Kannada Movie Review Odeya - Cast & Crew

Anuradha Bhat is a playback singer. She was born on 23rd of July in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. She was the daughter of Mrs. Gayathri Srikrishna, and Mr. Srikrishna Bhat. Her parents loved music. She has a sister, Anupama Bhat. She is a famous TV actor cum anchor. Coming to her studies, she completed her education from St Ann’s Girls High School, and Carmel English School.

Indu Nagaraj is a Kannada playback singer who primarily works in the Kanada film industry. She has a successful singing career and had achieved a Filmfare Award for the song "Pyarge Aagbittaite" from the film Govindaya Namaha in 2012. She was born into a musical family at Chilkunda village in Mysore, Karnataka. She was trained in Carnatic classical music and Sugama Sangeetha music under her father since her childhood. In 2005, she performed and participated together in the singing reality show Ede Thumbi Haaduvenu hosted and judged by acclaimed singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. Both of the sisters together performed at various events and were recognized in the name "Chilkunda Sisters”.

Sony Komanduri is a playback singer in the South Indian Film industry. She was born on 24th September. She also received one of the prestigious award special jury awards for the best playback singer female in 2012. Her father’s name is Komanduri Ramachary and her mother’s name is Sujatha. Ramachary is a renowned singer in Tollywood. She also has a brother Saketh Komandari. Her brother is also a talented playback singer. She belongs to a family with a music background. She is also nominated for 65th Filmfare awards south 2018 best player singer for the movie Baahubali. She has judged as a special guest in filmy Ganesha by Red Fm.

Ashwini Gowda has worked mainly in Kannada movie industry. Ramarajya, the 2018 venture, was one of the films that she was associated with. Happy Birthday, Love Lavike, Neene Bari Neene are some of her works. 

Chitra Shenoy is now a household name among Malayalam viewers. She plays the role of a greedy, cruel mother in law in the daily soap, Sthreedhanam. Sthreedhanam is telecasted by Asianet television channel and is very popular among lady viewers. The character Sethu Lakshmi is very strong and is safe in the hands of Chitra. Sethu Lakshmi rules of over her husband, three sons, and daughter in laws. She is greedy for money is ready to go till any extent to earn it. She uses her three children as her weapons to amass huge money in the form of dowry from their brides. Sethu Lakshmi is Chitra's first negative character so far. Chitra also won the best negative character award in 2014.

Chitra is a part of the entertainment industry since past 25 years. This talented and beautiful actress has more than 270 films and 3500 serial episodes to her credit. Chitra started her career in Doordarshan and later moved on to the big screen. She is married to a Gurudas Shenoy, a producer at Doordarshan. Chitra has mostly acted in Kannada films and serials along with a handful of good Malayalam movies. Her Malayalam movies are Rajamanikyam, Ali Bhai, Rock & Roll and Kanchi.

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N Sandesh a.k.a. Sandesh Nagraj, is a producer and businessman. He is from Mysore, Karnataka. He is known for his work in Kannada Film Industry. He was named after his father, Sandesh Nagaraj. His father was also a film producer, and he decided to carry forward his family legacy. He has produced many movies, including “Ghost,” “Amar,” “Odeya,” and “[email protected].” He started working in 2019. His first two films, “Amar” and “Odeya,” were released in the same year. It was directed by Nagashekar. His movie “Odeya” was an action thriller directed by M. D. Sridhar. In 2021 his movie [email protected] gained immense popularity and love from the audience. It was one of the most popular movies he has worked on, directed by Nagashekar. He won the National Award for Tourism for his film “Amar.”

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.

Jayanth Gourish Kaikini is an Indian Lyricist, Story Teller and Poet working in Kannada Cinema and Kannada Literature. Jayanth was born on the 24th of January 1955 in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State, India. Jayanth was born to Gourish Kaikini, a Kannada litterateur and Shanta, a school teacher, and a social worker. After a masters in Biochemistry which he attained from Karnataka University, Dharwad, Kaikini moved to Mumbai where he was working as a Chemist. He is now living in Bangalore with his wife and two children. Jayanth is regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Kannada today. He writes film scripts, poetry, and short stories.

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.

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.

Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by Mohammed Rafi. Besides singing Hindi songs he has recorded songs in Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Marathi languages. He is amongst the top Playback singers in Bollywood and has also released a few individual pop albums. Nigam moved to Mumbai at the age of 19, to start a career in Bollywood as a singer. He is the prodigy of famous Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Though he started his career by covering songs of Mohammed Rafi under the T-Series record label owned by Gulshan Kumar, his first break came in 1990 when he did playback singing in the movie called Janam. In 1995 he started hosting the popular musical TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, after which he delivered the famous single Acha Sila Diya Tune for the film Bewafa Sanam. Some of his famous tracks are Sandese Aate Hai from the movie Border (1997), Ye Dil Deewana from the movie Pardes (1997). In 1999 he released his debut album Deewana, he also sang the title track for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho. As an individual composer he has worked on movies like Singh Saab The Great, Sooper Se Ooper and Jal. Nigam has contributed in Britney Spears track I Wanna Go, and has also released a track in the album The Beat of Our Hearts as a tribute to Michael Jacskon. In his small acting career he has acted in films like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani, Love In Nepal and Kaash Aap Humaare Hote. Nigam is married to Madhurima and also had a son named Neevan.

Born in Bangalore, India, Eshwari Kumar is a Kannada Art Director who has worked in numerous films along with famous personalities. Working with the Sandalwood entertainment industry, Eshwari Kumar’s artworks can be seen in Kannada movies and films. His skills and talents for art directing shine bright in his works: Lifeu Ishtene (2011), Sweety Nanna Jodi (2013), Raj Vishnu (2017), Life Jothe Ondh Selfie (2018), Odeya (2019), Aanebala (2020), Tom and Jerry (2021) and Arjun Gowda (2021) to name a few. Most of his works were received with good reviews from the general public, and this shows the passion of Eshwari Kumar as a dexterous art director.

KM Prakash is an Indian editor of films. He was born in the city of Bangaluru, located in Karnataka, India. He has worked in industries like Sandalwood, Kollywood, and Tollywood. He works predominantly in the Kannada movie industry. He has worked in popular movies like Trivikrama, Marigold, etc. His latest film was Trivikrama which will be released in 2021. Trivikrama is a romantic movie starring Vikram Ravichandran, Akansha Sharma, and Akshara Gowda. The movie is directed by Sahana Murthy S and produced by Somanna. He is the candidate for the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor for the movie “Tony,” released in 2013. He made his debut in 2009 as a film editor in the film “Meghave Meghave.”

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.

Darshan also known as Darshan Thoogudeep is an actor from South India well known for his roles mainly in Kannada movies. He is known to be one of the most famous and credible film stars in the Kannada cinema industry.

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.

Devaraj is a Kannada actor who works in theatre and film industry. He has worked in Tamil and Telugu film industries as well during his career spanning more than 25 years. He was born on 20th September 1960, in Bangalore. He worked in HMT for 9 years before he started his Sandalwood journey.

Pankaj Narayan is an Indian film actor and the son of a prominent filmmaker, S. Narayan and film producer, Bhagya Vathi. Interestingly, he has a twin brother and her sister, B N Vidyashree, also works as a film producer. He was debuted in S. Narayan’s 2006 Kannada film, Veeru, but the film failed to make it to the box office. He came into the limelight after his father launched him in the 2008 Kannada romance-drama film, Chaitrada Chandrama.

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. 

Yashas Surya is a talented Actor from the Kannada Film Industry. His birthdate is 12 June 1984. His birthplace is Channapatna, India. He is also known as Naveen R. Gowda. His notable movies as a Actor is Yuga Yugagale Saagli released in 2008 and directed by Shashank Taalya with the stars Anant Nag and Megha Ghosh, Shishira released in 2009, Chingari released in 2012 and directed by A. Harsha with the stars Bhavana Menon, Darshan, and Ramesh Bhat, Paramashiva released in 2014 and directed by Mahesh Babu with the stars V. Ravichandran, Sakshi Shivanand, and Vijay, Jilebi released in 2017 and directed by Lucky Shankar with the stars Pooja Gandhi, Vijay Chandur, and Tabla Nani, Chakravarthy released in 2017 and directed by Chinthan with the stars Darshan Thoogudeepa, Deepa Sannidhi, and Dinakar Thoogudeepa, Psycho Shankara released in 2017, Raama Dhanya released in 2018 and directed by T N Nagesh with the stars Nimika Ratnakar, Mandya Ramesh, and Ramesh Pandit, Chitte released in 2018 and directed by M. L. Prasanna with the stars Aryavardan and Giriraj B.M, Kurukshetra released in 2019, Odeya released in 2019 directed by M. D. Sridhar with the stars Devaraj, Ravi Shankar P., and Sadhu Kokila, Garadi released in 2023 and directed by Yograj Bhat with the stars Yashas Surya, B. C. Patil, and Sonal Monteiro, and many more movies. His upcoming movie is March 23: Anti Corruption Day.