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Kishore Kumar G
Kishore Kumar G (born 14 August 1974), known mononymously as Kishore, is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films alongside few Malayalam, and Hindi Films Early life and education Kishore was born on 14 August 1974 in Channapatna, a town in the southern part of Karnataka. His father was a professor and mother, a homemaker. Kishore completed a major part of his schooling in Kunigal, Karnataka, and college education in National College, Bangalore. This was where he started off with theatre doing plays in Kannada such as ''Teregalu'' and ''Samrata Ashoka''. He then did his master's degree in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore where he worked for two years and then as an assistant to fashion designer Vidyasagar, a professor from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). His uncle was cultural critic D. R. Nagaraj. He is married to his college sweetheart Vishalakshi. During this time, he worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaar Ivan
''Veedevadu'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Tatineni Satya. Also partially re-shot in Tamil language, Tamil as ''Yaar Ivan'' (), the film stars Sachiin J. Joshi and Esha Gupta, with Prabhu (actor), Prabhu and Kishore (actor, born 1974), Kishore in pivotal roles. Featuring music composed by S. Thaman, the venture began production in May 2015. Plot The story begins at a boathouse in Goa. Sathya kills his wife Shruthi, and the Goan police later arrests him. In the court, all the witnesses and evidence are against Sathya, but the court sends him to judicial remand for fourteen days and asks the police to submit primary evidence. The Hyderabad commissioner appoints Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Prakash Varma, an encounter specialist, to deal the case. Prakash is very strict and ruthless in his department, and everyone calls him a psycho. He joins the investigation with his new subordinate Hyder and starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada Film
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film released in the Kannada language. It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba, and the first screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom. It was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji, who in 1932 founded ''South India Movietone'' in Bengaluru. Major literary works have been adapted to the Kannada screen, such as B. V. Karanth's '' Chomana Dudi'' (1975), (based on ''Chomana Dudi'' by Shivaram Karanth), Girish Karnad's '' Kaadu'' (1973), (based on ''Kaadu'' by Srikrishna Alanahalli), Pattabhirama Reddy's '' Samskara'' (1970) (based on ''Samskara'' by U. R. Ananthamurthy), which won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrambam
''Arrambam'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. Produced by A. Raghuram and co-written by Subha, the film stars Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayanthara, Taapsee and Rana Daggubati (in a cameo), with Mahesh Manjrekar, Aadukalam Naren, Kishore, Atul Kulkarni, Akshara Gowda and Murali Sharma in supporting roles. While the score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the cinematography was handled by Om Prakash and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Following a six-month long pre-production and the official announcement of the project in May 2012, filming commenced in June 2012 and continued for the next 15 months. Majority of the filming happened in Mumbai. Other locations included Chennai, Bangalore, Dubai, Hyderabad, Mahabaleshwar, Jaisalmer, Leh and Ladakh. The film was not titled until it entered post-production and was mostly referred to as ''Thala 53'' or ''Valai'', a supposed working title. The film was released o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haridas (2013 Film)
''Haridas'' is a 2013 Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by G. N. R. Kumaravelan starring Kishore and Sneha in the lead roles with Prithviraj Das as the title character. Musical score is by Vijay Antony. It was released on 22 February 2013 to extremely positive reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. The movie was screened at 11th Chennai International Film Festival where it won 2 awards. Plot Sivadas (Kishore) is the daring cop who gets ruthless against the local goon Aadhi ( Pradeep Rawat) and is just miles away from nabbing the crook. He has a driver named Kandasamy ( Soori). However, he is forced to leave the force for a while to take care of his autistic son, Haridas (Prithviraj Das) because of an unfortunate matter. With much difficulty, he enrolls Haridas in a normal school where Amudhavalli ( Sneha) is a teacher specialized to deal with special children. Kishore dwells into the character of Sivadas, a sorry father for not sparing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatta (film)
''Jatta'' () is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language thriller drama film directed by B. M. Giriraj. It stars Kishore and Sukrutha Wagle in lead roles. Kishore plays the role of a forest guard whose wife elopes with a tourist and he becomes involved in a clash of beliefs and ideologies with a feminist who he chains in his isolated forest home. The film won critical acclaim for its story and the portrayal of characters from critics and filmgoers. Cast * Kishore as Jatta * Sukrutha Wagle as Sagarika * Paavana Gowda as Belli * Prem Kumar as Bheemakumar * B. Suresha * Vinod Kumbar as Rajesh Production In 2010, B. M. Giriraj made an experimental film ''Naviladavaru'' with a budget of 35,000. Being recognized for this, he was offered to direct ''Advaita'' by film producer N. M. Suresh in the same year, a film that did not release. He was then offered ''Jatta'' by producer N. S. Rajkumar. Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by the duo Ashley Mendonca and Abhilash Lakra with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attahasa
''Attahasa'' () is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language biographical film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh, based on the notorious forest brigand Veerappan. Kishore plays the role of Veerappan in the film, whilst featuring Arjun Sarja and Suresh Oberoi. After much delay in the theatrical release the film was opened to screens on 14 February 2013 all across the southern states of India to positive reviews. The film was partially reshot in Tamil as ''Vana Yuddham'' (). The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Veerappan''. Cast Production In March 2011, A. M. R. Ramesh confirmed that his next directorial would be based on Veerappan and that he had completed the scriptment, while adding that Kishore had already agreed to play the lead role of Veerappan. Ramesh had been researching on Veerappan for 10 years and had spoken with several key people who were associated with him or involved in various incidents. Ramesh clarified that he would just present the real happenings, without taking any sides. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veerappan
Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian poacher, smuggler, domestic terrorist and Banditry, bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom. He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and Crime in India#Poaching and wildlife trafficking, poaching of Indian elephant, elephants in the scrub lands and forests in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. He was wanted for killing approximately 184 people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. He was also responsible for poaching approximately 500 of the 2000 elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active and for Ivory trade, smuggling ivory worth US$2.6 million (₹16 crore) and about 65 tons of sandalwood worth approximately US$22 million (₹143 crore). The battle to capture Veerappan cost the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over ₹100 crore. Personal life Veerappan was born into a Tamils, Tamil Vanniyar f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film written and directed by newcomer Suseenthiran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore, and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers. The music was composed by debutant V. Selvaganesh with cinematography by Laxman Kumar and editing by Kasi Viswanathan. The film was released on 29 January 2009 and was successful at the box office. It was later remade in Telugu as '' Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu'' (2010), and in Hindi as '' Badlapur Boys'' (2014). A spiritual successor, '' Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2'', was released in 2019. Plot Marimuthu is a poor goat herd in a remote village near Palani called Kanakkanpatti, who lost his education as his father died when he was 13. He works in a farm and can stay in his house only during holidays. He also plays kabbadi very well. Marimuthu, along with his childhood friends Ayyappan, Sekar, Murthy, Appukutty, Subramani and Pandi, are kabbadi players who drea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duniya (2007 Film)
''Duniya'' () is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Duniya Soori (in his directorial debut) and produced by T. P. Siddaraju under Samy Associates. The film stars Duniya Vijay and Rashmi in their lead debuts, alongside Rangayana Raghu, Kishore and Yogesh. ''Duniya'' was released on 23 February 2007 and became a successful venture at box office. Due to the film, Vijay and Suri came to be known as Duniya Vijay and Duniya Suri among the masses whilst Yogesh became known by his character's name Loose Maada. Plot Shivalinga a.k.a. Shivu, an innocent villager who works as a manual laborer in a stone quarry realizes that his mother is seriously ill. He gets his mother to Bangalore for treatment, but his mother dies and he is unable to arrange finances for her funeral. He manages to pay for his mother's funeral with the only ornament he had. With his inability to procure a tomb-stone for his mother's grave, Shivu leaves the city walking, without any money, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polladhavan (2007 Film)
''Polladhavan'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Vetrimaaran in his directorial debut. Starring Dhanush and Ramya, the film revolves around a man whose life improves after buying a bike, and turns upside down after it is stolen. Three songs and the background score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while Yogi B and Dhina composed each one song. Velraj was the director of cinematography, V. T. Vijayan edited the film and Rambo Rajkumar choreographed the stunts. The film was released on 8 November 2007. Receiving a tremendously positive response. The film was remade in a number of languages, owing to its success. Plot Prabhu Shankar is a happy-go-lucky middle-class man who spends time playing carrom in the streets with his friends Sathish and Kumar and others. He and his father keep falling into minor misunderstandings and falls in love with a girl named Hema, whom he meets at a bus stop. When he is caught in the act of steal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetrimaaran
V. Chitravel Vetrimaaran (born 4 September 1975) is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his unique filmography with major commercial success and highly critically acclaimed body of work. He has won five National Film Awards, three Filmfare South Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Vetrimaaran made his directorial debut with '' Polladhavan'' (2007). His second feature film '' Aadukalam'' (2011) won six National Film Awards. His 2016 directorial '' Visaranai'' was selected as India's official entry to the Academy Awards. His film '' Asuran'' (2019) received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. He produces films under his production company, Grass Root Film Company. He is also the founder of International Institute of Film and Culture (IIFC). Personal life Vetrimaaran was born in Cuddalore in 1975. His father Dr. V. Chitravel was a veterinary scientist, and his mother Megala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallarali Hoovagi
''Kallarali Hoovagi'' () is a 2006 Indian Kannada historical drama romance film directed by T. S. Nagabharana, based on a novel of the same name written by B. L. Venu. Set in 1772, during the reign of Madakari Nayaka, the last ruler of Chitradurga, it features a fictitious love story between a Hindu Veerashaiva boy and a Muslim girl. The film stars Vijay Raghavendra, Umashankari, Anant Nag, Bharathi, Ambareesh, Avinash. At the 54th National Film Awards, the film won Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. It also won multiple awards at the 2006–07 Karnataka State Film Awards. Upon theatrical release on 22 December 2006, the film received widespread critical acclaim and also emerged as a box-office success. The core plot of the 2015 Hindi film '' Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' was thematically same as this movie. Plot A young Hindu boy (belonging to a caste primarily considered vegetarian) staying in a Hindu dominated kingdom finds a mute Muslim girl belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
