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Jayatheertha
Jayathirtha B. V. (born May 8th, 1977) is an Indian theater activist, social worker, production designer and filmmaker. He is known for his movies Olave Mandara, Tony (2013 film), Tony, Beautiful Manasugalu, and Bell Bottom (2019 film), Bell Bottom. He is also known for his work as a director and play writer. Early life Jayathirtha was born and brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka. A high school dropout due to financial constraints, he started working as a salesman at 17 and took up theater as a pastime. He trained at Abhinayataranga under the renowned theatre personality A. S. Murthy and later became a teacher in the same institution. Jayathirtha won several awards for his works in theatre including the ''B. V. Karanth Best Stage Reviewer Award'' (1997) for his critical review of the play, ''Maranayak''. Film career In 2007, he directed a short film called Hasivu (Hunger). The movie won the Best Indian Short Film award at Cinerail Film Festival, Paris. In 2011, he directed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Bottom (2019 Film)
''Bell Bottom'' is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language crime comedy film directed by Jayatheertha and written by Dayanand T. K. Set in the 1980s, it is produced by Santhosh Kumar K. C. under the Golden Horse Cinema banner. Rishab Shetty and Hariprriya are in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Achyuth Kumar, Yogaraj Bhat and Pramod Shetty. The technical crew members include B. Ajaneesh Loknath as the music composer, Aravind Kashyap as the cinematographer, K. M. Prakash as the editor and Raghu Niduvalli as the dialogue writer. It was shot in Sagara taluk in Shivamogga. Parts of the police station sequences were shot in Udupi. The film launched in late January 2019 and was released across theaters in Karnataka on 15 February 2019, becoming one of the highest grossers of 2019. It completed 100 days in 25-plus centers having sold-out shows. It also premiered at the ''Indian Film Week'' in Japan. Plot Divakara is a wannabe detective who grows up reading Mystery fiction, murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olave Mandara
''Olave Mandara'' is a 2011 Indian Kannada road movie written and directed by Jayatheertha, and starring debutantes Srikanth and Aakanksha Mansukhani in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Rangayana Raghu, Veena Sundar, Nassar and Sadhu Kokila. The sub-plot of the film is inspired by real-life events of Dashrath Manjhi, who cut a rocky hill for 22 years to build a road in memory of his wife. Srikant was adjudged as the 'Promising Newcomer (Male)' for his performance in the film, based on an online poll conducted by ''The Times of India''. Plot Srikanth (Srikanth), a son of a rich industrialist (Nassar), meets Preeti (Aakanksha Mansukhani), an Assamese girl, in a dance competition in Coimbatore, and falls in love with her. His initial intentions were to only steal a few kisses from her. Bound by guilt, he sets off on foot to Assam to meet her as promised. On his journey, he faces the realities of life as he meets various characters and witnessing incidents such as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony (2013 Film)
''Tony'' is a 2013 philosophical thriller Kannada film directed by Jayatheertha. The film stars Srinagar Kitty and Aindrita Ray in lead roles. Indrakumar GV is producing this film jointly with Srinagar Kitty which is backed with Sadhu Kokila's music and Gnanamurthy's cinematography. Shot extensively around the scenic locales of Bangkok and other places, the film speaks about a person who wants to make quick money and has three dimensional stories interwoven and ends up at a common point. One of the sub plot of the movie was based on the 1886 short story '' How Much Land Does a Man Need?'' by Leo Tolstoy. Cast * Srinagar Kitty as Tony * Dilip Raj * Aindrita Ray * Sharath Lohitashwa * Preeti Jhangiani * Swayamwara Chandru * Suchindra Prasad * Veena Sundar * Harish Rayappa Production Development Director Jayatheertha, who made a successful previous film titled, '' Olave Mandara'', announced his next feature film and titled it as ''Tony'', a name which was already used in the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Manasugalu
''Beautiful Manasugalu'' ( Beautiful Minds) is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Jayatheertha. Jointly funded by S. Prasanna and S. Shashikala Balaji, the film is produced under Skkandda Entertainment banner. It features Sathish Ninasam and Shruthi Hariharan, teaming up again after '' Lucia'' (2013), in the lead roles. The film score and soundtrack is composed by Bharath B. J. The film was officially launched on 14 February 2015 coinciding the Valentines Day and was released across Karnataka on 20 January 2017. The film released to positive reviews. Plot The movie follows the lives of Prashanth (Sathish Ninasam), an idler with well-to-do parents, and Nandini ( Sruthi Hariharan) who is the sole breadwinner of her family of four. Prashanth falls in love with Nandini, who agrees to marry him only on the condition that he gives up his carefree ways and behaves responsibly. The couple's honeyed existence is abruptly cut short when police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet Basya
''Bullet Basya'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by Jayatheertha, and stars Sharan and Haripriya. The supporting cast features Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila and Yathiraj Jaggesh. The title of the film was taken from Sudheer's character in the 1989 Kannada film ''C.B.I. Shankar''. The creators however confirmed that there was no connection between the two. Cast * Sharan as Basavaraj ("Basya") / Muthu * Haripriya as Kaveri * Rangayana Raghu * Sadhu Kokila as Basya's father * Prashanth Siddi aide of Basya * Yathiraj Jaggesh aide of Basya * Giri Godhulli * Girish Shivanna * Ramesh Bhat * Girija Lokesh * Neenasam Ashwath * Muni * Thanveer * Tabla Nani as Minister * Master Anand as Painter Soundtrack Arjun Janya scored the film's background music and composed for its soundtrack, with lyrics for the tracks penned by V. Nagendra Prasad, Raghu Niduvalli, Yogaraj Bhat and Kaviraj. This was the third venture of Sharan with Janya after the successful ''Rambo'' (2012) and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banaras (2021 Film)
