Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah

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Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah
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Born (1980-09-11) 11 September 1980 (age 43)
Koratagere, Tumkur district, Karnataka, India
Education
Occupation Film Producer
Years active2013–present
Known for
Awards Bengaluru International Film Festival Award–2017

Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah is an Indian producer best known for his Kannada films. His debut film Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu [2] was a blockbuster hit which was released in 2016 followed by another collaboration with actor and producer Rakshit Shetty in Kirik Party which is now all-time top three hit movies in Kannada. [3] He co-produced the multiple award-winning Kannada film Jeerjimbe . [4]

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Early life

Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah was born on 11 September 1980 to K.N Mallikarjunaiah and Manjula Devi B.S in, a Koratagere town in Tumkur district, Karnataka. Pushkar graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology in 2003 and further pursued his M.S. in Automotive (UK) from the University of Hertfordshire from United Kingdom in 2005. Later worked as a SAP consultant for few years and quit his job to live his dream as an entrepreneur. He then started his construction business from the year 2009. His film journey started in the year 2016 with a blockbuster hit Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu.

Career

Pushkar's debut production Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu which was directed by Hemanth Rao, starring Anant Nag and Rakshit Shetty produced under his banner Pushkar Films went on to become a blockbuster hit. The movie is amongst the all-time top 3 highest grossing Kannada movie in terms of overseas collection. It stands at 4th position in terms of number of shows played at Karnataka Multiplexes.

His next project was Kirik Party, where he bought [5] a stake of 30% under his banner Pushkar Films was yet another blockbuster. The film was released in 2016, this movie created a history of becoming 2nd highest profitable movie [6] in Kannada cinema with a near turnover of more than 40 crores and the movie is still running in theaters heading towards completing its 100 days run. [7] Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah's upcoming production venture is titled as Humble Politician Nograj starring Danish Sait. [8] Produced under his banner Pushkar films in association with Rakshit Shetty’s Paramvah Studios, this movie is expected to be released in August 2017.

Pushkar received the Bengaluru International Film Festival award during February 2017 for his debut production film Godhi Banna Sadharna Mykattu as the 3rd best Kannada cinema.

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
NoYearFilmDirectorActorsLanguageNotes
12016 Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Hemanth Rao Anant Nag, Rakshit Shetty, Vasishta N. Simha Kannada Won Bengaluru International Film Festival Award
2 Kirik Party Rishab Shetty Rakshit Shetty, Rashmika Mandanna, Samyuktha Hegde Kannada 30% Stake holder [9]
32017 Huliraaya Arvind Kaushik Balu Nagendra Kannada Presented & Distribution
42018 Humble Politician Nograj Saad Khan Danish Sait Kannada Producer
5 Mercury Karthik Subbaraj Prabhu DevaSilentDistribution
6 Katheyondu Shuruvagide Senna Hegde Diganth, Pooja Devariya Kannada Producer
7 Jeerjimbe Karthik Saragur Siri Vanalli, Lavanya Kannada Co-Producer along with Beehive Productions. This film won four Karnataka State Film Awards, the most for any film in 2017 [10]
82019 Avane Srimannarayana Sachin Ravi Rakshit Shetty, Shanvi Srivastava Kannada Producer
92020 Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja Karthik Saragur Aravinnd Iyer, Arohi Narayan Kannada Producer
102021 Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Senna Hegde Manoj K. U., Ajisha Prabhakaran, Anagha Narayanan, Unnimaya Nalppadam, Sunil Surya Malayalam Producer [11]
112022 Avatara Purusha Suni Sharan Ashika Ranganath Kannada Producer
12 10 Karm Chawla Vinay Rajkumar Kannada Producer
132024 Avatara Purusha 2 Suni Sharan Ashika Ranganath Kannada Producer

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResult
2017 Bengaluru International Film Festival Award 3rd Best FilmWon
2017 Karnataka State Film Awards Best children filmWon
2020 68th National Film Awards Best Feature Film in Malayalam Won [12]
2021 51st Kerala State Film Awards Second Best Film for Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Won [13]

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