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Sadhu Kokila
Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a composer before taking to acting in films, appearing mostly in comic roles. He has also directed ten Kannada films, the most notable one being ''Raktha Kanneeru'' (2003). As a composer, he is a two-time recipient of the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director, which he won for ''Rakshasa'' (2005) and ''Inthi Ninna Preethiya'' (2008). As an actor, he has received multiple nominations and awards in the category of Best Comedian in the South Indian International Movie Awards. Early life and career Sadhu Kokila was born as Sahaya Sheelan on 24 March 1966 into a Tamil nadaar Christian family of Natesh and Mangala in Bangalore in the Indian State of Mysore (now Karnataka). He was born to a family of musicians with father bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangalore, Karnataka
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 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Mallige
''O Mallige'' is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by V. Manohar and written by K. Ananthu. Besides direction for the first time, Manohar has composed the music and also enacted in a supporting role. The film mainly stars Ramesh Aravind, Charulatha, Chaitali (Bina Rajagopal) and model-turned-actor Zulfi Syed. Syed was credited as Amar Mayur in the film. The film, upon release met with very good positive response at the box-office and critics as well. It was one of the highest-grossing films of the year 1997. Singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam was awarded the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of a song, actor Ramesh fetched the Best Actor award and Chaitali won the best supporting actress award at the Udaya Film Awards. Sadhu Kokila's character ''Musthafa'' was later on used in 2013 movie ''Googly''. Plot Mallige (Charulata) lives in a small village with her uncle (V.Manohar). A heart patient, Manohar has an ambitiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nammanna
''Nammanna'' () is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language action-drama film directed by N. Shankar featuring Sudeep, Anjala Zaveri and Asha Saini in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Gurukiran. The film released on 18 November 2005. This movie is dubbed in Telugu as ''Dowrjanyam''. The film is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film ''Anna''. Plot synopsis A youth suspected to be a Naxalite, leaves the rural land and moves to the city, where his brother is killed by a mafia don. The youth takes the matter into his hands, kills the don and serves the poor. Cast * Sudeep as Muttanna * Anjala Zaveri as Anjali * Asha Saini as Rani * Kota Srinivasa Rao as Matka rajendra * Sadhu Kokila as press reporter * Subbaraju as Marigudi * Ashish Vidyarthi * Ashok as Lawyer * Mukhyamantri Chandru as Puttaraju * Kishori Ballal Kishori Ballal (1937/1938 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actress who was known for her works in Kannada cinema. T ... [...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] |
Anna Thangi (2005 Film)
''Anna Thangi'' () is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language drama film starring Shiva Rajkumar and Radhika. It depicts the story of an elder brother's love and affection for younger sister. The film is directed and written by Om Sai Prakash and produced under Vijay films banner. The film, upon release, met with positive reviews and was remade into Telugu language with the title '' Gorintaku''. Cast *Shiva Rajkumar as Shivanna *Radhika as Lakshmi *Deepu *Hema Choudhary *Srinivasa Murthy * Sudharani * Doddanna *Vishal Hegde *Sundar Raj * Dharma *Rekha Kumar *Soumyalatha *Kamala Prakash *B. K. Shankar *Vaijanath Biradar *Dingri Nagaraj *Escorts Srinivas *Rathasapthami Aravind *Rajashekhar kotian *Mukhyamantri Chandru *Bank Janardhan *Ramesh Bhat *Sadhu Kokila *Tennis Krishna Soundtrack All the songs are composed, written and scored by Hamsalekha Gangaraju (born June 23, 1951), professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and a songwriter who works in So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalasipalya (film)
''Kalasipalya'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada romantic action film directed by Om Prakash Rao. It was produced by Ramu under his Ramu Films banner. The film stars Darshan and Rakshita. The music is composed by Venkat-Narayan and Sadhu Kokila. The comedy sequences were copied from the Tamil movie ''Dhool'' while other sequences were partially inspired by the Hindi movie ''Vaastav ''. Plot Kencha is presented as a local in Kalasipalyam. He spends time with his friends, playing cricket and getting into fights. Kencha lives with his father Seetharam, mother Janaki and little sister Anitha. Seetharam berates Kencha for not completing his SSLC Exam and not having an aim in life. Kencha meets his neighbour Priya, who falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Kalasipalyam is ruled by gangsters Kota Prabhakar, Munna Bhai and his brother Jaleel. Munna Bhai and Jaleel use their syndicate network to support their mentor MLA Krishnappa. Kencha thrashes Kota Prabhakar and his henchman when they thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurya (film)
