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Raghavendra Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar (born 15 August 1965) is an Indian actor, singer and producer of Kannada cinema. He is the son of actor Dr. Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He made his debut as a lead in the film ''Chiranjeevi Sudhakar'' (1988) before appearing in the hugely successful 1989 film '' Nanjundi Kalyana''. He went on to star in films such as '' Gajapathi Garvabhanga'' (1989), '' Anukoolakkobba Ganda'' (1990), and ''Geluvina Saradaara'' (1996). His last prominent film was Upendra's '' Swasthik'' (1998), a box office failure. He starred in ''Pakkadmane Hudugi'' (2004) before taking a fifteen year sabbatical from acting. Since then he has produced television serials under Poornima Productions and films under Sri Vajreshwari Combines. His comeback film as a villain, ''Chillum'', was dropped. In 2019, when he went to act in a lead role in the movie ''Ammana Mane'' (2019), the Prime Minister of Singapore heard about it and watched the movie. Personal life His b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Srinivasa Kalyana
''Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (), is 1974 Kannada-language Hindu mythological film directed by Vijay. The film which is based on lord Venkateswara, stars Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi and Manjula. It also featured the first screen appearances of future actors and Rajkumar's sons, Shiva Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar. The movie was dubbed in Tamil as ''Ezhumalaiyan Dharisanam'' and in Telugu as ''Sri Tirupatikshetra Mahatyam'' (1977). Cast * Rajkumar as Lord Venkateswara * B. Saroja Devi as Goddess Lakshmi * Manjula as Padmavathi * Rajashankar as Hathiram Bhavaji * Srinath as Narada * Sampath as Padmavathi's father * Vajramuni as Bhrigu * H. Ramachandra Shastry as Chief priest at the Balaji Temple * Jokey Shyam * Bhatti Mahadevappa * Shani Mahadevappa * Raghavan * Suryakumar * Bheema Rao * Kunigal Nagabhushan * Keshava * Honnavalli Krishna * Thipatur Siddaramaiah * Advani Lakshmi Devi as Bakuladevi, Srinivasa's mother * M. Jayashree as Padmavathi's mother * Pramila Josha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, dialogue writer, instrumentalist and a conductor, composed and written for over 500 feature films. Also regarded as one of the greatest music composers of all time in history. Hamsalekha has won one National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards in the Best Music Director Category; seven Karnataka State Film Awards - four for music direction and three for lyrics - and is a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bangalore University. Early career Hamsalekha was born as Gangaraju in 1951, to K. H. Govindaraju and Rajamma in Tulasikatte, near Akkipete in Bangalore. After his studies, he was employed in his father's printing press and subsequently joined his brother Balakrishna's orchestra group. Lavani Neelakantappa his teacher modified his nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upendra Kumar
Upendra Kumar (18 July 1941 – 24 January 2002) was an Indian composer who predominantly worked in Kannada and Odia films. He was known for his strong association with Rajkumar and his family and scored some of his career best compositions for the films featuring Rajkumar and his sons. He had scored for 210 films including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Tulu films. Early life Kumar originally hailed from Digapahandi, a town in the present-day Odisha State of India. He was born in 1941 in Madras (now Chennai) in British India to a Telugu-speaking brahmin family. His father, Lakshman Swamy was an astrologer. Kumar studied up to seventh Grade and shifted towards music learning with the help of his uncle, Apparao. He underwent rigorous training in Hindustani classical, Western instrumental and Indian string instruments. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Indian classical music, Odia music and sitar from the Uthkala College of Music and Dance. Upon completion of his graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James (2022 Film)
''James'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Chethan Kumar. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Priya Anand. This is Puneeth's posthumous appearance following his death on 29 October 2021. The film marked the second collaboration between Puneeth, Priya and Sarathkumar after ''Raajakumara'' (2017). The film score and soundtrack are composed by V. Harikrishna and Charan Raj, respectively. The movie had a theatrical release on 17 March 2022 on the occasion of Puneeth Rajkumar's birthday. The film was considered it as a fitting tribute to Puneeth Rajkumar by the audience. and became a blockbuster at the box office and broke the record for the biggest opening day collections for any Kannada film by grossing around ₹28 crore to ₹32 crore on the first day. On the 4th day of its release, it also recorded the highest single day footfalls for a Kannada movie. The film grossed ₹100 crores within 4 days of release and became the second highest-gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogaru
''Pogaru'' is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Nanda Kishore and produced by B. K. Gangadhar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja and Rashmika Mandanna with Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Pavitra Lokesh, and Raghavendra Rajkumar in supporting roles, and Sampath Raj, Dhananjay, Kai Greene, Morgan Aste and Dharma as antagonists. Chandan Shetty and Gummineni Vijay composed the soundtrack, while V. Harikrishna composed the background score. Cinematography and editing are performed by Vijay Milton and Mahesh S respectively. The film was planned as a Kannada and Telugu bilingual film, but the Telugu version was later dropped and a dubbed version was released in both Tamil and Telugu. The film’s Tamil dubbed version is titled as ''Semma Thimiru''. It was later dubbed into Hindi under the same title '' Pogaru '' by RKD Studio. Plot A young Shiva loses his father, who was actually killed by JB as his father became a witness to JB's crimes. Shiva is unknown of his father' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajatantra
''Rajatantra'' is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language film directed by PVR Swamy in his directorial debut. The film stars Raghavendra Rajkumar. P.V.R. Swamy previously worked as a cinematographer for Raghavendra Rajkumar's ''Ammana Mane'' (2019). The film was the first release of 2021. Cast *Raghavendra Rajkumar as Captain Rajaram *Bhavya * Doddanna as the home minister *Srinivasa Murthy as the chief minister *Shankar Ashwath * Neenasam Ashwath * Muni * Ranjan Hassan * B. Shivananda * Prathap Simha * Herambha * Praveen * Vallabh Suri * Venkatesh Prasad * H. Vijayabhaskar The flashback scene from Dr. Rajkumar's ''Parashuram'' (1989) is used in the film. Production Raghavendra Rajkumar was cast as an army veteran. The film was shot in Bengaluru, Madikeri, Mysuru, and Nelamangala. ''Rajatantra'' was entirely made during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reception A. Sharadaa of ''The New Indian Express'' opined that "Raghavendra Rajkumar, in his role as a retired military officer, lifts u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrayambakam
''Thrayambakam'' is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller directed by Dayal Padmanabhan and starring Raghavendra Rajkumar, Anupama Gowda, and RJ Rohith. The film is about a father and a daughter. Cast *Raghavendra Rajkumar as Shiva Rudriah *Anupama Gowda as Namana * RJ Rohith RJ Rohith is an Indian actor and Radio Jockey who works in Kannada-language films and television. Career Rohith is a radio jockey who voiced the shows such as "Take it Easy" and "Big Nayaka" on BIG FM 92.7. He was a contestant on the second s ... Production The film began shooting in late 2019 and started its dubbing stages in January 2019. Soundtrack The songs are composed by R. S. Ganesh Narayanan. The acapella song "Moda Modalu" was released in early 2019 and is considered the first acapella song in the Kannada film industry. Release ''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five stars and stated that "''Thryambakam'' is an earnest effort, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Actor
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada Language films. Superlatives Recipients The first recipient was Rajkumar who was honored in 1967 for his performance in ''Bangaarada Hoovu''. As of 2019 he was the most honored actor with nine awards. Vishnuvardhan was honored in seven occasions. Two actors Anant Nag, Shiva Rajkumar have been honored four times, while Lokesh honored three times and two actors Ramesh Aravind, Puneeth Rajkumar have won the award two times. The award was tied in 1998 between Vishnuvardhan and Ramesh Aravind. Interestingly, Shiva Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are the siblings bagged this award. The most recent recipient is Raghavendra Rajkumar who is honored in 2018 for his performance in the film ''Ammana Mane''. The following is a complete list of award winners and the name of the films for whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen (magazine)
''Screen'' was an Indian weekly film magazine published by Indian Express Limited. Established in 1951, it was owned by The Indian Express Group. The magazine was acquired by Star India in 2015 and subsequently ceased publication. The magazine's content focused on India's Hindi film industry, a.k.a. Bollywood, located mainly in Mumbai. It also had an e-magazine version. History ''Screen'' was first published on 26 September 1951 with Manorama Katju as its managing editor. She was succeeded in 1959 by S.S. Pillai who died in post in 1977. The magazine was founded by The Indian Express Group. B. K. Karanjia who was previously editor of '' Filmfare'', remained the editor of ''Screen'' for 10 years. Udaya Tara Nayar, previously a staff writer for the magazine, was editor between 1988-1996 and 1998–2000. Film journalist, Bhawana Somaaya was the editor of the magazine from 2000 to 2007. In 2007, she was succeeded by Priyanka Sinha Jha, a former ''Society'' magazine and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi
''Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi'' is a 1999 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and written by Richard Louis. The film stars Raghavendra Rajkumar and Charulatha. It was released on 5 February 1999. Plot Cast * Raghavendra Rajkumar as Kumar, Merchant Ship Officer * Charulatha as Leena, Kumar's Love Interest * Doddanna as Peter Braganza, Leena's Father * Jayanthi as Maria, Leena's Mother and Braganza Wife * C. R. Simha as Mutthappa, Captain of the Ship * Ramakrishna as Shivu, Kumar's brother * Vinaya Prasad as Geetha, Shivu's Wife * Richard Louis as Kempanna, A local bar owner * M. S. Umesh , Oorukoti, Captain Mutthappa's Assistant * Mandya Ramesh Production ''Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi'' was directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar under Dakshayani Cine Combines, and written by Richard Louis. Cinematography was handled by B. C. Gowrishankar and editing by S. Manohar. Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