''Banaras'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Jayatheertha and produced by Tilakraj Ballal. It stars Zaid Khan and Sonal Monteiro in the lead roles. The film's music composer is B. Ajaneesh Loknath and cinematographer is Advaitha Gurumurthy. The film was set to be released early 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, It was released on November 4, 2022. Plot Banaras is a poignant love story set in the back drop of Kashi. This film also the debut of Zaid Khan. The most of the film's scenes have been shot in Banaras except a few portions canned in Bengaluru. Cast * Zaid Khan as Sidharth Simha * Sonal Monteiro as Dhani * Sujay Shastry as Shambu * Devaraj as Ajay Simha * Achyuth Kumar as Narayan Shastry * Barkath Ali as Peter Jakson * Sapna Raj as Shiva Production TBA Release ''Banaras'' was released in cinemas on 4 November 2022 in Kannada along with a Hindi dubbed version. Music The film's music is composed by B. Ajaneesh Lokna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endendigu
''Endendigu'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada romantic thriller film written directed by Imran Sardhariya, and stars Ajay Rao and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Shanthamma, Ashok, Kalyani Raju, Pavitra Lokesh, Tabla Nani and H. G. Dattatreya. The film tells the story of a newly wed couple, Jyothi (Pandit) and Krishna (Rao), who move to Sweden, where Jyoti gets precognitive dreams foreseeing Krishna's death, and how she goes about with preventing it. Released on 1 May 2015, the film received positive to mixed reviews from critics, though the performance of Radhika Pandit was highlighted. Cast * Ajay Rao as Krishna * Radhika Pandit as Jyothi * H. G. Dattatreya * Ashok * Chandrashekhar * Raveendranath * Kalyani Raju * Tabla Nani * Sumithra * Pavitra Lokesh * Shanthamma * B. Suresha * Anmol (credited as Master Anmol) * V. Harikrishna as himself (Special Appearance in "Friendu Maduve") * Yogaraj Bhat as himself (Special Appearance in "Friendu Maduve") * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dashrath Manjhi
Dashrath Manjhi (14 January 1934 – 17 August 2007), also known as Mountain Man, was a laborer in Gehlaur village, near Gaya in Bihar, India. When his wife died in 1959 due to injury caused by falling from a mountain and due to the mountain he was not able to reach the hospital in time, he decided to carve a path of 110 m long (360 ft), 9.1 m (30 ft) wide and 7.7 m (25 ft) deep through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 55 km to 15 km. He travelled to New Delhi to get recognition of his work and was rewarded by then Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar. In 2016, Indian Post issued a postage stamp featuring him. Early life Dashrath Manjhi was born into a Musahar / Bhuiya family, at the lowest rank of India's caste system. He ran away from his home at a young age and worked in the coal mines at Dhanbad. Later he r ... [...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] |
Pawan Kumar (director)
Pawan Kumar (born 29 October 1982) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter from the Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada film industry. Pawan Kumar is well known for writing the films ''Manasaare'' and ''Pancharangi''. His directorial debut ''Lifeu Ishtene'' (2011) and the 2013 psychological thriller ''Lucia (film), Lucia'' became one of the biggest turning points of his career. Being from a theatre background, he wrote scripts for plays on stage before working as an associate director with Yograj Bhat. He has also acted in the plays he wrote namely "The Final Reharsal" (2002) which is about an actor and reality television and "The woman in me" which is loosely based on the concept that there is a woman in every man and vice versa. Pawan also holds a production house named Pawan Kumar Films. Recently during lockdown, Pawan gave free online workshop on YouTube. He also shot a short film at home- A Labour unthanked. Filmography As director Feature films Web Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Express
''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika'' weekly as well as '' Dinamani'' and ''Kannada Prabha'' newspapers. The ''Cinema Express'' brand is now used for the film industry coverage of ''The New Indian Express'' regardless of language. ''Cinema Express'' also honoured artistic excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry through the Cinema Express Awards. The published version was discontinued in February 2016, in favour of an online magazine. History ''Cinema Express'' came out with their first issue on 10 January 1980 and had the last on 16 February 2016. The magazine was priced at Rs.15 when publication ceased. Afterwards, The New Indian Express Group used the name ''Cinema Express'' for the online magazine that publishes information related to cinema.https://www.facebook.com/pg/XpressCine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India, as well as the largest city in South India, and the 27th largest city in the world. Located on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over above sea level, Bangalore has a pleasant climate throughout the year, with its parks and green spaces earning it the reputation as the "Garden City" of India. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India. An aerospace, heavy engineering and electronics hub since the 1960s, Bangalore is widely regarded as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.——— In the Ease of Living Index 2020 (published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs), it was ranked the most livable Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
