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Radhika Narayan
Radhika Narayan is an Indian actress, working primarily in mainstream Kannada cinema, and in Kannada theater, is a method actress who is known for the selection of her projects. Early life Radhika Narayan was born in the Krishna Temple city Udupi, Karnataka. She is an engineering graduate from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology, in the Heritage city Mysore. Besides being a film actress, she is a trained Kathak dancer, who is actively involved with WeMove Theatre movement and also acted in short films. She has also worked as a model from earlier in her career. She was also a yoga instructor in Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana in Bangalore. Career In her big screen debut in Anup Bhandari's directorial Kannada thriller ''RangiTaranga'' (2015), she plays the protagonist character as Indu Suvarna, the wife of Gautam Suvarna (Nirup Bhandari). The movie was critically acclaimed for its screenplay, score and cinematography. Due to its word-of-mouth marketing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udupi
Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. It is the administrative headquarters of Udupi district, and one of the fastest-growing cities in Karnataka. Udupi is one of the top tourist attractions in Karnataka and has various educational institutions. It is notable for the Krishna Temple and is also known as the temple city. It also lends its name to the popular Udupi cuisine, is also known as Parashurama Kshetra , and is famous for Kanakana kindi. A centre of pilgrimage, Udupi is known as Rajata Peetha and Shivalli (Shivabelle). Etymology The name ''Udupi'' is the stylized form of the city. History In the 13th century, Vaishnavite saint Madhvacharya founded the Sri Krishna Temple. He set up eight ''mathas'' - Ashta Mathas- In Kannada - ಅಷ್ಟ ಮಠಗಳು in Udupi t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India, as well as the largest city in South India, and the 27th largest city in the world. Located on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over above sea level, Bangalore has a pleasant climate throughout the year, with its parks and green spaces earning it the reputation as the "Garden City" of India. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India. An aerospace, heavy engineering and electronics hub since the 1960s, Bangalore is widely regarded as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.——— In the Ease of Living Index 2020 (published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs), it was ranked the most livable Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st IIFA Utsavam
The 1st IIFA Utsavam ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema in 2015 was an event held on 24 and 25 January 2016 at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad. Marking the inaugural event of the IIFA Utsavam, it recognised the best work from the four industries during the period from late 2014 to late 2015 and awarded prizes to performers and technicians from the Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Awards and Nominees Main awards Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Other awards * Special Award: K. Balachander * Best Cinematographer (Malayalam): Amal Neerad (''Iyobinte Pusthakam'') * Best Production Designer (Tamil): Sabu Cyril (''Baahubali: The Beginning'') * Best Background Music: B. Ajaneesh Loknath (''Rangitaranga'') * Best Sound Mixing: Murali Rayasam (''Rangitaranga'') References Specific {{IIFA Awards 2016 Indian film awards I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase (2022 Film)
''Chase'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language crime drama film directed by Vilok Shetty. The film is a partial adaptation of the Korean film '' Blind''. The film stars Radhika Narayan and Avinash S Divakar. Cast *Radhika Narayan as Nidhi * Avinash S Divakar as Avinash * Sheetal Shetty as a doctor * Arjun Yogesh Raj as Yash * Sushant Pujari *Aravind Bolar *Arvind Rao as driver *Swetha Sanjeevulu as Swetha Production Radhika Narayan learnt Krav Maga for the role. Actor Avinash Divakar also worked as an art director for the film. Reception Sunayana Suresh of ''The Times of India'' wrote that "Chase is a good outing to the cinema hall, even though the film did take a while to hit the screens. It will definitely interest lovers of the thriller genre". A. Sharadhaa of ''The New Indian Express'' opined that "Honestly, contrary to the title, this is not at all a film that needs to be chased and watched". Y Mahesswara Reddy of ''Bangalore Mirror ''Bangalore Mirror'' is a daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivaji Surathkal
''Shivaji Surathkal: The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya'' is an 2020 Kannada-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Akash Srivatsa, who also co-wrote the film with Abhijith YR, and produced by Anup Gowda-Reka KN. It stars Ramesh Aravind (in his 101st film) and Radhika Narayan in lead roles. ''Shivaji Surathkal: The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya'' was released on 21 February 2020 where it received positive reviews from critics and went on to become the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2020. After the success of the film, the makers have decided to create a franchise and a sequel of the film titled '' Shivaji Surathkal: The Mysterious Case of Maayavi'' is released on 14 April 2022. Premise Detective Shivaji Surathkal leaves to an eerie resort in Ranagiri to investigate the death of Roshan Ravi, the son of Home Minister Rajiv Ravi. While searching for clues, Shivaji must deal his own trauma of losing his wife Janani and analyse the 11 suspects behind Roshan's death. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundina Nildana
''Mundina Nildana'' is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Vinay Bharadwaj, and produced by Coastal Breeze Productions. The film stars Praveen Tej, Radhika Chetan and Ananya Kashyap in lead roles. The posters are designed by the 'Rudra Hanuman' fame painter Karan Acharya. The sound design is done by award-winning Ajay Kumar PB (Badlapur, Andhadhun fame). While the movie has seven songs composed by seven different music directors, the background score is done by Jim Satya who has worked on notable movies like Barfi, Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani. The coloring of the film is done by colorist Siddhartha Gandhi from Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies. Dialogues are written by Abhishek Iyengar. The movie's VFX is done by Pixel Digital Studios who has worked on notable movies like Baahubali and Gully Boy. Plot Partha, Meera, and Ahana who are completely different from each other have set out on a liberating journey that is taking them to their next destination. All thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villain (2018 Film)
