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Yogaraj Bhat
Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian Kannada film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is most known for the 2006 film ''Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannada cinema at the time of its release and the longest running film at a multiplex. Early life Yogaraj Bhat was born in Mandarthi, in Udupi district in Karnataka. He grew up in Tilavalli, Haveri. He was the youngest of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat's seven children. He lost his father to a boat mishap. Career Director His film ''Mungaru Male'' collected estimated 50-75 crore, this was his third film, created history in Southern Film Industry. The film ran for 464 days – first in any language to run for a whole year continually in a multiplex, beating the records of the biggest Hindi Film Industry records. It naturally brought him many rewards, awards and appreciations, including Nine State Film Awards (including Best Director and Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandarthi
Mandarthi is a place located 12 km from Brahmavar in the Brahmavara taluk of Udupi District in Karnataka state, India. The name derives from 'Manda-Aarathi' from Kannada, meaning the holy light. Legend/Myth Long ago King Shankachooda was ruling Nagaloka. He had five daughters Devarathi, Nagarathi, Charurathi, Mandarathi, and Neelarathi. Once, they went to Kailasa with an aspiration of marrying the Lord Subramanya Swamy, son of the Lord Shiva. These Five princesses were stopped by Nandi (Lord Shiva’s Devotee) on their way and were cursed to become snakes. Instantaneously, they were transformed into snakes and fell to earth. When Vyaghrapada Maharishi who was wandering in the Sahyadri Ghats saw these five snakes caught in the forest conflagration, and knew everything about them by his divine insight, he said to the five princesses (now Snakes) that their curse would be removed by a royal person in due course of time. Meanwhile, the King of Avanthi Devavarma, who had been banis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (2012 Film)
''Drama'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada romantic comedy thriller written, directed and co-produced by Yogaraj Bhat under the banner Yogaraj Movies and Jayanna Combines. It stars Yash, Radhika Pandit, Sathish Ninasam and Sindhu Lokanath in leading roles and veteran actor Ambareesh in an extended cameo appearance. Music for the film was scored by V. Harikrishna while lyrics for the soundtrack were written by the successful combination of Jayanth Kaikini and Yogaraj Bhat. Krishna was hired as the cinematographer for the film, who had previously worked with Bhat in the massively successful film, ''Mungaru Male''. Cast * Yash as Venkatesha * Radhika Pandit as Nandini * Sathish Ninasam as 'Kwatle' Satisha * Sindhu Lokanath as Chandrika * Sampath as D'Souza * Suchendra Prasad as Shalivahana, college principal * Malavika as Gayathri * Lohithaswa as D'Souza's boss * Achyuth Kumar as Venkatesha's father * Rajashekhar Naidu * Sai Mahesh * M. S. Umesh * Rockline Venkatesh * Sangeetha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mani (Kannada Film)
''Mani'' is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by debutant Yograj Bhat. It features Mayur Patel and Radhika in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Umashree, Kashi, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu and Karisubbu. The Film score, score for the film is by Rajesh Ramanath and soundtrack for the film is by Raja. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Sollattuma''. Cast * Mayur Patel as Kummi * Radhika as Mani * Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ... as Shantakka * Kashi as Dasanna * Avinash * Rangayana Raghu as Chami * Karisubbu * Anand * Nagashekar * Myna Chandru * Renuka Prasad * Joe Simon * Karthik Sharma Production Umashree played a prostitute while Radhika played her daughter. Soundtrack The film's background score is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Huli
''Raja Huli'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran. Produced by K. Manju's home production, The film stars Yash and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. The soundtrack and score for the film is composed by Hamsalekha. The film, which made its theatrical release on 1 November 2013, co-inciding with the Kannada Rajyotsava festival became a commercial hit at the box office, becoming Yash's 3rd consecutive hit after ''Drama'' and ''Googly''. The movie is a remake of 2012 Tamil movie '' Sundarapandian''. Plot Raja Huli ( Yash) is the son of a rich landlord in Mandya, leads a happy life and spends all time with his friends. Raja Huli ensures that he is always of some help to his friends. One day, he goes to ensure that his friend's love is conveyed to a girl Kaveri (Meghana Raj), who happens to be his ex-flame. As it happens, she falls in love with Raja Huli again. But trouble begins here. A murder happens and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gajakesari
''Gajakesari'' is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language historical action film directed by cinematographer Krishna and produced by Jayanna and Bogendra. The film stars Yash in leading role along with Amulya and Anant Nag. The film also prominently features an elephant named Arjuna from Waynad, Kerala. Actor Prakash Raj plays as narrator for the film to introduce Yash's character. This film is also dubbed in Hindi as ''Gajakeasari:The Big Lion''. Plot The film begins in the forest area of Aanegudde, an elephant reserve. A state minister arrives at the place of a local don, Rana. Rana forces the minister to sign a deal to open a resort at Anegudde. The minister signs reluctantly after seeing his bodyguard being murdered by Rana. The scene next shifts to Prakash Raj introducing an ancient temple in the royal city of Mysore called "Shankara Narayana" temple, which is being managed by a holy Muth (holy association), headed by the pontiff (Anant Nag). The Muth has an outstanding reputatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adyaksha
''Adhyaksha'' () is a 2014 Indian Kannada language romantic comedy film directed by Nanda Kishore. It stars Sharan, Hebah Patel, Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Malavika Avinash and Ramesh Bhat. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam''. A spiritual sequel titled ''Adyaksha in America'' was released in 2019. Plot The film begins with police arriving at Shivarudre Gowda's (P. Ravi Shankar) house questioning him about the killing of his daughter Aishwarya (Hebah Patel) because she ran away with the guy she loved. Chandru ( Sharan) and Narayana (Chikkanna) are two friends who are the leaders of a group called Chi Thu Sangha. Chandru falls in love with Kalyani (Asmita Sood) who is a teacher at a school. Chandru writes a love letter to her, but wants someone to go give it to her which is when he finds Aishwarya. Aishwarya gives the letter to her teacher to which the teacher refuses his proposal but Aishwarya doesn't reveal it to Chandru. Gowda fixes a marriag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachchan (2013 Film)
''Bachchan'' is a 2013 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 Psychological film, psychological action film directed by Shashank (director), Shashank and starring Sudeepa, Jagapathi Babu, Bhavana (actress), Bhavana, Parul Yadav, and Tulip Joshi in the lead roles The musical score and soundtrack were composed by V. Harikrishna and cinematography was handled by Shekar Chandru. ''Bachchan'' was released on 11 April 2013 in India and was also released in Dubai and other countries like Germany, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide. The film was dubbed into Telugu and Hindi with the same name and in Tamil as ''Murattu Kaidhi'' in 2015. The core plot of the movie was used in the 2016 Bangladeshi film ''Mental (2016 film), Mental''. Plot A anonymous person m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaddipudi
''Kaddipudi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada language crime drama film directed by Duniya Soori and produced by M. Chandru. The screenplay was written by Soori and Rajesh Nataranga and the film stars Shiva Rajkumar as Anand alias Kaddipudi, a ''rowdy'' in Bangalore who vows to relinquish his life of crime and lead a normal life. The film also features Radhika Pandit, Rangayana Raghu, Anant Nag, Rajesh Nataranga, Balu Nagendra, Sharath Lohitashwa, Renuka Prasad and Avinash in pivotal roles. The music of the film was composed by V. Harikrishna with lyrics for the soundtracks written by Yogaraj Bhat and Jayant Kaikini. ''Hedarabyadri'' song sung by Shachina heggar also received a State award for best play back singer year 2013-14 . The movie received mixed reviews from the critics. However, it was later hailed as a neo-noir experiment. Plot Anand is a young man who is nicknamed "Kaddipudi" as his grandmother used to sell tobacco products where he is unwillingly being used as a pawn by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudugaru
''Hudugaru'' ( Boys) is a 2011 Kannada-language drama film directed by K. Madesh, starring Puneeth Rajkumar, Srinagar Kitty, Yogesh (actor), Yogesh and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The film, which is a remake of the successful 2010 Tamil film ''Naadodigal'', was produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar, with V. Harikrishna having composed the soundtrack and Satya Hegde was the cinematographer. The film released on 5 May 2011 and performed well at the box office similar to Puneeth's previous film ''Jackie (2010 film), Jackie''. The plot focuses on a trio who attempt to unite their friend with his lover against the wishes of all families involved, and at a heavy cost to themselves, only to realize that the lovers separate after a short while. The film earned Puneeth Rajkumar Filmfare and SIIMA Best Actor Award in Kannada. Plot Three youths – Prabhu, Chandru, and Siddesh (Puneeth Rajakumar, Srinagara Kitty and Yogesh respectively) aspiring for government jobs, and to settle in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory (2013 Film)
''Victory'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by Nanda Kishore and written by M. S. Sreenath. The film stars Sharan and Asmita Sood in the lead roles along with Avinash, Ravishankar and Ramesh Bhat playing supporting roles. Actress Ragini Dwivedi appears in one item dance number for the film. The film is produced by SRS Media Vision in association with Anand Audio, a popular audio company in Karnataka. The film was an instant success at the box-office. The original score and soundtrack for the film was composed by Arjun Janya. One of the songs, "Khali Quarter", from the film went viral on the social media and was widely appreciated by celebrities and critics. The film premiered in the US through producer Atlanta Nagendra on 6 September 2013, and was widely appreciated. It was observed that the storyline of the movie was similar to that of 1995 Kannada movie '' Ganeshana Galate'' which itself was based on the 1978 movie ''The Odd Job''. The movie was remade in Telugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie (2010 Film)
''Jackie'' is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Soori and stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Bhavana. It was released in Kannada on 14 October 2010 to a critical acclaim and was adjudged the Best Film of 2010 at the South Filmfare Awards. The Telugu dubbed version was released on 6 May 2011Shivkamal, Aravind G. (25 January 2011Jackie in Telugu, Malayalam. Southscope.in. Retrieved on 2014-03-08. The film is noted for its technical prowess, witty dialogues and lyrics, combined with an art that has become a trademark of Soori's rustic feel cinema. It is also considered one of the trend-setter films of the Kannada film industry. One of the landmark movies in Puneeth Rajkumar's career, the movie was especially noted for its music by V. Harikrishna. Yograj Bhat was the lyricist for all the songs of the movie. The album, which celebrated its platinum disc, is also available as a 5.1 audio DVD disc. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junglee (2009 Film)
''Junglee'' is a 2009 Indian Kannada language romantic action movie directed by Soori and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. Deepu. S. Kumar won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editing (2008–09) for this film. Cast * Duniya Vijay as Junglee Prabhakar * Andritha Ray as Padma * Rangayana Raghu as Gudde Narasimha * Balu Nagendra as Krishna * Adi Lokesh * Suresh chandra as Don Guruswamy * Megha bhagavatar * Sanketh Kashi as Padma's father * Jaidev Mohan as jumki * Naveen * Shobaraj as Special Appearance *Bhaskar surya *Anil Kumar *Raghava Uday *Vijaya Sarathi *Rachana Mourya as Special Appearance in Item Song *Arasu Maharaj *Nanjunda as Malli, Rivalry Of Don Guruswamy *Ravi Santhehaklu *Manjunath S. T. *Lalithamma *Vikram Mor *Vinod *Chinnayya * *Yathiraj as Police Constable * * * Soundtrack Reception Critical response R G Vijayasarathy of '' Rediff.com'' scored the film at 2 out of 5 stars and says "Rangayana Raghu in such roles befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |