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Geleya
''Geleya'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language crime film directed by Harsha, a popular choreographer making his debut in direction. The script is written by Preetham Gubbi and the cinematography is by Krishna; all of whom had worked previously together for the blockbuster film ''Mungaaru Male''. The film stars Prajwal Devaraj, Tarun Chandra and Kirat Bhattal in the lead roles with Duniya Vijay and Pooja Gandhi appearing in cameo roles. The film released on 19 October 2007 across Karnataka and set high expectations for its storyline and the team. However, upon release, the film generally met with average reviews from the critics and audience. The film is a box office success. Plot Guru (Prajwal) and Vishwa (Tarun) are the best friends from the same village. They migrate to Bangalore city in search of a job and better living. Out of greed to make quick money, they join the anti-social gang who are threatening the common lives of Bangalore. Coincidentally, Guru and Vishwa join t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duniya Vijay
B R Vijay Kumar, who is professionally known as Duniya Vijay and Duniya Viji, is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He began his career playing small roles until he got his big break in '' Duniya'' (2007). He is noted for his performances in ''Chanda'' (2007), ''Junglee'' (2009), ''Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam'' (2011) and '' Jayammana Maga'' (2013). Career Vijay began his carreer in films with a role in Yograj Bhat's ''Ranga SSLC'' with Sudeep. He then appeared in '' Jogi'', ''Shree'' and ''Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla'', and also accepted roles in television. The turning point in Vijay's career came with his friend Soori's directorial debut '' Duniya''. Vijay was cast as a kind, naive village boy who falls into the hands of underworld goons who use him as a henchman. His acting won him positive reviews from critics. Vijay went on to win the State and Filmfare awards for his role in the film. In 2007, Vijay appeared in ''Yuga'', ''Chanda'' and ''Geleya''. ''Yuga'' ... [...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] |
Harsha (director)
A. Harsha (born 24 August 1980) is an Indian Film director and choreographer who works in Kannada cinema. Harsha has choreographed many popular songs. Early life Harsha was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, to Poornima and Ashok. He studied at Sri Kumaran Children's Home and Holy Saint English School. He did his Automobile diploma in Oxford College, Bengaluru. Career Harsha entered movie industry when he acted in movie Kashi from Village, as the brother of Kichha Sudeep and has since completed 300 dance sequences as choreographer. Harsha managed the entire event and choreographed the audio launch function of Nikhil Kumar's debut film, Jaguar. Choreographer Harsha debuted in KFI as a choreographer for the movie ''Ranga S.S.L.C'' in 2004. Harsha earned a lot of recognition when he choreographed the songs for ''Mungaaru Male''. He has since choreographed for many popular movies, including ''Meravanige'' and ''Moggina Manasu'', ''Rishi'', ''Taj Mahal'', ''Only Vishnuvardhana''. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarun Chandra
Taarun Chandrra (born 27 April 1983) is an Indian actor based in Kannada Film Industry. He made his film debut in the multi-starrer '' Khushi'' (2003) and has since then acted in various films, notably being, ''Geleya'' (2007), ''Love Guru'' (2009) and ''Gaana Bajaana'' (2010). Early life and career Taarun was born in Bangalore. He graduated his bachelor of commerce degree from MES College, Bangalore. He underwent three months acting course at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute, before he entered into films. He first appeared as one of the lead actors in 2003 released film, '' Khushi''. After Geleya, Hani Hani's successful run, he was approached for ''Parichaya'' and by director Prashant for his movie ''Love Guru'', which won a state award for best movie. He had also acted in a Telugu film ''Valliddari Vayasu Padahare'' which was released in 2006. His last film appearance came in the Kannada film ''Goa''. In November 2021, he signed the paranormal thriller film, ''Trin Trin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preetham Gubbi
Preetham Gubbi is an Indian film screenwriter turned director who works in Kannada film industry. He made his debut as a script writer for the blockbuster Kannada film ''Mungaru Male'' in 2006. He debuted as a director for the film '' Haage Summane'' in 2009. Personal life Preetham is the grandson of the theater artist Gubbi Veeranna. He is an associate of Yogaraj Bhat. Career As screenwriter Preetham made his debut with the film ''Mungaru Male''. He wrote the script and co-wrote the screenplay with the director Yograj Bhat. The film had a simple story, that of the love and sacrifice of a young, carefree man. Preetam followed it up with two more simple tales - ''Geleya'', directed by the long-time choreographer Harsha and the Ganesh starrer '' Aramane''. Both did not attain the success of his first film. He has also written the story for his directorial debut, '' Haage Summane''. As director Preetam was supposed to have directed the sequel to the hit Mungaaru Male. The film w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prajwal Devaraj
Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film '' Sixer'' (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by the gangster drama ''Geleya'' (2007) which was a box-office success. Prajwal has been appreciated for his recent films like Chowka (2017), Gentleman (2020) and Inspector Vikram (2021) which were his biggest box-office hits. Prajwal has matured as an actor and known to play versatile roles. He was awarded the SIIMA Best Actor for Gentleman in 2020. His major notable films include ''Meravanige'' (2008), ''Gulama'' (2009), '' Murali Meets Meera'' (2011), ''Super Shastri'' (2013) and '' Galaate'' (2013) and thus has established himself as one of the leading contemporary actors in Kannada cinema. He has many films lined up for release and one of the busiest actors with many films in the pipeline. Early life Prajwal is the son of a famous Kannad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priya Himesh
Priya Himesh (also credited as Priya Hemesh) is an Indian playback singer. She sings predominantly in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Odia movies. She has sung more than 200 songs working with many leading music directors like Illayaraja, Harris Jeyaraj, Imman, Vijay Antony, Devi Sri Prasad, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Mani Sharma, Karthik Raja, Bharadhwaj, Dhina, and numerous others. Priya started singing in light music orchestras in 1989 and performed in more than 5000 stage shows with many leading orchestras in India and Overseas. Priya is the recipient of Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing ... for her Telugu song "Ringa Ringa" in the film '' Aarya 2''. Selected discography References Living people Indian women playback singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungaaru Male
''Mungaru Male'' () is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi and Anant Nag. The film is believed to have shaped and strengthened the careers of Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, director Yograj Bhat, lyricist Jayant Kaikini, choreographers A. Harsha, Imran Sardaria, composer Mano Murthy and others in Kannada cinema, and made Bollywood playback singers Sonu Nigam, Kunal Ganjawala, Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghoshal popular in Karnataka. It was the first film in India (for any language) to be screened continuously for over one year in a multiplex, and holds the record for the longest-running film at a multiplex in addition to having one of the highest recorded box-office collections in Kannada cinema. According to ''Bangalore Mirror'', it was the first Kannada film to cross the ₹50 crore box office collection mark. It was the first film to ran over 865-days in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooja Gandhi
Pooja Gandhi (born Sanjana Gandhi in 1983) is an Indian actress, who mainly works in Kannada, Hindi language, Hindi and Tamil language, Tamil films. Pooja Gandhi after starring in the commercially successful 2006 film ''Mungaru Male'', became one of the most popular and highest paid actresses in Kannada cinema and also the recipient of several awards, including an honorary Doctorate. Gandhi is popularly referred as ''Male Hudugi'' (Rain Girl) in the media and Kannada film industry. Gandhi has acted in over five languages and 50 films in a decade. The ''Times Of India, Banglore Times'' placed her in the list of "25 Most Desirable Women of 2012". Gandhi made her acting debut in 2001 with the Hindi film ''Khatron Ke Khiladi (2001 film), Khatron Ke Khiladi'' opposite Raj Babbar. Since then, she has played lead roles in commercially successful films such as ''Mungaru Male'' (2006), ''Milana (film), Milana'' (2007), ''Krishna (2007 film), Krishna'' (2007), ''Taj Mahal (2008 film), Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirat Bhattal
Kirat Bhattal (born 26 January 1985 in Monrovia, Liberia), professionally known as Kirat or Keerath, is an Indian actress. She debuted in modelling roles and then made a breakthrough in the Tamil film industry. Career After completing her education at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, She signed up to do the project ''Desiya Nedunchalai 47'' with Dhanush, but the project was delayed and later cancelled. As the film had remained inactive for about three months, Bhattal had signed onto a Kannada language movie titled ''Geleya'' opposite Prajwal Devaraj, which was declared a hit. Most recently, she accepted a guest role in the film ''Santosh Subramaniam'', which is a remake of the Telugu language film ''Bommarillu'', which stars Genelia and Jayam Ravi. She has got rave reviews for her role in the film even though it is a short one. A few reviews have said that she outshined the heroine Genilia. She was also confirmed for the lead role in the Telugu film ''Yamadonga'' starring N. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Jayant Kaikini
Jayanth Kaikini (born 24 January 1955) is a poet, short story writer, playwright, columnist in Kannada and a lyricist in Kannada Cinema. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collection of essays. He is valued as one of the best writers in Kannada literature and has revolutionized the field by giving it a fresh new perspective. He has bagged in many notable awards like ' Karnataka Sahitya Academy' award. Kaikini is regarded as one of the most significant writers in Kannada today. Kaikini has been conferred the honorary doctorate from Tumkur University. Early life Dr Kaikini was born in Gokarna to Gourish Kaikini, a thinker, litterateur and teacher, and Shanta Kaikini, a social worker. After studying a M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Karnataka University, Dharwad, he moved to Mumbai where he worked as a chemist for many years. Jayanth Kaikini began his career working as a production chemist, eventually working also as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
