Jayashree, known by her screen name Sudha Rani, is an Indian actress, voice artist and former model. She has primarily worked in Kannada films in addition to some Tamil, Telugu, Tulu and Malayalam films. As on Feb 2024, she has acted in about 150 films across industries.
Bulbul is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film directed by M. D. Shridhar. It is a partial remake of the Telugu film Darling with the scenes in the flashback inspired from 50 First Dates. The film stars Darshan, Ambareesh and debutant Rachita Ram. The music for the film was composed by V. Harikrishna with lyrics penned by Kaviraj. The film's title is based off a song of the same name from Gaja (2008). The film released theatrically on 10 May 2013, It was the highest grossing Kannada film of 2013.
Annavru is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language crime drama film directed by Om Prakash Rao starring Ambareesh and Darshan with Kaniha, Suhasini and Sumihtra in supporting roles. The film is a remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thalapathi. The film released to positive reviews and was a box office success.
Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Kannada films. Considered among the leading Kannada actresses, Rachita is a recipient of various accolades including one Filmfare Award South and three dhanush v hassan South Indian International Movie Awards.
Chikkanna, is an Indian Comedy actor who works in Kannada cinema and appears primarily in comic roles. He made his debut in films with Kirataka (2011), following which he was recognized for his performances in Raja Huli (2013) and Adyaksha (2014). Chikkanna played the lead role for the first time in the film Upadhyaksha (2024).
Mr. Airavata is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by A. P. Arjun and produced by Sandesh Nagaraj under Sandesh Combines. The film stars Darshan, alongside Urvashi Rautela, Prakash Raj, Anant Nag, Sithara, Bullet Prakash, Sindhu Lokanath, Avinash and Sadhu Kokila, with Darshan's son Vineesh Darshan making his acting debut. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna, while cinematography and editing were handled by Shekhar Chandra and Deepu. S. Kumar.
Chandrashekar Bandiyappa is a South Indian film director who was born in Ummadahalli, a small village from Mandya district. With an academic qualification of M.Sc from Mysore University, LLB from KSLU, and B.Ed. from Bangalore University and a Diploma in Film Technology from KANFIDA. He has been with the industry for almost two decades now. He has worked as an Associate director with many directors including S. Narayan and Rajendra Singh Babu. He made his debut in 2013 with the film Aane Pataaki and rose to fame with the Kannada film Rathavara.
Chakravarthy (transl. Emperor) is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action crime film directed by Chintan A V, a former screenwriter, making his debut. The film stars Darshan and Deepa Sannidhi besides Kumar Bangarappa, Aditya and Srujan Lokesh playing key supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Arjun Janya.
Chowka is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Tharun Sudhir, making his debut, and produced by Dwarakish, marking his 50th production film. It features an ensemble cast of Vijay Raghavendra, Prem, Diganth, Prajwal Devaraj, Chikkanna, Aindrita Ray, Priyamani, Bhavana and Deepa Sannidhi.
Tarak is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Prakash and produced by Dushyanth. The film features Darshan, Sruthi Hariharan and Shanvi Srivastava in the lead roles. Devaraj, Kuri Prathap and Sumithra feature in important supporting roles. While the soundtrack and background score is by Arjun Janya, the cinematography is by A. V. Krishna Kumar. The first look of the film was released on 30 March 2017. and the film was released on 29 September 2017.
Raj Vishnu is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by K. Madesh and produced by Ramu. The film has Sharan and Chikkanna in the lead roles, while Vaibhavi Shandilya, Srinivasa Murthy and Bhajharangi Loki play supporting roles. The film features music composed by Arjun Janya and cinematography by Rajesh Katta.
Ambi Ning Vayassaytho is a 2018 Indian Kannada language film directed by Gurudattha Ganiga in his directorial debut. The film features Ambareesh in the lead role, while Sudeepa plays the role of Ambareesh during his young age. It is the last acting assignment of Ambareesh before his death. Actress Suhasini Maniratnam plays the lead role opposite Ambareesh, marking their collaboration after 14 years. Sruthi Hariharan, Dileep Raj, Rockline Venkatesh and others play the key supporting roles. The title of this film was suggested by Sudeepa. The film is a remake of 2017 Tamil film Pa Paandi which was directed by actor Dhanush.
Ayogya is a 2018 Indian Kannada romantic comedy film directed by debutante S. Mahesh Kumar and produced by T. R. Chandrashekar. It stars Sathish Ninasam and Rachita Ram in the lead along with P. Ravishankar, Chikkanna, Saritha, and Sadhu Kokila among others in key supporting roles. The music is scored by Arjun Janya and cinematography is by Preetham Thegginamane.
Roberrt is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by Tharun Sudhir and produced by Umapathy Films. The film stars Darshan, alongside Asha Bhat, Vinod Prabhakar, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan, Devaraj and P. Ravi Shankar. The soundtrack and musical score was composed by Arjun Janya and V. Harikrishna, while cinematography and editing were handled by Sudhakar S. Raj and K. M. Prakash.
Odeya (transl. Owner) is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language action comedy film written and directed by M. D. Sridhar, and produced by Sandesh Nagaraj through the production studio Sandesh Combines. The film stars Darshan, debutante Sanah Thimmayyah, Devaraj and P. Ravi Shankar. The film's score is composed by V. Harikrishna with additional songs by Arjun Janya. It's a remake of the Tamil-language film Veeram.
Trivikrama is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by S. Sahana Murthy and produced by Ramco Somanna. The film stars Vikram Ravichandran and Akanksha Sharma in lead roles, while Jayaprakash, Suchendra Prasad, Tulasi, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila and Rohit Roy appear in supporting roles. The music is done by Arjun Janya, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Santosh Rai Pathaje and K. M. Prakash.
Abhishek Ambareesh is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Kannada language films. The son of actors-politicians Ambareesh and Sumalatha, Abhishek made his debut as a lead actor in the romantic action film, Amar (2019) for which he won the SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut.
Upadhyaksha is a 2024 Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Anil Kumar and produced by Smitha Umapathy. It stars Chikkanna in his debut lead role. The rest of the cast includes Malaika Vasupal, P. Ravishankar, Sadhu Kokila, Veena Sundar and Dharmanna Kadur. The film is a sequel to Adyaksha (2014) starring Sharan in the lead role.
Nagashekar is an Indian writer, film director, actor and producer primarily working in Kannada cinema. Starting his career as an actor in Ninagagi (2002), he went on to feature in supporting roles in about 50 films until he turned into direction for the film, Aramane in 2008. Later, he directed successful films such as Sanju Weds Geetha (2011), Myna (2013) and Maasthi Gudi (2017). He debuted into the Telugu cinema with the film Gurthunda Seethakalam (2022). He co-produced, directed and acted in Tamil film November Mazhaiyil Naanum Avalum (2023).
