Ninada U Nayak
Latha Hegde
Ruthu Sai
Adhvithi Shetty
Suruchi Rehni
Sunaad Gowtham
Arasu Anthare
Siddu Kodipura
Kailash Kher
Nitin Acharya
Rajath Hegde
Height Manju
Niranjan Devaramane
Mass Madha
Vinay Rajkumar
Ashwin Hassan
Naveen D Padil
Vijeth Gowda
P. Ravi Shankar
Guruprasad
Suchendra Prasad
H G Dattatreya
Sudheer Shanbhogue
Chandan Gowda
Dheeraj Shetty
KP Sridhar
Krishna Adiga
1. Ninada U Nayak
Ninada U Nayak is a Kannada movie playback singer who is known for movies including Sojiga and 400.
...2. Latha Hegde
Born in Bangalore in Karnataka, India on May 27th 1993, Latha Hegde is an Indian actress. She is a newcomer in the glamour industry but has the potential to reach the pinnacle of fame. Although Latha was born in India, she along with her family moved to New Zealand when she turned seven years old. Latha was brought up in Auckland, a city in New Zealand and doesn’t come from a family with a filmy background. Latha never had any plans of pursuing acting and it all just happened by chance.
...3. Ruthu Sai
Ruthu Sai is a veteran Kannada actress hailing from Banashankari, a small village in Karnataka is the youngest of 5 children in her family. Her father was a government employee, so she usually stayed with her grandmother since childhood and was especially pampered by everyone around her. She has been passionate about acting since childhood and began her t.v serials career quite early at the age of sixteen or seventeen after completing her 10th grade. She has been an average student in school with a huge liking for her regional subject Kannad and a strong dislike towards mathematics.
...4. Adhvithi Shetty
Adhvithi Shetty is an Indian actress and model, popular amongst the regional audience for her film Mr. And Mrs. Ramachari (2014), which also featured her twin sister Ashvithi Shetty. Mostly known for her involvement in the Kannada film industry, she started her career as a model but now wishes to make the transition to an actress.
...6. Sunaad Gowtham
Sunaad Gowtham is an Indian film musician who has worked preponderantly within the Kannada film industry. Sunaad has worked in well-liked movies like “Prarthana”, “Ananthu V/S Nusrath”. Sunaad's previous film that had hit the theatres was Prarthana in the year 2018. He's a well-known name in TV and cinema circles, considering that he composes commercials, serials, and films. One of his most up-to-date works, the title track of the Kannada serial “Jothe Jotheyalli”, which stars Aniruddha Jatkar, was well appreciated, has been offered the chance to compose the title tracks for the shows Malayalam and Telugu versions. The musician has further worked on serials like “Ginirama”, “Yaarivalu” among several others. He is also an accomplished photographer, having worked on one or two of Tulu, Konkani, and Kannada films already, and his alternative works embody Maricha in 2021, Galli bakery in 2018 and Chadurida Karmoda in 2016
...7. Arasu Anthare
Arasu Anthare is a versatile artist who primarily works in the Kannada film industry. He was born in Maddur, Mandya in Karnataka. Currently, he stays in Bangalore from where he looks out for his career. He is a lyricist, playback singer and a foremost director. He completed his high schooling from the Jawahar High School in Maddur. Afterward, he completed his under graduation from PES School of Law from PES University of Bangalore. He completed his law studies in the year 2003.
...8. Siddu Kodipura
Siddu Kodipura is an Indian lyricist who works in the Kannada Film Industry. He is known for his songs such as Ayyayyo, Preethisuva, Neenyarelo, Thusu Preethiya, etc. He has also worked in the music production of two movies- Simpallag Innondh Love Story and Simple Agi Ondh Love Story. The film Simpallag Innondh Love Story was written by Pramod Ganesh and Suni. The film was also directed by Sunil.
...9. Kailash Kher
Kailash Kher was born on 7 July, 1973 in New Delhi. He is an Indian pop Singer, Music Director and his music style is influenced by, Indian Sufi and folk music. His family belongs to Kashmiri roots. His father named Pandir Mehar Singh Kher was a famous Folk Musician and Singer. Kailash was very interested in singing and music from his childhood. He left his home at the age of 14, for learning music and took proper lessons from his guru.
