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Sriimurali
Sriimurali (born 17 December 1981), also known simply as Murali, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. After making his debut in 2003 in ''Chandra Chakori'', he appeared in '' Kanti'' as the eponymous lead, a performance that won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor in 2004. His performance in the 2014 Kannada film ''Ugramm'' received unanimous praise and emerged as a major success. Early and personal life Sriimurali was born on 17 December 1981 in Bangalore, Karnataka, in a family of film people. His father S. A. Chinne Gowda is a film producer and brother Vijay Raghavendra, an actor. Actor Rajkumar was his uncle and actors Shiva Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar his cousins. He married his Telugu girlfriend, Vidya from Andhra, on 11 May 2008. They have a son and a daughter together, who are non-identical twins. Vidya is the sister of Prashanth Neel, a director in Kannada cinema, and Aadarsh Balakrishna, an actor in Telugu Cinema. Career Sr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanti (2004 Film)
''Kanti'' is a 2004 Kannada-language romance drama film directed by debutant S. Bharath, starring Sriimurali, Murali and Ramya (actress), Ramya. The film was produced by R. Srinivas and K. P. Srikanth of RS Productions. The plot revolves around a Kannada college student who on falling in love with a Marathi girl, gets embroiled politically. Plot Cast * Sriimurali, Murali as Srikantha "Kanti" * Divya Spandana, Ramya as Reema * Govind Namdev as Samblekar * Gurumurthy * Avinash as Superintendent of police (India), SP * Kishore (actor, born 1974), Kishore as Beera * Pawan Kumar * Chandru * Vinayak Joshi as Chidanand * Venkata Rao * Malathi Sardeshpande as Bharathi Devi, a lecturer * Mumtaj in a special appearance in "Ussaaru Ussaaru" song Soundtrack Reception A critic from ''Sify'' wrote that "Debutant director Bharat has taken care over the script that is convincing". Awards In 2004–05 Karnataka State Film Awards, Sriimurali, Murali won Karnataka State Film Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minchina Ota (2008 Film)
''Minchina Ota'' () is a 2008 Kannada film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh. It stars Vijay Raghavendra, Sri Murali and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles. The music was composed by V. Manohar and background score by Dharma Vish. The film released on 10 July 2008. The film is inspired by the 1971 film, '' Duel''. Plot The movie deals with Bhadra ( Sriimurali) living in a slum, His group has rivalry with another group headed by Vijay (Vijay Raghavendra), a middle class guy, they both love a city girl (Raai Laxmi), their rivalry intensifies with the girl choosing Bhadra over Vijay. How things get on from there is the story. Cast *Vijay Raghavendra as Vijay * Sriimurali as Bhadra *Raai Laxmi as girl from the city. *Rangayana Raghu *Umashree * Suman * Rahul Dev *Vinayak Joshi * Sudha Belawadi *Mukhyamantri Chandru *Tennis Krishna Soundtrack The music was composed by V. Manohar and released by T-Series. Reception A critic from ''Deccan Herald'' wrote that "The narration is grippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loosegalu
''Loosegalu'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by Arun and starring Sriimurali, Shreeki, Akul Balaji, Aishwarya Nag, Shravya Rao, and Rekha Vedavyas. The film began production as ''Nande'' and was delayed for two-and-a-half years before the title was changed. Cast * Sriimurali as Kabir *Shreeki as Buji *Akul Balaji as Shankar * Aishwarya Nag as Milky *Shravya Rao *Rekha Vedavyas as Maggie Soundtrack This film marks the debut of Vani Harikrishna, wife of V. Harikrishna, as a music director. Release and reception The film was inititally scheduled to release on 19 July before the date was pushed to 26 July. A critic from ''Sify'' opined that "The director has made an honest attempt to showcase youths and their troubles, but the movie falls short of expectations and in the process fails to impress the audience". A. Sharadhaa of ''The New Indian Express'' stated that "A moral lesson of sorts, Loosegalu tries to tell us about what happens when we t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihigali
''Sihigali'' () is a 2010 Indian Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...-language drama film directed and written by Lekhan. The film stars Sriimurali and Sherin, with Thulasi Shivamani and Sharan in supporting roles. Cast * Sriimurali as Dharani * Sherin as Jeevi * Thulasi Shivamani * Sharan * Achyuth Kumar Production Debutant director Lekhan opted to make his first film and chose to focus on the mother-son relationship. Actress Sherin made a comeback after a brief absence from acting through the project, and shot for forty days. Soundtrack Reception Critical response Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana of '' Rediff.com'' scored the film at 1 out of 5 stars and says "Dialogues, especially those between the just smitten Dharni and Jeevi, are too po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagna (film)
''Yagna'' ( kn, ಯಜ್ನ) is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Krishna Brahma, starring Sriimurali and Priyanka in the lead roles. Cast * Sriimurali as Anji * Priyanka as Yagna * Sathya Prakash as Raj * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Varadaraj * Om Prakash Rao * Venu Madhav * M. S. Narayana Music Reception Critical response A critic from The New Indian Express wrote "The suspense begins when Yagna’s friends start getting killed one by one. Anji kills Raj , a dejected lover, who used to frighten the bungalow’s inmates In the climax, the director reveals that Anji is a police inspector who was assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths and Yagna is the owner of that bungalow. If you manage to sit through this film, it will be a miracle". A critic from Rediff.com scored the film at 1 out of 5 stars and says "Sree Murali once again proves that he is a good actor who unfortunately chooses the wrong films. He is good in the climax as well as in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivamani
''Shivamani'' ( kn, ಶಿವಮಣಿ) is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language film directed by S K Amarnath, starring Sriimurali and Sharmiela Mandre in lead roles. Cast * Sriimurali as Siva * Sharmiela Mandre as Shruthi * Ramesh Bhat * Avinash as Subbanna * Vinaya Prasad * Shobaraj as Nakarar Narayana * Kote Prabhakar * Mahesh * Besant Ravi Music Reception Critical response R G Vijayasarathy of '' Rediff.com'' scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars and says "The film is digitally graded and Venkat's cinematographic work is good. Debutant Veera Samarth has delivered two nice compositions including the popular Moda Modala Nota. Overall, however it's best to avoid this torture". ''The New Indian Express'' wrote "Meanwhile, Narayan’s henchman tries to rape a widow. This enrages Siva, prompting him to teach Narayana a lesson. And of course, Narayana does not keep quiet. He organises several goons to attack Siva. Finally, how Siva teaches Narayana a lesson is the clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preethigaagi
''Preethigagi'' is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by S. Mahendar and starring Murali and Sridevi Vijayakumar. It is a remake of the 1997 Malayalam film '' Aniyathipraavu''. The plot is of a love story between a boy and a girl, whose relationship is not approved by their families, who eventually elope. Cast * Murali as Sanju * Sridevi Vijaykumar as Mili * Ramakrishna as Sanju's father * Bhavya as Sanju's mother * Jayanthi as Mili's mother * Avinash as Rajeev * Chithra Shenoy * Doddanna * Mukhyamantri Chandru * Shobaraj as Venkat * Srujan Lokesh as Mili's brother * Preethi * Amrutha * Master Anand as Sanju's friend * Nagashekar * Bank Janardhan * Honnavalli Krishna * Karthik Sharma Production Ramu agreed to produced the film although he usually does not not produce any remake films. In order to get tax exemption, the film was released ten years after the original film. Soundtrack S. A. Rajkumar composed the film's background score and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Raghavendra
Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada films. Referred to popularly as " Chinnari Mutha", Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Dr.Rajkumar. Vijay started his career as a child artist through the film '' Chalisuva Modagalu'' (1982) and won critical acclaims for his performances in ''Chinnari Mutha'' (1993) and '' Kotreshi Kanasu'' (1994). The latter film won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. His first Hero lead role was in Ramoji Rao's production titled ''Ninagagi'' in 2002, which was a commercial success and one of the highest-grossing films of the year. However, his subsequent projects under-performed at the box office until he was noticed for his role in the T. S. Nagabharana's period drama '' Kallarali Hoovagi'' in 2006, followed by his home production film ''Sevanthi Sevanthi'' in the same year. For playing the role of Puttaraj Gawai in the biographical film '' Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashanth Neel