''The Villain'' is a 2018 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Prem and produced by C. R. Manohar. It stars Shiva Rajkumar, Sudeepa and Amy Jackson, while Saranya Ponvannan, Srikanth and Mithun Chakraborty play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Arjun Janya. The film was released on 18 October 2018. Plot ''The Villain'' revolves around Ramu, who is searching for someone where his mother's chain gets stolen by a chain-snatcher, who drops it somewhere during the chase. He meets a social activist Seetha, who is saved by Ramu when unknown goons arrive to kill her and finds his chain, but Seetha reveals it is her chain. When Ramu ask Seetha about the chain, she reveals about Kaizer-Ram, who is a crime boss in Dubai and she meets him in a drama, when he was travelling to Sri Lanka. Kaizer-Ram falls in love with Seetha and meet at a temple where he reveals that Kaizer and Ram are different persons and Kaizer is actually his best fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hottegagi Genu Bategagi
''Hottegagi Genu Battegagi'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada language drama film written and directed by Narendra Babu. Produced by Sudarshan G, Ramamurthy H R and Harish Sherigar, film's music is scored by Ramchandra Hadapad. This movie is influenced by a 2015 Hollywood movie, '' The Intern'', starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. Anant Nag, Radhika Chetan, Gitanjali Rai feature in main roles. P K H Das is the cinematographer of the film, under the banner of ACME Movies International. Cast * Anant Nag as Shyam Prasad * Radhika Chetan as Shravya * Gitanjali RaGitanjali Rai* Harish Sherigar * Rakesh (rocko) as Mohith Production The title for the film, which is a proverb in the Kannada language, was suggested by 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 Eng ..., who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaafi Thota
''Kaafi Thota'' is a 2017 Indian romantic thriller Kannada film written, directed and co-produced by T. N. Seetharam. Adapting a crowd-funding methodology, Seetharam produced the film along with 29 other donors under the maiden banner "Manvanthara Films". The film stars Raghu Mukherjee, Radhika Chetan and Samyukta Hornad in the lead roles along with Rahul Madhav, B. C. Patil, Achyuth Kumar, Sudha Belawadi and Sundar Raj in key supporting roles. The film score is by Mithun Mukundan and Anoop Seelin and the cinematography is by Ashok Kashyap. The film was officially launched on 9 December 2016. The project marks the comeback of T. N. Seetharam to the big screen after his earlier directorial ''Meera Madhava Raghava''. The trailer was launched on 6 August 2017 by actor Yash in Bangalore. The film was released on 18 August 2017. Plot Chami ( Rahul Madhav), a travelling musician who is a bit of a wanderlust, arrives at a palatial coffee estate owned by Mythili (Radhika Chetan) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BB5 (film)
''BB5'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada language thriller film written and directed by Janardhan N. It features Poornachandra Mysore and Radhika Chetan in the lead roles. Rajesh Nataranga, Rashmi Prabhakar and Giriraj B. M. feature in key supporting roles. The score and soundtrack for the film is by Chethan Kumar Shastry and the cinematography is by Chethan Royie. The film was released on 26 May 2017. Cast * Poornachandra Mysore * Radhika Chetan as Kriti * Rajesh Nataranga * Rashmi Prabhakar Rashmi Prabhakar is an Indian television actress. She predominantly acts in Kannada and Telugu industries. She is known for her role in the Kannada television series, '' Lakshmi Baramma''. Early life Rashmi grew up in Kodi, a small village o ... * Giriraj B. M. Soundtrack The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Chethan Kumar Shastry. The lyrics for the songs were written by Janardhan. N. Reception Times of India rated it as 3 out of 5. References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U Turn (2016 Film)
''U Turn'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language supernatural thriller film written, produced and directed by Pawan Kumar. It stars Shraddha Srinath in the lead role. Roger Narayan, Dileep Raj and Radhika Chetan feature in supporting roles. The plot revolves around the death of motorists who break a traffic rule at a particular flyover in Bangalore and subsequent pinning down of the culprit by an intern journalist and police inspector duo. ''U-Turn'' was first remade in Malayalam in 2017 as '' Careful''. Director Pawan Kumar remade it into a Telugu-Tamil bilingual in 2018 with the same title - thereby making it the third Kannada movie to be remade in three other South Indian languages after '' School Master'' and ''Sampathige Savaal''. The movie was remade in Sinhala in 2019 also titled ''U Turn'' - thereby becoming the second Kannada movie to be remade in Sinhala after ''Anuraga Aralithu''. The Filipino remake with the same name was released on pay-to-view basis on 30 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawan Kumar (director)
Pawan Kumar (born 29 October 1982) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter from the Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada film industry. Pawan Kumar is well known for writing the films ''Manasaare'' and ''Pancharangi''. His directorial debut ''Lifeu Ishtene'' (2011) and the 2013 psychological thriller ''Lucia (film), Lucia'' became one of the biggest turning points of his career. Being from a theatre background, he wrote scripts for plays on stage before working as an associate director with Yograj Bhat. He has also acted in the plays he wrote namely "The Final Reharsal" (2002) which is about an actor and reality television and "The woman in me" which is loosely based on the concept that there is a woman in every man and vice versa. Pawan also holds a production house named Pawan Kumar Films. Recently during lockdown, Pawan gave free online workshop on YouTube. He also shot a short film at home- A Labour unthanked. Filmography As director Feature films Web Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
