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Mr. Airavata
''Mr. Airavata'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film directed and written by A. P. Arjun and produced by Sandesh Nagaraj. The film stars Darshan, Urvashi Rautela and Prakash Raj in the lead roles and also Darshan's son Vineesh making his acting debut. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna. Plot Airavata ( Darshan) serves as a good Police Officer who works for the well-being of society. The film starts with the chief minister and IG of Karnataka coming to the house of Vitta Gowda (Ananth Nag) to request that he send his grandson Airavata ( Darshan) to duty as soon as possible. He agrees but wit favorable conditionsns. Outside, a reporter asks her senior the reason for such a fuss. Then the senior explains the story. Six months earlier, Airavata had joined Bangalore police as the ACP. He brought over a big change to the crime-filled city and slowly eradicated all signs of criminal activity. He brings up new rules that serve the public without consulting higher of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (actor)
Darshan Thoogudeepa (born 16 February 1977) known mononymously as Darshan is an Indian actor, producer, and distributor who works predominantly in Kannada films. One of the leading contemporary actors of Kannada cinema, Darshan established the production house Thoogudeepa Productions in 2006. Its first production was '' Jothe Jotheyali'', with Darshan in a special appearance. He began his acting career in soap operas and small films in the mid-1990s. His first film in a lead role was in the 2002 Kannada movie '' Majestic''. Darshan starred in commercially successful films such as ''Kariya'' (2003), '' Namma Preethiya Ramu'' (2003), ''Kalasipalya'' (2005), ''Gaja'' (2008), ''Navagraha'' (2008),''Saarathi'' (2011), ''Bulbul'' (2013) '' Yajamana'' (2019) and ''Roberrt'' (2021), . His performances in '' Anatharu'' (2007) and '' Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna'' (2012) won him praise from critics; his performance in the latter as the 19th-century warrior Sangolli Rayanna won him the Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Item Number
In Indian cinema, an item number or item song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films (Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, and Bengali cinema) to describe a catchy, upbeat, often provocative dance sequence for a song performed in a movie.Journals : Item number defined The main aim of an item number is to entertain movie-goers and to lend support to the marketability of the film by being featured in . They are favoured by filmmakers as they afford t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chintan Vikas
Chintan Vikas (born 1989) is an Indian playback singer, keyboard programmer, percussionist, vocal arranger, dubbing artiste and theatre activist, known for his works in Kannada. For his song ''Saahore Saahore'' in the film Gajakesari, Vikas won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2014. Early life Chintan Vikas was born in Mysore to theatre personalities H. Janardhan and Sumathi. His father, known as Janny, served as the director of the Rangayana. Career Chintan entered the theatre as a street play artist at the age of four. He learnt Hindustani Classical Music from musician Veerabhadraiah Hiremath and became an assistant to the composer V. Manohar. He has worked with many composers in the industry including Hamsalekha, V. Manohar, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, B. Ajaneesh Loknath B. Ajaneesh Loknath (born 20 November 1985) is an Indian composer who works predominantly for Kannada cinema. He received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhosh Venky
Santhosh Venky is an Indian playback singer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He has performed for many Kannada film songs. Starting his singing career from the film ''Krishnan Marriage Story'' in 2011, Santhosh Venky recorded for many film songs and won Karnataka State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South for his singing. Filmography *2015 ''Aatagara'' *2015 ''Preethiyalli Sahaja'' *2015 '' Rhaatee'' *2016 ''Jai Maruthi 800'' *2018 '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'' *2019 ''Yajamana (2019 film)'' *2022 '' Odeya'' *2022 ''Iravan'' *2022 ''Shokiwala'' *2021 '' Antim'' *2022 '' Nam annayya'' *2022 ''Madhagaja'' *2022 '' ET'' *2022 '' K.G.F: Chapter 2'' *2022 ''Liger'' Awards State Awards * 2015 – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer – "Sundarangiye" (''Preethiyalli Sahaja'') Filmfare Awards * 2015 – Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada – "Raja Raniyanthe" ('' Rhaatee'') * 2016 - Nominated - "Mandara Mandara" ("J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arundhati Nag
Arundhati Nag (née Rao; born 1955/1956) is an Indian actress. She has been involved with multilingual Theatre in India, for over 25 years, first in Mumbai where she got involved with Indian People's Theatre Association ( IPTA), and did various productions in Gujarati, Marathi, and Hindi theatre, and then in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and English, in Bangalore. They stayed in Chintamani, Karnataka for a few years. Following her marriage to Kannada actor-director Shankar Nag (1980–1990), her association with theatre continued in Bangalore, where she performed several plays in Kannada: Girish Karnad's ''Anju Mallige'', ''27 Mavalli Circle'' based on the famous play ''Wait Until Dark'', ''Sandhya Chayya'' (Jayant Dalvi), Girish Karnad's ''Nagamandala'', and Bertolt Brecht's ''Mother Courage'' as ''Hulaguru Huliyavva''. She also worked in several Kannada movies: ''Accident'' (1984), ''Parameshi Prema Prasanga'' (1984) and ''Nodiswamy, Navirodu Heege'' (1987). Nag built a theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India. For four decades Karnad composed plays, often using history and mythology to tackle contemporary issues. He translated his plays into English and received acclaim. His plays have been translated into some Indian languages and directed by directors like Ebrahim Alkazi, B. V. Karanth, Alyque Padamsee, Prasanna, Arvind Gaur, Satyadev Dubey, Vijaya Mehta, Shyamanand Jalan, Amal Allanaa and Zafer Mohiuddin. He was active in the world of Indian cinema working as an actor, director and screenwriter, in Hind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachita Ram
Bindhya Ram , known by her stage name Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Kannada films. Rachita made her film debut with the 2013 film ''Bulbul (2013 film), Bulbul'' as the lead opposite Darshan (actor), Darshan S. Early life She is a trained classical Bharata Natyam dancer who has given more than 50 performances. Her father Ram, also a Bharata Natyam dancer, has given nearly 500 public performances. She has a sister, Nithya Ram, who is also a television and film actress. She studied High school at Niveditha Girls High School, Gavipuram, Bengaluru. Career In 2012, she auditioned for a lead role in ''Bulbul (2013 film), Bulbul'' alongside 200 participants and was selected. Before that she worked in the Kannada television soap ''Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu'' along with her sister Nithya Ram. She was paired opposite Darshan (actor), Darshan in the film that went on to become a success commercially. On her performance, G. S. Kumar of ''The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buguri
''Buguri'' ( ''Top'') is a 2015 Indian Kannada language film directed by M. D. Sridhar. It stars Ganesh, Richa Panai and Erica Fernandes. Sridhar had previously worked with Ganesh in the films like ''Chellata'' (2006) and ''Krishna'' (2007). The film's cinematography is handled by AV Krishnakumar and the music has been composed by Mickey J Meyer. Plot Krishna (Ganesh) is sent back by his fiancée Ishanya (Erica Fernandes) to pursue back his college lover Nandini (Richa Panai). But after meeting her, he realises she is engaged and returns to Ishanya. Cast * Ganesh as Krishna * Richa Panai as Nandini * Erica Fernandes as Ishanya * Sadhu Kokila * Ashok * Chitra Shenoy * Sudha Belawadi * Saritha Jain * H. G. Dattatreya * Srinagar Kitty as Karthik (cameo appearance) Production ''Buguri'' got a kick-off by Darshan and V Ravichandran attending the opening function. The film started shooting in June 2014 and had an 80-day schedule. It completed shooting in December 2014. Golden sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninnindale
''Ninnindale'' () is an 2014 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, a popular Telugu cinema film director making his debut in Kannada cinema. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Erica Fernandes.Muthanna, Anjali (14 August 2013Puneeth's Ninnindale launched Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 19 February 2014. The film is produced by Vijay Kirgandur under the banner of Hombale Films. The soundtrack and original score is composed by Mani Sharma and the cinematography is by P.G.Vindha. The film's title is inspired by the track called "Ninnindale" from Puneeth Rajkumar's earlier venture, '' Milana''. Plot Vicky Venkatesh is from a rich Indian family based in New York. He is an adventurous person and is having fun with his friends like a perfect youth would do. Pramila is new to New York. She gets humiliated at an interview being an Indian. She gets cheered up by Vicky and his friends. She also becomes their squad member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Fernandes
Erica Jennifer Fernandes is an Indian actress and model, who works in Indian television and films. She got her breakthrough with her television debut, portraying Dr. Sonakshi Bose in ''Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi''. Erica has also acted in many films in South including ''Ninnindale'' and ''Galipatam''. Erica is also known for her portrayal of Prerna Sharma in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. Early life Erica was born in Mumbai to Ralph Fernandes and Lavina Fernandes, in a Konkani Mangalorean Catholic family. She did her schooling from Holy Cross High School, Kurla and completed her Pre-Degree Course from Sies College Of Arts, Science & Commerce, Sion. She had enrolled for a BA degree from St Andrew's College, Bandra. Later she discontinued her studies to pursue a career in modelling. Career Modelling career She always aspired to be a model since childhood, which earned her the crown of "Bombay Times Fresh Face", "Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face 2011" and "Pantaloons Femina Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravichandran (Kannada Actor)
Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor in the Kannada Film Industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravichandran continues to run his father's production house, Sri Eswari Productions. He is popularly known as "Crazy Star", a title fans have prefixed to his name. Personal life Ravichandran was born in Tirunelveli, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India to N. Veeraswamy and Pattammal. His father is N. Veeraswamy was a producer of South Indian film industry. Ravichandran married Sumathi, on the Valentine's Day; 14 February 1986. The couple has a daughter Geethanjali, two sons Manoranjan and Vikram. Manoranjan made his acting debut with ''Saheba (film), Saheba'' (2017). Ravichandran famous for bringing innovations to Kannada film industry through Premaloka (1987) and introducing ''Juhi Chawla''. Film career He made his first on screen appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanteerava Studios
Kanteerava Studios which was planned and allotted for the development of Kannada Films providing world class facilities. Rajkumar and his son Puneeth Rajkumar, popular actors in Kannada cinema, are buried within the studio grounds. History In 1966 the Kanteerava Studio was launched as a joint stock company on of land. The studio was started with the Government of Karnataka holding 93 per cent of the share capital and the remaining 7 per cent by private shareholders. Over the several decades, the studio suffered losses, as new generation of film-makers and new techniques took over the industry. In 2005, the State Government initiated a proposal to revive the studio by leashing in private firms for the maintenance. This was followed by two recommendations by the ''Public Sector Reforms Commission'' — that is, either to close down unhealthy government undertakings or to go for private partnerships to revive them. The government then informed that, it was open to offer seventy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
