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Naganna
B. Naganna is an Indian film director and writer working in Kannada cinema. He is the son of acclaimed producer and distributor R. Lakshman. After working as an associate director in the K. S. L. Swamy directorial '' Jimmy Gallu'' in 1982, Naganna debuted as a director through the film '' Samrat'' in 1994. His well-known movies include '' O Premave'' (1999), ''Kotigobba'' (2001), ''Gokarna'' (2003), ''Vishnu Sena'' (2005) and '' Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna'' (2012). For the historical drama, ''Sangolli Rayanna'', he won the Best director award at the Times of India film awards. Naganna headed the panel of the Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ... for the year 2015. Filmography References External links * B Naganna Kannada Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangolli Rayanna (film)
''Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna'' (Legendary warrior Sangolli Rayanna) is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language war film directed by Naganna and produced by Anand Appugol. Darshan, Jaya Prada and Nikita Thukral play lead roles. The film is about Sangolli Rayanna, a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka, who fought the East India Company till he was captured and executed in 1830. ''Kranti Veera Sangolli Rayanna'' was produced at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore and collected approximately 30 crore in 22 days of screening in Karnataka and 40 crore in 75 days in theatres. Plot A respectable village head decides to keep his son away from the violent politics of rural life. However, fate intervenes, forcing the young man to not only return home, but also take up the sickle. Cast * Darshan as Sangolli Rayanna * Jayapradha as Kittur Rani Chennamma * Nikita Thukral as Mallavva * Divya Parameshwaran * Shashikumar as Channabasava * Srinivasa Murthy as Veerappa Sardar * Jai Jagadish as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimmick (film)
''Gimmick'' is an 2019 Indian Kannada-language comedy horror film, directed by Naganna and produced by Deepak Samidurai under the banner of Samy Pictures. The film starring Ganesh, Ronica Singh, Chi. Guru Dutt, Shobaraj, Ravishankar Gowda and Sundar Raj is a remake of 2016 Tamil film '' Dhilluku Dhuddu''. The film marks Ronica Singh's debut in the Kannada film industry. The film was released theatrically on 15 August 2019. The story of the film follows a happy-go-lucky poor guy Gani (Played by Ganesh) and wrestler Raani (played by Ronica Singh), daughter of a rich father, who tries to separate them. Cast * Ganesh as Gani * Ronica Singh as Raani * Chi. Guru Dutt as Shet father of Raani * Ravishankar Gowda as Pratao * Shobaraj * Mandya Ramesh as Manic * Sundar Raj as Pulti Sundar raj * Vijay Chendoor Production Naganna, the director of the film began the horror comedy with Ganesh, which was filmed at a house in Sri Lanka, Mysuru and Bengaluru. ''Gimmick'' cast included R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurukshetra (2019 Film)
''Kurukshetra'' is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language mythological war film written by J. K. Bharavi and directed by Naganna. The story is based on the epic poem ''Gadhayuddha'' by Ranna, which itself is based on the Indian epic ''Mahabharata''. The story is centred on Duryodhana, the Kaurava king. The film was produced by Munirathna. The film features an ensemble cast including Darshan, Ambareesh (his final role), V. Ravichandran, P. Ravishankar, Arjun Sarja, Meghana Raj, Sneha, Sonu Sood, Danish Akhtar Saifi, Nikhil Kumar, Haripriya and Shashikumar, portraying characters from ''Mahabharata''. The score and soundtrack for the film is composed by V. Harikrishna whilst it has cinematography by Jayanan Vincent. The film was released on 9 August 2019 across more than 1000 screens, making it the widest release for any Kannada film alongside the dubbed Telugu version. On 15 August, the Tamil version was released. The Malayalam-language version was released on 18 October in Keral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokarna (film)
