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Badmaash (2016 Film)
''Badmaash'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada romantic thriller film directed by Akash Srivatsa and produced by Ravi Kashyap. The film features Dhananjay and Sanchita Shetty in lead roles besides Achyuth Kumar, Prakash Belawadi and B. Suresha playing key supporting roles. The film's score and the soundtrack are composed by Judah Sandhy whilst the cinematography is by Shreesha and editing by Srikanth. Plot Vijay, an intelligent man, and Priya, who teaches Indian culture to people in unique ways, fall in love and everything is perfect, until a person comes between them. Then Vjay tries to win back his love. Cast * Dhananjay as Dhanu * Sanchita Shetty as Priya * Achyuth Kumar * Prakash Belawadi * Ramesh Bhat * Suchendra Prasad * M. S. Umesh * Vijanath Biradar * Jahangir * Ithi Acharya * Pannaga Bharana * B. Suresha as Media baron * Ramesh Pandit * Lakshmi Anand * Ram Manjjonaath * Bangalore Nagesh * Nagabhushan * Valerian Menezes Release The film is due for release on 18 November 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhananjay (actor)
Kalenahalli Adaviswamy Dhananjaya (born 23 August 1986), also known as Daali, is an Indian actor, lyricist and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in '' Director's Special'' in 2013 for which he won the best debut actor award at the 3rd SIIMA Awards. He turned producer through the film, '' Badava Rascal''. He has also occasionally penned columns for leading Kannada newspapers. Dhananjaya got the major breakthrough in the film ''Tagaru'' (2018) directed by Duniya Soori for his performance as a menacing villain. He is now popularly addressed as Daali - the character name in the film. Dhananjaya has also played roles in films in other languages such as Telugu and Tamil. Early life and family Dhananjaya was born on 23 August 1986. Dhananjaya excelled in studies and had secured top marks for the whole of Hassan District once when he was in 7th standard and then again in 10th standard. He says he grew up watching Dr. Rajkumar movies and henc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawan Wadeyar
Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and producer best known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012), for which he won the SIIMA award for the Best Debut Director. Career Wadeyar began his career by working as an assistant director to Yogaraj Bhat in ''Pancharangi'' (2010). He made his directional debut with ''Govindaya Namaha'' (2012) that went to become a successful film. He won the SIIMA award for the Best Debut Director. He later remade the film in Telugu as ''Potugadu'' (2013). Wadeyar's ''Googly'' starring Yash and Kriti Kharbanda was a major success. Wadeyar made his acting debut in 2014 film ''Preethi Geethi Ityaadi'' directed by Veerendra. In 2015 he directed Rana Vikrama starring Puneeth Rajkumar which became blockbuster hit. In 2016 Pavan directed Jessie and Nataraja Service. His film Dollu won 68th National Film Awards 2022 in Best Feature Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Films
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths. Evaluation of the year In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' stated, "Hollywood is the world's best money-laundering machine. It takes in huge amounts of money from the sale of mass-market commodities and cleanses some of it with the production of cinematic masterworks. Earning billions of dollars from C.G.I. comedies for children, superhero movies, sci-fi apocalypses, and other popular genres, the big studios channel some of those funds into movies by Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, James Gray, and other worthies. Sometimes there's even an overlap between the two groups of movies, as when Ryan Coogler made '' Creed'', or when Scorsese made the modernist horror instant-classic ''Shutter Island'', or when Clint Eastwood makes just about anything." Highest-gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shashank Sheshagiri
Shashank Sheshagiri is an Indian playback singer, live performer and composer who works in Kannada, Tulu, Telugu and Tamil film Industries. Background Shashank was born to Sheshagiri. A & Arundathi K.P in Shimoga, Karnataka. Shashank's parents are originally from Mysore, Karnataka. The art of singing was in Shashank's life since the day of his birth, as his parents were live performers who sang during family weddings and other programs. Although Shashank has not learnt any traditional music, his mother Arundathi K.P - a classical singer - is his first guru. With her he started his singing journey by giving his first stage performance at the age of four to sing a devotional song 'Narayana Ninna'. After which he began accompanying his parents to sing at family weddings and parties. To begin his career in singing, he moved to Bangalore at the age of 18. In the year 2008 he made his big success by winning the Kannada singing reality show 'Haadina Bandi' telecast by Kasthuri Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Prakash
Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi. He is one of the judges for the Kannada reality show ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' on Zee Kannada. He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film ''Beautiful Manasugalu''. He is also one of four artists credited for the song " Jai Ho", which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Specifically, he sang the portion with the words "Jai Ho" that takes an extended high pitch at numerous junctures of the song. The song also won a Grammy Award in the category "Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media." He has also won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two BFJA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as one of the leading playback singers of Indian cinema. Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four. At the age of six, she started her formal training in classical music. When she reached sixteen, she was noticed by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother after she won the television singing reality show ''Sa Re Ga Ma''. Following the success, she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with Bhansali's romantic drama ''Devdas'' (2002) for which she received a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karthik (singer)
