Devanesan Chokkalingam, popularly known as Deva, is an Indian film composer and singer who predominantly works in Tamil Cinema. He has composed songs and provided background music for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career spanning about 20 years. Many know his gaana songs, written mostly using Madras Tamil. He is known as the "Father of Gaana Genre" in the Tamil film industry. He has composed music for more than 400 films.
Vaali is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by S. J. Surya making his directorial debut and was produced by S. S. Chakravarthy under production company Nic Arts. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a double role with Simran and Jyothika in the lead roles. Vivek, Sujitha, and Pandu in supporting roles. A modern-day fictional adaptation of the legend of Vali from the Ramayana, it tells the story of Deva and Shiva, two identical twin brothers, with Deva being deaf-mute. When Shiva marries his sweetheart Priya, Deva becomes obsessed with and lusts for Priya.
Red is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action-gangster drama film directed by Singampuli and produced by S S Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Priya Gill in the lead roles, while Manivannan, Salim Ghouse and Raghuvaran played pivotal roles. The film's background score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film received mixed reviews from critics and the film was a Hit at the box-office.
Bagavathi is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by A. Venkatesh, which features Vijay and Reemma Sen in the leading roles. Vadivelu, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jai, K. Vishwanath, and Yugendran play other supporting roles, while Deva composed the music for the film. The movie was released on Diwali. This was the first film featuring Vijay in action role. The movie was remade in Kannada as Kashi from Village.
Sudeep Sanjeev, better known mononymously as Sudeep or as Kichcha Sudeep, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, television presenter and singer, who primarily works in Kannada language films, in addition to appearances in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil language films.
Yogaraj Bhat is an Indian Kannada film director, lyricist, producer and screenwriter. He is most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male. The film recorded the highest box-office collections in the history of Kannada cinema and currently holds the record for the longest running film at a multiplex. He is considered as a cult filmmaker in the industry who brought a new wave of freshness to cinemas through his films, dialogues and songs. Bhat is given the credit of introducing some of the very talented technicians and artists to the film industry.
Mussanjemaatu is a 2008 Romantic film starring Sudeep and Ramya. The film was directed by Mussanje Mahesh. The movie is produced by Suresh Jain. The music of the film was launched on 4 April 2008. The movie was released on 16 May 2008 in India. It was released in the United States and in Toronto on 30 November 2008. The movie was remade in Bengali as Achena Prem which released on 8th July 2011.
Just Maath Maathalli is a 2010 Indian Kannada romantic feel good film, written & directed by Sudeep starring himself, Ramya and Rajesh. The film follows Siddharth's search for Tanu to confess his love for her.
Veera Parampare (ವೀರಪರಂಪರೆ) is a 2010 Kannada drama film starring Ambarish, Sudeep, Aindritha Ray directed by S.Narayan. Bhagyavathi Narayan has produced the film under home banner and S. Narayan himself has scored the songs and background score by Dharma Vish.
Huchcha is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film directed by Om Prakash Rao, starring Sudeep and Rekha Vedavyas in the lead roles. The film, the Kannada remake of the 1999 Tamil film Sethu directed by Bala and starring Vikram, brought lot of fame to Sudeep. Earlier the script was rejected by Upendra and shivarajkumar
Kempe Gowda is a 2011 Kannada-language action film starring Sudeep and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film was directed by Sudeep and produced by Shankar Gowda. It is a remake of the Tamil-language film Singam directed by Hari. Arjun Janya has composed the music. A namesake sequel titled Kempegowda 2 was released in 2019.
'Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films. He has also acted in a Kannada feature film Black & White (2003) as a lead actor.
My Autograph is a 2006 Kannada romantic drama film which was directed, produced and enacted by Sudeep in his first directorial venture. Along with him, this film starred Meena, Sridevika, Deepu, and Rashmi Kulkarni. This film is a remake of Tamil film Autograph, which was directed by Cheran.
Swathi Muthu is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and written by K. Vishwanath. This film starred Sudeep and Meena in the lead roles.
Kotigobba is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Vishnuvardhan, Priyanka Upendra and Ashish Vidyarthi in the lead roles. The film was a remake of Rajinikanth's 1995 film Baashha which itself was based on the 1991 Hindi movie Hum. This movie was directed by Naganna and features soundtrack from Deva who also composed the music for the Tamil version.
Kanasugara is a 2001 Indian Kannada language romance-drama film starring V. Ravichandran, Prema and Shashikumar, Hema Choudhary in the lead roles. The film, a remake of Tamil blockbuster film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1998), is directed by Karan and features soundtrack from Rajesh Ramanath. The original version was directed by Vikraman and featured Karthik and Roja in lead roles.
Snehaloka is a 1999 Indian Kannada romantic drama film directed by S. Mahendar and produced by N. Bharathi Devi. The film has an ensemble cast comprising Ramesh Aravind, Ramkumar, Shashikumar and Anu Prabhakar in the lead roles.
Aadithya is a 1996 Indian Kannada action drama film written and directed by K. N. Lokachandran. The film features Shiva Rajkumar, Neelam, Rubainaa and Madhu Bangarappa in the lead roles.
Jodi is a 2001 Indian Kannada musical - comedy film directed by Kishore Sarja and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film features Shivarajkumar, Jaggesh and Poonam Singar in the lead roles.
Mukunda Murari is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language devotional satirical comedy drama film directed by Nanda Kishore. The film features Upendra in an atheist role and Sudeep playing the role of Lord Krishna, teaming up for the first time in the lead roles. The film, a remake of Hindi film OMG - Oh My God! (2012), which in turn was based on a Gujarati stage play Kanji Virrudh Kanji, is produced by M.N. Kumar along with B. Jayashree Devi. The rest of the cast includes Nikita Thukral, Ishita Vyas, Kaavya Shah, P. Ravishankar, Avinash among others. The film has cinematography by Sudhakar S. Raj. The soundtrack and film score are composed by Arjun Janya.
