1. Shamitha Malnad
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.(Hin...
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3. Asmita Sood
Pretty girl Asmita Sood, the model and actor is one of the new talents of the Indian film industry. Just eight films old in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam cinema put together, Asmita Sood is already a sought after actor of the day.
An expertise Kathak dancer and a Femina Miss India paegent finalist, Asmita Sood had all the qualifications and background that any Indian film actress needs to possess. Most of all, she’s got a nice blend of chic, beauty and talent that any movie maker would look for in an actor. She was also popular for her participation in ‘Get Gorgeous’, a reality show that is aired in Channel V.
Her first ever film was in the Telugu film industry, Brahmi Gadi Katha which had Varun Sandesh playing the lead role. She later bagged a Kannada film Victory and a Malayalam fil...
4. Tarun Shivappa
Tarun Shivappa is a Kannada film producer who is well-known in India. Tarun has over 11 years of experience in the entertainment sector and has produced three feature films. Victory 2 (the sequel to Victory) was a box office success, running in theatres for more than 50 days.TarunShivappa was born on April 1, 1983, in Attibele, Bangalore, Karnataka. His father’s name was Shivappa and mother’s name was Susheelamma. He obtained Bachelor of Commerce degree from BTL degree college & BES College. He is a full-time entrepreneur and producer, and he is married to Mansa Tarun. Tarun got his start in the spotlight as an ad man for a TV channel in 2007.
Over the course of five years, he rose through the ranks of Film Section Head and Programming Head of TV Channels. Tarun went on to start 9 Thots Media Solutions, an adver...
5. Arjun Janya
Arjun Janya is an Indian singer and music composer. In 2006, he made his debut in the industry with Kannada movie Autograph Please starring Dilip Raj and Sanjjanaa. In the south film industry, he is a score director and composer of high demand. The movies for which he composes music have done well on box-office in past. He is known for music in Sanchari and Singam. He was born on May 13, 1980, in Bengaluru, Karnataka to Anusuya and Ashwath Kumar. He learnt music from James and thinks of AR Rahman as his inspiration. It is said that a meeting between him and AR Rahman changed him and converted him into what he is today.
He played keyboard in the background for about thirty films. He started his career with being an assistant to composers K. Kalyan and V. Manohar. His music first became a hit with the film Biruga...
6. 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....
7. 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...
8. Yogaraj Bhat
Yogaraj Bhat was born on 8th October, 1973 in Mandarthi, in coastal district Udupi of Karnataka. He is the 7th child of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat. Ramachandra lost his life in a boat mishap.
Yogaraj is a famous director in Sandalwood industry. He has also tasted success as a lyricist, producer and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his 2006 hit Mungaru Male, which was written by Bhat along with Preetam Gubbi. He directed the film and wrote lyrics with others. Mungaru Male recorded the highest box office collections in Sandalwood history. His other achievements include introducing talented technicians to the industry like Pawan Kumar of Lucia, Pawan Wadeyar and many others.
His lyricist journey started with Mungaru Maleye from his film Mungaru Male and there was no looking bac...
9. Divya Kumar
Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Divya Kumar is an Indian Bollywood playback vocalist who sang in various Bollywood movies. He belongs to a musical family. Divya is the son of Bhagwan Shivram, who is a musician and grandson of Pandit Shivram, who was a composer for some regional movies and motion pictures by V Shantaram. Divya began singing at the age of eight, and as a kid, he showed up on several stage shows. He considered a different career. However, his mother asked him to choose vocalist as his profession. He appeared within the troupe of Kalyanji Anandji in many shows and has worked recently with Javed Ali, Shreya Ghoshal, and Sunidhi Chauhan, which are all from the music school of Kalyanji Anandji.
Divya’s first Bollywood debut film was Tutiya Dil by Amit Khanna with Ram Sampath, for which he recorded at the studio of ...
11. Arasu Anthare
Arasu Anthare is a versatile artist who primarily works in the Kannada film industry. He was born in Maddur, Mandya in Karnataka. Currently, he stays in Bangalore from where he looks out for his career. He is a lyricist, playback singer and a foremost director. He completed his high schooling from the Jawahar High School in Maddur. Afterward, he completed his under graduation from PES School of Law from PES University of Bangalore. He completed his law studies in the year 2003.
He currently is engaged to marry Nayana Anthare. He joined the Kannada film industry in the year 2009. He debuted in the Kannada film industry with direction. He was an assistant director for the movie Raam. In the same year, Arasu debuted as a lyricist in the movie, Preethse Preethse. In this movie, he was also a debutant actor and an associate director...
12. Avinash BS
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.
...13. Keerthi Raj
Keerthiraj is a well-known Actor from the Kannada Film Industry. His notable movies as an Actor are Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara released in 1988 and directed by Rajachandra, Krishna Nee Kunidaga released in 1989 and directed by B.S. Dwarakish, Prathap released in 1990 and directed by V. Somasekhar, Bahadur Hennu released in 1993 and directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao, Bhagavan Sri Saibaba released in 1993 and directed by Om Sai Prakash, Alexander released in 1994 and directed by Srinivasa Reddy, Baduku Jataka Bandi released in 1997 and directed by S. Umesh, Akka released in 1997 and directed by Raj Kishor, Naanenu Madilla released in 1999 and directed by Dinesh Babu, Shivappa Nayaka released in 2001 and directed by B. C. Patil, Grama Devathe released in 2001 and directed by Om Sai Prakash, Surya IPS released in 2002 and directed by B. C. Pat...
14. Prashanth Siddi
Born on June 15, 1990, in India, Prashant Siddhi is a popular actor in India. He has worked in Kannada film Industry predominantly. He belongs to the community of the Siddis who were earlier the member of the Bantu tribe residing in the Southeast of Africa. Siddis came to India in 628 AD as traders, missionaries and slaves.
They settled down in parts of Gujarat as well as Karnataka. Being an economically backward tribe and community, they emerged as farmers as well as undertook animal husbandry. TO Prashanth, Bangalore was a land of opportunities and he wanted to make the most of it. In an interview with the Economic Times, he revealed that he always felt like an outsider in Bangalore.
People in the television Industry did not even look at his pictures. The shopkeepers overcharged him thinking that he was an African. Pe...
15. 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...
16. Tabla Nani
He is a very famous Indian actor. Tabla Nani is working in both Indian theater and Kannada film industry. He got his first break in the year 2006 for a Kannada movie Mata. Though he was not the lead actor in the movie he played a great role as the supporting actor. The movie released in the year 2009 became the most critical point in the career of Tabla Nani, named Eddelu Manjunatha. His role and acting in this film brought him fame, popularity, and public appraisal. His career is short as he has started performing in the year 2006 only. But even in this short period, he achieved critical appraisal and got famous in the public as well as the Kannada Film Industry. Tamil Nani’s other movies like Rambo and Akka Pakkawas also a blockbuster, which leads the way to his successful career as an actor.
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