After many attempts, he didn’t get the right teacher. He began to learn music, by listening to the classical music of Indian singers like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Kumar Gaurav, Pandit Gokulotsav Maharajand and also Lata Mangeshkar. After that, he started to teach music for his expenses in Delhi. Because of some problems in the family, he left singing and completed his graduation from Delhi University. When he was staying in Delhi, he met Paresh Kamath and Naresh Kamath in a concert. They together, started his band named “Kailasa”. Thus, he started his journey in his music career.
He has sung more than 5000 songs in 20 different languages of India. He got the opportunity to sing in the movie “Andaaz” (Rabbaa Ishq Na hove). After this, his song “Allah ke Bande” from movie “Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2” became very popular, and made him a popular singer in Bollywood. The song "Teri Deewani" from the album of the same name by his band Kailasa and the song "Ya Rabba" from the movie Salaam-e-Ishq had record sales. His band albums are Kailasa(2006), Jhooma Re (2007), Chaandan Mein (2009), Rangeele (2012),Naina Chaar (2013) etc.
He won Filmfare award as Best Male Playback singer for the film Fanna (2007) and also won the Filmfare award as Best Male Playback Singer-Telugu for the film Mirchi.
...10. Nitin Acharya
Nitin Acharya is an Indian-Singer. He works in the Television Industry and the Film Industry. He primarily works in the Kannada Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he had worked include Ananthu V/S Nusrath, which gets released on 28th December 2018, and the director of the movie is Sudhir Shanbhog. Along with being a Singer, he is also a Music-Director. He has a melodious and soulful voice that’s the reason he has gained much popularity. He used to practice singing during his childhood days and eventually his voice gets on refining.
...11. Rajath Hegde
Rajath Hegde is an Indian singer. He has sung songs for many films. He participated in a Kannada singing reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Championship, and won it. Apart from this, he also participated in season 3 of the singing reality show called The Voice. He keeps posting his music videos on social media. He has worked with many music companies. The names of some of her songs are Aasare (2023) (From Nimmellara Aashirvada), Nooraru Rangiro (2023) (From Paramvah), Enu Maadide (2023), Halliya Maneya (2023), Dhil Be Nisha (2023), Chinnada Ganiyu Elli Horathithu ( 2020), and Pyaar Moula. Due to his singing, he is also called to perform in many live shows. He also worked with many other singers.
...12. Height Manju
His real name is Manjunatha Gulana Gowda Krae Gowdara. He is born on 11 December 1976. He belongs to Saravanda Ranebennur Haveri, Karnataka, India. He works in Kannada and Indian film a Dance director, choreographer, and artist.
...13. Niranjan Devaramane
Niranjan Devaramane is an Indian Editor. He primarily works in the Kannada Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he has worked include Ananthu V/S Nusrath directed by Sudhir Shanbhog, which released on 28th December 2018. He is a very hardworking, and dedicated actor.
...14. Mass Madha
Mass Madha is one of the prominent stunt directors in Kannada movie industry. Apart from being the stunt director, he has also played the supporting actor in various movies. He made his debut as a stunt director in the film ‘Simhadri’ in 2014. As a stunt director, he has worked in numerous films such as ‘Jyothi Allias Kothi Raja’ in 2014, ‘D.K.’ in 2015, ‘Paatargitthi’ in 2015, ‘Mythili & Co’ in 2015, ‘Neene Bari Neene’ in 2015, etc. He has worked with people such as ‘Chitram Basha,’ ‘Sanul Rathi,’ ‘K Veeru,’ ‘Ashwin Krishna’, etc. He has worked as a supporting actor in the movie Darling in 2014.
...15. Vinay Rajkumar
Vinay Rajkumar is an actor; he works in Kannada Film Industry. He was born on 7th May 1989 in Bangalore, Karnataka. His parents are Raghavendra Rajkumar, film producer, and Mangala. His grandfather is Rajkumar, a singer. He did his graduation in B.com from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce in Bangalore.
...16. Ashwin Hassan
Ashwin Hassan is a cinema actor as heworked in the Kannada film and television industry. He did a diploma in Engineering. Although he acted in dramas from an early age, he had no dream of becoming a film artist and came to Bangalore about fifteen years ago. But then there was the desire to do well in the cinema. When it comes to star actors, everyone from Anna is loved. But when it comes to my favorites artists, he like Anantnag and Prakash Rai and joined the theatre because their background was theatre. He is known for blockbuster movies such as Avane Srimannarayana in 2019, Geetha (2019), and Ananthu vs. Nursath (2018).
...18. Vijeth Gowda
Vijeth Gowda is a Kannada film star. He is comfortable with all the languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, English,and Hindi. He is a veteran actor and mostly prefers comic roles and comedy films. He has worked in two movies till now, but we can expect him in many movies.
...19. P. Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar Pudipeddi a.k.a Sai Ravi is a popular face in the world of the South Indian cinema, or rather a popular voice, as he’s noted for his extensive dubbing work which covers nearly 2600 films. He’s also been an actor and director as well, working for the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries in all the three fields.
...20. Guruprasad
Guruprasad is a prominent film actor, writer and director in the Kannada film industry. Guruprasad is a scientist in the Hindustan Lever but he chose to follow his passion and enter the film industry. He is now known as a director who depicts realistic story line in his films. He started his career in the year 2006 as a director in the Cult Hit Kannada film Mata, from which he also made a cameo appearance. This was followed by his next film entitled Eddelu Manjunatha. Both films earned rave reviews and got nominated for many award categories. Eddelu Manjunatha gained him the Best Director Award at the 57th Filmfare Awards South and the Best Screenplay Award at the Karnataka State Film Awards.
...21. Suchendra Prasad
Suchendra Prasad, the name very common to the theater world is an accomplished actor, the acclaimed director, choreographed, and has given music for films, television, and radio. He has written as well directed several plays. Also known as Sachindra or K suchendra Prasad, he owns a very creative intellect and the subjects of his plays reflect that brilliant perspective. He refines his subjects with the ingredients of his imagination and experiences and engages them as a vessel to fathom the deepest nooks of mental faculty and is able to convey feelings, thoughts, and interpretations to the diverse circle of spectators. He was born in 1973(Age 44) in Karnataka and has higher educational qualifications M.A. & LLB. He is well versed in several languages – English, Hindi, and Kannada. For him, language never became a barrier in his way of learning several art forms of different regions.
...22. H G Dattatreya
The two times national award winning actor for supporting roles Dattanna alias HG Dattatreya was working in Air Force, but was interested in acting. He is one of the actors, who are highly qualified and also held a position as a principal in the management academy of HAL. Acting was his passion and so, he continued to do films regardless of awards. Although awards are definitely an encouragement for the actor, but to continue his journey in over 90 films that spanned over 26 years is indeed a remarkable feat. Although he chose to take up supporting actor role or even in character roles, he is known for his versatile performances in Kannada film industry.
In many Kannada films, the central plot revolved around him, therefore, giving a greater satisfaction to this actor, who had underplayed his role as per the script always. HG Dattatreya had excelled in many movies, especially in Munnudi (2000) and Bharath Stores (2012) that fetched him a national award. For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in Kannada film Bharath Store, he was given a special jury award. Most of the actors in the tinsel town are not comfortable doing minor roles, but this actor has no qualms about it. He also impressed the Telugu audience with his performance in Thila Danam. His acting wooed audiences with brilliant performance in Kempe Gowda (2011). Many would have raised eyebrows at the decision of Dattanna to move towards tinsel town, but so far, he received applauds for his acting in many films. Known for his magnificent acting prowess in Kannada cinema, he has bagged many State film awards too and won an International award. In the years that followed after his journey from theater to Kannada screen, the actor has carved a niche for himself.
Besides grabbing the National Awards twice in 2003 and 2012, Dattareya had received the Best Actor Award in International Film Festival in Fiji in 2013. Dattareya’s performance in Neer Dose with “Jaggesh,” "Haripriya" and Suman Ranganathan is unforgettable. In 2017, he played in Srinivasa Kalyana, “Jilebi,” a comedy horror thriller, Prathima, “Raajakumara,” Tab, Kempirve and Hombanna. In 2018, he played in more than half a dozen films including a web series titled Joshelay. 2019 started with success for Dattareya through Jaggesh movie Premier Padmini. He played in the high budgeted multi-starrer Bollywood film, Mission Mangal with Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen and Sonakshi Sinha, directed by Jagan Shakti.
Thanks to his underrated yet extremely sincere performances in half a dozen films. To sum up his acting ability, he had given strong proof of his acting talents holding his own against the biggest banners of Kannada cinema.
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