Sampath Kumar, known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films. Vishnuvardhan has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 220 films. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, and holds the status of a matinée idol amongst the Kannada diaspora. He is popularly called as Sahasa Simha, Dada and The Angry Young Man of Kannada Cinema. Vishnuvardhan's contributions to Kannada cinema have been praised by his contemporaries in the Indian film industry. The Government of Karnataka honoured him with the Rajyothsava Prashasthi in 1990 and the Dr. Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 for his contributions to Kannada cinema. He was called The Phoenix of Indian Cinema. In 2008, a poll conducted by CNN-IBN listed Vishnuvardhan as the most popular star in the Kannada film industry.
Mudabidri Venkat Rao Vasudeva Rao was an Indian actor. He entered the film world as a child actor in 1928. He won the Best Actor Award at the 23rd National Film Awards for his role of Choma in the Chomana Dudi (1975), a film based on Shivarama Karanth's novel of the same name.
T. Krishna Kumari was an Indian actress. She worked predominantly in Telugu films, in addition to Tamil and Kannada films in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the sister of noted actress Sowkar Janaki.
Krishnan Love Story is a 2010 Indian Kannada language action drama film written and directed by Shashank, and starring Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit in leading roles and Umashri, Achyuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha and Chandra in supporting roles.The music of this film is composed by Sridhar V. Sambhram. The movie was remade in Bengali in 2018 as Piya Re by Surinder Films starring Soham Chakraborty.
Ajay Rao is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He rose to fame with 2003 blockbuster movie Excuse Me.
Director's Special is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language satire film written and directed by Guruprasad. It stars a debutant Dhananjay along with Rangayana Raghu. Actress Pooja Gandhi made a special appearance in an item song. The storyline of the movie was also found in two more Kannada movies—Dasavala and Karodpathi. It was also reported that the concept of all these films could be traced back to the 1996 Spanish film Familia in which a lonely rich man hires actors to act as his family members on his birthday.
Excuse Me is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film starring Sunil Raoh, Ramya and Ajay Rao in the lead roles. The film is directed by Prem of the blockbuster Kariya fame. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik and was well received upon release.
Ratha Sapthami is a 1986 Indian Kannada-language romantic musical film directed by M. S. Rajashekar and produced by S. A. Govindaraj. It stars Shiva Rajkumar in his second venture after Anand. Debutant actress Asha Rani and playwright Parvathavani star. The musical score was composed by Upendra Kumar, while the lyrics, screenplay and dialogues were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. P. Vasu was the co-screen play writer of this movie. The story is based on a Kannada novel of the same name by Vidyullatha Sasanoor. Ratha Sapthami opened on 12 December 1986 and was declared a musical blockbuster.
Taj Mahal is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by R. Chandru and starring Ajay Rao and Pooja Gandhi. Produced by T. Shivashankar Reddy, the film is Chandru's directoral debut. The film opened on 25 July 2008, and had a 200-day run in Karanataka. Music director Abhiman Roy was awarded the Best Music Director accolade at the Karnataka State Film Awards for his film score. Taj Mahal was one of the most successful Kannada-language films of 2008. It was remade in Telugu under the same title - Taj Mahal in 2010.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari is a 2014 Indian Kannada romantic drama film written and directed by Santhosh Ananddram and produced by the duo Jayanna and Bhogendra under the banner Jayanna Combines. It stars Yash and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Srinath, Achyuth Kumar and Malavika Avinash. The story revolves around two characters: a tearaway and hot-headed youngster, Ramachari, who is a diehard fan of Vishnuvardhan, and his love interest, the sophisticated Divya.
Krishna-Rukku is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Anil Kumar and produced by Uday K. Mehta. It stars Ajay Rao and Amulya in the lead roles. The film's music is composed by Sridhar V. Sambhram and cinematography is by Jagadish Wali.
Ond Chance Kodi is a 2015 Kannada-language comedy film Produced by Dr Sunilkumar R M directed by Sathyamitra. The film stars Ravishankar Gowda, Patre Ajith, debutante Linto and Shruti. The film was a remake of Malayalam film Best of Luck (2010) which was loosely based on the Hindi film All The Best (2009) which was an adaptation of the Marathi play Pati Sagle Uchapati which in turn was based on the English comedy play Right Bed Wrong Husband. While the Marathi play was adapted into Kannada earlier as Housefull, the Tamil adaptation of the English play titled Thikku Theriyatha Veettil was made into a Tamil movie Veettuku Veedu which was remade in Kannada earlier as Galate Samsara - thus making this the third Kannada on-screen adaptation of the original play.
Nataraja Service is a 2016 Indian Kannada language romantic emotional comedy film directed by Pavan Wadeyar, produced by N.S. Rajkumar and presented by Puneeth Rajkumar. It stars Sharan and Mayuri Kyatari. The music was composed by Anoop Seelin whilst the cinematography was by Arul K. Somasundaram.
Dhairyam is a 2017 Indian Kannada film directed by Shiva Tejas who earlier directed Male (2015), and produced by Dr. K Raju under the banner Raj Production. The film stars Ajay Rao, Aditi Prabhudeva, P. Ravishankar, Sadhu Kokila, Jai Jagadish, and Honnavalli Krishna.
Dada is Back is a 2017 Indian Kannada crime film directed by Santhosh produced by Ajay Raj Urs and Dr Shankar under the Apple Films & Dayanand Sounds production The film stars Arun Kumar, Ajay Raj Urs, Shravya along with the Tamil actor R. Parthiepan, making his debut in Kannada cinema. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Anoop Seelin whilst the cinematography is by Nagesh Acharya.
Dayavittu Gamanisi is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language satirical film written, directed by Rohit Padaki, making his debut in direction. Krishna Sarthak is the main producer. It stars an ensemble cast including Raghu Mukherjee, Samyukta Hornad, Sukrutha Wagle, Vasishta N. Simha, Prakash Belawadi, Rajesh Nataranga, Bhavana Rao, Sangeetha Bhat. The film score and soundtrack for the film are composed by Anoop Seelin, and the cinematography was handled by Aravind Kashyap. It was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada at the 65th Filmfare Awards South.
Patela is a 1999 Indian Kannada action comedy film directed by Victory Vasu. The film stars Jaggesh, Payal Malhotra, Lokesh and Jayanthi in the lead roles while Avinash and Killer Venkatesh played the antagonists. The film has musical score by Hamsalekha.
Kwatle Satisha is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language comedy film directed by Mahesh Rao and starring Sathish Ninasam, Chikkanna, Anand, Suri, and Sonia Gowda. It is a remake of the Tamil film Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (2012).
Guru Deshpande is an Indian film director, producer and distributor, known for his work in Kannada film industry. He is well known for Raja Huli starring Yash and Meghana Raj. In 2019, Guru Deshpande turned produced launching his banner G Cinemas and started a Film Institute under the name G Academy in Bengaluru.
Madarangi is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Mallikarjun Muthalageri, who previously directed Auto (2009), and starring Krishna, Sushma Raj and Naksha Shetty. The film's title is based on a song from Milana (2007).
