Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 23 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in

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, and

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cinemas. He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company, Rockline Entertainments which has directed over five films as of 2012. In 2015 he co-produced '' Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' which earned the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 63rd National Film Awards.

Career

1990–2010

Venkatesh began his career as a stuntman, a villain, supporting roles and produced Kannada television serial initially. He started his production venture in 1996 with co production of Ayudha. He has made films with original stories and also remakes from other languages. He has made films with top super stars of Kannada film industry like Dr. Vishnuvardhan,

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, Ravichandran, Shivaraj Kumar, Upendra,

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, Darshan, Vijay and others and also made a few small budget films. He has used top film directors like Ravichandran, S.V.Rajendra Singh Babu, D.Rajendra Babu, S. Narayan, KV Raju, Om Prakash Rao, MS Rajashekhar, Sadhu Kokila, Dayal Padmanabhan, Meher Ramesh and others. In 2009, When IDBI started financing Kannada films, Rockline Venkatesh one of the initial producers to welcome the bank to Industry. Rockline Productions has now become a brand name in the Kannada film industry which has produced several blockbusters like '' Preethse'', '' Preethsodh Thappa'', ''

Yaare Neenu Cheluve ''Yaare Neenu Cheluve'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran, Sangita and Heera Rajagopal. Popular actors such as Vishnuvardhan, Ram ...

'', '' Ajay'', '' Mourya'', '' Diggajaru'', and '' Dakota Express''.

2010 – present

Audio release of Rajinikanth’s film ‘Lingaa’ 2

In 2010, The ongoing buzz was created when it was said superstar Upendra is directing a movie after 10 years, Rockline Venkatesh produced the movie and its said that they spend lakhs of money on photoshoot itself. And in late 2013, after making films like Super, Preethse and Maurya, Venkatesh was very keen to remake Tamil film Soodhu Kavvum in Kannada. Later it was mentioned that

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from Hindi film industry would direct the Hindi version of the film. Recently Venkatesh has been seen working with superstars from various industries, he made his debut as a Telugu film producer with 2014's '' Power'', starring Ravi Teja, Lingaa starring Rajnikanth which released in various languages and in 2015 he associated with Bollywood's superstar Salman Khan for the film Bajrangi Bhaijaan which emerged as a commercial success grossing over ₹6.25 billion worldwide and in the process and became the third highest grossing Indian film after PK and Baahubali. On New Year's Eve 2015, ''

Killing Veerappan ''Killing Veerappan'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language biographical crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, who co-wrote the film with K. Balaji. The film is based on the events leading to Operation Cocoon to capture or kill Indian bandit Veer ...

'' by Ram Gopal Varma was released. Rockline Venkatesh has keyed well in the prominent role as a police officer (where he has performed police roles in movies such as ''Agni IPS'' and ''Police Story'') who becomes one of the victim to the killings of Veerappan. In mid 2016 Rockline Venkatesh acquired the remake rights of

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blockbuster '' Sairat'' for four southern languages. ''Sairat'', the critically acclaimed love story is the first Marathi film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$15 million) worldwide. Rinku Rajguru, heroine of the Marathi film ''Sairat'' will make Sandalwood debut with the Kannada version directed by

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. In January 2017, Rockline Venkatesh's first

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film was announced. The film, starring

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and

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, was directed by B. Unnikrishnan while Tamil actor

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has been cast as the main villain.

Filmography

;Producer ;Actor * '' Snehada Kadalalli'' (1992) * '' Ananda Jyothi'' (1993) * '' Police Story'' (1996) * ''

Agni IPS ''Agni IPS'' is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Anand P. Raju, written by R. Selvaraj and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Saikumar and Ranjitha, with B. Saroja Devi playing a supporting role. The film has m ...

'' (1997) * ''Dakota Express'' (2002) * '' Kaamannana Makkalu'' (2006) * '' Police Story 2'' (2007) * ''

'' (2016) * '' Naachiyaar'' (2018; Tamil) * ''

8MM Bullet ''8MM Bullet'' is a 2018 Kannada language crime thriller film directed by Harikrishna. It stars Vasishta N. Simha and Mayuri Kyatari. The film was a remake of Tamil film '' 8 Thottakkal'' (2017) which itself was loosely inspired by the 1949 Ja ...

'' (2018)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Venkatesh, Rockline 1963 births Living people Film producers from Bangalore Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Kannada film producers Tamil film producers Male actors from Bangalore 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Producers who won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award