''Gokarna'' is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language action drama film starring Upendra and Rakshita. The film was directed by Naganna and produced by Upendra's brother Sudheendra Kumar under the banner Anegudda Vinayaka Productions. Music for the film was scored by Gurukiran. It is the second among a series of successful films with the Upendra–Naganna combination. The film also features Madhu Bangarappa, Tennis Krishna, S. Ramesh, Satyajith, Dr. Nagesh, and Indhudhar in supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 1992 Tamil film '' Annamalai'', which was a remake of the 1987 Hindi film ''Khudgarz'', which in turn was based on Jeffrey Archer's novel '' Kane and Abel''. Cast *Upendra *Rakshita *Madhu Bangarappa *Tennis Krishna * S. Ramesh *Satyajit *Dr. Nagesh *Indhudhar *Sitara Vaidya *Nagesh Production After the huge success of the previous project with the Upendra–Naganna combination ''Kutumba'', the producer of the film Shailendra Babu announced that his next film would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutumba
''Kutumba'' ( Family) is a 2003 Kannada-language action film starring Upendra and Natanya Singh. The film was directed by Naganna and produced by Shailendra Babu. Music for the film was scored by Gurukiran. It is the first among a series of successful films under Upendra — Naganna combination. The film also starred Ashok, Gurukiran, Advani Lakshmi Devi, Shwetha in supporting roles and B.C. Patil and Sathya Raj played the negative roles. The film is a remake of the 1991 Telugu film ''Gang Leader'' starring Chiranjeevi. The success of the film led to the release of two other successful films under Upendra — Naganna combination, namely ''Gokarna'' in 2003 and '' Gowramma'' in 2005. Cast *Upendra as Vijay *Natanya Singh as Kanyakumari * Ashok as Vivek *Gurukiran as Vidhyadhar * M. N. Lakshmi Devi *B. C. Patil as Shankar Patil *Arjun (Firoz Khan) as Jayaraj Patil *Nithin Gopi as Sagar *Dr. Nagesh kavati * Bank Suresh * Shwetha as Menaka *Sathyaraj as DCP Shekhar * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samrat (1994 Film)
Samrat is a 1994 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Naganna, making his debut, and produced by M. Rajashekar. The film starred Vishnuvardhan, Sowmya Kulkarni and Vinaya Prasad. The film's music is scored by Hamsalekha whilst the cinematography is by J.G. Krishna. The film released on 4 May 1994 to mixed response from critics and audience and became an ''average'' grosser. Cast * Vishnuvardhan as samrat *Soumya Kulkarni as sandhya *Vinaya Prasad *Puneet Issar as Bhandari *Vajramuni as police commissioner * Maanu as Chief minister * Sudheer as M.L.A * Rockline Venkatesh *Ramesh Bhat * Avinash (special appearance) *Lohithaswa *Mandeep Roy *Sarigama Viji *Nagendra Shah *Bharat Bhagavatar *Mahesh *Jackie shivu Soundtrack The music of the film was composed and lyrics written by Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowramma
''Gowramma'' is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film starring Upendra and Ramya in the lead roles. The film was directed by Naganna and produced by Shailendra Babu. This is the third among a series of successful films under Upendra – Naganna combination. The film also starred Srinivasa Murthy, Doddanna, Ramesh Bhat, Komal, Sadhu Kokila, and Satyajit in supporting roles. Cast * Upendra as Venkataswamy alias Venki * Ramya as Gowri * Srinivasa Murthy as Seenu, Father of Gowri * Doddanna * Ramesh Bhat as Shekhar * Komal as Home chief Bunty * Sadhu Kokila as Photographer * Pavitra Lokesh * Satyajit * Ravi Chethan * Suneetha Shetty * Baby Raksha as Pinki * Sumanth Shastri as Ashok * Rekha Das * Mandeep Rai * Dr. Nagesh kavati * Samrat Rai * Shivaji Rao Jadhav * B. K. Shankar * Vijaya Sarathi * Myna Chandru Production In 2004, Upendra approached Shailendra Babu to remake the 2001 Telugu film ''Nuvvu Naaku Nachav''. Release and reception ''Gowram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Premave (1999 Film)
''O Premave'' is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Naganna. The film stars V. Ravichandran along with Rambha, Doddanna and Srinivasa Murthy in prominent roles. Telugu actor Srihari made his debut in Kannada cinema with this film. The film is a remake of Telugu film '' Premante Idera'' (1998) directed by Jayanth Paranjee and starred Venkatesh and Preity Zinta. The film was produced by Jai Jagadish and Vijayalakshmi Singh and the music was composed by V. Ravichandran. The film upon release met with very good positive response at the box-office. Cast * V. Ravichandran as Raja * Rambha as Prema * Srinivasa Murthy * Srihari * Sadhu Kokila * Doddanna * Keerthi * Mandya Ramesh * Umashree * Bhavyasri Rai * Kashi * Bank Janardhan * Sundar Raj * Mandeep Roy Soundtrack All the songs are composed and scored by V. Ravichandran Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an actor, director, producer, mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotigobba
''Kotigobba'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Vishnuvardhan, Priyanka Upendra and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film was a remake of Rajinikanth's 1995 Tamil film ''Baashha''. This movie was directed by Naganna and features soundtrack from Deva who also composed the music for the Tamil version. Released on 16 November 2001, the film met with very good reviews and was declared as one of the biggest blockbusters completing a successful 30 weeks at the box office and the success function was held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru on Saturday, 16 March 2002. In 2012, director Suresh Krissna who made the original version announced that he would be making a sequel to this film in Kannada language. Vishnuvardhan was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor category. A spiritual successor, ''Kotigobba 2'', starring Sudeep and directed by K. S. Ravikumar was released in 2016. Cast Soundtrack All the songs are composed and scored by Deva Deva may refer to: Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soorappa
''Soorappa'' is a 2000 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Naganna and produced by Super Hit Films. The film stars Vishnuvardhan in his 175th film along with Charan Raj, Shruti and Anu Prabhakar in prominent roles. The film had a musical score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''Maru Malarchi'' (1998), directed by Bharathi, which starred Mammootty and Devayani. The film released to generally positive reviews from critics and was one of the biggest hits of the year 2000. Producer M. B. Babu was renamed ''Soorappa'' Babu after the success of this film. Cast * Vishnuvardhan as Soorappa * Sathyapriya * Shruti * Charan Raj * Anu Prabhakar * Chi Guru Dutt * Bank Janardhan * M. N. Lakshmi Devi * Ramesh Bhat * Tennis Krishna * Mandeep Roy * Krishne Gowda Soundtrack The music of the film was composed and written by Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubai Babu
''Dubai Babu'' is a 2009 Kannada-language film directed by Naganna, and produced by Shailendra Babu under ''Shri Shailendra Productions''. The film is a remake of Telugu film ''Dubai Seenu''. It stars Upendra, Nikitha and Saloni Aswani in the lead roles. Story ''Dubai Babu'' revolves around Babu (Upendra) whose only aim is to fly to Dubai and get rich. He takes the help of a broker to fulfill this ambition and promptly gets duped by him. Stranded in Mumbai, he and his friends open a Pav Stall to keep things going. While in Mumbai, he runs into Vasundhara (Nikitha) and instantly falls for her. After a few meetings, Vasundhara disappears from Mumbai. Babu then heads to Bangalore in search of Vasundhara, who has now become a radio jockey. Trouble crops up in the form of her uncle Inspector Kalaiah, who has evil designs to marry her and constantly terrorises Vasundhara and her father. How Babu hoodwinks Kalaiah to get close to Vasundhara forms the rest of the story. Cast *Upendra as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandhu Balaga
''Bandhu Balaga'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Naganna and written by Janardhan Maharshi. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar and Poonam Kaur, Hema Chaudhary along with Tejaswini Prakash, Shashi Kumar and Harish Raj in other pivotal roles. Parul Yadav, who played the role of sister in law of the hero, made her Kannada debut through this movie. The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. Plot The story surrounds the main character, Subramanya, an illegitimate son of a rich man. He lives with his sister in his village and spends most of his time doing good deeds for people who need help. However, he ends up in trouble when his father steps in to make matters confusing. Cast * Shiva Rajkumar as Subramanya * Poonam Kaur * Hema Choudhary * Shashikumar * Srinivasa Murthy * Doddanna * Jyothirmayi * Tejaswini Prakash as Annapoorna * Harish Raj * Parul Yadav * Dharma * Doddanna * M. N. Lakshmi Devi * Honnavalli Kris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |