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Jackpot (2006 Film)
''Jackpot'' is a 2006 Kannada romantic-drama film directed by Niranjan featuring Dhyan, Harsha and Shubha Poonja in the lead roles. The film released on 14 July 2006. It received mixed reviews. Aindrita Ray was also seen in a song in this movie. Cast * Dhyan as Raja * Harsha as Ramesh * Shubha Poonja as Preethi * Antara Biswas as Laila * Raju Ananthaswamy * Sadhu Kokila as Black Magician * Vaijanath Biradar * Sudeep (Guest appearance) * Daisy Bopanna (Guest appearance) * Sunil Raoh (Guest appearance) * Sanjjanaa Galrani (Guest appearance) * Aindrita Ray Aindrita Ray (born 3 March 1985) is an Indian actress, primarily appearing in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2007, starring in ''Meravanige'' and went on to appear in several commercially successful films, establishing herself as a ... (Guest appearance) Soundtrack The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Alwin, Krupakar, Hameed and lyrics by V. Manohar, Krupakar, Ram Narayan. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sameer Dattani
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] |
Sadhu Kokila
Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a composer before taking to acting in films, appearing mostly in comic roles. He has also directed ten Kannada films, the most notable one being ''Raktha Kanneeru'' (2003). As a composer, he is a two-time recipient of the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director, which he won for ''Rakshasa'' (2005) and ''Inthi Ninna Preethiya'' (2008). As an actor, he has received multiple nominations and awards in the category of Best Comedian in the South Indian International Movie Awards. Early life and career Sadhu Kokila was born as Sahaya Sheelan on 24 March 1966 into a Tamil nadaar Christian family of Natesh and Mangala in Bangalore in the Indian State of Mysore (now Karnataka). He was born to a family of musicians with father bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada
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 Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjjanaa Galrani
Sanjjanaa Galrani is an Indian model and actress who made her film debut in the 2005 Telugu film Soggadu. She is known for her role in the Kannada film ''Ganda Hendathi'' (2006). She played a supporting role in the 2008 Telugu film '' Bujjigadu'' starring Prabhas. In 2017, she played Chandri in the Kannada crime drama ''Dandupalya 2''. Early life Brought up in Bangalore, Galrani is of Sindhi origin. When she was doing her PUC, she received her first modelling offer. She continued her studies while working as a part-time model. She appeared in over 60 television advertisements, the most notable being a Fastrack advertisement with John Abraham. She has a sister, Nikki Galrani, who is also an actress. Career Debut (2005) After appearing in advertisements and as child artist in roles in the films ''Soggadu'' and ''Panduranga Vittala'', she got her first starring role in ''Ganda Hendathi''. Her first release, however, was the Tamil feature film, ''Oru Kadhal Seiveer''. S R As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Raoh
Sunil Raoh (born 4 September 1978) is a Kannada cinema actor from India. He is also a seasoned singer and lyricist who has performed for few Kannada film songs. He has acted in numerous films as a child artist and also featured in a few television series. Personal life and family Sunil Rao comes from a family of well-known musicians. His mother B. K. Sumitra, is a prominent Sugama Sangeetha (light music) singer. His sister Sowmya Raoh is also an established playback singer who has performed for various films in different languages. He was also interested in playback-singing and entered the film industry aspiring to be one. But he had to change his path towards acting since offers came pouring ever since he was a child. He studied in Bangalore's National College. Career As a child artist Rao started his career as a child artiste in the year 1987 for the films such as ''Kendada Male'' and ''Elu Suttina Kote''. He performed his roles much to the attention of producers and went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Bopanna
