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Gajakesari
''Gajakesari'' is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language historical action film directed by cinematographer Krishna and produced by Jayanna and Bogendra. The film stars Yash in leading role along with Amulya and Anant Nag. The film also prominently features an elephant named Arjuna from Waynad, Kerala. Actor Prakash Raj plays as narrator for the film to introduce Yash's character. This film is also dubbed in Hindi as ''Gajakeasari:The Big Lion''. Plot The film begins in the forest area of Aanegudde, an elephant reserve. A state minister arrives at the place of a local don, Rana. Rana forces the minister to sign a deal to open a resort at Anegudde. The minister signs reluctantly after seeing his bodyguard being murdered by Rana. The scene next shifts to Prakash Raj introducing an ancient temple in the royal city of Mysore called "Shankara Narayana" temple, which is being managed by a holy Muth (holy association), headed by the pontiff (Anant Nag). The Muth has an outstanding reputatio ... [...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] |
Krishna (cinematographer)
S. Krishna is an Indian cinematographer and film director, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He gave a new dimension for cinematography through his breathtaking visuals in ''Mungaru Male''. He's an alumnus of Government Film and Television Institute, Bangalore. Career Though Krishna's cinematography impressed people and the critics, he didn't come into his own until he did the challenging Mungaaru Male. The film was shot in 80% natural rain, generally not cinematography friendly. It also needed to be shot in other precarious conditions – like the dangerous, rocky top of the Jog Falls. Krishna took up the challenge and did the job admirably. The film was a box office success and one of the major contributors to its success was Krishna's cinematography. He was duly recognized by the Karnataka State Government when they named him the Best Cinematographer for the year 2006. According to Yogaraj Bhat, the director of the film, the cinematographer was his partner-in-crime for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharun Sudhir
Tharun Kishore Sudhir is an Indian Kannada film actor, director. He is known for his directorial debut film ''Chowka''. Tharun's next project as a director was ''Roberrt'' and this film was released on 11 March 2021. The movie has Darshan in the lead role. Early life Tharun Sudhir is the son of yesteryear Kannada film actor Sudhir and Malathi Sudhir. Tharun completed his studies from the KLE College. He finished his hotel management course and worked at the Ashoka Hotel for 1 year. Apart from his interest in movies, Tharun also desired to pursue a career in Cricket. Career Tharun Kishore Sudhir is an Indian actor, writer and director, who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry. After working as a co-director for the 2012 movie Rambo, Tharun made his directorial debut with the movie Chowka in 2017. The movie starred prominent Sandalwood actors such as Prajwal Devraj, Diganth, Prem Kumar and Vijay Raghavendra and received critical acclaim. Tharun Kishore's next proj ... [...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] |
Satya Hegde
Satya Hegde (born 17 May 1975) is an Indian cinematographer who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with ''Taali Kattuva Shubhavele'' in 2002. Following this, he worked in over 20 films and received critical praise for his work in '' Duniya'' (2007) and ''Myna'' (2013), along with his collaborations with Suri. Early life Satya Hegde was born on 17 May 1975 to a Brahmin family of Parameshwar Hegde and Savithri in Haliyal, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. He completed his schooling from Carmel High School, Haliyal in 1989. Following this, he was sent to Sanduru to complete his Pre-university course by his father who then wanted him to pursue a career in Computer science. Due to his poor scores during the course, he was persuaded by his brother to obtain a diploma. Having decided to choose cinematography as the subject specialization at the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, Bangalore, Hegde obtained the diploma in cinematography in 1995. Career Hegde began his career as a cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Ok
Alok R. Babu (born 2 May 1989), known as All Ok, is an Indian Kannada rapper, singer, actor & music-producer. He is known for Kannada rap songs like ''Don't Worry'', ''Yaakinge, Happy'', ''Nan Kannadiga'', ''Deja Vu'', ''Urban Lads'' and many more. Personal life Alok Babu was born to Ramesh Babu and Tara Ramesh. He has a younger sister. He completed his PUC in Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, Jayanagar, and later pursued his BBM degree from City college of management studies at Bengaluru. He produced the Kannada's first rap song, 'Young Engo'. Ever since, All OK produced new talents of Kannada Hip-Hop. He married Nisha Natarajan in November, 2019. Career He started his career as lead singer in Kannada's first hip-hop band & album 'Urban lads' and acted as one of the lead for Kannada hit movie Josh. Since then he has acted in more than twenty five movies in five different languages and has composed, directed and produced many independent music videos which have been well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangayana Raghu
Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared in over 250 films. Prior to acting in films, he worked as a stage actor with B. V. Karanth's theatre group Rangayana, from 1988 to 1999. He made his debut in films in 1995 with ''Suggi'', which got shelved. Raghu got his major break in films after appearing as an antagonist in ''Dhumm'' (2002). He is best noted for his performance in the 2007 film '' Duniya'' which won him his second Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. His other notable roles came in ''Cyanide'' (2006), '' Raam'' (2009), '' Olave Mandara'' (2011) and '' Jayammana Maga'' (2013). In 2014, his wife Mangala and he started Sanchari Theatre, a theatre training institute for children. Early life and career Raghu was born as Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahbaz Khan (actor)
Shahbaz Khan (real name Haider Khan) is an Indian actor from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He is famous for playing lead roles in television serials such as '' Chandrakanta'', ''The Great Maratha'', ''The Sword of Tipu Sultan'', '' Betaal Pachisi'', '' Yug'', ''Maharaja Ranjit Singh'', ''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'', ''Tenali Rama'' . He also appears in the 2018 Chinese film ''Dying to Survive''. Early life Khan is originally from Indore, and is a son of Padma Bhushan winner Amir Khan, a doyen of Indian classical music. Khan studied in St Joseph Convent, Kamptee and Hislop College Nagpur, then had worked at Centre Point Hotel Nagpur for few years before moving to Mumbai. Filmography Films * ''Naachnewale Gaanewale'' as main lead (1991) * ''Meri Aan'' (1993), as Sher Khan * ''Dhartiputra'' (1993) as Anwar Khan * '' Kaise Kaise Rishte'' as main lead (1993) opposite Ayesha Jhulka * ''Jai Vikraanta'' (1995), as DIG Sher Ali Khan (Second lead) * '' Share Bazaar'' (1997), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabhakar (Telugu Actor)
Prabhakar, also known as Kalakeya Prabhakar, is an Indian actor who predominently works in Telugu language, Telugu films along with Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia language, Odia films. He is best known for his role as Inkoshi, king of the Kalakeyas in ''Baahubali: The Beginning'' (2015). His other notable films include ''Maryada Ramanna (''2010), ''Dongaata (2015 film), Dongaata'' (2015), ''Jai Simha'' (2018), ''Akhanda'' (2021)''.'' As of July 2022, he has acted in over 120 films in five languages. Early life Prabhakar was born in Husnabad, near Raichur. His family hails from Kondangal of Mahabubnagar district, Telangana. After studying in Husnabad, he then shifted to Vikarabad to enroll in Ananta Padmanabha college. His wife Rajya Lakshmi is a teacher and his son Sriram Rajamouli was named after the famous director Rajamouli who offered him his first full-fledged role in ''Maryada Ramanna'' and gave him 'a new life'. He also has another son Ritvik Preet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vijay
John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who plays supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. Vijay also works as the head programme director of Radio One FM. John is the chief of 'H2O', an advertising agency with its office at Nungambakkam. Pushkar and Gayatri, who were his juniors in the Visual Communications course in Loyola College, offered him a role in their directorial debut ''Oram Po''. His performance as "Sun of Gun" in the film was described by critics as "scene stealer, his antics bring the house down". He played a friend of Rajinikanth in ''Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Winston Chao, Kishore, Dines ...'' (2016). ... [...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] |
Girija Lokesh
Girija Lokesh is an Indian theatre and film actress and occasional film producer who works in Kannada cinema. She is wife of actor Lokesh, and is the mother of former actress Pooja Lokesh, and actor and television presenter Srujan Lokesh. In recognition of her contribution towards Kannada cinema, she was honoured with Rajyotsava Award by the Government of Karnataka in 2013. Partial filmography As actress * '' Abachurina Post Office'' (1973) * '' Maadi Madidavaru '' (1974) * ''Kakana Kote'' (1977) * ''Simhasana'' (1983) * ''Nanjundi Kalyana'' (1989) * ''Challenge Gopalakrishna'' (1990) * ''Anukoolakkobba Ganda'' (1990) * ''Ramachaari'' (1991) * ''Halli Meshtru'' (1992) * '' Mana Mecchida Sose'' (1992) * ''Snehada Kadalalli'' (1992) * ''Belliyappa Bangarappa'' (1992) * '' Gadibidi Ganda'' (1993) * ''Yarigu Helbedi'' (1994) * '' Ulta Palta'' (1997) * ''Ganga Yamuna'' (1997) * ''Gattimela'' (2001) * ''Ekadantha'' (2007) * '' Nanda Loves Nanditha'' (2008) * ''Aithalakkadi'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
