Gangaraju, professionally known as Hamsalekha, is an Indian film composer and songwriter who works in South Indian cinema, predominantly in the Kannada film industry since the late 1980s. He is also a screenplay writer, dialogue writer, instrumentalist and conductor, having composed and written over 500 albums.
Dil Ek Mandir is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by C. V. Sridhar and written by Raj Baldev Raj. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar and Mehmood. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan. All the songs of this film were hits and were loved by everyone. The film was a major hit and ranked fifth on the box office collection list. The film is a remake of Sridhar's Tamil film Nenjil Or Aalayam (1962), and was itself remade in Pakistan as Insaniyat in 1967.
April 1 Vidudala is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film written and directed by Vamsy. An adaptation of the novel Harischandrudu Abaddhamaadithe. The film stars Rajendra Prasad and Shobana with music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Maurya is a 2004 Kannada language sports drama film directed by S. Narayan. The film starred Puneeth Rajkumar, Roja Selvamani and Meera Jasmine in lead roles. This film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. It is the remake of 2003 Telugu movie, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi.
Suryavamsam is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao, and produced by R. B. Choudary under Super Good Films. It stars Venkatesh and Meena, with soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film is the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Surya Vamsam (1997). The film was a blockbuster at the box office.
Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Divyavani, Master Baladitya and music composed by J. V. Raghavulu. Battina Venkatakrishna Reddy produced it under the Sri Sai Madhavi Arts banner. Relangi Narasimha Rao later remade the film in Kannada as Edurmaneli Ganda Pakkadmaneli Hendthi (1992).
Gharshane is a 2014 Indian Kannada language action thriller film directed by Dayal Padmanabhan, and is a remake of the 2011 Tamil film, Yuddham Sei. It stars Malashri, Ashish Vidyarthi and Ayyappa P. Sharma in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Roopika, Muni and Keerthiraj. Palaniraj received a nomination for Best Fight Choreographer at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards.
Gowdru is a 2004 Kannada drama film directed by S. Mahendar. The film features Ambareesh, Devaraj and Shruti in the lead roles. Meena, B. Jaya and Ramesh Pandit feature in supporting roles. The film marks the 200th of Ambareesh and the 100th of Shruti. The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The film is an unofficial remake of Tamil film Kizhakku Cheemayile.
Kollura Sri Mookambika is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language Hindu mythological film, directed and produced by Renuka Sharma. Chi. Udaya Shankar has written the story and screenplay and Pughalendi Mahadevan has scored the music. The film stars Sridhar, Bhavya and Vajramuni. The film is centered on the Goddess Mookambika.
Drishya (transl. Visual) is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by P. Vasu and produced by E4 Entertainment, starring V. Ravichandran and Navya Nair. It is a remake of the 2013 Malayalam-language film Drishyam, directed by Jeethu Joseph and starring Mohanlal and Meena. The supporting cast feature an ensemble of Achyuth Kumar, Prabhu, Asha Sarath, Swaroopini Narayan, Unnathi and Rohith B. The film's music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. A sequel Drishya 2 was released in 2021.
Shourya is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language action film written by J. Siva Kumar and directed by Sadhu Kokila. The film stars Darshan and Madalasa Sharma, making her debut in Kannada films, in the lead roles. It is a remake of the successful Telugu film Souryam (2008) starring Gopichand and Anushka Shetty.
Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Renuka Sharma and produced by Subramaniam Kumar and V. Swaminathan. The film stars Sreenivas Murthy, Geetha and Master Sanjay. The film has musical score by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was dubbed in Malayalam under same title and in Tamil as Manikandan.
Srimathi Vellostha is a 1998 Telugu-language drama film, produced by C. Venkataraju, G. Sivaraju under the Geeta Chitra International banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Jagapati Babu, Devayani, Poonam and music composed by Koti.
Renuka Sharma was a director who worked in Kannada cinema. He was known for his mythological and historical films. He debuted as director with the film Anupama starring Anant Nag and Madhavi.
Hemareddy Mallamma is a 1946 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by S. Soundarya Rajan and produced by Gubbi Veeranna. The film stars B. Jayamma, Honnappa Bhagavathar, Veeranna and C. B. Mallappa. The film has musical score by V. Nagayya.
Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda is a 1997 Indian Kannada film, directed by S. Umesh and produced by K. Prabhakar. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Umashree and Tara in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Upendra Kumar.
Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla is a 1990 Telugu-language comedy film, produced by M. Narasimha Rao under the Raasi Movie Creations banner, directed by Vallabhaneni Janardhan, with Vijaya Bapineedu in direction supervision. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Nirosha, with music composed by Upendra Kumar. The film is a remake of 1989 Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana, based on Parvathavani's Kannada play Bahaddur Ganda which was a translation of William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew. Upendra Kumar, who had composed the songs for the original movie, retained all the six songs from the original.
Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Renuka Sharma and written by P. Kalaimani. The film stars Malashri, Sridhar and Anjana. The film's music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and the audio was launched on the Lahari Music banner. The film was a remake of Tamil film En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan.
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 score for the film is by Rajesh Ramanath and soundtrack for the film is by Raja. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Sollattuma with a few reshot scenes.
Hemareddy Mallamma was a female saint in the 14th century. She was born in the 14th century in the North Karnataka region. Karnataka government observes Hemareddy Mallamma Jayanti in May 10 every year. She was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva in the form of Srisailam Mallikarjuna. She was grown in a family of Veerashaiva Lingayata and followed Basavanna's path. She went through a lot of torture by her co-sisters-in-law and even received murder attempts by them and was thrown out of the house by them. Then Hemareddy Mallamma started to live in a forest and continued her devoted practices. Srisailam Mallikarjuna was pleased by her devotion, appeared before her and asked a boon. She asked him to give wealth to her family even being tortured by them. She suggested her family to have wealth, do charity and not have ego. Hemareddy Mallamma never wrote Vachanas but her life is an inspiration for women. She is referred as Mahasadhvi means a great woman.
