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Honganasu
''Honganasu'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Ratnaja of '' Nenapirali'' fame. The film stars Prem Kumar in lead role whereas debutant Anjali and Anuradha Mehta play the female leads. Ananth Nag plays a very important role in the film. The film is produced by Nenapirali Movies. Cast * Prem Kumar as Sagar * Anjali as Impana * Anuradha Mehta as Sowmya * Ananth Nag * Vinaya Prasad * Ramesh Bhat * Naveen Krishna Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in Kannada Film Industry. After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film '' Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu'' (2000) and has since then acted in vari ... * Sharan * Chitra Shenoy * Shobharaj as Gounder Gowda * Adarsha as Santosh * Jayashri Raj as Shilpa Track list References External links * ReviewHonganasu at Raaga 2008 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films scored by Hamsalekha {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Kumar (Kannada Actor)
Prem Kumar, known mononymously as Prem, is an Indian actor who works in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in 2004 through the film ''Praana''. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for '' Nenapirali'' in the year 2005 and for ''Charminar'' in 2013. He is popularly known as Lovely Star in Kannada films. Career Prem debuted in film with the 2004 Kannada film ''Praana''. It was by a team of newcomers: director Prakash, composer Allwyn and the actress Preeti were all new besides Prem. The next year, Prem acted in Rathnaja's debut film, '' Nenapirali''. Prem picked up a Best Actor Filmfare Award for his performance in the film. In 2006, Prem released '' Jothe Jotheyali'' with the actress Ramya. His next release '' Pallakki'' did well for 100 days. In 2008, Prem teamed up with Rathnaja once more for the film ''Honganasu''. Prem acted in ''Ghauttham'', a remake of the Tamil film '' Aahaa..!'' in 2009. In 2010, he teamed up with heroine Ramya for the film '' Jothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjali (actress Born 1986)
Anjali (born 16 June 1986) is an Indian actress and model who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. Following a stint in modelling, she was cast in starring roles in two Telugu productions; her debut film was the Telugu thriller film ''Photo'' (2006), before bagging a role and gaining attention in the film ''Kattradhu Thamizh'' (2007) with Jiiva. In 2010 and 2011, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil, for her performances in '' Angaadi Theru'' and ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' respectively and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for '' Angadi Theru'', subsequently becoming recognised as one of the "finest young actors" in Tamil cinema, and noted for mostly playing "performance-oriented roles"''.'' In 2013, she returned to Telugu cinema and appeared in a string of successful films like ''Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'', ''Balupu'', '' Masala'', '' Geethanjali'' and ''Dictator.'' She also received two Nandi Awards for Best Actress for her performances in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratnaja
''Ratnaja'' is a Kannada movie writer and director. He debuted his career as a director with the 2005 hit movie Nenapirali which won four awards at the 2005-06 Karnataka State Film Awards, including the Best Director award. Early life and background Ratnaja was a Mechanical Engineering student at the National College of Engineering, Mysuru. Ratnaja then trained under many acclaimed directors like Dinesh Baboo and SV Rajendra Singh Baboo for five years as assistant. Career Ratnaja began his direction career with the film Nenapirali. The film starred four relatively fresh faces - Prem Kumar who received a new lease of life with this movie, Naveen Krishna, Vidya Venkatesh and Varsha. Nenapirali focused on the youth and their confusion about love, and was critically and commercially a success. The film won awards at the Filmfare Awards that year (2005–06), and also picked up a couple of State Awards. Ratnaja was called, by certain quarters, as Kannada's '' Mani Ratnam''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuradha Mehta
Anuradha Mehta is a former Indian actress and former model who appeared in Telugu and Kannada films. Career She made her debut with the Telugu movie ''Arya'', by which she gained popularity and applause for her performance. After the success of ''Arya'', she appeared in 2005 Telugu romance film written, produced and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana.she starred along with Aryan Rajesh, Allari Naresh, Rama Prabha, and Suman. In July 2005, with inclusion of Satyanarayana's sons Rajesh and Naresh, the film was reported as ''almost ready''. She made her Kannada debut with the 2006 Kannada language action film, '' Ajay''.She paired opposite Puneeth Rajkumar The film was the remake of Telugu movie ''Okkadu''. The 2008 Kannada film ''Honganasu ''Honganasu'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by Ratnaja of '' Nenapirali'' fame. The film stars Prem Kumar in lead role whereas debutant Anjali and Anuradha Mehta play the female leads. Anant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitra Shenoy
Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film industry having portrayed the role of a mother to almost all top stars in Kannada. In Malayalam she rose to fame with her role as Mammootty's mother in Rajamanikyam. She became a house-hold name in Kerala playing the villainous mother-in-law character in the Malayalam serial ''Sthreedhanam''. She owns the production company ''Good Company Productions''. Personal life She was born in a Sankethi Brahmin family to M. K. Vinayak and Saraswathi, as the youngest of two children at Hassan. She has an elder sister, Jyothi. She is a home science graduate. She is married to Gurudas Shenoy, a Kannada Film & Television Producer. They have a daughter Kushi Shenoy. Gurudas & Chitra Shenoy together run two television production companies - Dakshin Videote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemanth Kumar
Hemanth Subramanya known by his stage name as Hemanth, is a playback singer in Kannada cinema. Early life Hemanth was born in a family of musicians at Bangalore, India. His mother Rathna Sastry is a classical singer and his father Subramanya Sastry is a retired economics professor. He considers his mother as his first Guru. Hemanth practised Carnatic classical music under R. K. Srikantan and his son R. S. Ramakanth, Nagavalli Nagaraj and H. K. Narayana for about a decade. Career Hemanth started his film career as a music assistant to music director Hamsalekha, who also introduced him to the Kannada cinema. His foray into the film world was made in 2000 for the blockbuster movie Preethse. Hemanth replaced Udit Narayan in his debut song "Preetse Preetse" of movie Preethse composed by his mentor Hamsalekha. Hemanth became a popular and prominent playback singer in Kannada cinema since his debut hit song "Preetse Preetse". Hemanth rendered his voice to many actors including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinaya Prasad
Vinaya Prakash ( Bhat), also credited as Vinaya Prasad, is an Indian actress who has primarily featured in Kannada, and Malayalam films and TV series besides acting in Telugu language films. She has won the State Best Actress Award for her performances in ''Aathanka'' (1993) and ''Bannada Hejje'' (2001). Career Vinaya Prasad hails from Udupi district of Karnataka state. Prasad made her film debut with a small role in G. V. Iyer's ''Madhwacharya'' in 1988. She worked in smaller character roles before playing the leading lady in ''Ganeshana Maduve'' opposite Anant Nag. The film was a huge success and she went on to act in many more films in not only Kannada but also Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. Some of her notable Kannada films include ''Ganeshana Maduve'', '' Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare'', ''Gauri Ganesha'', ''Mysore Jaana'' and ''Suryodaya''. She starred in a supporting role in the all-time blockbuster '' Manichitrathazhu'', opposite Mohanlal. In Tamil, Prasad has acted as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naveen Krishna
Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in Kannada Film Industry. After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film '' Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu'' (2000) and has since then acted in various films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as '' Kadamba'' (2004), ''Nenapirali'' (2005), ''Dheemaku'' (2008) and '' Mathond Madhuvena'' (2011). His lead roles in the films, '' Haggada Kone'' (2014) and ''Actor'' (2016) won him several laurels and appreciations. In 2013, Naveen announced that he would direct and script a film titled ''Lakshmi Bar'' which is yet to release. He did the co-direction for the film ''Bidalare Endu Ninna'' (2013). Personal life Naveen was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to actor Srinivasa Murthy and Pushpa. He has three siblings of whom his brother Nitil Krishna is also a film actor. He has changed his screen name twice before as Akshay Krishna and later S. S. Krishna to try his luck according to the nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharan (actor)
Sharan (born 6 February 1972) is an Indian actor and an occasional playback singer and film producer who works in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in the mid-1990s and appeared mostly in comedy roles and small supporting roles. However, he earned much recognition during the late 2000s and made his lead role for his 100th film '' Rambo'' and since then featuring as the lead actor in comedy films. Personal life Sharan was born into a family of theater artists. His grandparents and parents were reckoned artistes at the Gubbi theater. His younger sister Shruthi, is an actress. He has another younger sister. Though he was pushed to acting genre by his parents, his initial interest was in music and was part of an orchestra as a singer. He cut his own private devotional albums and also sang the title tracks for television series. Sharan's first tryst in acting began with a television series aired in Doordarshan channel. Subsequently he began to get offers to act in various te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. '' The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while '' Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to '' The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's '' WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of '' Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting '' The Incredible H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaan (singer)
Shantanu Mukherjee (born 30 September 1972), popularly known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, composer, live perfomer ,actor and television personality. He has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established himself as one of the highest-paid and best-established playback singers of Indian cinema. Shaan hosted the shows ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'', '' Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs'', ''Star Voice of India'' and ''STAR Voice of India 2''. In ''Music Ka Maha Muqabla'', his team, ''Shaan's Strikers'', finished as the runners up to Shankar Mahadevan's team. He appeared as a judge in ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs'' 2014–2015 and ''The Voice India Kids 2016''. In 2015 and 2016, Shaan was the winning coach in each of the first two seasons of '' The Voice''. In 2016, in ''The Voice India Kids'', he was the coach of the runner-up contestant. His sister Sagarika is also a singer. Early life Shaan was born on 30 September 1972 in Bombay in a Bengali fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son of acclaimed singer K. J. Yesudas. Vijay made his debut as a singer with the 2000 Malayalam film ''Millennium Stars'', which had music composed by Vidyasagar. Vijay Yesudas won three Kerala State Film Awards for Best Singer for the songs "Kolakkuzhal Vili Ketto" in '' Nivedyam'' (2007), "Akaleyo Nee" in '' Grandmaster'' and "Mazhakondu Mathram" in '' Spirit'' (2012), and "Poomuthole" in ''Joseph'' (2018). He has also won five Filmfare Awards for Best Singer and four SIIMA Awards for Best Male Playback Singer. He made a foray into acting by playing the villain role in the Tamil film '' Maari'' (2015) and the lead role in the Tamil film ''Padaiveeran'' (2018). Early life Vijay Yesudas was born to singer K. J. Yesudas and Prabha. He is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
