Kati Patang is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations opposite her charming neighbour, played by Rajesh Khanna. It was a box office success and Parekh's performance as Madhavi was critically acclaimed and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The film also stars Nazir Hussain, Bindu, Prem Chopra, Daisy Irani and Sulochana Latkar.
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.
Prematho Raa is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romance film produced by T. Trivikrama Rao under the Vijayalakshmi Art Movies banner, directed by Udayasankar. It stars Venkatesh and Simran, with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was recorded as a flop at the box office. This was the second collaboration between Venkatesh, Simran and Director Udayasankar after Kalisundam Raa but couldn't repeat that film's success. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Kadhal Galatta.
The 20th Filmfare Awards were held in 1973, awarding the films made in 1972.
Chetan Krishna popularly known as Chetan Sosca is an Indian playback singer and composer who has performed the music for many Kannada films.
Ranadheera is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language musical romantic action film directed by V. Ravichandran and produced by N. Veeraswamy under Eshwari Productions. The film, an adaptation of 1983 Hindi film Hero, stars V. Ravichandran and Khushbu Sundar, alongside Anant Nag, Lokesh, Sudheer and Jai Jagadish. The music was composed by Hamsalekha, while cinematography and editing were handled by R. Madhusudan and K. Balu respectively.
Chaitrada Premanjali is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed and written by S. Narayan making his debut in direction. The film stars newcomers Raghuveer and Shwetha along with Lokesh and Abhijeeth in other pivotal roles. The film met with positive reviews upon release from critics and audience eventually becoming the musical hit of the year.
Honganasu is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Ratnaja of Nenapirali fame. The film stars Prem Kumar in lead role whereas debutant Anjali and Anuradha Mehta play the female leads. Ananth Nag plays an important role in the film.
Preethsod Thappa is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran and Shilpa Shetty. Actors Lokesh and Lakshmi and Prakash Raj feature in other prominent roles. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Ninne Pelladata (1996).
Premism is a 2010 Indian Kannada language romantic film directed by Ratnaja of Nenapirali fame. He has teamed up yet again with producer Ajay Gowda and music director Hamsalekha for the third time after Nenapirali and Honganasu in this film. The film mainly stars Chetan Chandra, Amulya and Varun with actor Sunil Raoh making a guest appearance.
Koti Chennaya is 2007 historical Tulu language film based on the lives of Koti and Chennayya, the twin cultural folk heroes of Tulu Nadu. The film, which combines history, folklore and social stratum of yesteryear Tulu Nadu, is directed by Anand P Raju, with R Dhanaraj serving as producer under the banner of Prarthana Creations. The film stars Balakrishna Shetty, Shekar Kotian, Vinaya Prasad and Neethu.
Ekka Saka is a 2015 Tulu language film, directed by K. Sooraj Shetty and produced by Lion Kishore D. Shetty for Lukumi Cine Creations. It stars Hitesh Naik and Sonal Monteiro. The film was released on 1 May 2015.
Rakshasa (transl. Demon) is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by Sadhu Kokila, written by Ranganath and produced by Ramu. The film features Shiva Rajkumar and Gajala in the lead roles along with Ruthika, Amrutha, Kishore and Rangayana Raghu in other pivotal roles.
Ratnaja is a Kannada movie writer and director. He debuted his career as a director with the 2005 hit movie Nenapirali which won four awards at the 2005-06 Karnataka State Film Awards, including the Best Director award.
Aathanka (transl. Anxiety) is a 1993 Indian Kannada drama thriller film directed by Sai Prakash, and stars Anant Nag and Vinaya Prasad in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Anjana, Mukhyamantri Chandru and Sarika. The film depicts the marital life of a woman being disturbed by another woman suffering from paranoid personality disorder, who develops hatred towards men after being subjected to domestic violence by her husband.
Vidhya Venkatesh is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada language films. After making her debut with Kamal Haasan in the Tamil film Panchathanthiram (2002), she won critical acclaim for her performances in Kannada movies like Chigurida Kanasu (2003) and Nenapirali (2005). Her performance in Nenapirali won her Best Actress Award at 53rd Filmfare Awards South.
Thayi Illada Thabbali is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by Om Sai Prakash. The film was produced by Ramesh Yadav under the banner Royal Pictures. It features Shivadwaj and Radhika. The score and soundtrack for the film is by Nadabrahma Hamsalekha and the cinematography is by Sundarnath Suvarna. Radhika received Karnataka State Award for Best Actress for her performance and she also received nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada.
Lankesh Patrike is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language political thriller film directed by Indrajit Lankesh and starring Darshan and Vasundhara Das. Darshan played a journalist in the film and Vasundhara Das made her Kannada acting debut with this film. Despite releasing to positive critical reception, the film was a box office failure.
Bimba is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language children's drama film directed by Kavitha Lankesh and starring Baby Raksha, Daisy Bopanna, Prakash Raj and Sampath Kumar.
