Kannada Movie Review Upendra Matte Baa - 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.

Dr. Shamitha Malnas was born on 9th June to parents Professor U. V. Ramachandra and H. G. Sunanda. She was born in Thirthahalli, Shimoga. She is currently married to Arun Kumar D. K who is from Sringeri, and they have two children together. They are named Advaith Hegde and Shadjaa Hegde. She is famous as an Indian playback singer and that too a multilingual one at that. But, she is more popularly known for her career in the Kannada film industry. She has sung many chartbuster numbers for Kannada films and also provided good songs for her devotional albums as well., She is also an anchor, a dubbing and voice artist and also has the degree of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree (B.D.S) from Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College, KIMS, Bangalore, in addition to being a singer. She also holds a degree of B.A.(Hindi) from Prachar Sabha, Chennai.

Sruthi Hariharan is an Indian film actress and model. She has previously worked in cinematic theaters and also as a dancer. She first debuted in the Malayalam film 'Cinema Company' in which she played the role of Parvathi. Fareed Khan and Mamas were the Producers and Director of the movie respectively.

Chandini is best known by her full name ChandiniSreedharan. Her nickname is Mrithika. She is a model and an actress in the Indian film industry, and mainly works in the South Indian films. She was born on the 12th of December in the year 1990 in Calicut which is in Kerala, India. Her father is SreedharanSurendran; a mother is Rajani Sreedharan, and a brother named Gopal Sreedharan.

Harshika had a brief stint as a television show anchor. Hrudayadinda, Nimmindha Nimagaagi and Sarigamapa reality show in television are some of the programs that she hosted. She has a B.Tech degree to her credit and is a distinction holder. At this juncture, she took a halt from her shooting works to prepare for her forthcoming exams. Harshika is also working in Maxpro Software Company for 5 days monthly and the rest of the days she works in films. She is quite happy working in Maxpro Harshika didn’t imagine entering the film industry. Harshika worked in one film each in Kodava, Konkani and Telugu, after completing her PUC. The 2010 flick Jackie helped her attain stardom. The flick Thamassu with Shivrajkumar fetched her the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Harshika also garnered the Suvarna Award for this film. 

Ponnamma, Edukondalavada Venkataramana Andaru Bagundali, Kazar, Sugreeva, Murali Meets Meera, Ko Ko, Crazy Loka, Parie, Cycle, Mangana Kaili Manikya, Ale, Maryade, B3 and Advaitha are some of the films in which she acted. Hoo Manase is a video album in which Harshika had acted. 

Anandha Thollai is Harshika’s first Tamil film, which is in the pipeline. Harshika, along with her cousin, Bhuvaan Ponannaa, manages Glamgod Fashion and Events. She also organizes fashion weeks and fashion shows. Harshu is the other name of Harshika. Harshika has indeed achieved a lot in a very short span of 4 years. She is academically good and has proved her acting talent to quite an extent.

Upendra Rao is an Indian actor, who was born on 18th September 1967 as the second son of the Rao family. Not only an actor, Upendra is an established director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer and a lyricist in Kannada cinema. He was born in Koteshwara, Kundapur, Mysore State to a very poor family. His parents are Manjunatha Rao and Anusuya. He is also known as Uppi. He has an elder brother named Sudheendra Rao.

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).

Avinash is a Kannada actor, who has starred in South Indian language films and notably in the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil film industries. Avinash completed Master of Arts in Literature from the Mysore University and began his Career as a lecturer of English. In the beginning of his career, he was very active in the English theater circuit in Bangalore. He was following theater during his college days and he got into films. Avinash has acted in more than 200 movies in his career. Avinash married lawyer turned actress Malavika, who was his co-star in the soap opera Mayamriga.

Avinash made his debut in the movie ‘Thrishoola’. Unfortunately, the movie was not released due to reasons. He was introduced to the Kannada film industry through another movie “Samyuktha”. His first notable role was as saint Madhvacharya in the movie Madhavacharya by G.V.Iyer. Some of the famous films in which he acted are Chinnari Mutha, Nishkarsha, Mathadaana, lockup death, Appu, Dweepa, Chigurida Kanasu, Apthamitra, Chandramukhi, and Amrithadhare. For over a period of years, Avinash with his exceptional acting steadily built a place for himself in the film industry. Avinash is much sought after supporting actor in the Kannada film industry.

He won many awards. Some awards are Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mathadaana, Suvarna Film awards for Best Performance in a negative role for Prithvi. SICA (South India Cinematographers Association) Award for best supporting actor for Singarava, Film fare Award for best supporting actor for Aptharakshaka. Avinash is a keen cricket enthusiast himself. He also actively takes parts in actor Vishnuvardhan's Snehaloka Cricket Team (SCT).

