1. Indu Nagaraj
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”.
She got her first offer to act in a Television series Minchu , which was directed by T. N. Seetharam. By seeing her singing sk...
2. Aditi Prabhudeva
Aditi Prabhudeva has tried her luck in both television and film. She predominantly works in Kannada films. Sudeepana Prabhudev is her real name. Dhairyam, Big Boss Kannada, Manassu: A Psychological Thriller are some of the movies that she is famous for. Aditi hails from Davanagare. Her debut film was Dhairyam and she was paired opposite Krishna Ajai Rao. She pursued engineering and MBA. Aditi carved a niche for herself in television before entering into the movie industry.
She also used to anchor movie-related events. She was associated with the modeling industry too. Aditi won the Best Actress Award her role in a television serial. She had been associated with Kannada serials including Naaga Kannike and Gundayana Hendti. In the movie front, she is now working the film Bazaar by director Suni of Chamak fame.
...3. Emil
Emil is one of the prominent Kannada music director and singer. He started his debut with the mega-hit song ‘Jinke Marina’ which was from the movie Nanda Nanditha. The film released in 2009 and is directed by B. N. Vijayakumar.
The film had Yogesh and Nandita in the lead roles. The song 'Jinke Marina' is picturized on both of them. The musician is known for using the folk style of songs, that have heavyweight usage of electronic instruments. His next assignment was in 2009 for the movie 'Circus' which stars Ganesh and Archana Gupta in lead roles. The official soundtrack contains six songs composed by Emil with lyrics penned by Kaviraj, Yogaraj Bhat, and Manjunath Rao.
In this movie, he has sung two tracks, namely 'Baaro Geleya’ (lyrics by Kaviraj) along with Karthik and 'Circus&...
4. Ajay Rao
Ajay Rao is an Indian Film actor primarily working in Kannada films. He was born on 24th January, 1980 in Hospet, Karnataka. He is considered to be one of the most talented actors in Kannada Industry and he is also popular by the name “Sandalwood Krishna”. His first film titled “Excuse Me” is known to be a big hit. This film celebrated 25 weeks in Karnataka’s biggest theatre Kapali. He then continued his acting career by doing a film titled ’Surya the Great’ in the year 2005.
In the year gap between 2005 and 2007 he did five films which got released, but did not succeed. Later in the year 2008 the film titled “Tajmahal” was released, which was a huge success for Ajay . Subsequently his films ‘Prem Kahani’, ‘Krishna Love Story’, &lsquo...
5. 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...
7. A R Shiva Tejas
A R Shiva Tejas is an Indian film director. He was debuted as a director in the 2015 Kannada romantic comedy film, Male, where Prem Kumar and Amulya played the main lead roles. This film has collected over Rs 1.60 Crores on its first day and turned out to be a huge success.
...8. K Vasu
K Vasu is a famous director and writer in the Telugu film industry. His career as a director started in the year 1978. His debut film was "Pranam Kareedu". C.S. Rao wrote the film. It was released on September 22, and the actors of the movie include Chiranjeevi, Jayasudha, Chandramohan, and Raogopalrao. In the next year, K Vasu directed the film "Kothala Raayudu". It was a family comedy film. Chiranjeevi, Madhavi, Allu Ramalingaiah and Satyanarayana Kaikala acted in the film, and it was released on September 15, 1979. K Vasu directed the film "Gopala Rao Gari Ammayi" in the year 1980. Chandramohan, Raogopalrao, Jayasudha and ShowkarJanaki acted in the film. It was a comedy genre film. The language of the film is Telugu, and it was originated in India. He then directed the film "Aaran Mantalu" in ...
9. Shekar Chandru
Shekar Chandru or commonly known as Shekar Chandra is a Kannada cinematographer from India, born on 1st January 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Chandra started his career by cinematographing his first-ever movie Krishnan Love Story in 2010. Apart from that, he has cinematographed various other movies including Armane, and Bombaat in 2008, Gulama and Sangama in 2009, the famous Krishnan Sequel, Andhar Bahar in 2013, and Chowka in 2017, and many more.
He was also nominated by SIIMA (South Indian International Movie Awards ) as the best Cinematographer for two consecutive years, one in 2014 and the other in 2015. He has released the movie Kotigobba 3 in 2021, which is an action thriller starring Sudeep.
...10. Anirudh Ravichander
The name Anirudh does not need any introduction down South among the music lovers. With his boy next door looks, he can really amaze you by his skills when it comes to composing and singing. This music Rockstar will rule our playlists whenever his new album is released. He can make you go 'Gaga' right from the first time you hear his songs. His recent movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' has took the town by storm. This is not the first time he has done this. He did the same on his debut movie '3' (Three). He evolved as a star overnight after the music release of '3' and became the talk of the town. Indeed Kolaveri made him get famous worldwide and it got him more fans.
Anirudh is always good with experimental aspects in music. His movie 'Naanum Rowdydhaan' is the fir...
11. Tippu
Tippu is a playback singer of Indian cinema. He has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages. He has lent his voice to over 4000 songs in the four south Indian languages. His voice for Puneeth Rajkumar went well with the audience. Shiva Shiva Hoguthidde, Hey Hey Paaru, etc are some of his hit songs. His association with music director V Harikrishna is very famous. Tippu has sung for Tamil music composers A R Rahman, Imman, Harris Jayaraj, and Joshua Sridhar.
He has sung the hit Tamil songs Venmathi Venmathi, O Mama from Minnale. The movie had Madhavan in the lead role. Tippu is married to the famous Indian playback singer Harini. Tippu began singing when he was at the age of 19. He received the Karnataka State Film Award and the Kalaimamani Award by Tamilnadu Government for his playback singing.
...12. 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...
13. KM Prakash
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.”
His movies like “Meghave Meghave” released in 2009, Ra...
14. Jai Jagadish
Jai Jagadish (Born on 29th June) is an Indian film actor, who also directs and produces in Kannada film industry. He started his career in the movie Paduvarahalli Pandavaru in 1978 as an actor and has featured in over 300 films till date. His first stint as a producer was for 1998 film Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga starring Shivarajkumar, Ramesh Aravind and Vijayalakshmi in the lead. This movie won many awards including Karnataka State awards. He turned director for his directorial debut film in 2006 with Madana, which had Aditya and Samiksha in the lead roles. It was a remake of successful 2004 Tamil film Manmadhan. However, this movie bombed at the box office.
He is remembered for his roles in Paduvarahalli Pandavaru (1978), Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu (1983), Bandhana (1984), Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu (...
15. Srinivasa Prabhu
Srinivas Prabhu is an actor and director. He was once a famous dubbing artist with many feats to his credit in the Kannada cinema industry.
Srinivasa Prabhu has made many middle class audiences glue to their television sets as his eight out of nine serials are aired from morning to evening over the times. Srinivas Prabhu beat the record of seven serial a day by Lamboo Nagesh. He had once Muktha, Maneyondhu Mooru Bagilu, Gupthagamini, Kadambari, Kutumba, Geethanjali, Punyakoti and Thakadhimi Thaa in a day. He is known as television serial ‘Badshah’ by his fans and followers. Srinivasa Prabhu has stopped dubbing after the controversy over payment created for a film in the past.
Srinivas Prabhu in all his television serials has maintained the different looks either from his costumes or f...