1. Meghana Raj
Meghana, whose full name is Meghana Raj, is an Indian actress and model who is mostly seen and known for her performances in the Malayalam movies. Meghana has also been acting in other South Indian Industries like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Meghana Was born on May 3, 1990 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India to the noted actors and producers of Kannada film industry- Actor Sundar Raj, who has acted in over 180 Kannada films and Pramila Joshai, who is a famous and noted actress and producer of the Kannada Film Industry.
Meghana in her short spanned career in the film industry is most famously known for her versatility and acting range and for the ease with which she essays most challenging and characters of different and various shades. Meghana made her debut in the year 2009 with the Telugu film Bendu Apparao R.M.P. ...
2. 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...
3. Girija Lokesh
Girija Lokesh is an India based actress and also keeps interest in filmography. She was worked in many of the Kannada movies and has also been into theatrics for some time. She has also appeared in some of the popular TV serials too, namely, Chota Champion, as a participant in the year 2014. This show was telecasted on Zee Kannada. She also featured in Majora Talkies as a guest on the show in the year 2015. This show was televised on Colours Kannada. Girija Lokesh was married to Lokesh, who was an actor too. Former actress Pooja Lokesh and Srujan Lokesh, who is an actor and a television presenter, are here two children. She has given many hits to the Kannada cinema, in appreciation to which, she has been honored with the laurel, the Rajyotsava Award by the Karnataka Government, in the year 2013.
4. Devaraj
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.
His initial days were with B Jayashree’s theatre group Spandana and later with famed Sanket, Shankar Nag’s group till he entered world of cinema. His first on screen appearance was in Koogu by Shankar Nag. His first release was 27 Mavalli in 1986, where he played a villain and got appreciated for his performance. He continued doing many villain roles as well as police roles, getting almost branded as ‘policeman’. His police role movies include Lockup Death, Golibaar, Circle Inspector and many more. His first lead role was...
5. V Nagendra Prasad
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.
His lyrics were carried out by 400 movies....
6. Rajesh Krishnan
Rajesh Krishnan is an eminent Indian playback singer and actor by profession. Rajesh was born on 3rd June 1973 in Bangalore, India. He started his learning of his field at home itself, his mother Meera Krishnan was her first Guru. He was married to Soumya Rao a Singer, then to Haripriya, who is a dentist and Ramya Vasishta a TV anchor and singer by profession. Rajesh started his career with composer Hamsalekha as a track singer under his guidance.
Further, he sang more than 3500 songs in Kannada, 500 in Telugu, over 250 in Tamil, Hindi, and other regional languages. He has also done devotional albums, theme albums, and commercials in about 15 languages. He is popular for his contribution in Kannada Film Industry as a playback singer. Rajeev made his debut in films by the...
7. Siddharth Basrur
Siddharth Basrur is a singer and music composer from India. He was born in the year of 1981. From a young age, Basrur was interested in music. He was brought up by his grandparents. While studying in college, Basrur started to work at a cassette store. The owner of the store paid him more than the monthly allowance his parents gave him. As a result, Basrur quit his education. He would listen to lots of songs sung by Kishore Kumar to Alice Cooper. Not just Basrur, but most of his family members were avid music listeners. Of all genres, classic rock 'n’roll and Alternative Rock were his favorite. Basrur is an alumnus of Poddar School. To give himself an edge in the industry, Basrur studied audio engineering in a diploma college. After graduating from there, he took up the job of a sound engineer.
In 2008, Basrur shortly...
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. Sudheendra Venkatesh
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 Prasha...
10. Mass Madha
Mass Madha is one of the prominent stunt directors in Kannada movie industry. Apart from being the stunt director, he has also played the supporting actor in various movies. He made his debut as a stunt director in the film ‘Simhadri’ in 2014. As a stunt director, he has worked in numerous films such as ‘Jyothi Allias Kothi Raja’ in 2014, ‘D.K.’ in 2015, ‘Paatargitthi’ in 2015, ‘Mythili & Co’ in 2015, ‘Neene Bari Neene’ in 2015, etc. He has worked with people such as ‘Chitram Basha,’ ‘Sanul Rathi,’ ‘K Veeru,’ ‘Ashwin Krishna’, etc. He has worked as a supporting actor in the movie Darling in 2014.
Madha has worked with some of the renowned personalities like ‘Randeep Hooda,’ &lsqu...