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Neethu
Neethu, also known as Neethu Shetty, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada-language films and a few Tulu and Malayalam films. She won acclaim and praise for movies like '' Joke Falls'' (2004), '' Beru'' (2005), ''Photographer'' (2006), ''Koti Chennaya'' (2007), ''Gaalipata'' (2008), '' Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro'' (2009) and many others. She has done cameos in other successful movies like '' Abhinetri'' and '' Fair & Lovely''. She has worked with notable actors Ramesh Aravind, V. Ravichandran, Mohanlal, H. G. Dattatreya, Kishore Kumar G, Ganesh, Jaggesh, Doddanna, Anant Nag, Diganth. Career Neethu Shetty acted in ''Punya'', a serial directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar and made her debut through the Jaggesh and Komal-starrer ''Govinda Gopala'' and then went on to act in a horror flick ''Yahoo'', which was an average grosser. Her first commercially successful movie was '' Joke Falls'', where she was paired alongside Ramesh Aravind, which was positive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigg Boss Kannada 2
The second season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series ''Bigg Boss'' was telecast on Asianet Suvarna and produced by Endemol India. The show premiered on 29 June 2014 with Sudeep as the host. Among four finalists Akul Balaji emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by Srujan Lokesh as runner-up, Deepika Kamaiah and Shwetha Chengappa as third and fourth respectively Housemates status Housemates Original entrants #Adi Lokesh, son of late Mysore Lokesh, is known for his villain roles in Kannada film industry. #Akul Balaji is a host of Kannada reality shows, '' Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star'' (2014) being the most recent. Akul Balaji currently the winner of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 2. #Anita Bhat Prabhakar Mandya #Anupama Bhat anchored morning show and ''Kitchen Taare'' on (Udaya TV) and was a contestant in '' Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star''. #Deepika Kamaiah is a Kannada actress notable for a leading role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaalipata
''Gaalipata'' () is a 2008 Indian romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat. It features an ensemble cast consisting of Ganesh, Anant Nag, Rajesh Krishnan, Diganth, Daisy Bopanna, Neethu and Bhavana Rao. The plot revolves around three friends who, debilitated of city life, decide to spend some time in the paternal house of one of them, at a picturesque location atop a hill station. Spending a gala time there, they become romantically involved with the three daughters of an avid Hunter. The film was produced by Suryaprakash Rao of SPR Entertainment Pvt Ltd., and was made on a budget 60 million. The cinematography was done by R. Rathnavelu, and the film was edited by Suresh Urs. The film score and soundtrack were composed by V. Harikrishna. ''Gaalipata'' was the first in Kannada to be shot in Super 35 format. The film was released on 18 January 2008 to critical acclaim, receiving praise for the screenplay, cinematography, and the performances of Nag and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro
''Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro'' ( kn, ಕೃಷ್ಣ ನೀ ಲೇಟಾಗ್ ಬಾರೋ) is a 2010 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by actor Mohan Shankar. Besides Mohan, the film stars Ramesh Aravind, Neethu and Nidhi Subbaiah in pivotal roles. The film is produced by S.CHANDRA SHEKAR and the music is composed by the flautist Pravin Godkhindi. The film released on 9 April 2010 across Karnataka cinema halls. The critics noted the film to be funny and the lead characters performance to be noteworthy, henceforth the movie garnered positive reviews making it a commercially successful movie. Plot Krishna (Ramesh) is a lecturer in a women's college. Lakshmi (Nidhi), his relative, is in deep love with him. However, he hates all women as taught by his Guru. Meanwhile, Sumitra Andal (Neethu) is a student of Krishna and is in love with a fashion photographer Sundaram Pillai (Mohan). But her father is against this as he is adamant to have his daughter married to his own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photographer (film)
''Photographer'' is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Ranjan Pramod. Starring Mohanlal, Neethu, Master Mani and Biju Menon in lead roles. The film is loosely based on the Muthanga incident of 2003, in which a policeman and a tribal were killed. Mohanlal plays dual roles as a wildlife photographer and a farmer. The soundtrack was composed by Johnson. The film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Pramod and the debut of Kannada actress Neethu in Malayalam cinema, as well as the comeback of composer Johnson after a sabbatical. ''Photographer'' was released on 21 October 2006 on the occasion of Diwali. Mani, who played the role of a tribal boy won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. Johnson won the Mathrubhumi Film Award for Best Music Director for the soundtrack and Mullasserry Raju Music Award for the song "Enthe Kannanu". Plot Dijo John is a nature and wildlife photographer. He has a wife and a young son. In a flashback ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joke Falls
''Joke Falls'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language comedy movie, directed by Ashok Patil and produced by Atlanta Nagendra. Music was composed by Mano Murthy. The movie is a remake of 1975 Hindi movie '' Chupke Chupke'' which itself remake of 1971 Bengali movie '' Chhadmabeshi''. Production Director Patil devised the basic plot of the story from the Hindi movie Chupke Chupke and reworked it to give it a fresh look. Patil then recruited Ramesh to act in the film. Newcomer Neethu was chosen to play the female lead. Deepali who had previously acted in ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' was chosen to play the second female lead. Plot Botany professor Anant Patil falls in love with Sulekha and marries her to the dismay of Sulekha's brother in law, Raghav Joshi. Raghav refuses to attend the wedding. But Anant decides to turn the tables on Raghav and teach him a lesson. Cast * Ramesh Aravind as Anant Patil, botany professor * Neethu as Sulekha * Deepali as Vasudha * Sudha Belawadi * Dileep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beru (film)
