Kannada Movie Review Kavacha - Cast & Crew

AnunayaAnoop, formally known as Meenakshi Anoop or Baby Meenakshi is an Indian Child Actress who started her career with Malayalam movies. She made her debut at the young age of 3 years, with a short film ‘Madhura Nombaram’ which was directed by Akhil S. Kiran and Nikhil S. Kiran, since then Meenakshi has come a long way and has added various gems to her portfolio.

Indian-born Satya Jayadeep is a singer whose talent is making waves in the film industry.Born on the 5th of November 2005 she is 11 years old. Her star sign is Scorpio. She sings in the Malayalam Language. The young singer is a student of the CMI Public School in Kozhikode. Sreya spends the early years of her life with her grandmother who is passionate about singing. This period helped instill in Sreya, a passion for songs.

Kruthika Jayakumar is a talented dancer and hails from an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family. Her parents had never opposed this actress when she wanted to make her break on the silver screen. She trained herself in Bhartanatyam for ten years. As a classical dancer, she performed all over India. Once when she was performing at a government show in Kerala, a Malayalam director had spotted her. The director who organized the show was a retired Malayalam director and called her mother and had said that Kruthika could act even in movies. At first, her parents were apprehensive, but later they decided to give her a chance. The director felt she had a photogenic face and wanted her to send some pictures for his casting for Drushyam. That is how she got auditioned for the role of the elder daughter to Venkatesh in Drushyam, a Telugu remake of the acclaimed Malayalam movie of the same name. That is how she got a break and felt the movie could be a part of her life. She is now studying and even acting in films. 

Iti Acharya is a talented, hard-working, beautiful Hindi Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in the Hindi movie industry. She was born in the capital of Rajasthan. She currently resides in Bangalore. She saw a great future in her at a young age; an actress and her family helped her in every possible way to support her. Her mother describes her as very hard working and friendly. Her mother put her to dance school at an early age where she learned Kathak and Rajasthani dance. She started her modelling as a career. She has worked in immensely popular movies of the Sandalwood team Project where she debuted in 2012.

GVR Vasu is a well-known Kannada director born on May 19, 1980. He belongs to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. At the start of his career, he used to work as assistant director; hence he has done three films under the legendary director Ram Gopal Varma. In 2019, GVR Vasu debuted as a director with a movie named Kavacha. He is also the writer of the script of this movie. It is the remake of the 2016 Malayalam film Oppam. Famous actor Shiva Rajkumar has played the lead role in this film. This action thriller film made GVR Vasu a household name in the Kannada film industry.

Arjun Janya is an Indian singer and music composer. In 2006, he made his debut in the industry with Kannada movie Autograph Please starring Dilip Raj and Sanjjanaa. In the south film industry, he is a score director and composer of high demand. The movies for which he composes music have done well on box-office in past. He is known for music in Sanchari and Singam. He was born on May 13, 1980, in Bengaluru, Karnataka to Anusuya and Ashwath Kumar. He learnt music from James and thinks of AR Rahman as his inspiration. It is said that a meeting between him and AR Rahman changed him and converted him into what he is today.

Shiva Rajkumar is the populous Kannada actor, who was born in the year 1962. He is the son of the veteran Kannada actor Raj Kumar. Shiva Raj Kumar was born in Chennai and he is the eldest one in the family. Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are his younger brothers and he has two sisters too. He did his graduation in chemistry in Chennai, New College. After completing his graduation, he joined M. G. R. Film and Television Training Institute to learn acting. He is also a Kuchipudi dancer. He made his debut through the movie Anand in Kannada. This movie released in the year 1986 and Shiva got a good name in that movie. He is celebrating his silver jubilee in the film industry. 

The movie OM directed by Upendra earned him lots of fans in his career. He was also a part in the movie Sugreeva, which is one among the fastest shot movies in the Indian cinema history. This movie was shot within 18 hours. Shiva Rajkumar has acted in more than 100 movies. His latest movies are Santa Kabeera and Badshah. Some of his career best movies are Anand, Inspector Vikram, Mruthyunjaya, Purushothama, Chirabhandavya, Ananda Jyoti, Om, Dore, A. K. 47, Andaman, Hrudaya Hrudaya, Asura, Jodi, Don, Smile, Rishi, Ashoka, Sathya in Love and Shiva. The movie ‘Killing Veerappan’ of Shiva Raj Kumar is set for the release on the birthday of Raj Kumar. Shiva has bagged many awards for his acting talent. He has won four times the award for the Best Actor from Karnataka State Government. He has also lined the shields from the Filmfare too. He was also awarded by SIIMA Awards for his Social Responsibility. 

Shiva Rajkumar is married to Geeta, the daughter of the popular politician and Karnataka ex chief minister Bangarappa. This couple is blessed with two cute daughters Nivedhitha and Nirupama.

Umesh Kumar is a successful event manager. He has also tried his luck in art direction in Tamil cinema. His latest venture is the Vishal-Arjun starrer Irumbu Thirai (2018). Umesh got good recognition for his work in Irumbu Thirai. Umesh has also worked in movies including Trisha Illana Nayantara (2015) and Vaanavil Vaazhkai (2015).

V Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, music director, director and an actor in the Kannada film industry. He was born on 3rd December 1975 to ‘MV Venkata Ramanappa’ and ‘Chandramma’ in Nagamangala, Karnataka. Prasad completed his schooling in Bangalore. Being passionate about literature, he chose Kannada literature in his under graduation course. To pursue his post graduation, he moved to Mysore. Nagendra is interested in writing poems from his young age. His career in cinema started as a lyric writer in 2000. His first film is “Gajina Mane”, directed by ‘KV Jayaram’. “Hamsalekha” composed the tunes for the lyrics of Nagendra. He developed his knowledge in cinema gradually. Prasad has penned the lyrics for more than thousand songs.