Prashanth Neelakantapuram (born 4 June 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in the Kannada film industry. He made his debut with the 2014 Kannada film, '' Ugramm'' and later directed the two-part film series: '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'' (2018), and '' K.G.F: Chapter 2'' (2022), the latter being the highest-grossing Kannada film. Personal life Prashanth Neelakantapuram was born on 4 June 1980 in a Telugu family in Karnataka. Born to Subhash and Bharathi, their family hails from Neelakantapuram village, near Madakasira, Andhra Pradesh, and settled in Bangalore. Neel married Likhitha in 2010. The couple has a daughter and son. Neel's sister is married to Kannada actor Sriimurali, who eventually starred in Neel's directorial debut '' Ugramm''. Neel is also a cousin of Telugu film actor, Aadarsh Balakrishna, and is also related to former Andhra Pradesh state minister, Raghu Veera Reddy. Career In an interview with a Kannada weekly magazine, Neel said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South Indian Film Families
There have been several families who have been involved in South Indian cinema in a variety of professions related to the industry. For actors who featured in predominantly Hindi films rather than South Indian films, see List of Hindi film clans. Below is an incomplete list of families that have been involved in South Indian cinema. A Adivi family *Adivi Baapiraju, Indian polymath, novelist, fiction writer, and screen writer; cousin to Adivi Gangaraju * Adivi Gangaraju, Nationalist, and Freedom fighter; Grandfather to Adivi Sesh * Adivi Sesh, Actor, Screenwriter, Director; Grandson of Adivi Gangaraju *Sai Kiran Adivi, Director; cousin to Adivi Sesh Agathian family * Agathian, director. *Kani Thiru, television personality; daughter of Agathian. ** Thiru, director; husband of Kani *Vijayalakshmi Feroz, actress and television personality; daughter of Agathian. ** Feroz Mohammed, director; husband of Vijayalakshmi. * Niranjani Ahathian, actress and costume designer; daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhajarangi
''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film starring Shiva Rajkumar and Aindrita Ray. Directed by choreographer-turned-director Harsha, the film was released on 12 December 2013 and received positive response from critics. ''Bhajarangi'' was the highest-grossing Kannada film of 2013. The film was declared a blockbuster at the box office. Plot The story takes place in a hamlet called Ramadurga. A tantrik terrorises the villagers bylooting their valuables, raping women and killing them. Jeeva comes to Ramadurga to discover his "Janma rahasya" (mystery of his birth). To his shock, he learns that he is the grandson of Bhajarangi who battled the tantrik and saved the villagers from his harassment. But the sly tantrik impeded Bhajarangi by creating a demon in the form of a baby and made Bhajarangi believe that he is his son. Jeeva eventually defeats the tantrik. Cast * Shiva Rajkumar as Bhajarangi / Jeeva * Aindrita Ray as Geetha * Rukmini Vijayakumar as Kris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Harikathe
''Sri Harikathe'' is a 2010 Indian Kannada language romantic thriller film directed by Dayal Padmanabhan. The film stars Sri Murali, Pooja Gandhi, Radhika Gandhi and Naveen Krishna in pivotal roles. The film is jointly produced by S. A. Chinne Gowda and M. N. Kumar. The film release co-coincided with another Sri Murali film ''Sihigali'' on 12 March 2010. Plot Hari (Sriimurali), a young businessman and Neha (Radhika Gandhi), a PhD student at the Singapore university love each other and get married. However, Neha insists that they start the family only after she submits and completes her thesis. Hari agrees to the condition for about 6 months. Later again, Neha asks for 3 more months time until she gets prepared to start a family. This makes the couple clash and Neha leaves for an educational trip abroad. Meanwhile, Hari brings a celebrity model ( Pooja) home and Neha finds them getting cosy after which the celebrity is seen murdered. The rest of the plot deals with the "who-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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