Kannada Movie Review Dasharatha - Cast & Crew

Abhirami is a Tamil Movie Actress, who has several notable films in her kitty. She has worked with some of the leading actors of Southern Cinema. She worked as a host on the television channel Asianet when she was studying in her college. She starred in some super hit movies and worked with veteran actors like Jayaram, Kamal Hassan and Mohanlal. She debuted in a movie called “Njangal Santhushtaranu”, in which she had Mr. Jayaram as her co-star. She appeared in a few movies in which she got the opportunity to work with senior actors Like Mohanlal, Mammootty and Sarath Kumar. 

Sonia Agarwal is and actress and model in Indian cinema. She has acted in many Tamil films. She has appeared in some Telugu and Malayalam films as well. Sonia has some television serials to his credits as well. A Punjabi by birth, Sonia was born in Chandigarh. She tied the knot with Tamil film director (and brother of Dhanush) Selvaraghavan in 2006, but they divorced after four years. Sonia had the offer to act in a serial (on Zee TV) during her school days. In 2002, she did her debut Telugu film titled “Nee Premakai” where she played the character Raaji. The same year she appeared in a Kannada film called “Chandu”. Sonali was seen opposite Sudeep in this flick. She had enormous praises for her role as Divya in the film “Kaadhal Kondein”, directed by Selvaraghavan, which featured Dhanush in the lead.

Meghashree Bhagavatar is a popular Kannada actress. She was born and brought up in Karnataka. She hails from a family of artists. Her grandfather, C Honnappa Bhagavathar, was an actor, producer, lyricist, composer, and director. Her father was an actor who worked in TV, films, and theatre. She debuted with a TV serial just after she passed her 10th class. Initially, she had no interest in acting and was surprised to get the acting offer.

Gurukiran or also known as Gurukiran Shetty is a well-known music director from the Kannada film industry, who started his career in the year 1994 as director V. Manohar’s assistant. He was born on October 28 in Mangalore, Karnataka to K Jayaram Shetty and Ratnakanti. He studied at St. Aloysius Primary School in the early 70’s and he is an active class singer back then. He graduated Commerce in Mangalore University and after that he started to perform in orchestras as a singer and keyboardist. 

Gurukiran entered the film industry as a music director for the Upendra-starrer and directorial film entitled A in the year 1998. Due to the success of the film, Upendra wanted him to work again on his next film. Gurukiran composed the songs in the psychological-thriller Kannada film, Upendra in year 1999, while Upendra himself penned the lyrics. 

Besides music, Gurukiran wanted to enter the film industry as an actor and so he tried his luck in Sandalwood. Gurukiran’s first film was entitled Mr. Shanker Bekal as a cameraman. He then appeared on his first major role in the 1993 heist thriller film, Nishkarsha, helmed by Sunil Kumar Desai. However, he failed to make an impact as an actor. 

His major breakthrough came in the year 2005 in Shivarajkumar-starrer Jogi, where he sang the songs Hodi Maga and Bin Ladennu Nan Maava. This record made an all time record in the Kannada film industry with a record selling prior to the release of the film. In 2007, he entered the Telugu film industry with the Telugu remake of Jogi entitled Yogi, helmed by V. V. Vinayak. He also scored the music for the Telugu film, Nagavalli in 2010. 

Gurukiran has been into judging musical talent show such as Confident Star Singer Season 2 on Asianet Suvarna and on ETV Kannada’s Ede Tumbi Haduvenu. He sang several songs in Kannada films, including the Kanasina Maratta from the Kannada romance film, Banna Bannada Loka, which became a big hit. Gurukiran received several awards for his outstanding contributions to the Kannada film industry, including the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director in 2011 and many more. 

He got married to Pallavi Guru Kiran and they have been blessed with two children namely Hrudaya and Shravya.

Ananya Bhat is a Playback singer who hails from Mysore and currently, lives at Bangalore. She graduated from the Mahajana First Grade College at Mysore. She sings predominantly in Kannada movies and has now sung more than 30 songs. Some of her songs include Hogabaarade Jeeva from Rocket, Karuvinil Ennai from KGF (Tamil), Baa Neene Nodu from Naanu Nammudgi Karchgond Mafia, Kanna Reppe from Mombathi, Usure from Karuppan (Tamil), etc.

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.

B S Avinash, also known as Avinash Yelandur, is an Indian film actor. He was born on 29 August 1974 in Karnataka, India. After completing his school education in Karnataka, he attended and graduated from the University of Mysore. Avinash's father was a businessman. He has a sister named Anu. His wife's name is Geetha, and he has a son with her, Akul. He joined his late father's business earlier. He attended several workshops on acting and building confidence before auditioning for films. He played the role of Andrew in the movie KGF Chapter 1 in 2018. The movie was a box office hit globally. Then, he appeared in its sequel- KGF Chapter 2 in 2022. Avinash is a fitness enthusiast and ran in the Mysore Dasara Celebration Marathon in 2012.

Rangayana Raghu was born on 30th November, 1963. He acts in Kannada film industry and his genre is comedy. Till date he has appeared over 100 films and most of them have been comic roles.

He began his career in theatre group by name Rangayana in Mysore, way back in 1988.  His initial salary was just Rs 800 per month. He was supposed to make his debut with 1995 film Suggi, which was directed by award winning director Hamsalekha. Unfortunately, Suggi was shelved and never released.

His first major release was 2002 film Dhumm, starring Kiccha Sudeep and Rakshita directed by M.S. Ramesh. He went to act in films like Ranga SSLC, Rakshasa, and many more. However his best films till date are 2007 film Duniya and 2013 film Director's Special.

Duniya showcased Raghu at his best. Overall Duniya bagged 4 Karnataka State Film awards in 2007, including Best Supporting Actor for Rangayana Raghu. Director’s Special is a Kannada satire comedy film, written and directed by Guruprasad. Along with debutant Dhananjay, Rangayana Raghu essays the role of lead Panche Shastry / Ramachandra. This movie really showed Rangayana Raghu’s theatrical background and what he can do in a film with his power packed performance which was a mix of comedy and sarcasm.