, performance wise, Audithya has very little scope to prove his talent. A talented actress like Maanya is also wasted here. The result is mediocre fare". A critic from ''webindia123'' said that "The tragedy of 'Ambi' is that it does not f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya (Kannada Actor)
Aditya is an Indian film producer and actor, primarily appearing in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in 2004, starring in ''Love'' and went on to appear in several commercially successful films. He is the son of Kannada director Rajendra Singh Babu. Career Aditya's career began at the age of 21, when he began producing many of the films directed by his father. He joined the acting course at Kishore Namith Kapoor Acting School and there he trained to act in films. Soon after this, he started acting in films. Even before his Kannada debut, he acted in the Hindi remake of the popular Kannada movie '' A. K. 47'', with the same title. His debut in Kannada was with the 2004-released ''Love'', which had an ensemble cast including Mohanlal, Rakshita and Amrish Puri, directed by his father and with music composed by Bollywood composer Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manya (actress)
Manya is an Indian actress who mainly acted in Malayalam and Telugu films along with a few Kannada movies. She began her acting career in Telugu cinema. In 2000, she was introduced to Malayalam films by director Lohithadas and acted in '' Joker'' opposite Dileep. The success of the movie led to a series of more Malayalam movies films outside her mother language, Telugu. Personal life Manya born to Prahladan who was a doctor in England and Padmini in Naidu family of Andhra Pradesh, grew up in England and moved to South India at the age of 9. She has a younger sister, Anjana. Manya married Satya Patel on 31 May 2008. Later they got divorced. In 2013 Manya married Vikas Bajpai, they have a daughter born in 2016. Career She started modelling at the age of 14, as a child artist. She soon started acting and went on to act in more than 40 movies in many South Indian languages. She holds a dual degree in maths and statistics, minoring in quantitative finance; she also pursued an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada Language
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobaraj (actor)
Shobaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films include '' Yajamana'' (2000), ''Shabdavedhi'' (2000), '' Police Story'' (1996), and '' Sangliyana Part-3'' (1997). Career Shobaraj has been part of more than 250 Kannada films. Selected filmography Kannada * ''Chaitrada Premanjali'' (1990)...Veerabhadra * ''Golibar'' (1993) * ''Lockup Death'' (1994)...Soori * ''Bangarada Kalasha'' (1995)...Murgyappa's son * '' Police Story'' (1996)...Shobaraj "Black Tiger" * ''Snehaloka'' (1999)...Police officer * ''Shabdavedhi'' (2000)...D'Cruz * '' Galate Aliyandru'' (2000) * ''Baava Baamaida'' (2001) * ''Simhadriya Simha'' (2002)...Madesha * ''Hrudayavantha'' (2003) * '' Mourya'' (2004) * '' Swamy'' (2005)...Paramashiva * ''Suntaragaali'' (2006)...Krishnakumar Rao "Hawli Krishna" * ''Deadly Soma'' (2005)...Babaraj * ''Valmiki'' (2005)...Desai * '' Varsha'' (2005) * '' Ayya'' (2005) * '' Police Story'' (2007)...Shobaraj "Black Tiger" * ''Shankar IPS'' (2010) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishore (actor, Born 1974)
Kishore Kumar G (born 14 August 1974), known mononymously as Kishore, is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He gained popularity for portraying the character of Veerappan in the Kannada film Attahasa in 2013. Recently, he got pan India recognition for his performance in The Family Man (Indian TV series) and Kantara (film). Early life and education Kishore was born on 14 August 1974 in Channapatna, a town in the southern part of India's Karnataka State. His father was a professor and mother, a homemaker. Kishore completed a major part of his schooling in Kunigal, Karnataka, and college education in National College, Bangalore. This was where he started off with theatre doing plays in Kannada such as ''Teregalu'' and ''Samrata Ashoka''. He then did his master's degree in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore where he worked for two years and then as an assistant to fashion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet Prakash
Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Royal Enfield Bullet. In 2015, Prakash joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prakash appeared in films such as ''Mast Maja Maadi'' (2008), ''Aithalakkadi'' (2010), '' Mallikarjuna'' (2011) and ''Aryan'' (2014). He also appeared in a Tulu film, ''Soombe''. Partial filmography * '' A. K. 47'' (1997) * ''Yuvaraja'' (2001)...Raju's friend * ''Dhruva'' (2002) * ''Don'' (2003) * ''Partha'' (2003) * ''Bidalaare'' (2004)...car driver * '' Omkara'' (2004) * '' Ambi'' (2006) * '' Shree'' (2006) * ''Mast Maja Maadi'' (2008) * ''Venki'' (2009) * ''Ee Sambhashane'' (2009) * ''Aithalakkadi'' (2010) * '' Jackie'' (2010) * '' Mallikarjuna'' (2011) * ''Devarane'' (2013) * '' Rajani Kantha'' (2013) * '' Parari'' (2013) * ''Jataayu'' (2013) * ''Shatru'' (2013) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitra Shenoy
Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film industry having portrayed the role of a mother to almost all top stars in Kannada. In Malayalam she rose to fame with her role as Mammootty's mother in Rajamanikyam. She became a house-hold name in Kerala playing the villainous mother-in-law character in the Malayalam serial '' Sthreedhanam''. She owns the production company ''Good Company Productions''. Personal life She was born in a Sankethi Brahmin family to M. K. Vinayak and Saraswathi, as the youngest of two children at Hassan. She has an elder sister, Jyothi. She is a home science graduate. She is married to Gurudas Shenoy, a Kannada Film & Television Producer. They have a daughter Kushi Shenoy. Gurudas & Chitra Shenoy together run two television production companies - Dakshin Videote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhu Balakrishnan
Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer who sings in different languages Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada. Personal life Madhu Balakrishnan was born on 24 June 1974 to Balakrishnan and Leelavathy at Paravur, Eranakulam. His earlier life was at Koratty ,near Chalakudy, Thrissur. He completed his schooling in Mar Augustine Memorial Higher Secondary School, Koratty. He was inspired by his mother to take up music. Later he shifted to Paravur, his native place. He is married to Divya, elder sister of Indian cricketer S.Sreesanth. List of songs Malayalam Tamil Kannada Awards * 2002 - Kerala State Film Award for Best Singer for the song "Amme Amme" from the film Valkannadi * 2006 - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer * 2007 - Kalaimamani award for excellence in music, dance, cinema and art conferred by the Tamil Nadu state government. * 2017 - Honorary Doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usha Uthup
Usha Uthup Iyer (born 7 November 1947) is an Indian pop, filmi, jazz, and playback singer who sang songs in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. "Darling", which she recorded with Rekha Bhardwaj for the film ''7 Khoon Maaf'', won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2012. She also sang the title song for the show ''Sarabhai vs Sarabhai'' in its first season. Personal life Usha was born into a Tamil Iyer family in Mumbai in 1947. Her father was Vaidyanath Someshwar Sami Iyer who hailed from Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. She studied at St. Agnes High School, Byculla. When she was in school she was thrown out of music class because she didn't fit in with a voice like hers. But her music teacher recognised that she had some music in her and would give her clappers or triangles to play. Even though she was not formally trained in music, she grew up in an atmosphere of music. Her parents used to listen to a wide range from Western classical to Hindustani and Carnatic includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. Personal life and early career Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tamil speaking family from Palakkad, Kerala. He learned Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child, and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman. Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani. He is an alumnus of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School, Chembur and graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and was a software engineer for the company, Leading Edge.After working for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited), Mahadevan ventured into music. Musical career Mahadevan got early fame as a indipop star with his fusion of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rediff
Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 employees. It is one of the earliest web portals and email providers in India. When its founder Ajit Balakrishnan launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users. History The Rediff.com domain was registered in India in 1996. Early products included the email service Rediffmail and Rediff Shopping, an online marketplace selling electronics and peripherals. In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 for filing a materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares. The case was resolved by settlement in 2009. In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired the ''India Abroad ''India Abroad'' is a weekly new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
