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William David (racecar Driver)
William David (born 26 June 1983 in Sakleshpur) is an Indian cinematographer, who is best known for his work in Rangitaranga with director Anup Bhandari. Career William started his career working as a co-DOP for commercials. He has experience in working in Kannada, Hindi and all other leading Indian regional film industries. He has worked on a few films, commercials for top Indian brands and live studio shows with leading singers and corporate film makers. William is known for his death defying acrobats behind the scenes, going to any extent in order to ensure he delivers the shot as it is imagined by his Director. He would find some humanely impossible spots to place his camera and achieve brilliant output while ensuring the safety of his equipment. William started work in Kannada cinema in 2008 with Shivashankar produced "Shivani" as a cinematographer. Post which he has also worked with N Venugopal Nayak in 2009 starrer "Minchu", which was a remake of the Tamil movie Thimiru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakleshpur
Sakleshpur, Sakleshpura or Sakleshapura is a hill station town and headquarters of Sakleshpur taluk in Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Economy The town lies in the Malnad region on the hills of the biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats. It has a temperate climate surrounded with lofty green hills full of coffee, cardamom, pepper and Areca nut, areca plantations. These crops which contribute mainly to the economy of the taluk are grown in the surrounding villages and the entire taluk are brought to Sakleshpur city for sale. The town lies on the National Highway 75 (India), National Highway 75 (NH 75) which connects the port city of Mangalore (128 km), with the capital city Bangalore (224 km) of Karnataka state. The nearest airport is Mangalore International Airport, situated at a distance of . Geography Sakleshpur is located at . It has an average elevation of above mean sea level. Sakleshpur taluk is bounded by Belur, Karnataka, Belur taluk to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada Cinema
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film in the Kannada language. It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba, and was the first motion picture screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom. The film was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji, who in 1932 founded ''South India Movietone'' in Bangalore. Major literary works have been adapted to the Kannada screen such as B. V. Karanth's ''Chomana Dudi'' (1975), (based on ''Chomana Dudi'' by Shivaram Karanth), Girish Karnad's '' Kaadu'' (1973), (based on ''Kaadu'' by Srikrishna Alanahalli), Pattabhirama Reddy's '' Samskara'' (1970) (based on ''Samskara'' by U. R. Ananthamurthy), which won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival, and T. S. Nagabharana's Mysuru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Directors From Karnataka
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographers From Karnataka
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KD - The Devil
''KD - The Devil'' is an upcoming Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Prem and produced by Suprith under KVN Productions. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dhruva Sarja, V. Ravichandran, Ramesh Aravind, Shilpa Shetty, Reeshma Nanaiah, Jisshu Sengupta and Sanjay Dutt. The music is composed by Arjun Janya, while the cinematography and editing was handled by William David and Srinivas. P. Prabhu. Plot In the 1970s, Kaalidasa alias "KD", a notorious gangster, gets released from prison and wages a war against gangsters in Bangalore, including Vishal Agnihotri, who is more menacing gangster and opponent to take down KD. Cast * Dhruva Sarja as Kaalidasa "KD" *Reeshma Nanaiah as Machhlakshmi *Sanjay Dutt as Vishal Agnihotri *Shilpa Shetty as Sathyavathi Agnihotri, Vishal's wife *V. Ravichandran as Annayappa * Ramesh Aravind as Dharma, KD's brother * Jisshu Sengupta Soundtrack Arjun Janya composed the soundtrack and background score. Release ''KD - The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. In 1991, following the death of owner Ramnath Goenka, his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the ''Indian Express'' title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai, retained the ''Indian Express'' moniker, while the southern editions became ''The New Indian Express''. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on July 1st, 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on September 5, 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatara Purusha (2021 Film)
