Sangeetha Ravindranath
Supriya Lohith
Hitha Chandrashekar
Manohar Joshi
Abhinandan Mahishale
Bharath Bj
Sanjith Hegde
Vijay Prakash
Srikanth Gowda
Kiran Srinivas
Praveen Pugalia
Sadhu Kokila
Sharath Lohitashwa
Suchendra Prasad
Tennis Krishna
Sunil Bhimrao
1. Sangeetha Ravindranath
"Sangeeta Rabindranath is a Kannada playback singer. Enchanting people with her melodious voice, catching up attention of many and pumping their adrenaline with her highly energetic live performances, Sangeetha Ravindranath is a melodious singer, songwriter and a music composer hailing from Mysore who currently resides in Bangalore. She has given her voice and has sung for over 60 Kannada movies. Having worked with top class music directors like Hari Krishna, Arjun Janya, Ajneesh Loknath, Jassie Gift and Veer Samarth, she is believed to be innate talent. Evident from her performances, she has made her mark in the music industry in a short period. This talented singer saw many difficulties in her early life.
Her further works gave her the strength to rise. She has several accolades to her merit, and she was especially honor...
2. Supriya Lohith
Supriya Lohith is an Indian playback singer who has captivated the audience with her mellifluous voice in soundtracks for more than fifty movies over the past decade. Her eloquence in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Tulu has made her an eminent figure in the south Indian music industry. Born in Bangalore, Karnataka, she began singing on stage at local events from a tender age of six.
She trained her vocals in Carnatic music under her guidance of her grandfather, Vidwan Munivenkatappa, and mastered light music from teachings of the playback singer, Manjula Gururaj. She was the winner of the second season of Zee Kannada’s singing competition “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” (1995) and the first season of “Voice of Bangalore” (2006), which laid the cornerstone for her career.
In 2008, she recorded her debut song ...
3. Hitha Chandrashekar
Hitha Chandrashekar is an actor. She was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and in India in the year 1987. She mainly works with the Tamil and Telugu Film Industry. She has Indian Nationality. She had associated with the film industry. She is an actor of versatile talent. She has worked with several artists. She works with the actors with versatile performance. She did multiple movie projects. Her father name is Sihi Kahi Chandru. Her mother name is Sihi Kahi Geetha. She is active in the film industry in the year 2017. She also works with the Kannada Cinema Industry. She did a course in acting with the Roshan Taneja School of acting. The school is in Mumbai, Maharastra, and in India. Her parents are also an actor. She has a younger sibling as a sister. Her name is Kushi Chandrashekar. Hitha's spouse name is Kiran Srinivas.
She d...
4. Manohar Joshi
Manohar Joshi is a photographer-turned-cinematographer. During his college days, Manohar was a photography enthusiast who used to compete in several photography competitions, often winning a lot of prizes. In 2007, his friend convinced him to do the cinematography of a new documentary. Manohar’s confidence in himself and his work increased, when he realized that the work turned out very well. This was the incident that led him to choose cinematography as a career option after college. His first film was titled ‘Nan Life Alli’.
Eventhough he worked selflessly for this film; it was not released due to issues between the makers of the film. Misfortune followed him as his second venture- ‘Cyber YugadholNavayuvaMadhuraPremakavyam’ did not gain mu...
5. Abhinandan Mahishale
Abhinandan Mahishale is a young talented playback singer of the Kannada film industry. He has recorded songs for various labels such as Lahari Music and Divo TV Private Limited. He has sung songs in movies like Chamak, Operation Alamelamma, and Onthara Bannagalu. The top songs of Abhinandan include “Kush Kush,” ”Nee Nanna Olavu,” ”Turning Point.”
Abhinandan performed in the college fest of Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering and got a cheer from the audience. The song Alaga-Alaga from Operation Alamelamma is one of Abhinandan’s personal favorite. He even started exploring other languages such as Hindi and recently posted his cover of the song “Dekhun hazaro dafa” on his Instagram.
...6. Bharath Bj
B J Bharath earned his fame from the Kannada film industry. He is a film composer and a musician. He made his debut as a film composer in the year 2013 in a Kannada film ‘Simple Aagi Ondu Love Story.’ The film did a business of about 100 million and stayed in limelight for quite a long time. The 2013 hit movie ‘Simple Agi Ondh Love story’ won multiple awards making Bharath one of the most sought after composers of Kannada Cinema. Bharath was interested in singing from a very young age and his parents were encouraging enough to train me further. He learnt Carnatic and classical music from Sarvamangala Shankar and Hindustan Parameshwar Hegde.
He then started performing at concerts and people loved and adore his music. After getting such a positive reaction from everyone who heard him sing,...
7. Sanjith Hegde
Born on 3rd October 1997, Sanjith Hegde is an Indian playback singer. Hegde belongs to “Kannadiga” family in Bangalore and he finished his college studies from CMR National PU College situated in Bangalore. Then he went on to complete his engineering from JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore.
He is mainly known for his singing in the Kannada playback industry. Although, he also likes to sings in various other languages including Hindi and Tamil. Hegde’s journey into the Kannada music industry started with his auditioning for “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa-13”. He rose to fame in the show and his melodious voice won the hearts of lakhs of people watching the show.
This euphonious voice was the reason that he became one of the semi-finalists of the prestigious singing reality show. Sanjith sung son...
8. Vijay Prakash
Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer. He was born in Mysore and moved to Mumbai in 1996. He worked in so many Hindi films including Blue, Yuvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan, and Force.
He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam movies. He has also hosted the renowned reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and has also performed in shows with the great Indian percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain. Prakash is one of the four singers of the song ‘Jai Ho’, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The song also won a Grammy Award in the category ‘Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Medi...
9. Srikanth Gowda
Srikanth Gowda is an Indian Editor who predominantly works in the Kannada cinema industry. He was born on March 5, 1979 in Channapatna in Karnataka and currently lives in Bangalore. He started working with Balaji telefilms. Srikanth worked in many popular television serials such as Kumkuma Bhagya and Maneyodhu Morru Bhagilu. He is also a producer who own Srikanth Productions Company in which he produced television serials such as Katakateya Kathegalu aired on Zee Kannada.
He also won the best editor Award by Karnataka state government for Ugramm in 2014. He also produced the Tulu movie named as Maripu, which won the best feature film in Tulu and also got an award at 64th National Film awards. Srikanth’s other films are Silicon City, Manasu Malligey, Rathawara and Onthara Bennagalu.
Srikanth Gowda has recently rele...
10. Kiran Srinivas
Kiran Srinivs is an Indian actor and model. He was born in Banglore, Karnataka, India. He took his education from Banglore only. He joined theatre during his college days. Now he is living in Mumbai. He made his debut through a Kannada film “Haage Summane” in 2008. It was directed by Preetham Gubbi. Kiran shared the screen with Suhasi Dhami, Pooja Gandhi, Chandrashekhar, Sharath Babu, etc. He played the lead role of “Preetham” with ease. It was dubbed into Telugu as Manasu Pilichindi. He also acted in a short film “What's on Your Mind” in 2013. It was written and directed by Kallol Sen. He played the role of Micky in the movie. He is portraying a role where he wasted his life in wine and women and he found himself in a dangerous situation, where he has to deliver the drug consignment outside the country. He shared the screen with Sur...
11. Praveen Pugalia
Praveen Pugalia is an actor who works in the Kannada movie industry. Praveen started out as a fitness model. He is known for his gym routines and has appeared in many commercials and infomercials about body-building.
Praveen made his on-screen debut with Khatron Ke Khiladi. The reality TV show hosted by none other than Rohit Shetty. Praveen made quite a name for himself due to his exceptional physique. Praveen made his on screen debut in 2018 with Onthara Bannagalu.
He played the character of Ram on the movie which was a supporting role.
...12. Sadhu Kokila
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 m...
14. 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 h...
15. Tennis Krishna
Tennis Krishna was born on 15th November 1949 near the Bangalore district of Karnataka. His peculiar surname- ‘Tennis’ was attributed to him since before he became an actor, Krishna was a professional Tennis coach, teaching amateurs and schoolchildren, the basics of Tennis. As there were a lot of actors in the Kannada film industry under the name ‘Krishna’, production controllers and filmmakers began referring to him as Tennis Krishna and hence, the name stuck and it gave him such an amount of exposure that he chose Tennis as his official surname to refer to himself in the film industry. Krishna was always passionate about his acting, and his interests are evident from the fact that he was a dedicated performer in various dramas, troupes, and theaters.