VyasRaj Sasole is an Indian playback Singer who has particularly worked in the Kannada Industry as a Kannada Singer. He was born and bought up in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He went to BES, Mysore, and Sri Cauvery School, Mysore, for his schooling.

Sampath Alwar is a famous sound designer, sound mixer, and sound recordist. In 2016, he was nominated for Best Sound Editing for Short Form Documentary-Indian Daughter and won 63^rd Golden Reel Award. He was also nominated for best sound editing in a foreign feature film for his work on Unfreedom. He is known for various movies like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Highway, PK, Tamasha, Aame,  etc. He has 15 years of experience in films and TV. Sampath Alwar is the sound designer for Sudheer Verma's thriller Keshava, which is dominated by silence.

Joni Harsha is a prominent film editor and recently turned producer. He is a veteran of the Tamil and Kannada film industry, having worked behind the scenes on more than a hundred films in the two film industries in South India. Recently, he decided to produce and launched a comedy TV serial that currently airs on primetime TV on the channel Zee Kannada. Harsha began his career in the film industry in the early parts of the 1990’s.

Sudheera Venkatesh is an Indian Film public relations officer. He commenced his journey in the year 1985. Having done 1200+ films, Sudheera boasts 35 years of experience as a Public Relations Officer, mirroring all his successes. He is the founder of Raghvendra Chitravani. The all-time best movies, “Mungaru Male” and “Dhuniya” got him recognition for his work. He is continuing Sri Raghavendra Chitravani’s legacy. A few big names such as “Hombale films”; “Rockline Productions”; “Pushkar Films”; “And SV Productions” are permanent clients. With Fluency in 5 Indian languages, Sudheera Venkatesh has worked on assignments beyond Karnataka in his era. His noble works were awarded, the Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Kempe Gowda award, Nagara Jilla Kannada Sahitya Prashasthi, and many more. It is an honor to know about such a multi-talented personality.

Ravivarma is a stunt director of Indian movies. He is mainly a Kannada film action master. He came to limelight after being nominated for best stunt director for the movie “Kempe Gowda” (2011). Apart from that, he notably worked in “Vishnuvardhana”(2011). Verma became popular in Bollywood industry after his debut stunt direction in Salman Khan’s film “ Jai Ho”(2014) directed by Sohail Khan.

Dhritiman Chatterjee is a Bengali stage, film actor and filmmaker. He was born on 30 May 1945. He got fame and name for his lead role and protagonist in Pratidwandi. It was directed by Satyajit Ray and was filmed in 1970. He worked with many famous filmmakers Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen and many others. He also worked with English filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta, Jane Campion and many more.

Joy Badlani started his career as a Bengali movie actor. He initiated his career in the year 1992 for the screen play Katto Bhalobasa. In 1993, he recorded the picture and in 1996 he worked for the play Lethi which is an action drama produced by Prabhat Roy this motion picture featured Debashree Roy, Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, and several other artists. Lethi received best talkie award from BFJA in the year 1997. In 1998, he acted in Jamai no 1. In 2001, he also portrayed in the Malabadal.

Ramesh Bhat is the most familiar face in Kannada television and movies. Ramesh Bhat started his career dabbling in theatre with groups like Nataranga, Spandana and Benaka.

Ravi Kale is an Indian actor known for acting in Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Bollywood movies. He rose to fame with movies like Sarkar (where he played Amitabh Bachchan’s right-hand man), Agyaat, Mylari etc. He also starred in AMR Ramesh’s movie Cyanide, where he was the mastermind behind Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination. The film showcased the aftermath of Rajiv Gandhi’s murder. He also played the role of a Naxalite in the movie Red Blood. Due to his acting abilities, he has made his presence known in both Malayalam and Marathi cinema.

V Jayaprakash is a Tamil film actor and producer, known for his production of “Gopala Gopala,” “Porkkaalam,” “Thavasi,” “April Maadhathil,” and “Julie Ganapathi,” among many others. Jayaprakash has also featured in more than 50 movies, including Tamil and Malayalam. Jayaprakash started off with productions of various films right from the beginning of the millennium decade, and is the owner of the production house, “GJ Banner.” 2007 saw Jayaprakash cast in the Tamil director, Cheran’s “Maya Kannadi,” which saw the inception of his career as an actor. Consequently, Jayaprakash featured in various movies in memorable supporting roles such as in Pandiraj’s “Pasanga,” and other films such as “Moodar Koodam,” “Yuddham Sei,” “Naadodigal,” “Mankatha,” and “Naan Mahaan Alla.” Born in the town of Sirkazhi in Tamil Nadu, Jayaprakash didn’t pursue acting or producing films, as a career. His financial constraints saw him undertake small business ventures such as owning a dairy farm, operating a petrol firm and owning a billiards parlor.

Vasishta N. Simha is a famous Indian movie actor, who is best known for his work in Kannada films. Vasishta quit his job as a software engineer and decided to enter the Kannada film industry as an actor in 2011. He worked on an unreleased movie named Hubballi Hudagaru initially. He had his first release with Arya's Love (2013).

Sampath Kumar is also known as A.Sampath Kumar. He is a director, producer and a singer.  Sampath Kumar is known for his association with the South Indian film industry. He started his career as a director and producer in 2016 with a Tamil romantic drama called “Nenjukkulla Nee Nirainjerukka” which features Ameeta and Siva Hari. He also produced another film in 2018. It was a Kannada film called “Kumari 21 F” starring Nidhi Kushalappa and Pranam Devaraj.  Apart from being a director and producer he is also a supporting actor, editor and co director. 

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