Rockline Venkatesh

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Rockline Venkatesh
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Venkatesh in 2018
Born
T. N. Venkatesh

(1963-03-24) 24 March 1963 (age 60)
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
Years active1987–present
SpousePushpakumari
Children2

Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 23 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Kannada, Tamil and Hindi cinemas. He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company, Rockline Entertainments which has directed over five films as of 2012. In 2015 he co-produced Bajrangi Bhaijaan which earned the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 63rd National Film Awards. [1]

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Career

1987–2010

Venkatesh began his career in films as a stuntman and playing supporting roles in 1987. In 1992, he produced his first television series, Ashawadigalu. [2] He started his production venture in 1996 with co-production of Ayudha. He has made films with original stories and also remakes from other languages. He has made films with top super stars of Kannada film industry like Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Ravichandran, Shivaraj Kumar, Upendra, Sudeep, Puneeth Rajkumar, Darshan, Vijay and others and also made a few small budget films. He has used top film directors like Ravichandran, S.V.Rajendra Singh Babu, D.Rajendra Babu, S. Narayan, KV Raju, Om Prakash Rao, MS Rajashekhar, Sadhu Kokila, Dayal Padmanabhan, Meher Ramesh and others. In 2009, When IDBI started financing Kannada films, Rockline Venkatesh one of the initial producers to welcome the bank to Industry. [3] Rockline Productions has now become a brand name in the Kannada film industry which has produced several blockbusters like Preethse , Preethsodh Thappa , Yaare Neenu Cheluve , Ajay , Mourya , Diggajaru , and Dakota Express . [4] [5] [6] [7]

2010 – present

Venkatesh with .K.S. Ravikumar, Vairamuthu, Rajinikanth and Sonakshi Sinha at the audio launch of Lingaa. Audio release of Rajinikanth's film 'Lingaa' 2.jpg
Venkatesh with .K.S. Ravikumar, Vairamuthu, Rajinikanth and Sonakshi Sinha at the audio launch of Lingaa .
Venkatesh at the launch of Celebrity Cricket League 4 Rockline Venkatesh at CCL 4 Launch.jpg
Venkatesh at the launch of Celebrity Cricket League 4

In 2010, The ongoing buzz was created when it was said superstar Upendra is directing a movie after 10 years, Rockline Venkatesh produced the movie and its said that they spend lakhs of money on photoshoot itself. [8] And in late 2013, after making films like Super, Preethse and Maurya, Venkatesh was very keen to remake Tamil film Soodhu Kavvum in Kannada. [9] Later it was mentioned that Rohit Shetty from Hindi film industry would direct the Hindi version of the film. [10] Recently Venkatesh has been seen working with superstars from various industries, he made his debut as a Telugu film producer with 2014's Power , starring Ravi Teja, Lingaa starring Rajnikanth which released in various languages and in 2015 he associated with Bollywood's superstar Salman Khan for the film Bajrangi Bhaijaan which emerged as a commercial success grossing over ₹6.25 billion worldwide and in the process and became the third highest grossing Indian film [11] after PK and Baahubali.

On New Year's Eve 2015, Killing Veerappan by Ram Gopal Varma was released. Rockline Venkatesh has keyed well in the prominent role as a police officer (where he has performed police roles in movies such as Agni IPS and Police Story) who becomes one of the victim to the killings of Veerappan.

In mid 2016 Rockline Venkatesh acquired the remake rights of Marathi blockbuster Sairat for four southern languages. Sairat, the critically acclaimed love story is the first Marathi film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$15 million) worldwide. [12] Rinku Rajguru, heroine of the Marathi film Sairat will make Sandalwood debut with the Kannada version directed by S Narayan. [13]

In January 2017, Rockline Venkatesh's first Malayalam film was announced. The film, starring Mohanlal and Manju Warrier, was directed by B. Unnikrishnan while Tamil actor Vishal has been cast as the main villain. [14] [15]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
Producer
YearTitleCastLanguageNotes
1992 Belli Modagalu Ramesh Aravind, Malashri KannadaCo -Producer: Debut as film Producer
Remake of Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
1993 Ananda Jyothi Shiva Rajkumar, Sudharani Co-Producer and Actor
Based on the novel Maangalya Maale by Kakolu Saroja Rao
1994 Rasika V. Ravichandran Producer and Actor
1995 Himapatha Vishnuvardhan, Suhasini, Jayapradha Producer
Based on the novel of same name by T. K. Rama Rao
1996Aayudha Saikumar Distributor
1997 Agni IPS Saikumar, Ranjitha Also in a supporting role
Laali Vishnuvardhan, Mohini Producer
Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film
1998 Kurubana Rani Shivarajkumar, Nagma Co-written by V. Vijayendra Prasad
Yaare Neenu Cheluve V. Ravichandran, Sangita Remake of Kadhal Kottai
Preethsod Thappa V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty Remake of Ninne Pelladata
1999 Naanu Nanna Hendthiru V. Ravichandran, Soundarya, Prema Remake of Thaikulame Thaikulame
2000 Preethse Shivarajkumar, Upendra, Sonali Bendre Remake of Darr
Krishna Leele Shivarajkumar Remake of Gokulathil Seethai
2001 Diggajaru Ambareesh, Vishnuvardhan, Sanghavi Remake of Natpukkaga
Jodi Shivarajkumar, Jaggesh Remake of Darling Darling
Usire V. Ravichandran, Rachana Banerjee Remake of Bharathi Kannamma
2002 Dakota Express Om Prakash Rao Remake of Ee Parakkum Thalika
As actor in lead role
Nagarahavu Upendra, Jyothika Remake of Baazigar
Also in a supporting role
2003 Ondagona Baa V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty Remake of Kalisundam Raa
Dum Silambarasan, Rakshita TamilRemake of Appu
2004 Maurya Puneeth Rajkumar, Meera Jasmine KannadaRemake of Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
2005 Varsha Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind Remake of Hitler
Majaa Vikram, Asin, Pasupathy TamilRemake of Thommanum Makkalum
2006 Ajay Puneeth Rajkumar, Anuradha Mehta, Prakash Raj KannadaRemake of Okkadu
Sirivantha Vishnuvardhan Remake of Aa Naluguru
2008 Bombaat Ganesh
2009 Yodha Darshan Remake of Bose
Junglee Duniya Vijay, Andritha Ray, Rangayana Raghu
Devru Duniya Vijay Producer and Actor — Remake of Thalai Nagaram which itself was based on Malayalam movie Abhimanyu
Manasaare Diganth, Aindrita Ray
2010 Super Upendra, Nayantara, Tulip Joshi
2012 Dakota Picture Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru Remake of Malamaal Weekly
As actor in lead role
2014 Power Raviteja, Hansika Motwani TeluguRemade in Bengali as Power
Lingaa Rajnikanth, Anushka Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha, Jagapathi Babu Tamil
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui HindiSimilar to Kallarali Hoovagi
Written by V. Vijayendra Prasad
2016 Kotigobba 2 Sudeep, Nithya Menen Kannada
Tamil
Sundaranga Jaana Ganesh, Shanvi Srivastava KannadaRemake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
2017 Manasu Mallige Nishanth, Rinku Rajguru Remake of Sairat
Villain Mohanlal, Vishal Krishna, Manju Warrier Malayalam [16] [17]
2018 Brihaspathi Manoranjan Ravichandran, Mishti KannadaRemake of Tamil film Velaiilla Pattadhari
Aatagadharaa Siva Uday Shankar, Doddanna TeluguRemake of Rama Rama Re...
2019 Natasaarvabhowma Puneeth Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi, Rachita Ram, Anupama Parameswaran, P. Ravi Shankar Kannada
Aadi Lakshmi Puraana Radhika Pandit, Nirup Bhandari
2023 Kaatera Darshan, Aradhana Ram [18]
2024 Karataka Damanaka Shiva Rajkumar, Prabhu Deva [19] [20]
Actor

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