Kannada Movie Review Double Engine - Cast & Crew

Suman Ranganathan as born on 26th July 1974 in Bangalore of Karnataka state. She was a very popular actress in four film industries, and she acts prominently in the Bollywood film industry. The film industries are Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Bengali. Her movies happened out to be pretty special, and the roles she has done are amazing.

Padma Vasanthi is an Indian film on-screen character in the Kannada film industry. A portion of the movies of Padma Vasanthi as an entertainer incorporates Maanasa Sarovara (1982) Bettada Hoovu (1985), Mussanje Mathu (2008). Padma Vasanthi has been a piece of more than 130 films and numerous cleansers/serials in Kannada.

A pleased on screen mother, she has received phenomenal appreciation for her roles as a soft mom. She is a familiar face not only on the small screen, but also on the big screen. Added to this is the ease of having more than fifteen years of experience in acting, which definitely propels this actress to take up roles and accomplish the same efficiently.

She has acted in a lot of movies and some of the movies which were a blockbuster. The notable names include, Mungaru Male, in the year 2006, directed by Yogaraj Bhat. This movie ran in the theatres for five hundred days. Pamaja plays the role of Bablee, who is Pooja Gandi (Nandini’s) mother. The year 2008 saw her in Gaali Pata, directed by Yogaraj Bhat. In this movie, she plays the character of Padma, who is Sowmya’s (Daisy Bopanna) mother – in – law. This was yet another super hit movie in the box – office. Ugramma is another movie where she plays yet another supporting role in this thriller action film. 

Her popular small screen serial was Moodala Mane, directed by Vaishali Kasaravalli. It was aired on ETV Kannada. Preethi Illada Mele was another teleserial of hers. 

Having had huge success in acting, she has now moved yet another notch in her life. Padmaja takes a plunge into direction. Yes, this lovely on screen mother will be seen as a director. On the telly serial front, she has directed Benkiyalli Aralidha Hoo aired on Zee Kannada. She has roped in Pooja Gandhi, Yash, Dodanna and others. On the big screen, her venture as debut director is with the movie Thumba Ishta Swalpa Kashta (TISK), with a 1.6 crores budget. The star cast in this movie is Diganth, Andrita Ray and Yash.

Priyanka Malnad is a talented, hard-working, beautiful Kannada Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in the Kannada movie industry. She has worked in immensely popular movies like Vaira. Her previous film to hit the box office was Double Engine in the year 2018. Other movies of her include BMW (2019), Double Engine (2018), Vaira (2017). These all are Kannada movies. She hasn’t approached the vast culture of Tamil or Telugu Cinema. Kannada Film Industry welcomed her through many calls. The actress is an excellent combination of the beautiful, charming and talented actress.

Veer Samarth is a music director. He has Indian nationality. He is also a film score composer. He is mainly working with the Kannada Film Industry. He did various projects like Raja loves Radhe in the year 2018, JaaliBaaruMattuPoliHudugaru in the year 2017, Mass Leader in the year 2017, Putani Safari in the year 2017, Parapancha in the year 2016, Tharle Village in the year 2016, Bombay Mittai and Charlie Kannada in the year 2015.

Chikkanna was born in Ballahalli district of Mysuru city in Karnataka, India. He has been working in the show-business since 2011. He is best known for his works in the Kannada cinema. He has played many comic roles in various south Indian films. He debuted on television in a Mysore-based comedy show, titled Drishya Kalavide.

Achyuth Kumar was born in Bangalore. He has acted in both Kannada and Tamil movies. He was trained in "Ninasam", a cultural organization committed to the development of drama, films and publishing, in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. He made his debut in the Kannada film 'Josh' in 2009. He is widely known for his spectacular performances in the Kannada films, Lucia and Sidlingu. However, he gained widespread critical acclaim and fame for his character as movie theatre owner Shankaranna in the super hit film Lucia, which made him an overnight star and bagged him prestigious Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actor. He is one of the tremendous performers in the emotional roles and character-based roles. He shot to fame and people started to notice his acting abilities from the super hit movie ‘Aa Dinagalu’ released in the year 2007, as underworld don Oil Kumar.

Ashok Raj is an actor. He is well-known in the Kannada film industry for the movie Kataka (2017). His 2018 releases include Double Engine and Abhisaarike. His 2019 includes Striker.

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.

Sadhu Kokila is a Kannada actor who primarily works on comedy roles. He is also a director and music composer. Rakta Kanneeru, Om and Shhh are some of the movies that he directed and also acted. The Vijay starrer Devru was also directed by him.
Born on 24th March, 1966, Sadhu Kokila, also known as Kokila Sadhu, hails from a family of musically inclined people. His father was a violinist in a music group of Karnataka Police Department. His sister and mother are singers. Layendra, Kokila’s brother, is also an actor. Kokila pursued his schooling at St. Joseph’s Indian High School in Bangalore. Kannada star Upendra provided him with the name Sadhu Kokila. 
Kokila kickstarted his career in the film industry as a musician and eventually he was referred to Kasturi Shankar, another musician. He has the reputation of being one of the swiftest keyboard players in India. Kokila has helmed direction for 12 Kannada flicks, and 6 of them were remakes. His directorial venture Anarkali was dropped midway. 
Kokila expresses that audiences and the media question whether his films are a remake or original. He had made up his mind not to endeavor in remakes. He feels that composing music requires a lot of creativity. As far as his comedy stint is concerned, he is loved by the audience. And about acting he feels that it is exciting. Sadhu Kokila has received awards for music direction twice. 
As far as remakes are concerned Kokila is of the view that there are creative limitations. But originals are enjoyable both in the sense of creativity and visualization. Sadhu Kokila along with Doddanna make a good pair for situation comedies. Kokila is compared with Johnny Lever of Bollwyood,for his comedy skills. 
On his personal front, Kokila is wedded to Saleena. They are blessed with two sons. 

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.