Kannada Movie Review Haggada Kone - Cast & Crew

Sihi Kahi means ‘sweet and bitter,’ this name was given after the Television serial Sihi Kahi which aired on Doordarshan in 1986-87. She got Sihi Kahi to her name from the serial. Her husband Sihi Kahi Chandru is a Kannada producer, director, and actor. She went to KLE Society’s S Nijalingappa College Her filmography boasts of more than 50 projects, some of them feature her as an artist and others as a dubbing artist. Her career spans approximately from 1990 till the present.

Dayal Padmanabhan is a Kannada movie director, who was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu. He was born on 14th June 1970 in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. His parents are Padmanabhan and Radha. Padmanabhan was an employee of Tamilnadu Electricity Board. After his sudden death, Radha got the job and educated her son. Dayal is a scientist by profession. He came to Bangalore in 1988 and joined Indian Institute of Science as a scientist. Due to the passion for cinema, Dayal resigned his scientist job and got deep into the cinema industry. He considered Tamil actor “Murali” as his role model. Tamil director, “Naga” of “Marmadesam” fame, Upendra Rao, Madhan Mallu, Hamsalekha and S. Mahendar guided him well. He made his entry into the Kannada film industry as a writer. His first movie was with Sai Kumar, “Om Ganesh.” Thriller Manju directed the film. He is famous for his works such as “Hudugigage,” “Gattimela” and “H2O.” He made his debut as the director through “OK Saar OK.” “Baa Baaro Rasika,” “Sri Harikathe,” “Circus,” “Haggadha Kone” and “Masala” are some of his successful movies.

Umesh Banakar is an Indian producer and also an actor who is typically known for the Sandalwood Industry.His recent work as an actor was the film Chithayu. His work as a producer was the film Kempirve which hit the theaters in 2017. He also worked in many more movies like Limit, Haggada Kone as a producer, and Kempirve, Majestic Express as an actor in a leading role.

Kannada musician and the keyboard programmer Gowtham Srivatsa is the son of well-known music director Mysore Mohan. He is an engineer by education, and he worked as a software engineer in different companies for six years. Later he came to the film industry to fulfill his passion as a musician. But there is no doubt why he wants to become a musician. His family background entirely suggests that he has music in his blood. His grandfather is a sitarist, and his grandmother is a harmonist. His father, Mysore Mohan, is a well-established music director.

B. S. Naveen Krishna is an Indian movie director, writer, lyricist and actor. His work is dominant in Kannada film industry. He is known for Ouija: Game Never Ends (2015), Bidalare Endu Ninna (2013) and Haggada Kone: End of the Rope (2014). In 2010, he made his debut with the movie named Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu. Earlier, he had worked as a child actor in Kannada cinema. He was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India to Pushpa and Srinivasa Murthy. His father, Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy, is a famous television director and actor. He has three siblings.

Mohan B Kere works in the Indian film industry as an Art Director. He mainly works in the Kannada Film Industry. Mohan was born on 25th May and currently lives in Bangalore, Karnataka. Mohan B Kere is married to Rekha and is the father of two children. He started his career from the film titled Krishna, which released in 2007, produced by Ramesh Yadav and directed by M. D. Sridhar. Mohan has also created the 3D painting in the field. Mohan has contributed his production designing skills in Kannada Film Industry for more than a hundred movies and still showing up in many more movies.

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.

Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy Aka Srinivasa Murthy was born in Kolar in the state of Mysore. He is a known Kannada actor and television director. He is now at the age of 67 and living in Chikkaballapura in Karnataka. He is excellent for his work as a director and has directed many television series in Kannada. He has appeared in supporting roles in many Kannada films. He entered film industry in 1977. He started his career as a stage artist. He performed in professional and amateur theaters.

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.

Tharun is a prominent director, writer, and actor predominantly working in Kannada Cine Industry. He is the son of the yesteryear Kannada actor Sudhir and brother of the famous director Nanda Kishore who also directs films in Kannada. He co-directed his first film Rambo in the year 2012 with the director M.S. Sreenath. While his first solo venture as a director was the film named Chowka released in the year 2017.

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