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L. N. Shastri
L. N. Shastri (also credited as Chaitanya; 30 August 1971 – 30 August 2017) was an Indian playback singer and music composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as a playback singer in the film ''Ajagajantara'' (1991), Shastri went on to sing for more than 3000 songs. Upon his friends' suggestion, he renamed himself as Chaitanya and composed music for over 25 films starting with ''Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene'' (1998). However, he dropped the name due to the identity crisis for the film ''Bellary Naga'' (2009). His biggest hit song as a singer has been "Kolumande Jangamadevaru" from the film ''Janumada Jodi'' (1996) which gave him a career break and also fetched him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He was closely associated with prominent music directors in Kannada film industry including Hamsalekha, V. Manohar, V. Harikrishna, Gurukiran, Arjun Janya and Anoop Seelin who have been the main support for his growing career sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playback Singing
A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not appear on the screen. South Asia South Asian films produced in the Indian subcontinent frequently use this technique. A majority of Indian films as well as Pakistani films typically include six or seven songs. After ''Alam Ara'' (1931), the first Indian talkie film, for many years singers made dual recordings for a film, one during the shoot, and later in the recording studio, until 1952 or 1953. Popular playback singers in India enjoy the same status as popular actors and music directors and receive wide public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, but they later often expand their range. Mohammed Rafi and Ahmed Rushdi are regarded as two of the most influential playback singers in South Asia. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aunty Preethse
''Aunty Preethse'' is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film. It is a remake of the 1995 Telugu film Aunty and stars Ananth Nag, Khushbu Sundar, Ramkumar and Anu Prabhakar. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Super Aunty'' with the comedy track of Tennis Krishna and Bank Janardhan filmed with Vadivelu and Vennira Aadai Moorthy. Cast *Ananth Nag *Khushbu *Ramkumar *Anu Prabhakar *Balaraj * Anand *Ashalatha *Jyothi *Rekha Das *Pankaja *Sundar Raj *Doddanna *Tennis Krishna *Bank Janardhan *Mandeep Roy *Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ... as Krishnan (Tamil version) Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by L. N. Shastry.https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/aunty-preetse/9gGNlebtOA8_ *"Sneha Deepawali" - L. N. Shastry, Chithra *"Preethi" - Rajesh Kris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malla (film)
''Malla'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed, composed and enacted by Ravichandran in dual roles. The film also stars Priyanka Trivedi and Mohan Shankar. The film was produced by Ramu for his home banner Ramu Enterprises making his the first team up with Ravichandran. The film found a widespread release across Karnataka state on 27 February 2004 and was declared a blockbuster at the box office. However, it received mixed response by the critics who claimed that the film highlights the unwanted intimacy scenes, as well as the great relationship between husband and wife, other than the romantic part of Shiva Rama Krishna, the associate of TFI Puri Jaganadh, has shown the great relationship between husband and wife that attracted woman audience to watch this movie again and again. The film is also reportedly the first to introduce the famous Kerala based traditional art Kalarippayattu in Kannada cinema. The stunt master K. D. Venkatesh was awarded in a special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekangi
''Ekangi'' is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Raj, with Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an experimenter grew, having erected a house of 80 lakh exclusively for the film and spending heavily in filming song sequences, an unusual trend in Kannada cinema during the time. It was also the first in Kannada and second Indian film to employ SFX sound system. The film received warm reviews from film critics and won five awards at the 2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards including the award for Second Best Film and Best Actor (Ravichandran). It was an ambitious project, but failed to succeed at the box-office, even though following the audience's hostile response after its theatrical release, almost 20 scenes were re-shot and re-edited before re-relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naanu Nanna Hendthiru
''Upendra'' is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra, Raveena Tandon, Prema and Damini. The film explores three human emotions through the relationship between the main character and the three heroines. The songs of the film were written by Upendra and music was composed by Gurukiran. The movie has a cult fanbase. It is said that the director named it as Upendra with the thought that the name includes the names of the main characters of the film (U-Upendra, P-Prema, D-Damini & Ra-Raveena). The film won Filmfare Award for Best Film (Kannada) and Filmfare Award for Best Director (Kannada). A Japanese who saw the film in Bangalore was impressed by it as he found it similar to the story of Buddha and the concept of '' Maslow's hierarchy of needs'' and hence got it released in Japan. It was screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Japan in 2001. A sequel tilted ''Uppi 2'' was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preethsod Thappa
''Preethsod Thappa'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran and Shilpa Shetty. Actors Lokesh and Lakshmi and Prakash Raj feature in other prominent roles. The film is a remake of the Telugu film '' Ninne Pelladata'' (1996). Plot Raja is seen racing in a bike race, faces all the obstacles, defeats everybody and is victorious in the race. He lives with his parents Sathya and Mahalakshmi and many others which includes his uncle, maternal uncle, family friend and their families. They all love each other and live like one big family. Chandana lives in Mangalore with her parents and two younger sisters. She wants to pursue pilot training in Bangalore, thus shifts to Raja's house and stays as a guest. Chandana and Raja's family bond well together. Raja and Chandana gradually fall in love. After discovering that Chandana stays in Sathya's house, her father takes her with him. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene
''Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K Nanjunda starring Prakash Raj, Vineeth and Ayesha Jhulka and in the lead roles. Ravichandran and Ramesh Aravind make special appearances. The song's title is based on a song from ''Bayalu Daari'' (1976). The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Nee Indri Naan Illai'' and in Telugu as ''Preminchalani Undi''. Plot Cast Music Critical reception S. Shiva Kumar from ''The Times of India'' wrote "That’ll be sad. The rest of the cast is just okay The film does have a couple of hummable numbers but there’re too many songs. The one with Ravichandran and Ramesh is terribly shot. Rajan’s photography is inconsistent. His outdoor wok is better. Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene will not stay in your mind after you walk out but could give you nightmares". Srikant Srinivasa from Deccan Herald wrote "The dialogues are just not in tune with our changing pace of life. For instance, a college stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A (Kannada Film)
''A'' is a 1998 Indian-Kannada romantic psychological thriller film written and directed by Upendra. It starred Upendra and Chandini as the lead couple. It tells the love story between a film director and an actress which is narrated through multiple flashbacks within flashbacks and reverse screenplay. The film deals with dark truths of the film world like the casting couch. Due to the reverse screenplay, some audience members watched it multiple times to understand the story. The movie was an instant cult hit. The opening sequence of the movie where a misanthropic man who is exhilarated by the sense of power he receives by carrying a revolver while walking on the streets was reported to be based on Jean-Paul Sartre's short story ''Erostratus'' found in his 1939 collection of short stories '' The Wall''. Upon release, ''A'' collected more than 20 crores at the box office. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi Hakki
''Jodi Hakki'' () is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language musical romance film written and directed by D. Rajendra Babu, produced by P. Dhanraj and starring Shiva Rajkumar, Charulatha and Vijayalakshmi. The film received critical acclaim upon release and won two State awards for screenplay and music. The film has musical score by V. Manohar which is often considered to be one of his best compositions. The film revolves around a nomadic tribal who unwillingly relocates to the city where he gains popularity as a singer but gets separated from his lover. Cast * Shiva Rajkumar as Maacha / Manoj * Charulatha as Laali * Vijayalakshmi * Harish Rai as Vikki * Kishori Ballal * Mandeep Roy *Shani Mahadevappa *Ashok rao *Manjunath Hegde *Master Santhosh Soundtrack The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by V. Manohar. Actor Rajkumar recorded a song "Hara Hara Gange" which became huge hit. Awards *Karnataka State Film Awards #Karnataka State Film Award for Best Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Mallige
''O Mallige'' is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by V. Manohar and written by K. Ananthu. Besides direction for the first time, Manohar has composed the music and also enacted in a supporting role. The film mainly stars Ramesh Aravind, Charulatha, Chaitali (Bina Rajagopal) and model-turned-actor Zulfi Syed. Syed was credited as Amar Mayur in the film. The film, upon release met with very good positive response at the box-office and critics as well. It was one of the highest-grossing films of the year 1997. Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was awarded the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of a song, actor Ramesh fetched the Best Actor award and Chaitali won the best supporting actress award at the Udaya Film Awards. Sadhu Kokila's character ''Musthafa'' was later on used in 2013 movie ''Googly''. Plot Mallige (Charulata) lives in a small village with her uncle (V.Manohar). A heart patient, Manohar has an ambitiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipayi (film)
''Sipayi'' is a 1996 Kannada-language action film, directed and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars Ravichandran and Soundarya in lead roles with Telugu actor Chiranjeevi appearing in an important role. Music and lyrics were composed by Hamsalekha. The movie was later dubbed in Telugu as ''Major'', and released on 5 December 1998. It was also dubbed in Tamil.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xxcQlAmpgQQ&feature=youtu.be Plot Shanti is a bubbly, young village girl who loves rain but is afraid of thunder and lightning. She wants to live a life of freedom. Sipayi (Shivu) loves Shanti since childhood. Shanti's parents too want their daughter to marry Sipayi. Shanti's father Baaji Bettayya is renowned in and around the village for never losing a single sheep fight. One day, the village head's son Vicky sees Shanti and lusts after her. He devices a plan and invites Bettayya for a sheep fight. Bettayya keeps winning all the matches. In order to win, Vicky's friends inject a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gejje Naada
DARR1993 ''Gejje Naada'' is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Vijay - Nanjundappa. The film cast includes Ramkumar, Shwetha and K. S. Ashwath. The film was produced under Gajamukha Creations banner and the original score and soundtrack were composed by V. Manohar. Cast * Ramkumar * Shwetha * K. S. Ashwath * Pandari Bai * Balakrishna * Thriller Manju * Girija Lokesh * Sudhakar * Venki * Master Deepak Kumar Soundtrack The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by V. Manohar. V. Manohar was awarded with the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally roman ... for the year 1993-94 for the song "Megha O Megha" written by him. Awards * Karnataka State Film Awards 1993-94 # Best Dialogue - K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