''Avatara Purusha Part 1: Astadigbandanamadalakam'' or ''simply'' Avatara Purusha is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language supernatural comedy thriller film written and directed by Suni. The film is produced by Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah under his studio Pushkar Films. It stars Sharan and Ashika Ranganath in the lead roles. P. Sai Kumar, Bhavya, Balaji Manohar and Srinagar Kitty feature in supporting roles. Arjun Janya composed the music while William David served as the cinematographer. The film was theatrically released on 6 May 2022. The film was conceived as the first of a two-instalment series. with the sequel being titled as ''Avatara Purusha Part 2: Trishankupayanam''. Plot Rama Jois is an Ayurveda expert, where he and his wife Susheela, lose their only son Karna, when he goes missing while on a trip to a temple festival with his aunt Yashoda. The guilt of having lost her nephew has been eating away at Yashoda, so when she finally opens up to her daughter Siri about the circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iruvudellava Bittu
''Iruvudellava Bittu'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language Drama movie directed by Kantha Kannalli, who did his debut in the Kannada Film industry as independent director in 2017 through ''Jalsa'' and produced by Devraj Davanagere, featuring Meghana Raj, Tilak Shekar, Achyuth Kumar, Shri Mahadev and Sundeep Malani. The soundtrack and score is composed by Sridhar V. Sambhram, known for super hit music albums ''Mussanjemaatu'' and ''Krishnan Love Story'', William David has worked as DOP who is famous for his great work in Rangitharanga and Rajaratha. And Raajakumara fame K. M. Prakash edited the movie. Meghana Raj has won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as "Poorvi" for this Kannada movie in 2018. Plot A most intelligent and courageous girl, Poorvi (Meghana Raj) is brought up in sophisticated environment is more inclined towards the corporate lifestyle and as per her wish, having decided to stay away from all her relatives/ close ones. She i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minchu (2009 Film)
Colors Kannada (previously known as ''ETV Kannada''), is an Indian general entertainment channel, owned by Viacom18 that primarily broadcasts Kannada language entertainment shows. This channel is currently available in India and the United States. On the success of this channel, another channel named Colors Super, which is also a general entertainment channel, was launched on 24 July 2016. In December 2020, Colors Kannada celebrated its 20th anniversary. History The channel was originally launched on 10 December 2000 as ETV Kannada and was promoted by Hyderabad's Ramoji Rao. It later became a part of Viacom 18,owned by Network 18, officially re-branding under the Colors franchise on 26 April 2015. Colors Kannada was the first GEC to start an HD channel in Karnataka. Current broadcasts Original serials Reality shows Dubbed serials Former broadcasts Serials Reality shows Dubbed Serials Channels References External links {{Network 18 Kannada-language televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivani (2008 Film)
Gaura Pant (17 October 1923 – 21 March 2003), better known as Shivani, was a Hindi writer of the 20th century and a pioneer in writing Indian women-centric fiction. She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Hindi literature in 1982. She garnered a following in the pre-television era of 1960s and 1970s, and her literary works such as ''Krishnakali'', were serialised in Hindi magazines like ''Dharmayug'' and ''Saptahik Hindustan''. Through her writings, she also made the culture of Kumaon known to the Hindi speakers in India. Her novel ''Kariye Chima'' was made into a film, while her other novels including ''Surangma'', ''Rativilaap'', ''Mera Beta'', and ''Teesra Beta'' have been turned into television serials. Early life Gaura Pant 'Shivani' was born on 17 October 1923, the Vijaya Dasami day in Rajkot, Gujarat, where her father, Ashwini Kumar Pande was a teacher with princely state of Rajkot. He was a Kumaoni Brahmin. Her mother was a Sanskrit scholar, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikrant Rona
''Vikrant Rona'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Anup Bhandari, produced by Jack Manjunath and co-produced by Alankar Pandian. It stars Sudeepa in the title role with Nirup Bhandari, Neetha Ashok, and Jacqueline Fernandez. The story revolves around Inspector Vikrant Rona, who arrives at a remote village in the middle of a tropical rainforest where he starts witnessing a series of unexplainable events which are attributed to the supernatural. ''Vikrant Rona'' was released theatrically in 3D on 28 July 2022, and digitally in ZEE5 on 2 September 2022. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics but received positive response from audience and thus became the third highest-grossing Kannada film at the time of its release. Plot Film opens with some children reading story books. One of them goes on to read a story about a Brahmarakshas in a village called Kamarottu, who was known to kidnap and kill children, fearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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