''Maurya'' is a 2004 Kannada language sports drama film directed by S. Narayan. The film starred Puneeth Rajkumar, Roja Selvamani and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. This film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. It is the remake of 2003 Telugu movie, ''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi''. Plot Manu's entire life is about his mother, Meena, a college lecturer. They together live in Bangalore. When Manu was a child, he was separated from his father/Meena's husband, Prathap. Manu is a passionate and great kick-boxer, where he later meets Alamelu "Andra", a Telugu girl from Andhra Pradesh and starts to fall in love with her. Manu's happy life is suddenly jolted when Meena dies of a heart attack. On her deathbed, Meena tells Manu to meet Prathap, who was a kickboxing champion that won the championship six times in a row and is presently a kickboxing coach. Manu reluctantly accepts. When Manu meets Prathap, he learns that he has another wife and a daughter, and also is happily settled with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramakrishna (2004 Kannada Film)
''Ramakrishna'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film directed by Om Sai Prakash and produced by K. Bala Mutthaiah. The film stars V. Ravichandran, Jaggesh, Laila and Kaveri in the leading roles. The film was a remake of Tamil film '' Aan Paavam'' (1985) directed and written by Pandiarajan. The film was also remade in Telugu as '' Naku Pellam Kavali''. The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Cast * V. Ravichandran as Rama * Jaggesh as Krishna * Laila as Lakshmi * Kaveri as Seetha * Srinivasa Murthy as School Teacher Vishwanath * Doddanna as Shankrappa * Sadhu Kokila as Rowdy Ranganna * Om Sai Prakash * Chitra Shenoy * M. N. Lakshmi Devi * Thriller Manju * Dharma * G. K. Krishna * Bank Suresh * Rathnakar * Bangalore Nagesh * Mandeep Rai * Anand Rao * Master Karthik Sharma Soundtrack The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics written by K. Kalyan. A total of 6 tracks have been composed for the film and the audio rights brough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thayi Illada Thabbali
''Thayi Illada Thabbali'' is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by Om Sai Prakash. The film was produced by Ramesh Yadav under the banner Royal Pictures. It features Shivadwaj and Radhika Kumaraswamy . The supporting cast includes Srinivasamurthy, Avinash, Rajesh, Sadashiva Brahmavar, Bhavya . The score and soundtrack for the film is by Nadabrahma Hamsalekha and the cinematography is by Sundarnath Suvarna. Radhika received Karnataka State Award for Best Actress for her performance and she also received nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada Cast * Shivadhwaj as Shivakumar * Radhika Kumaraswamy as Gowri * Srinivasa Murthy as Basava * Avinash as Nanjappa * Rajesh * Bhavya * Ashalatha * Chithra Shenoy * M N Lakshmidevi * Jyothi * Smitha * Sadhu Kokila * Bank Janardhan * Michel Madhu * Umesh * Sadashiva Brahmavar Soundtrack The film's background score and soundtrack were composed and written by Nadabrahma Hamsale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raa (film)
''Raa'' () is a 2001 Telugu film starring Upendra and Priyanka Trivedi in the lead roles. The film was directed by K. S. Nageswara Rao, produced by Nallamalupu Bujji and has music composed by Gurukiran. Cast * Upendra as Sridhar * Priyanka Trivedi as Shanthi * Dhamini * Sadhu Kokila * Giri Babu * Anant * Tirupati Prakash * Siva Parvati * Alphonsa (special appearance in song) Box office The film collected a share of 6 Crore. The movie completed 100 days of run in Andhra Pradesh, was released in Karnataka and ran for 75 days in Bangalore. According to the film's producer Nallamalupu Bujji, ''Raa'' turned out to be a "minimum guarantee" hit at the box office. Soundtrack The film's soundtrack has 5 songs composed by Gurukiran Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie '' Upendra'' fu .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laali Haadu
''Laali Haadu'' ''(')'' is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romantic musical film directed by H. Vasu and written by Ajay Kumar. The film stars Darshan and Abhirami. The film was produced by Sa Ra Govindu under his home production Thanu Pictures. Two music directors V. Manohar and Rajesh Ramanath were seen in supporting roles. The film was critically acclaimed upon release and went on to win Third Best Film award at the Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 2003. The songs composed by Sadhu Kokila became hits. Despite the positive reception, the film was a box office failure. Plot Cast * Darshan as Puttaswamy alias Anand * Abhirami as Sangeetha * Umashree as Anand's mother * Ruthika * Srinath * Ramesh Bhat * Sadhu Kokila as Tippeswamy * Doddanna * Kishan Shrikanth * Amoolya * Bank Janardhan * Chitra Shenoy * Padma Vasanthi * Amulya * V. Manohar (special appearance) * Rajesh Ramanath (special appearance) Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagarahavu (2002 Film)
''Nagarahavu'' () is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film starring Upendra and Jyothika. The film was directed by S. Murali Mohan and is a remake of the 1993 Hindi film '' Baazigar''. The film shocked its Karnataka audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Kannada film industry formula, with an ambiguous hero. An above-average success at the box office, this was Upendra's second film where he played a negative role after his earlier blockbuster film ''Preethse''. It was Jyothika's debut film in Kannada film industry. For his work in the film, Upendra won the Udaya Film Award for Best Male Actor for the second time, along with Jyothika for her Best Female Actor Award. Plot Based on Ira Levin's 1953 novel ''A Kiss Before Dying'', it is a contemporary thriller about revenge. The main character is Ajay Sharma (Upendra). His father, Vishwanath Sharma (Srinath), once owner of a great business empire, was defrauded by Ashok Patel ( Rajeev), a trusted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
