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Aishwarya (film)
''Aishwarya'' is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Indrajit Lankesh, starring Upendra, Deepika Padukone, in her film debut, and Daisy Bopanna. The film is an official remake of ''Manmadhudu'' (2002) with the flashback portion inspired by '' Ghajini'' (2005). The film featured Upendra as a rich advertisement executive and changed his mass image into a classy one. Plot Abhishek Hegde (Upendra) had first fallen in love with a young lady Anjali (Daisy Bopanna) who was a model. In the movie's flashback, as a struggling model, Anjali finds herself in a fortunate position where she is mistaken to be Abhishek's girlfriend and gets many new modelling offers. Abhishek tries to confront her on seeing the news about his affair with her, but falls in love with her instead. Anjali dies in an accident after the two declare their love and are hugging when Abhishek's car hits a lorry. As Anjali's family were not in favour of her decision of marrying Abhishek, he is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrajit Lankesh
Indrajit Lankesh is an Indian filmmaker, producer, director, screenwriter, and television Personality of Kannada and Hindi films. He is also the publisher of the weekly Kannada tabloid ''Lankesh Patrike''. He is the son of iconic writer, journalist and film maker P. Lankesh. He has also chaired several prestigious juries, including Filmfare Awards South and Miss India. Early life Lankesh comes from a prominent family of journalists and media publishers. His father P. Lankesh founded the highly successful weekly tabloid Lankesh Patrike. His sister Kavitha Lankesh is a filmmaker and his other sister Gauri Lankesh was a journalist/activist. Career Director Lankesh began his career as a director in 2001. His debut film, ''Thuntata'', was an Aniruddh – Rekha Vedavyas- Chaya Singh starrer, which won him the ''V. Shantaram Award'' for ''Best Debutant Director,'' along with the ''Shankarnag Award'' for the same. Following the success of ''Thuntata'', Lankesh came up with a real- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doddanna
Doddanna is an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry who has acted in about 800 films. He started his career as a theatre actor. During this time, he entered the Kannada film industry as a character actor. Early life The youngest son in the family, Doddanna belongs to the Lingayat community. He was named after his grandfather, Kadle Doddappa. Career He has portrayed villains, policemen, politicians, and other character archetypes. He has been especially successful as a comic actor. Partial filmography Kannada Other language Awards * Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor - 1998-99 Winner for '' Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi'' * South Indian International Movie Awards - 2012 Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for '' Katari Veera Surasundarangi'' * Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhurat Shot
In the Indian film industry, the muhurat shot or muhurtam shot is the first shot (or take) of a film marking the commencement of the principal photography. It is preceded by a pooja (religious rites). Muhurtam is a word from the Rig Veda and means moment. Contemporarily it means "auspicious moment" Description in literature A character in Shashi Tharoor's ''Show Business: A Novel'' muses, "The muhurat of any film, the auspicious moment when the opening shot is canned, is not an event its star is supposed to miss... Muhurats are packed with oversize individuals in undersize clothes, their eyes and thighs gleaming with synthetic sheen... their tendency is to drape refulgent garlands on every available tripod, clapper, or neck. I'm happy to avoid them. In any case, marigolds make me sneeze." A '' Rediff.com'' news story covering the release of Bob Christo autobiography ''Flashback: My Life and Times in Bollywood and Beyond'', carries an excerpt in which Christo asks "What is a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personal Assistant
A personal assistant, also referred to as personal aide (PA) or personal secretary (PS), is a job title describing a person who assists a specific person with their daily business or personal task. It is a subspecialty of secretarial duties. Duties, responsibilities and functions An assistant helps with time and daily management, of meetings, correspondence, and note-taking. The role of a personal assistant can be varied, such as answering phone calls, taking notes, scheduling meetings, emailing, texts, etc. In business or personal contexts, assistants are people who provide services that relieve his or her employer from the stress of tasks that are associated with managing one's personal and/or business life. They assist with a variety of life management tasks, including running errands, arranging travel (e.g., travel agent services such as purchasing airline tickets, reserving hotel rooms and rental cars, and arranging activities, as well as handling more localized serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Kheny
Ashok Shankarappa Kheny is an Indian film producer, actor, director, businessman, politician, and owner of the Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team. He is a chairman of the Indian Institute of Cartoonists, and Managing Director of the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Limited based in Bengaluru. He was founder-president of the Karnataka Makkal Paksha until joining Indian National Congress party. He is the Director of IIIE Limited. He was Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Bidar South Vidhan Sabha constituency from 9 May 2013 to 15 May 2018. He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Kheny has been in the news for his scuffles with the former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda over the land acquisition for the BMIC project. Kheny received the Outstanding Businessman of the Year from a Minority community award for 1987, conferred by the then President of the United States Ronald Reagan. Kheny owns th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandeep Roy
Mandeep Roy (; 4 April 1949 – 29 January 2023) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of his films as an actor included '' Aakasmika'' (1993),'' ...Re'' (2016), '' Aaptha Rakshaka'' (2010), '' Amrithadhare'' (2005), '' Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu'' (2001). Life and career Mandeep Roy appeared in more than 500 films in Kannada cinema. Roy died from a cardiac arrest on 29 January 2023, at the age of 73. Filmography * '' Minchina Ota'' (1980) * '' Devara Aata'' (1981) * '' Baadada Hoo'' (1982) * '' Benkiya Bale'' (1983) * '' Hosa Theerpu'' (1983)...Mootayya * '' Makkaliralavva Mane Thumba'' (1984) * '' Bidugadeya Bedi'' (1985) * '' Nannavaru'' (1986) * '' Digvijaya'' (1987)... Constable Ranga * '' Anthima Ghatta'' (1987) * '' Elu Suttina Kote'' (1988) * '' Gajapathi Garvabhanga'' (1989) * ''Manmatha Raja'' (1989)...Thimmanna * '' Aasegobba Meesegobba'' (1990) * '' Ashwamedha'' (1990)..."Sautu", Panku's friend * '' Michael Madana Kama Rajan'' (1990) (Tamil) (uncr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejaswini Prakash
Tejaswini Prakash is an Indian model and actress who predominantly appears in Kannada films. She is best known for her role with Dr. Vishnuvardhan in '' Mathad Mathadu Mallige''. She appeared in the fifth season of the television reality show '' Big Boss Kannada''. Career Tejaswini made her film debut in 2007 through ''Masanada Makkalu''. She appeared in films including '' Mathad Mathad Mallige'', ''Gaja'', '' Aramane'' and ''Goolihatti''. She also appeared in a few Telugu films including ''Prathikshnam'' and ''Kannulo Nee Rupamey''. She appeared as a contestant in the fifth Season of ''Bigg Boss Kannada ''Bigg Boss Kannada (BBK)'' is the Kannada version of the reality TV show ''Bigg Boss'', which is broadcast in India through Colors Kannada channel. The show is produced by Endemol Shine India, who owns the global format of '' Big Brother''. ...''. Filmography Kannada films Other language films Television References External links * Tejaswini Praka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitra Shenoy
Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films predominately in Kannada and Malayalam. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film industry having portrayed the role of a mother to almost all top stars in Kannada. In Malayalam she rose to fame with her role as Mammootty's mother in Rajamanikyam. She became a house-hold name in Kerala playing the villainous mother-in-law character in the Malayalam serial ''Sthreedhanam''. She owns the production company ''Good Company Productions''. Personal life She was born in a Sankethi Brahmin family to M. K. Vinayak and Saraswathi, as the youngest of two children at Hassan. She has an elder sister, Jyothi. She is a home science graduate. She is married to Gurudas Shenoy, a Kannada Film & Television Producer. They have a daughter Kushi Shenoy. Gurudas & Chitra Shenoy together run two television production companies - Dakshin Videotech and Good Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulasi (actress)
P. A. Tulasi is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil cinema. Later she appeared in lead actress and supporting actress roles. She has acted in over 300 films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bhojpuri languages."Tulasi rocks in her third innings" ''The New Indian Express''. 13 November 2013 She won two and one . Career Tulasi made her debut ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kishan Shrikanth
Kishan Shrikanth (born 6 January 1996), also known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is an Indian filmmaker and actor recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest director of a professionally made feature-length film from Bangalore, Karnataka. , having acted in 24 films and in many popular Indian soap opera (more than 299 episodes), he directed a feature film, '' C/o Footpath'' ('' Care of Footpath''), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school."Meet the director... The film is adapted from a short story written by himself, and the cast includes prominent Indian actors Jackie Shroff, Saurabh Shukla, B. Jayashree, Sudeep and Tara. Kishan himself plays the lead. The film has been dubbed into five major Indian languages and it has also been released in English. It was first shot in Kannada and the original version was released on 26 November 2006. In 2006, Kishan Shrikanth was recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest director of a professionally made featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komal (actor)
Komal Kumar (born 4 July 1973), known mononymously as Komal, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut with ''Super Nan Maga'' in 1992. Since his debut, Komal has acted in over 100 films, initially in comedic roles as a supporting actor before playing lead roles. He is the younger brother of actor Jaggesh, with whom he has frequently collaborated professionally. Komal has won Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a supporting actor in the film '' Thavarige Baa Thangi'' in 2003. He has also won the South Filmfare Award for his performance in ''Neenello Naanalle'' in 2006. Early life and family Komal was born into a well-to-do family of industrialists. He completed his studies in Ooty and was interested in taking up the civil service examinations before he lost interest in academics. He subsequently wanted to pursue a course in cinematography at the Film and Television Institute in Pune, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
