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Maurya (film)
''Maurya'' is a 2004 Kannada language sports drama film directed by S. Narayan. The film starred Puneeth Rajkumar, Roja Selvamani and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. This film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. It is the remake of 2003 Telugu movie, ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi''. Plot Manu's entire life is about his mother, Meena, a college lecturer. They together live in Bangalore. When Manu was a child, he was separated from his father/Meena's husband, Prathap. Manu is a passionate and great kick-boxer, where he later meets Alamelu "Andra", a Telugu girl from Andhra Pradesh and starts to fall in love with her. Manu's happy life is suddenly jolted when Meena dies of a heart attack. On her deathbed, Meena tells Manu to meet Prathap, who was a kickboxing champion that won the championship six times in a row and is presently a kickboxing coach. Manu reluctantly accepts. When Manu meets Prathap, he learns that he has another wife and a daughter, and also is happily settled with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockline Venkatesh
Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 23 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Kannada, and Hindi cinemas. He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company, Rockline Entertainments which has directed over five films as of 2012. In 2015 he co-produced ''Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' which earned the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 63rd National Film Awards. Career 1990–2010 Venkatesh began his career as a stuntman, a villain, supporting roles and produced Kannada television serial initially. He started his production venture in 1996 with co production of Ayudha. He has made films with original stories and also remakes from other languages. He has made films with top super stars of Kannada film industry like Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Ravichandran, Shivaraj Kumar, Upendra, Sudeep, Puneeth Rajkumar, Darshan, Vijay and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobaraj (Kannada Actor)
Shobaraj is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his notable films include ''Yajamana'' (2000), ''Shabdavedhi'' (2000), '' Police Story'' (1996), and '' Sangliyana Part-3'' (1997). Career Shobaraj has been part of more than 250 Kannada films. Selected filmography Kannada * ''Chaitrada Premanjali'' (1990)...Veerabhadra * ''Golibar'' (1993) * ''Lockup Death'' (1994)...Soori * ''Bangarada Kalasha'' (1995)...Murgyappa's son * '' Police Story'' (1996)...Shobaraj "Black Tiger" * ''Snehaloka'' (1999)...Police officer * ''Shabdavedhi'' (2000)...D'Cruz * '' Galate Aliyandru'' (2000) * ''Baava Baamaida'' (2001) * ''Simhadriya Simha'' (2002)...Madesha * ''Hrudayavantha'' (2003) * '' Mourya'' (2004) * ''Swamy'' (2005)...Paramashiva * ''Suntaragaali'' (2006)...Krishnakumar Rao "Hawli Krishna" * ''Deadly Soma'' (2005)...Babaraj * ''Valmiki'' (2005)...Desai * '' Varsha'' (2005) * '' Ayya'' (2005) * '' Police Story'' (2007)...Shobaraj "Black Tiger" * ''Shankar IPS'' (2010) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Kannada-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnataka'' in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. Its capital and largest city is Bengaluru. Karnataka is bordered by the Lakshadweep Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the southwest. It is the only southern state to have land borders with all of the other four southern Indian sister states. The state covers an area of , or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the sixth-largest Indian state by area. With 61,130,704 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Karnataka is the eighth-largest state by population, comprising 31 districts. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deccan Herald
''Deccan Herald'' is an Indian English language daily newspaper published from the Indian state of Karnataka. It was founded by K. N. Guruswamy, a liquor businessman from Ballari and was launched on 17 June 1948. It is published by The Printers Mysore, a privately held company owned by the Nettakallappa family, heirs of Guruswamy. It has seven editions printed from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Davanagere, Hosapete, Mysuru, Mangaluru, and Kalaburagi. History and background ''Deccan Herald'' was launched on 17 June 1948. Its founder, K. N. Guruswamy, in search of a suitable location for a news publishing business, purchased a bar and restaurant called Funnel's, that was owned by an Irish couple, in March 1948. Despite having no experience in the newspaper industry, Guruswamy, along with his close aides and well wishers, decided to launch two newspapers from Bangalore since there was no such title at the time. The Deccan Herald is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two BFJA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as one of the leading playback singers of Indian cinema. Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four. At the age of six, she started her formal training in classical music. When she reached sixteen, she was noticed by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother after she won the television singing reality show ''Sa Re Ga Ma''. Following the success, she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with Bhansali's romantic drama ''Devdas'' (2002) for which she received a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srinivas (singer)
Srinivasan Doraiswamy, known by his stage name Srinivas, is an Indian playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. He has also worked independently as a music composer, working on films and private albums. Early life Singer Srinivas was born On 7 November in Ambasamudram in Tamil Nadu. He was born to Duraiswamy Iyengar and Lakshmi. He learnt Carnatic music from his aunt Padma Narayanan. The great Carnatic stalwarts of the 60s influenced his early days. After which Hindi film music chiefly that of Kishore Kumar & R.D.Burman deeply influenced him in his childhood days.(Later on it was the ghazals of Mehdi Hassan which redefined his singing) He completed his BTech in Dyestuffs And Intermediate Technology from University Department of Chemical Technology of University of Bombay; during which he represented his university in youth festivals. After pursuing his career as a chemical engineer and a marketing professional for ten years, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaitra H
Chaitra (Hindi: चैत्र) is a month of the Hindu calendar. In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year. It is the last month in the Bengali calendar, where it is called Choitro. Chaitra or Chait is also the last month in the Nepali calendar (the Vikram Samvat), where it commences in mid-March. Chithirai is the first month in the Tamil calendar. In the Sindhi calendar, this month is referred to as Chet and is marked by the celebration of the Cheti Chand (birth of Jhulelal, an incarnation of Vishnu). In the Vaishnava calendar, Vishnu governs this month. In solar religious calendars Chaitra Begins with the Sun's Entry Into Pisces In the more traditional reckoning, the first month commences in March or April of the Gregorian calendar, depending upon whether the Purushottam Maas (extra month for alignment of lunar or solar calendar) was observed in the year. There is no fixed date in the Gregorian calendar for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upendra (actor)
Upendra Rao (known mononymously as Upendra; born 18 September 1968) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and politician who works primarily in Kannada cinema. Upendra has also worked in Telugu films . He started his film career as a writer and an assistant director with actor and film director Kashinath. His first directorial venture was ''Tharle Nan Maga'' (1992). In the mid-1990s, Upendra directed '' Om'', followed by '' A'', in which he debuted as an actor. His next film ''Upendra'' starred Raveena Tandon, a Bollywood actress. After a decade of acting in Kannada and several Telugu films, he returned to directing with Kannada film '' Super'', which was well-received critically and commercially. Upendra is known for his work in films such as '' A'' (1998), ''Upendra'' (1999), ''Preethse'' (2000), '' Super Star'' (2002), ''Kutumba'' (2002), ''Gokarna'' (2002), '' Hollywood'' (2002), ''Raktha Kanneeru'' (2003), ''Gowramma'' (2005), ''Aishwarya'' (2006), '' Ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udit Narayan
Udit is an Indian masculine given name that may refer to: *Udit Narayan, Bollywood playback singer *Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent *Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch *Udit Patel (born 1984), Indian cricketer *Udit Raj, Indian politician *Udit Birla (born 1989), Indian cricketer *Kunwar Udit Swaraj, Bollywood playback singer {{given name Indian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaan (singer)
Shantanu Mukherjee (born 30 September 1972), popularly known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, composer, live perfomer ,actor and television personality. He has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established himself as one of the highest-paid and best-established playback singers of Indian cinema. Shaan hosted the shows ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'', ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs'', '' Star Voice of India'' and '' STAR Voice of India 2''. In '' Music Ka Maha Muqabla'', his team, ''Shaan's Strikers'', finished as the runners up to Shankar Mahadevan's team. He appeared as a judge in ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs'' 2014–2015 and ''The Voice India Kids 2016''. In 2015 and 2016, Shaan was the winning coach in each of the first two seasons of ''The Voice''. In 2016, in ''The Voice India Kids'', he was the coach of the runner-up contestant. His sister Sagarika is also a singer. Early life Shaan was born on 30 September 1972 in Bombay in a Bengali fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
