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Padmaja Rao
Padmaja Rao is an Indian actress, TV serial director and producer in Karnataka, India. She is a versatile actor known for playing a wide variety of character roles in various film genres. Some of the notable films of Padmaja Rao as an actress include ''Hatavadi'' (2006) ''Mungaru Male'' (2006), ''Gaalipata'' (2008), ''Ugramm'' (2014). She has also forayed into tulu film industry with the blockbuster '' Chaali Polilu'' (2014) Personal life Padmaja Rao did her schooling in Mumbai and then her college in London. She is married and has a son named Sanjeev who is renowned Herpetologist Conservationist and Animal Activist . Career Padmaja Rao started her career with the mega teleserial Moodala Mane directed by Vaishali Kasaravalli which garnered huge popularity across Karnataka. This was followed bPreethi Illada Melemega serial co-starring Yash and Anant Nag which made her household name yet again. She made her Kannada movie debut with V.Ravichandran's Hatavadi. She subsequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mysore
Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of above mean sea level. Mysore is situated at the foothills of Chamundi Hills about towards the southwest of Bangalore and spread across an area of . Mysore City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which is also the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. It served as the capital city of the Kingdom of Mysore for nearly six centuries from 1399 until 1956. The Kingdom was ruled by the Wadiyar dynasty, with a brief period of interregnum in the late 18th century when Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan were in power. The Wadiyars were patrons of art and culture. Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali also contributed significantly to the cultural and economic growth of the city and the state by planting mulber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservation Biology
Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an interdisciplinary subject drawing on natural and social sciences, and the practice of natural resource management. The conservation ethic is based on the findings of conservation biology. Origins The term conservation biology and its conception as a new field originated with the convening of "The First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology" held at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California, in 1978 led by American biologists Bruce A. Wilcox and Michael E. Soulé with a group of leading university and zoo researchers and conservationists including Kurt Benirschke, Sir Otto Frankel, Thomas Lovejoy, and Jared Diamond. The meeting was prompted due to concern over tropical deforestation, disappearin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vayuputra
''Vayuputra'' () is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film directed by Kishore Sarja and produced by his brother, actor Arjun Sarja. The Sarja brothers launched their nephew Chiranjeevi Sarja through this film in the lead role. The rest of the cast includes Ambareesh, Aindrita Ray, Ajay, Sadhu Kokila and several others. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''Sandakozhi'' directed by N. Linguswamy. The original score and soundtrack for the film is composed by V. Harikrishna. The film released on 3 September 2009. This was Kishore's final film as director who passed away three months earlier before the release. Cast * Chiranjeevi Sarja as Balu * Aindrita Ray as Divya * Ambareesh * Ajay * Sadhu Kokila * Mukhyamantri Chandru * Ramesh Bhat * Padmaja Rao * Shobha Raghavendra * Arjun Sarja...Cameo appearance Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by V. Harikrishna and lyrics written by V. Nagendra Prasad and Kaviraj. The song "Ketta Kodukkura" from the origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus (2009 Film)
''Circus'' is a 2009 Kannada-language comedy thriller film directed and produced by Dayal Padmanabhan who previously acted with Ganesh in ''Gaalipata''. It stars Ganesh and Archana Gupta Emil Mohammed composed the songs and background score for the film, where it was released on 15 January 2009 coinciding with Makara Sankranthi. Plot Dhanush is a fun-loving youngster, who along with his friends live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station. They decide to play a prank by sending a letter stating on a particular date a train travelling from Mysore to Bangalore will be exploded. However, they realize that one of the friend's address is posted on the letter. In a hurry, they get into the Railway Mail Service boggie of the train where they discovers that a real plot has been hatched by the terrorists to blow up the Gandhadagudi express on the same day, where they decide to locate them and foil the plan. During their journey, Dhanush and his friends take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taj Mahal (2008 Film)
''Taj Mahal'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by R. Chandru and starring Ajay Rao and Pooja Gandhi. Produced by T. Shivashankar Reddy, the film is Chandru's directoral debut. The film opened on 25 July 2008, and had a 200-day run in Karanataka. Music director Abhiman Roy was awarded the Best Music Director accolade at the Karnataka State Film Awards for his film score. ''Taj Mahal'' was one of the most successful Kannada-language films of 2008. It was remade in Telugu under the same title - ''Taj Mahal'' in 2010. Plot Ajaykumar, an honest, poor boy from a village, hands over a lost suitcase to the police. He tells them that his name is Kumar and leaves his cell number. Shruthi, the owner of the suitcase, is elated when she recovers her father's suitcase, and calls Kumar to thank him. They speak over the phone many times and slowly fall in love. Incidentally they both study in the same engineering college, but Shruthi knows her lover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho (2008 Film)
''Psycho'' is a 2008 Kannada-language suspense thriller written and directed by V. Devadattha. The film stars Dhanush and Anita Bhat in lead roles. It was produced by R. Gurudatth under the banner 4D Creations. Raghu Dixit composed the music, marking his debut. Plot A lonely young man (Dhanush) lives in a horrific old house. His inner feelings brighten up when he falls for a girl named Pavana (Anita Bhat). He stalks her at every place, and he has a weird practice of collecting her leftover things at every place she visits and maintains a gallery in his house. But he is unable to confess his love. This routine process occurs every day. Pavana, an aspiring TV anchor stays in a working women's hostel. She finally gets an anchoring job in a reputed TV Channel. He becomes a huge fan and a regular audience of her show. One day, at her show he is finally able to talk to her on-air and she becomes intrigued by his sincerity. She requests him to sing and get impressed by the song's me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madesha
Madesha is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language action-thriller film starring Shiva Rajkumar and Sonu Bhatia. It was directed by Ravi Srivathsa and produced by B. M. Govardhan Murthy. The movie released in August. Audio was launched on 24 Jun 2008. Cast *Shiva Rajkumar as Madesha *Sonu Bhatia *Ravi Belagere *Ravi Kale as Ashok Kumar *Ramesh Pandit *Muniraj *Bullet Prakash *Kote Prabhakar *Raghu *Harish Rai *Arun Sagar *Padmaja Rao *M. N. Lakshmi Devi *Vijayasarathi *Mallesh *Dattatreya *Ashwath Narayana *Sathish Ninasam *Jyothi Rana - Item number Soundtrack The music was composed by Mano Murthy and released by T-Series. Reception Critical response R G Vijayasarathy of '' Rediff.com'' scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and says "Mano Murthy has composed music for an action film for the first time. His songs have variety, but they are not exceptional. The background score by Sadhu Kokila is good. Maadesha is an enjoyable film for Shivraj Kumar fans". A critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky (2008 Film)
''Rocky'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. K. Nagendra Urs and written by Vijay Chendoor. The film stars Yash and newcomer Bianca Desai along with Jai Jagadish, Ramesh Bhat and Santhosh in other pivotal roles. The film featured original score and soundtrack composed by Venkat-Narayan. Although an excellent musical original film with good music in which S. P. Balasubrahmanyam has sung a duet with Priyadarshini which was his last for the younger generation hero and also from this movie actor Yash got the name "Rocky Bhai". "Rocky" met with negative response with most critics who tried to compare it to films from other languages. Plot Rocky ( Yash) is a young college student raised in an unloving home. Usha (Bianca Desai) comes from a loving home but lost her mother in death. They meet on her first day of college and it is love at first sight for Rocky. Usha agrees to be friends and Rocky hides his feelings for her. One day he is dismayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunavantha
''Gunavantha'' is a 2007 Kannada romance film directed by Raghuvardhan and starring Prem Kumar and Rekha Vedavyas in the lead roles with Sharan and Rangayana Raghu in other pivotal roles. The film had musical score and lyrics written by Hamsalekha. The film opened on 30 November 2007 to mixed reviews and didn't perform well at the box-office. Cast * Prem Kumar as Guna shekar * Rekha Vedavyas as Uma * Rangayana Raghu as Gold Reddy * Sharan * Avinash * Chitra Shenoy as Padma * Padmaja Rao * Ramesh Bhat Soundtrack The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Nadha brahma Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, di .... References External linksGunavantha reviews Indian romance films 2007 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Hamsalekha 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actress
The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress is given by '' Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. Although the Filmfare awards started in 1954, awards for the Best Supporting Actress category started the following year 1955. Winners and nominees 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals have received two or more Best Supporting Actress awards: {, class="wikitable" rowspan=2 border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f6e39c; , - ! scope="col" , Wins ! scope="col" , Actress , - , 3 , , - , 2 , {{cslist, Shashikala, Simi Garewal, Raakhee, Rohini Hattangadi, Aruna Irani, Konkona Sen Sharma The following individuals have received five or more Best Supporting Actress nominations: {, class="wikitable" rowspan=2 border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f6e39c; , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anant Nag
Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and English films. He has featured in theatre plays, parallel cinema and television shows. Nag made his feature film debut through ''Sankalpa'' (1973) directed by Prof. P.V Nanjaraj Urs. Sankalpa went on to win seven state awards in Karnataka. His foray into parallel cinema was through Shyam Benegal's '' Ankur'' (1974). His commercially successful Kannada films have been ''Bayalu Daari'' (1976), ''Kanneshwara Rama'' (1977), ''Naa Ninna Bidalaare'' (1979), ''Chandanada Gombe'' (1979), ''Benkiya Bale'' (1983), ''Hendthige Helbedi'' (1989), ''Ganeshana Maduve'' (1990), ''Gowri Ganesha'' (1991), ''Mungaru Maley'' (2006), ''Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu'' (2016) and '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'' (2018). He acted in '' Malgudi Days'', a Doordarshan aire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yash (actor)
Naveen Kumar Gowda (born 8 January 1986), better known by his stage name Yash, is an Indian actor who works in Kannada films. He is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South. Yash began his career with appearances in several television series in the 2000s. He made his film debut in 2007 with ''Jambada Hudugi''. The 2008 romantic drama ''Moggina Manasu'', for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, proved to be a breakthrough role, breakthrough for Yash. His first film in a leading role, ''Rocky (2008 film), Rocky'' (2008), was poorly received critically and a box office flop. He followed it up with a series of romance films that were commercial successes, and received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada, Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination for ''Drama (2012 film), Drama'' in 2012. Yash went on to establish himself as a leading actor of Kannada cinema with the college romance ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
