Deepali (Kannada Actress)
Deepali is a former Indian actress known for her work in the Kannada films ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' (2001) and ''Joke Falls'' (2004). Career Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar was conducting walk-in interviews to find a heroine for ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' (2001), a Kannada film that takes place in and around Michigan. Mano Murthy helped him find Deepa, who was studying her final year at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in Business Administration and minoring in premed. She went to India for a screen test before she was selected for the film, which was based on a book by Chandrashekar. She was rechristened Deepali for the film and made her debut alongside newcomer Dhyan. The film was shot during her vacation. A critic wrote that "Deepali acts with a lot of grace and confidence". The film was a silver jubilee and she won the People's Choice Favorite Actress Kannada. She became popular for appearing in the film's song "Car Car". She started working as an auditing consu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nanna Preethiya Hudugi
''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. It stars newcomers Dhyan and Deepali in lead roles and actors such as Lokesh, Bhavya and Suresh Heblikar in other prominent roles. The film is produced by Jyothi Shankar and Uma Shankar for East West Creations India (Pvt) Ltd. The story is based on Chandrashekar's own decade-old short story "Malenada Hudugi, Bayaluseeme Huduga". The film was reviewed as average by the critics, and it was declared a musical hit at the box-office. It went on to win two awards at the Filmfare Awards for 2001. Cast * Dhyan as Puttu * Deepali as Chinnu * Lokesh as Maduve Manjaih * Bhavya as Seetha * Suresh Heblikar * Vijayalakshmi Singh * Richard Louis - As postman * Chitra Shenoy * Nagathihalli Chandrashekar in a brief role as a teacher Voice-overs * Rajesh Krishnan for Dhyan * Nanditha for Deepali Production After the stupendous success of Nagathihalli Chandrashekar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joke Falls
''Joke Falls'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language comedy movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by Atlanta Nagendra. Music was composed by Mano Murthy. The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie '' Chupke Chupke'' which itself remake of 1971 Bengali movie '' Chhadmabeshi''. Production Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the Hindi movie Chupke Chupke and reworked it to give it a fresh look. Patil then recruited Ramesh to act in the film. Newcomer Neethu was chosen to play the female lead. Deepali who had previously acted in ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' was chosen to play the second female lead. Plot Botany professor Anant Patil falls in love with Sulekha and marries her to the dismay of Sulekha's brother in law, Raghav Joshi. Raghav refuses to attend the wedding. But Anant decides to turn the tables on Raghav and teach him a lesson. Cast * Ramesh Aravind as Anant Patil, botany professor * Neethu as Sulekha * Deepali as Vasudha * Sudha Belawadi * Dileep ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar
Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter and a lyricist who predominantly works in Kannada Cinema. He made his film debut as a screenplay writer in ''Kadina Benki'' (1986) which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and the Karnataka State Award. His directorial debut was '' Undu Hoda Kondu Hoda'' (1991) for which he won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story. Three of his films, ''Kotreshi Kanasu'' (1994), ''America America'' (1996) and ''Hoomale'' (1998) have won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. Career Filmography Telefilms * Directed telefilm on Suggi (Harvest festival) – Telecasted in Bangalore TV station in 1991 * Directed telefilm "Karunalu Baa Belake" – On Buddha's life and message, telecasted in Bangalore TV station in 1992 * Directed telefilm "Avalokana" – Telecasted in Bangalore TV station in 1995 * Directed telefilm "Kavya Saurabha" – Telecasted in Bangalore TV station in 1995 * Scree ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lak ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mano Murthy
Mano Murthy is an Indian musician and composer in the Kannada film industry. His is best known for his songs in ''Mungaru Male'', one of the biggest hits in the Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having co-founded three companies in California. He was a programmer in Microsoft. His latest venture, an IP security provider called Allegro Systems, was acquired by Cisco Systems. He has judged many reality shows such as ''Fresh Voice of Karnataka'', ''Saagardaache Sapthaswara'' and others. Early life and education Murthy had nurtured deep interest in music since a young age. He used to play drums when he was an undergrad electrical engineering student at UVCE, Bangalore University. He went to the US for graduate studies at the University of California, Davis and Stanford University. Film career He started his music career with composing music for the movie America! America! directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. The songs of this ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant university and the founding campus of the University of California system. Its fourteen colleges and schools offer over 350 degree programs and enroll some 31,800 undergraduate and 13,200 graduate students. Berkeley ranks among the world's top universities. A founding member of the Association of American Universities, Berkeley hosts many leading research institutes dedicated to science, engineering, and mathematics. The university founded and maintains close relationships with three national laboratories at Berkeley, Livermore and Los Alamos, and has played a prominent role in many scientific advances, from the Manhattan Project and the discovery of 16 chemical elements to breakthroughs in computer science and genomics. Berkeley is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dhyan
Sameer Dattani, also known as Dhyan (in the Kannada film industry), is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi and Kannada films. Career Born into a Gujarati family in Bombay, Dattani has worked in Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil cinema, He is fluent in several languages. Dattani started his Hindi film career with Rajshri Productions. His first Hindi film '' Uuf Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai'' was followed by roles in Madhur Bhandarkar's ''Corporate'' and Vikram Bhatt's ''Life Mein Kabhie Kabhie'' as well as films such as ''Pyar Mein Twist''. In the Hindi film '' Mukhbir'', directed by Mani Shankar, Dattani played the lead role of an undercover police informer. Dattani appeared in the Kannada-language film ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' which earned him the best debutant award in the South. Besides ''Monalisa'', other Kannada film appearances include ''Amrithadhare''. Dattani's first Tamil film, produced by Gemini Films, was '' Kutty'' with Dhanush and Shriya Saran. Shyam Benegal cast him i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Sify
Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an Indian information and communications technology company providing end-to-end ICT solutions including telecom services, data center services, cloud & managed services, transformation integration services and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played an important role during the early spread of Internet and e-commerce in India. It has been listed on NASDAQ as SIFY since October, 1999. Merill Lynch was the underwriter for Sify's IPO on the NASDAQ. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj. History In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with Makemytrip to run Sify's travel portal. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail", promoting emails ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chup Chup Ke
''Chup Chup Ke'' () is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Priyadarshan. Originally titled ''Khatta Meetha'', it is adapted from Malayalam film ''Punjabi House'' (1998). The film stars Shahid Kapoor (Kismat Konnection), Kareena Kapoor (Golmaal Returns), Neha Dhupia ( Singh Is Kinng), Suniel Shetty (One Two Three), Paresh Rawal (Mere Baap Pehle Aap), Rajpal Yadav (Mere Baap Pehle Aap), Shakti Kapoor, Om Puri (Kismat Konnection) and Anupam Kher. Plot Jeetu, the son of a retired teacher named Jaidev Prasad, is debt-ridden due to many failed businesses. Jeetu breaks off his engagement with his promised fiancé, Pooja and decides to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea for insurance money that his father would pay off his debts. However, Jeetu is found tangled in the fishing nets by a pair of fishermen, Gundya and Bandya who rescue him and mistake him to be mute and deaf. Gundya owes money to a Gujarati businessman, Prabhat Singh Chauhan, who take ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately held company owned by the Nettakallappa family, heirs of Guruswamy. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Kalaburagi. History and background ''Deccan Herald'' was launched on 17 June 1948. Its founder, K. N. Guruswamy, in search of a suitable location for a news publishing business, purchased a bar and restaurant called Funnel's, that was owned by an Irish couple, in March 1948. Despite having no experience in the newspaper industry, Guruswamy, along with his close aides and well wishers, decided to launch two newspapers from Bangalore since there was no such title at the time. The Deccan Herald is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |