Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His rise as a playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, just as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was a recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour conferred in India.
Sudeep Sanjeev, known mononymously as Sudeep, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada language films, in addition to appearances in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language films.
Tarka is a 1989 Indian Kannada language suspense thriller film directed and produced by Sunil Kumar Desai based on Agatha Christie's 1958 play The Unexpected Guest and starring Shankar Nag, Devaraj and Vanitha Vasu. It also features Shivaraj, Avinash, Shashidhar Bhat, Praveen Nayak and Sudhakar Pai.
Ananda Bhairavi is a 1983 Indian bilingual dance film, simultaneously shot in Telugu and Kannada languages, written, and directed by Jandhyala. It starred Girish Karnad, Kathak dancer Malavika Sarkar, Rajesh Kumar and "Natyacharya" Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma as a male classical dancer in this film. The film was premiered at International Film Festival of India. The film received positive reviews and has garnered the four state Nandi Awards.
Kiran Kumar, known by his screen name Prem, is an Indian film director in Kannada cinema.
Sparsha is a 2000 Indian Kannada romantic film written and directed by Sunil Kumar Desai. It stars Sudeep, Rekha and Sudha Rani in lead roles. Naveen Mayur, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Kashi, Umashree and Vanishree feature in supporting roles.
Veera Madakari is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by Sudeep. The film features Sudeep in a double role alongside debutant Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film features a background score and soundtrack composed by M. M. Keeravani and produced by Dinesh Gandhi. The film was released on 20 March 2009. This film is the remake of Telugu blockbuster Vikramarkudu.
Chandu is a 2002 Kannada romantic-drama film directed by Arun Prasad P.A. featuring Sudeep and Sonia Agarwal. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Gurukiran and lyrics by K. Kalyan, Anant Kumar and V. Nagendra Prasad. The film released on 10 May 2002.
Nammanna is a 2005 Indian Kannada action-drama film directed by N. Shankar featuring Sudeep, Anjala Zaveri and Asha Saini in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by Gurukiran. The film released on 18 November 2005. This movie is dubbed in Telugu as Dowrjanyam. The film is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film Anna.
Anubhava (transl. Experience) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language drama film starring Kashinath and Abhinaya. Actresses Abhinaya and Umashree made their debut with this film. The film is directed, co-produced and written by Kashinath and produced under Sri Gayatri Productions banner. It was also remade into Hindi-language Anubhav starring Shekhar Suman directed by Kashinath himself. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as Aadhyate Anubhavam and in Telugu as Anubhavam. Sunil Kumar Desai worked as an assistant to Kashinath on this movie.
Bindhiya Ramu, known by her stage name Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Kannada films. Rachita made her film debut with the 2013 film Bulbul as the lead opposite Darshan. She has established herself as one of the highest-paid and popular actress of Kannada industry.
Asura (transl. Demon) is a 2001 Indian Kannada action film directed by S. Mahendar, starring Shiva Rajkumar and Damini, with Raghuvaran and Ananth Nag in other pivotal roles. The movie was a box office hit.
Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi is a 1997 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai based on Yandamuri Veerendranath's novel Nishyabda translated into Kannada by Sharadatanaya. The movie was produced by Jayashree Devi. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Aravind and Nivedita Jain.
...Re is a 2016 Indian Kannada comedy film written and directed by Sunil Kumar Desai. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of veteran actors: Ramesh Aravind, Anant Nag, Master Hirannaiah, Loknath, Shivaram, Tennis Krishna, Ramesh Bhat, Vaijanath Biradar, Sharath Lohitashwa, Suman, G. K. Govinda Rao among others. Harshika Poonacha and debutant actress Suman play female leads in the film. Ace cinematographer G S Bhaskar who has previously worked for Hollywood legends such has Richard Attenborough has handled the camera. Veteran music director Hamsalekha has composed the music for the film. The movie was initially titled Thandana Thandanana. Ananth Nag had revealed that the movie is thematically similar to Badal Sircar's play Ballabpurer Roopkatha.
Pailwaan (transl. Wrestler) is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language sports-masala film written and directed by S. Krishna. The film is produced by Swapna Krishna under the banner RRR Motion Pictures and bankrolled by Zee Studios. It stars Sudeep, Sunil Shetty and Aakanksha Singh in the lead roles, while Kabir Duhan Singh, Sushant Singh, Avinash, and Sharath Lohitashwa play supporting roles. Pailwan marks Sunil Shetty's debut in Kannada cinema. The score and soundtrack of the film was composed by Arjun Janya. The film follows the journey of an orphan who goes on to become a wrestler and a boxer while getting into brawls with those who disrupt his personal life.
Bell Bottom is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language crime comedy film directed by Jayatheertha and written by Dayanand T. K. The film, set in the 1980s, is produced by Santhosh Kumar K. C. under the Golden Horse Cinema banner. The film features Rishab Shetty and Hariprriya in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Achyuth Kumar, Yogaraj Bhat and Pramod Shetty.
Shivaji Surathkal also known as Shivaji Surathkal: The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya is a 2020 mystery thriller Kannada language film written and directed by Akash Srivatsa, produced by Anup Gowda, Reka KN, starring Ramesh Aravind and Radhika Narayan in lead roles. The film is Ramesh's 101st movie. The plot revolves around a murder mystery beginning in Ranagiri. After the success of the film, makers have decided to create a franchise and have planned to produce a sequel of the film.