''Beru'' () is a 2005 Indian Kannada language satirical film directed by P. Sheshadri starring Suchendra Prasad, H. G. Dattatreya, Neethu and M. P. Venkatarao. The film was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 52nd National Film Awards. Concept A governing system, big or small, is meant for service to people and development activities. But the degradation of moral values, lack of commitment, and the overall apathy of the public to the commissions and omissions of the system can lead to dangerous situations. The system may degenerate into self-seeking and -protecting power centers instead of being proactive service centers. When that happens, the system becomes breeding ground of corruption and scandals, manipulations and cover-ups. That leaves little time for bureaucracy to look into the basic objectives of ‘service’ and ‘development’. Even honest individuals who want to do good get sucked into this stinking system. In time, the whole s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aithalakkadi
''Aithalakkadi'' is a 2010 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by J.G. Krishna. The film stars Rangayana Raghu and Bullet Prakash in leading roles. The music of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila. Cast *Rangayana Raghu as Raghu *Bullet Prakash as Prakasha * Sangeetha as Raghu's wife * Neethu Shobaraj * Sharan *Girija Lokesh *Padmaja Rao *Karibasavaiah *Honnavalli Krishna *Malavalli Saikrishna *Bank Janardhan *M. S. Umesh *Sudeep ... Guest appearance *V. Ravichandran ... Guest appearance *Vijay Raghavendra ... Guest appearance *Jaggesh ... Guest appearance Soundtrack Reception Critical response A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "While Rangayana Raghu is simply superb, Bullet Prakash excels. Sadhu Kokila's role as film director keeps you in good humour. Neethu is a treat to watch in the role of Sevanthi. Music by Sadhu Kokila is okay". Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of ''Rediff.com'' scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koti Chennaya
''Koti Chennaya'' is 2007 historical Tulu language film based on the lives of Koti and Chennayya, the twin cultural folk heroes of Tulu Nadu. The film, which combines history, folklore and social stratum of yesteryear Tulu Nadu, is directed by Anand P Raju, with R Dhanaraj serving as producer under the banner of Prarthana Creations. The film stars Balakrishna Shetty as Koti, Shekar Kotian as Chennaiah, Vinaya Prasad as Kinnidaru and Neethu as Deyi Baidithi in the lead roles. The film has won the Indian National Award for Best Feature Film in Tulu at the 54th National Film Awards The 54th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2006. Three different committee ..., and Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007. References Films scored by V. Manohar {{Tulu-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhinetri (2015 Film)
''Abhinetri – The Tragedy of a Legend'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada language film directed by Satish Pradhan. It stars Pooja Gandhi in the lead role. The film is based on the life of actress Kalpana. The supporting cast features Makarand Deshpande, Srinagar Kitty, Atul Kulkarni, P. Ravi Shankar and Neethu. After much delay in the post production, the film opened on screens on 30 January 2015. Synopsis The movie is a loose biopic about Minuguthaare Kalpana, Kannada's yesteryears actress played by Pooja Gandhi. Her rise and fall are both captured. The movie begins with a young girl who wishes to become a film star. When she sets on to follow her dream, she's taken aback by the number of film personalities wanting sexual favours from her to project her talent. Soon, however, she finds fame. This makes her arrogant, and this slowly begins to affect her life. Her popularity which had reached its peak is now slowly falling and it hits rock bottom. Things start going very miserable, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair & Lovely (film)
''Fair & Lovely'' (''Phēr aṇḍ lavlī'') is a 2014 Indian Kannada romance drama film written and directed by D. P. Raghuram. Produced by Shilpa Ramesh under the banner Jade Plant Ventures, the film stars Prem Kumar as Manoj and Shwetha Srivatsav as Bhumika, a sex worker, in the lead roles. Vijay Raghavendra appears in an extended special appearance. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna who has also made his debut as a lyricist by penning one track for the film. The film was released on 24 October 2014, to generally positive reviews from critics, who acclaimed the film's screenplay, narration, dialogues, cinematography and the performances of the lead pair, Kumar and Shwetha Srivatsav. The latter's performance won her the Best Actress at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South. Cast * Prem Kumar as Manoj "Manu" * Shwetha Srivatsav as Bhumika * Om Prakash Rao * Vijay Raghavendra as Abhimanyu * Anu Prabhakar * Vishal Hegde * Neethu * Nakshatra * Giri Production Development Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diganth
Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), mononymously known as Diganth, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Kannada films. Diganth made his acting debut in ''Miss California'' in 2006. He is a recipient of one SIIMA Award along with four Filmfare Award South nominations. Diganth's success pushed him to be among the top league actors of Kannada cinema. Diganath had his first success with ''Gaalipata'' (2008), which earned him the title "Doodhpeda" and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada nomination. He then received praises for his performance in ''Manasaare'' (2009), ''Pancharangi'' (2010), ''Lifeu Ishtene'' (2011) and ''Parijatha'' (2012), receiving Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada nomination for the former two. His career saw a setback with few unsuccessful films including his Hindi debut ''Wedding Pullav'' (2015). Diganath received further success with ''Chowka'', '' Happy New Year'', both (2017). He received SIIMA Best Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is and award presented annually by the '' Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe .... Although the awards for Kannada films started in 1970, awards for the best supporting actress category started only in 2007. At the 54th Filmfare Awards South ceremony held in 2007, Leelavathi was the first winner of this award for his role in ''Kannadada Kanda''. Since its inception, the award has been given to ten different actresses. With three nominations including one win, Tara has been the most nominated. As of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