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Avinash B. S. is a motion picture actor from India. He acts in Kannada films predominantly. Avinash was an entrepreneur by profession initially. But his love and passion for acting made him divert his energies in a different path. He has been looking forward to getting into films since a long time, but his business kept him from doing so. It has always been Avinash B. S.’s dream to get into the cinema industry. However, he was very busy with his former work. Along with having a packed schedule, he also did not have the correct knowledge of how to make his way into the industry.

Arun Lokanath is an Indian movie director who has Mostly worked in the Kannada film industry. He has not Been a unidirectional director like we get to witness many Directors who make movies of only one genre and continue Doing that eternally.

Hariharan is a renowned Indian singer, who sings mainly for Hindi and Tamil films. Born in 1955, he is a well-known Ghazal singer. He was also instrumental in bringing fusion music to India. 

Colonial Cousins is the name given to Hariharan’s band, wherein he collaborated with Lesle Lewis. This band was featured in many private albums. Not only this, they have also composed music for a few movies in Hindi and Tamil. 

Hariharan is born and brought up in Mumbai and he is well-versed in Tamil, Malayalam, English and Hindi. Hariharan is the offspring of famous Carnatic vocalists H.A.S. Mani and Shrimati Alamelu. Hariharan inherited the music skills from his mother. Hindustani music was made known to him in his youth. Hariharan indeed, took great efforts to reach the position that he is in today; he used to practice singing for 13 hours. 

During the initial stages of his career Hariharan used to sing for television serials. After winning a prize in a competition at all India level Hariharan was offered to sing in the film “Gaman” by late music composer Jaidev. The song “Ajeeb Sa Neha Mujh Par Guzar Gaya Yaaron" from the film earned him recognition that he rightly deserved. 

The song “Thamizha Thamizha” from the movie Roja was an instant hit and Hariharan, who sung it was awarded the “Best Male Playback Singer” in the Tamil Nadu State Government Film Awards. 

Hariharan was introduced into the Tamil film industry by A R Rahman, who was also a newbie at that time. Since then, the duo created magic with soul stirring songs in films, including Minsara Kanavu, Jeans, Indian, Muthu, Taal, Mudhalvan, Iruvar, Indira, Rangeela, Alaipayuthey, Kannathil MuthamIttal, Sivaji etc. Hariharan is credited with the Padma Shri Award and has received National awards for a couple of times. Hariharan is the proud singer of around 700 songs. He had also sung in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Marathi.

Kannada film actor, director, and lyricist, Hemanth Hegde was famous for not just Kannada films but also for the Hindi movies. He entered the film industry as a director of the Hindi movie Khanna and Iyer in 2007. It received decent praise from the audience. Later, he directed the Kannada film Housefull in 2009. Housefull movie cast Diganth and Girija Oak. This movie is a comedy entertainer. They subtitled it as 100% comedy and 0% bore. This film became famous because director Hemanth Hegde promised that he will build a huge statue of Charlie Chaplin and portray it in the movie.

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.

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.

Imran’s story is that of heart melting, emotional and romantic drama. Overcoming the obstacle of parental and societal opposition he eloped as a teenager. Before leaving, he promised his ladylove that he would return only after making something of himself. Well, he didn’t let her down. Born on 28th December 1979 to late Haji Ayub, Imran Sardhariya is a well-known choreographer and a film director of the Telugu and Kannada cinema. His wife Saniya is a costume designer. His shot to fame has been with the famous song ‘Stylo Stylo’. To add to his list of accomplishments, he has about 250 songs accredited to him and also the choreography of two Telugu movies – Josh and Chalaaki.

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.

Thriller Manju is a person who has left no stone unturned in the field of cinema. A multitalented person, he is a director, a stunt director, an actor and a choreographer. He was born as Manjunatha Kumar in the city of Bengaluru in Karnataka. He has been working in the Kannada Film Industry since the year 1990. Manju entered the film industry through the movie Gejja Nadu in the year 1993. He started out as an actor and did small supporting roles in movies like Jana Nayaka and Shh! a thriller film in the 1990s. After a few stints in acting, he went on to become the captain of the ship that is the director. He ventured into filmmaking in the year 1996 through a cop movie. Thriller Manju, as his name suggests, made a thrilling and racy cop flick titled Police Story. This movie, whose story and screenplay were also written by Manju, had actor Sai Kumar in the lead. It became an instant blockbuster and even today remains a trademark film. The after effect of the movie was so high that fans started to expect another similar movie from Manju, which led him to direct the sequels for this cult film. In the year 2006, after ten years of the release of the first one, Manju directed its sequel movie titled Police Story 2. This flick also had the ‘Dialogue King’ Sai Kumar in the lead. The movie opened up to mixed reviews.

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. 

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