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K. Kalyan
K Kalyan (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian songwriter and music composer known for his works in Kannada film industry. He is also called as "Premakavi. Career K.Kalyan entered the film industry at the age of 17 as a Music director cum lyricist for Kannada movies. He learnt Karnatic classical music under the guidance of Chenna Krishnappa. In the early days, he worked under music director Hamsalekha. K.Kalyan has written almost 3000 songs. He has worked with many music directors including Ilayaraja, Hamsalekha, A.R.Rahman, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vijaya Bhaskar, Rajan-Nagendra, Upendra kumar, C. Ashwath, Singeetham Shrinivasa Rao, Manjula Gururaj, V. Ravichandran, Ananth Kamath M, V. Manohar, Mano Murthy, L.N. Shasthri, Anu Mallik, M M Keeravani, Koti, Deva, S A Rajkumar, Sadhu Kokila, Gurukiran, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, Ravi Basruru, Veer Samarth, S. Narayan, R.P Patnayak, Santhosh Narayanan, Rajesh Ramanath, Ajanish Lokanath, Abhiman Roy, Sangeetha Raja, Shyam, Anoop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengaluru
Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Karnataka. As per the 2011 Census of India, 2011 census, the city had a population of 8.4 million, making it the List of cities in India by population, third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India. The Bengaluru metropolitan area had a population of around 8.5 million, making it the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, fifth most populous urban agglomeration in the country. It is located near the center of the Deccan Plateau, at a height of above sea level. The city is known as India's "Garden City", due to its parks and greenery. Archaeological artifacts indicate that the human settlement in the region happened as early as 4000 Common Era, BCE. The first mention of the name "Bengalooru" is from an ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akasha Gange
''Akasha Gange'' is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Dinesh Baboo and starring Mithun Tejasvi and Chaya Singh. The film was released after a two year delay. The film was reportedly produced under fraud and was a box office failure. Cast * Mithun Tejasvi as Sonu * Chaya Singh as Lakshmi alias Beena * Vanitha Vasu as Lakshmi's foster mother * Smitha * Komal * Doddanna * Jayanthi Production The film began production in 2006. In the film, Chaya Singh plays an unwed mother, which was different from her previous girl next door roles. Music The music was composed by Deva with lyrics by K. Kalyan. Reception A critic from ''Rediff.com'' wrote that "In a nutshell, a neatly packaged film worth watching". A critic from ''The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowdru Hotel
''Gowdru Hotel'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language drama directed by Pon Kumaran starring Rachan Chandra, Vedhika and Prakash Raj. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Ustad Hotel'' (2012). Cast *Rachan Chandra as Rishi *Vedhika as Rishi's girlfriend *Prakash Raj as Rishi's grandfather *Anant Nag *Raj Deepak Shetty as CEO *Yuvan Shankar Raja (special appearance in "Kshanvu Kooda") *Sridhar (special appearance in "Kshanvu Kooda") Production The film is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Ustad Hotel'' (2012) and features newcomer Rachan Chandra, Vedhika, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. The film was adapted to suit the Kannada audience. The film was shorter than the Malayalam original. Anant Nag was cast to play a role in the film. While the Malayalam film featured biriyani, this film featured mudde. Soundtrack This film marks the Kannada debut of Tamil music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja (his previous Kannada albums were remakes). Release ''The Times of Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swayam Krushi (2011 Film)
''Swayam Krushi'' is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by debutante, Veerendra Babu, who also produced, wrote the screenplay, and acted in the film alongside newcomer Tamanna Pasha. The film did not perform well at the box office. Cast Soundtrack Reception A critic from ''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and wrote that "Though N Veerendrababu has selected a drab subject, a number of sequences keep you glued to the movie". In a review by ''Deccan Herald'', the reviewer stated that "Director Veerendra Babu has shown people it is alright to apply the words of Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda and others, to achieve success and create a modern Ram Rajya ()". A critic from ''Bangalore Mirror'' wrote that "Swayam Krushi's only credit is that it does not descend into the lowest ebb". A critic from ''Indo-Asian News Service Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency. It was founded in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugaari
''Jugaari'' () is a 2010 Kannada film directed by S. D. Arvind. The music of the film was composed by Arjun Janya.The film was produced by Ramesh G.R. Cast * Avinash Diwakar as Shankara * Harshika Poonacha * Avinash * Sharath Lohitashwa * B. Suresha * Girija Lokesh Reception Critical response BS Srivani from Deccan Herald wrote "Harshika tries mightily to chew a role that is big for her and does a creditable job. The rest - Shivaji Jadhav, Avinash and several other actors - have all done a splendid job. “Jugaari” is intelligent cinema, with little “mass” appeal". A critic from The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ... wrote "Aravind’s USP is the narration of the story during the post-intermission session. The climax of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhajarangi 2
''Bhajarangi 2'' is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film written and directed by A. Harsha, and produced by Jayanna-Bogendra under the banner of Jayanna Combines. It stars Shiva Rajkumar in a dual role , alongside Shruthi, Bhavana and Cheluvaraj in the lead roles, while Kuri Prathap, Dusyanth Rai, Saurav Lokesh, and Prakash Thuminad appears in other supporting roles. Despite the title, the film is not a sequel to 2013 film Bhajarangi and is a namesake sequel. The film was released theatrically on 29 October 2021 and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Plot Araka, a tribesman makes money by producing drugs from Ayurvedic plants, found in his territory and selling them. Sudheendra, a priest, is performing penance for many years, with the help of a sage. One day, a seller buys drugs from Araka and the drugs earn him a profit. He asks Araka for a truckload of drugs to sell, but Araka's assistant tells him that it is not easy to produce them due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai Maruthi 800