Karthik (born 7 November 1980) is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15 Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi. Early and personal life Karthikeyan hails from Tiruvarur district. He is a trained Carnatic music vocalist. He was part of a college band and regularly participated in IIT Madras Fest ''Saarang''. An ardent fan of A. R. Rahman, Karthik's dream was to meet Rahman and sing for him. Playback singer Srinivas, who collaborated often with Rahman was Karthik's close friend's cousin. Srinivas encouraged Karthik to look at singing as a career, which prompted Karthik to resume his singing lessons. One year later, Srinivas recommended Karthik's name to Rahman, who needed fresh voices for backing vocalists for a song from '' Pukar''. Karthik eventually got the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tippu (singer)
Ekambaresh Lakshmi Narayanan, better known by his stage name Tippu (born 1 November 1978) is an Indian playback singer who has performed over 4000 songs in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu languages. Biography Tippu has sung over 4000 songs in various languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He has sung many hit songs in his career. He has lent his voice for the films starring South Indian super stars like Dr. Vishnuvardhan and Rajinikanth. He has sung for many stars in South India, but it is his combination with Kannada super star Puneeth Rajkumar that has struck a chord with the audience. This combination has given many hit songs to the industry. The songs 'Shiva antha hoguthidde' from ''Jackie'', 'Yaavanig gothu' from ''Paramaathma'', 'Hey hey Paaru' from ''Raaj'', 'Hejjegondu hejje' from ''Prithvi'', and 'Ley Ley' from ''Raam'' have all been major hits. His combination with the music director V. Harikrishna is very popular. They have delivered hit songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandan Shetty
Chandan Shetty (born 17 September 1989) is an Indian composer, lyricist, and pop singer who works in Kannada films. Shetty gained fame as a solo artist with Kannada singles such as "Halagode", "3 Peg", "Chocolate Girl", "Tequila" "Fire" and "Party Freak. Career Shetty entered the music industry in 2012 as lyricist and assistant music director for the movie Alemaari, under the music director, Arjun Janya. Then he worked for several other movies such as '' Varadanayaka'', ''Power'', ''Chakravyuha'', and ''Bhajarangi''. He was engaged to his co-contestant of ''Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5'', Niveditha Gowda on 21 October. He won in the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5. He married her on 25 February 2020. Controversies August 2020 Chandan Shetty stoked a controversy by presenting his version of the folk song 'Kolumande Jangamadeva'. A section from the Old Mysuru region has objected to this song claiming that Shetty distorted the very history of Malemadeshwara Swamy, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Rama
Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular ''avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being. Rama is said to have been born to Kaushalya and Dasharatha in Ayodhya, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kosala. His siblings included Lakshmana, Bharata (Ramayana), Bharata, and Shatrughna. He married Sita. Though born in a royal family, their life is described in the Hindu texts as one challenged by unexpected changes such as an exile into impoverished and difficult circumstances, ethical questions and moral dilemmas. Of all their travails, the most notable is the kidnapping of Sita by demon-king Ravana, followed by the determined and epic efforts of Rama and Lakshmana to gain her freedom and destroy the evil Ravana against great odds. The entire life story of Rama, Sita and their companions allegorically discusses duties, rights and social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raghu Dixit
Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band. Dixit's music is an amalgamation of Indian ethnic music and styles from different parts of the world. His songs include "Mysore se aayi," "Jag Changa," "Antaragni," "Hey Bhagwan," "Har Saans Mein," "Gudugudiya," and "Khidki." Dixit has produced music for contemporary dance and theatre productions including the Indian contemporary dance group Nritarutya, of which, his wife, Mayuri Upadhya, is the artistic director. Music Dixit's self-titled debut album was launched by the music director duo Vishal–Shekhar on their new independent record label Vishal & Shekhar Music which collaborated with Counter Culture Records for this release. Raghu Dixit was the first artist on this new label. The album was also released on world music label Wrasse Records and Sony/ATV on 20 September 2010. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yogaraj Bhat
Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannada cinema at the time of its release and the longest running film at a multiplex. Early life Yogaraj Bhat was born in Mandarthi, in Udupi district in Karnataka. He grew up in Tilavalli, Haveri. He was the youngest of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat's seven children. He lost his father to a boat mishap. Career Director His film ''Mungaru Male'' collected estimated 50-75 crore, this was his third film, created history in Southern Film Industry. The film ran for 464 days – first in any language to run for a whole year continually in a multiplex, beating the records of the biggest Hindi Film Industry records. It naturally brought him many rewards, awards and appreciations, including Nine State Film Awards (including Best Director and Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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