Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who works in Kannada films and television. Aravind has appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil-language films. He has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has won Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and Karnataka State Awards for Best Actor. He received Best Story Award for his script for Hoomale. He has won Udaya TV award and Suvarna TV awards.
TV5 is an Indian Telugu-language 24-hour news channel. It is launched on 2 October 2007 by Shreya Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd. It is founded by B. R. Naidu of Chittoor. He is also the owner of hair product company, Nuzen Hair oil. Naidu is the chairman, and Bollineni Ravindranath is the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the channel. TV5 is popular for its incisive business reportage.
Colors 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.
Shashi Kumar is an actor and politician from Karnataka. He works predominantly in Kannada films. He is originally from Andrapradesh; he acted with many leading ladies in 1990s and he acted as Rajnikanth's brother in Blockbuster movie Baashha (1995). He is credited with the title 'Supreme Hero' by the Kannada audience.
Prajwal Devaraj is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the Kannada film Sixer (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards. This was followed by the gangster drama Geleya (2007) which was a box-office success. Prajwal has been appreciated for his recent films like Chowka (2017), Gentleman (2020) and Inspector Vikram.
Mohit Raina is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and television. He started his acting career with a science fiction show Antariksh (2004) and later went on to play a role in Don Muthu Swami (2008). He is best known for the lead role of the Hindu god Shiva in the television series Devon Ke Dev – Mahadev and Mahabharat, prior to which he had acted in television soap operas including Chehra (2009) and Ganga Kii Dheej (2010).
Bhavya is an Indian actress. She has acted in several Kannada and a few Tamil and Telugu movies. She was a top heroine of Kannada cinema during 1985–1992. She switched over to key supporting roles post 2000.
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. Kiccha Sudeepa was hired to host the reality show in 2013 for the first season on ETV Kannada (now Colors Kannada). Later, he continued as a host of the show.
Subiksha Krishnan is an Indian actress. She has starred in predominantly Tamil films apart from a few Malayalam and Kannada language films.
Colors is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by Viacom18. It was launched on 21 July 2008. Its programming consists of family dramas, comedies, fantasy shows, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime, and television films.
Seetha Vallabha is an Indian Kannada language television drama that premiered on Colors Kannada on 18 June 2018. It came into the foray due some remarkable performances by the lead pair. Telecast of serial began in Colors Kannada channel and remains the same till date. The show ended in August 2020, after airing successfully for two years. The show was dubbed in Hindi as Dil Ka Rishta on Colors Rishtey UK from 2 September 2019 - 2 December 2021 and in Odia on Colors Odia as Ehi Milana Juga Jugara.
Anna Thangi is an Indian Kannada language soap opera airing on Udaya TV. The show premiered on 22 November 2021. It stars Madhu Sagar and Akhila Dechamma in lead roles. The series is an official remake of Tamil language serial Vanathai Pola.
Janani is an 2022 Indian-Kannada language family drama which premiered on Udaya TV on 15 August 2022, starring Varshika, Shwetha, Roopa and Varshitha Seni. The show is an official remake of Tamil serial Ethirneechal.
Kendasampige is an Indian Kannada language drama television series that premiered from 22 August 2022 on Colors Kannada. It stars Kavyashiva, Madhumitha and Akash in their lead roles. This show is produced by Megha Shetty under the banner of Parinitha Production.
Seetha Raama is an Indian Kannada language drama series airing on Zee Kannada which premiered from 17 July 2023. The show is an official remake of Zee Marathi's TV series Majhi Tujhi Reshimgath. It stars Vaishnavi Gowda, Gagan Chinnappa and Rithu Singh in lead roles. The show is also dubbed into Malayalam as Seetha Ramam from 27 May 2024 on Zee Keralam.
Namma Lacchi is an Indian Kannada language Drama television series which premiered from 6 February 2023 on Star Suvarna. It stars Vijay Suriya, Neha Gowda and Vanishree in lead roles. This show is produced by Jai Mata Combines. It is an official remake of Bengali TV series Potol Kumar Gaanwala.
Kenda is a 2024 Kannada language crime, thriller film, written and directed by Sahadev Kelvadi. It is produced by Sahadev Kelvadi and Roopa Rao. Also co-produced by KillJoy films, an Indo-German co production.
Bhoomige Bandha Bhagavantha is an Indian Kannada language drama series airing on Zee Kannada which premiered from 20 March 2023. The show is an remake of Zee TV's series Neeli Chatri Waale. It stars Naveen Krishna, Karthik Samag and Kritika Ravindra.