''Jai Maruthi 800'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada action comedy film written and directed by A. Harsha and produced by Jayanna. It stars Sharan, Shruthi Hariharan and Shubha Poonja in the lead roles. The music is composed by Arjun Janya and cinematography by Swamy J. Gowda. Plot Jeeva ( Sharan) must correct the mistakes understood about his best friend Raghu by his villagers in childhood after his death. Then he goes to his friend's village where two village heads are enemies. When he enters he sees Raghu's sister and her boyfriend are just to be killed by the head because he is from another village. He manages to save them by marrying them and separating them in the eyes of the head. He says that he is Jeeva and a fan of the head. He lies to Raghu's mother and two sisters that he is Raghu. He then goes to another village in the form of a director. There he falls in love with the head's daughter Geeta ( Shruti Hariharan), who later reciprocates it after knowing his good charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurukshetra (2019 Film)
''Kurukshetra'' () is a 2019 Kannada-language mythological war film written by J. K. Bharavi and directed by Naganna. The story is based on the Indian epic ''Mahabharata'', inspired by the epic poem ''Gadhayuddha'' by Ranna, The story is centred on Duryodhana, Kaurava king. The film was produced by Munirathna. The film features an ensemble cast of Darshan, Ambareesh, V. Ravichandran, Arjun Sarja, Nikhil Kumar, Aditi Arya, Meghana Raj, Haripriya, Sneha, Sonu Sood, Danish Akhtar Saifi, P. Ravishankar and Shashikumar portraying characters from ''Mahabharata''. The score and soundtrack were composed by V. Harikrishna, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Jayanan Vincent and Jo Ni Harsha. The film was released on 9 August 2019 across more than 1000 screens, making it the widest release for any Kannada film alongside the dubbed Telugu version. On 15 August, the Tamil version was released. The Malayalam-language version was released on 18 October in Kerala. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramanna Rai
Ramanna Rai Gadigudde (28 September 1930 – 6 October 2009) was an Indian Politician, Social Activist and a Member of Parliament who represented the Kasaragod constituency of Kerala thrice in the 7th Lok Sabha, 9th Lok Sabha and 10th Lok Sabha respectively. He was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Early life Rai was born in an affluent Tulu speaking Bunt family of landlords.He completed his education at Government college, Madras University and Karnataka University earning the degrees of B.A. and L.L.B. Political career Rai's public life started with his active participation in the movement against the merger of Kasaragod with Kerala in 1956. Later he joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) and served as the secretary of the Kasaragod local committee of undivided Communist Party from 1960 to 1964. After a division in the Communist party, he identified himself with CPM and served as member of the Kannur district committee of CPM from 1965 to 1986. He served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gajakesari
''Gajakesari'' () is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action fantasy film directed by S. Krishna and produced by Jayanna and Bogendra. The film stars Yash in a dual role along with Amulya and Anant Nag. The film also prominently features an elephant named Arjuna from Waynad, Kerala. Actor Prakash Raj plays as narrator for the film to introduce Yash's character. This film is also dubbed in Hindi as ''The Big Lion Gajakesari''. Plot The film begins in the forest area of Aanegudde, an elephant reserve. A state minister arrives at the place of a local don, Rana. Rana forces the minister to sign a deal to open a resort at Anegudde. The minister signs reluctantly after seeing his bodyguard being murdered by Rana. The scene next shifts to Prakash Raj introducing an ancient temple in the royal city of Mysore called "Shankara Narayana" temple, which is being managed by a holy Muth (holy association), headed by the pontiff (Anant Nag). The Muth has an outstanding reputation for not bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maanikya
''Maanikya'' ( ''The Ruby'') is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Sudeepa. The Film stars Sudeep and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, alongside Ranya, V. Ravichandran and P. Ravi Shankar. The music was composed by Arjun Janya, while cinematography and editing were handled by Shekhar Chandra and N. M. Vishwa. It is a remake of 2013 Telugu film '' Mirchi''. ''Maanikya'' was released on 1 May 2014 to positive reviews from critics and became commercially successful at the box office. The film was dubbed into Hindi under the same name. Plot The movie begins with a girl collecting funds for an organisation in Singapore. A goon gives her money and then chases her at night when she goes home. Then Vijay, enters and resolves the conflict without fighting. The girl introduces herself as Manasa. They slowly become friends. But one day she asks Vijay to leave her and go as she fears that if their relationship develops any further, separation would be painful. He th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhajarangi
''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film directed by A. Harsha, who co-wrote the script with Nanda Kishore and Shakthi. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Aindrita Ray, Madhu Guruswamy, Rukmini Vijayakumar and Saurav Lokesh. The music was composed by Arjun Janya, while cinematography and editing were handled by Swamy. J. Gowda and Deepu. S. Kumar ''Bhajarangi'' was released on 12 December 2013 to positive reviews from critics and became a box office success. A sequel titled '' Bhajarangi 2'' was released on 29 October 2021. Plot Jeeva, a youngster going though a constant phase of bad luck, meets a priest, who tells him to arrive at a village Ramadurga to know about his "Janma Rahasya" ( Birth Secret). Jeeva initially does not care about the priest's advice, but learns from his grandfather that his father was an orphan. Jeeva travels to Ramadurga to meet the priest and is accompanied by his uncle and Geetha. Jeeva arrives at the village and gets involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