Daisy Bopanna is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language films. Personal life Bopanna is from Kodagu. She attended Aurobindo School, pre-university at Kumarans College and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chitrakala Parishat in Bangalore, Karnataka. She married Amit Jaju in 2011. Career Daisy started with theatre, working for a short time with B. Jayashree's ''Spandana theatre camp'' and also contemporary English theatre. She began filming for ''Bimba'' in 2002. It was sent to the Berlin & Frankfurt Film Festival, and won international awards. Directed by Kavitha Lankesh Kavitha Lankesh is an Indian film director, screenwriter and a lyricist known for her work in Kannada cinema industry. She began as a documentary film-maker before directing her first feature film, '' Deveeri'' (1999), which went on to win int ..., it explored the exploitation of child artistes in the film industry. Daisy's later work in '' Bhagawan'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada films. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He is one of the highest paid actors of Kannada Cinema and is one of the first Kannada actors to be listed in the Forbes list of top 100 celebrities of India since 2013. He has received several awards including four Filmfare Awards South. Sudeepa is known for his critically acclaimed performances in the Kannada films '' Sparsha'' (2000), ''Huchcha'' (2001), '' Nandhi'' (2002), ''Kiccha'' (2003), '' Swathi Muthu'' (2003), ''My Autograph'' (2006), ''No 73, Shanthi Nivasa'' (2007), ''Mussanjemaatu'' (2008), ''Veera Madakari'' (2009), ''Just Maath Maathalli'' (2010), ''Vishnuvardhana'' (2011), ''Kempe Gowda'' (2011), the Telugu-Tamil bilingual ''Eega'' (2012), ''Maanikya'' (2014), ''Ranna'' (2015), ''Kotigobba 2'' (2016), ''Hebbuli'' (2017), '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaijanath Biradar
Vaijanath Basappa Biradar is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Kannada cinema. He has acted nearly 500 movies in Kannada. He was awarded the top one best actor in the 2011 India Imagine film festival that took place in Madrid, Spain for his performance in the Kannada film ''Kanasemba Kudureyaneri'' directed by Girish Kasaravalli in 2010. Personal life Vaijanath Biradar was born on 1952 June 26 to Kailash patil and Nagamma in the village called Tegampur in Bhalki taluk of Bidar district of northern Karnataka. Films Some of the movies where he acted include Kashinath's film '' Love Training'', and Jaggesh starring '' Mata'', ''Aliya Alla Magala Ganda'', Ramesh Arvind starring ''O Mallige'', ''Dr. B. R. Ambedkar'' (2005) are some of the well known movies acted by Vaijanath Biradar. He has also appeared in Tulu film ''Soombe ''Soombe'' is a Tulu language film directed by Saikrishna Kudla starring Rahul, Shritama Mukherjee, Devadas Kapikad, Naveen D Padil, Bhojaraj Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Ananthaswamy
Raju Ananthaswamy (1973–2009) was a music composer and director. He worked on Sugama Sangeetha for more than 15 years. He was the son of vocalist Mysore Ananthaswamy. He died in 2009, at the age of 35 years. Personal life Raju Ananthaswamy began playing music in his father's troupe at a young age. He had his initial Tabala lessons from Vid. Gunda Shastry of Hanumantanagar, Bengaluru. In addition to tabla, he could play a variety of other musical instruments including guitar, mandolin and keyboard. Raju’s compositions and singing style was greatly influenced by his father, late Mysore Ananthaswamy . His songs, Krishna Yenabaarade, Madhava, Beldingal raathrili, Tunge Dadadalli, Heege ondu Raathri are among his more important compositions. He was well known for his songs "Yaava mohana murali kareyitu" from ''America America'' and "Hottare yedbittu" from the movie, ''Rishi''. Raju was an artiste in All India Radio and regularly appeared on Radio City, Doordarshan, Udaya TV, Z ... [...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] |
Antara Biswas
Antara Biswas (born 21 November 1982), better known by her stage name Monalisa, is an Indian actress. She has done mostly Bhojpuri language films, and has also appeared in Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu language films. She was a contestant of Indian show ''Bigg Boss 10'' in 2016 and is known for portraying Mohana Rathod in '' Nazar''. In 2020 to 2021, she had played the main antagonist, Iravati Verma in ''Namak Issk Ka'' on Colors TV. Biography and early life Antara Biswas was born to a Bengali Hindu family on 21 November 1982. She adopted the stage name of Monalisa at the behest of her uncle. She studied at Julien Day School in Elgin Road, South Kolkata, and graduated from Ashutosh College of the University of Calcutta, earning a BA degree in Sanskrit before starting out a few years ago as a small-time TV actress and model in Odia video albums. Career She acted in several low budget films before making her debut in Bollywood with ''Blackmail'', starring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
