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List Of Bunts
Bunt (), also spelled 'Bant' in former English usage, is an Indian warrior-class community The complete list of Bunt Surnames in alphabetical order is: A – Adappa, Adasu, Adyanthaya, Arasa, Ariga, Athikari, Ajila, Ajri, Alva, Athre, Attara B – Banga, Ballala, Bangara, Bhandary, Banta, Bari, Bhoja, Bythani, Bunnala, Binnage, Brana, Budale C – Chowta / Chauta D – Dore G – Gambhira, Gujaran H – Hegde, Horuva K – Kava, Kadamba, Kajava, Kakwa, Kambali, Kanthiva, Kanjava, Karyal, Kayya, Kille, Konde, Kothari, Kudre, Kundahegde, Kundade, Kottari, Kuruba, Tigala M – Mada, Manava, Manaae, Mana, Mardi, Marla, Marala, Maddala, Menda, Mallala, Malli, Marthe, Melanta, Menava, Menda, Mugayya, Mudya, Mukkala, Munda (Mundera) N – Naadava, Nonda, Nayara, Nanaya, Nayaga, Naik P – Pala, Paradi, Padyar, Pakkala, Palae, Pandyi, Payyade, Payyahegde, Payyani, Pegde, Pergade, Punja, Puvani R – Rai, Raja S – Shetty, Samani, Santa, Samanta, Sankaya, Semita, Senava, Serve ...
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Bunt (community)
The Bunt (, ) people are an Indian community who historically have inhabited the Tulu Nadu region in South India. Bunts were traditionally a Kshatriya, warrior-class or martial caste community, with agrarian origins, forming the landed gentry of the region. They are the dominant land-owning, farming and banking community of Tulu Nadu and speak Tulu language, Tulu and Kundagannada as their mother tongue. Today, the Bunts are a largely urbanised community, with a population size of less than one million worldwide. Etymology The word ''Bunt'' means ''powerful man'' or ''warrior'' in Tulu language. Bunts are also referred to as ''okkelme,'' which means farmers or cultivators and references their agrarian origins. History American anthropologist Sylvia Vatuk states that the Bunt community was a loosely defined social group. The matrilineality, matrilineal kin groups that constituted the caste were linguistically, geographically and economically diverse, which were united by th ...
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Dayanand Shetty
Dayanand Chandrashekhar Shetty (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian film and television actor and model, best known for his role as Senior Inspector Daya in India's longest-running television police procedural, '' CID''. He was inducted into the Gold Awards Hall of Fame in 2018. Personal life Shetty was born on 11 December 1969, in a Tulu speaking Bunt family in Shirva village in Dakshina Kannada (now Udupi district) of Karnataka to Chandra Prakash Shetty and Uma Shetty. He has two sisters (Naina and Sandhya). He did his B.com from Rizvi College, Bandra in Mumbai. He married Smitha Shetty and they have a daughter, Viva Shetty. Career Shetty is a sportsman who turned to acting due to a leg injury. He was a shot put and discus thrower, and won many prizes in these sports. He was the champion of discus throw from Maharashtra in 1996. He has acted in many commercials and has won awards as a theatre artist. He won the Best Actor award for his role in the Tulu language play ...
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Avantika Shetty
Avantika Shetty is an Indian actress and advertiser working primarily in Kannada cinema. She made her film debut in '' RangiTaranga'' (2015) which found a worldwide release and declared a blockbuster, earning her a nomination at the Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Prior to films, Shetty acted in a few television series and short films in Mumbai. Early life and career Avantika Shetty was born in a Tulu-speaking Tuluva Bunt community in Mangalore. She made her big screen debut with debutante Anup Bhandari's directorial Kannada thriller-drama '' RangiTaranga'' (2015), playing the role of Sandhya Bhargav, a journalist on the search of a mysterious writer with the pen name Anashku played by another debutante, Nirup Bhandari. Upon release, the film was a sleeper hit which went onto become a blockbuster through the word-of-mouth reviews. The film was released across many countries and won favorable reviews. The film was declared as one of the highest-grossing films in ...
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Raj B
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Krithi Shetty
Krithi Shetty (born 21 September 2003) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Telugu and Tamil films. Shetty is an recipient of a Filmfare Award South and a SIIMA Award. She made her acting debut in the Telugu film ''Uppena'' (2021) which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. Early life Krithi Shetty was born on 21 September 2003 in Mangalore, Karnataka, to a Tulu-speaking Bunt family. Her father is a businessman, and her mother is a fashion designer. She was brought up in Mumbai. During her academic career, she worked in commercials. Career Shetty made her debut in a lead role, aged 17, with the Telugu film ''Uppena'' directed by Buchi Babu Sana and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings. The film was commercially successful at the box office, collecting over . ''The Times of India'' Neeshitha Nyayapati wrote, "The debutants Vaisshnav and Krithi manage to pull off the intricacies of their characters well for the most part. Later th ...
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Kannada Cinema
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 F ...
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Bhoomi Shetty
Bhoomika Shetty is an Indian actress known for her role in the Kannada-language television series ''Kinnari''. and Telugu series ''Ninne Pelladatha''. She was a contestant in the reality television show ''Bigg Boss Kannada'' and made it the finals. Shetty made her film debut with the 2021 Kannada film, '' Ikkat''. Early life and family Bhoomi Shetty hails from Kundapura, located in West coast Karavali region of Karnataka. She was born to Bhaskar and Baby Shetty in Kundapura, Karanataka. She speaks fluent Kannada and Telugu. Bhoomi Shetty has learnt Yakshagana during her school days. Acting career Shetty made her acting debut in the television series ''Kinnari''. She played the lead character, Mani. She also played the main role of Mrudula in Telugu serial ''Ninne Pelladatha''. In 2019, she appeared as a contestant in the seventh season of the reality TV show, ''Bigg Boss Kannada''. In 2021, she briefly starred in Telugu TV series ''Akka Chellelu'' and then made her film debut ...
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Gurukiran
Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next movie ''Upendra'' further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a native of Mangalore and hails from Bunt Family. His mother tongue is Tulu. He has also acted in several movies in supporting character roles and also sung several songs and also composed in Tamil, Telugu and Tulu movies. Career Gurukiran entered the film industry as an actor before becoming a music director. He had sung many songs in Kannada films in his own composition as well as others."Kanasina Maratta" song sung by him, is a big hit in '' Banna Bannada Loka'' ; Thomas Rathnam directed the music. Personal life He is married to Pallavi, who is a cousin of actor Sunil. Partial discography Composer Filmography Awards Karnataka State Film Awar ...
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Yagna Shetty
Yagna Shetty is an Indian actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. She made her debut in the 2007 film ''Ondu Preethiya Kathe'', following which she appeared in ''Eddelu Manjunatha'', a performance that won her a Filmfare Special Award. She got noticed for her performances in ''Sugreeva'' (2010) and '' Allide Nammane Illi Bande Summane'' (2011). Known for portraying deglamorous and serious roles, she went on to appear in other critical and commercial successes such as '' Love Guru'' (2009), ''Kalla Malla Sulla'' (2011) and ''Ulidavaru Kandanthe'' (2014). Her performance in '' Act 1978'' (2020), won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada. Early life Yagna Shetty was born to Umesh Shetty and Jayanti Shetty, into the Tuluva community in Kudremukh, Karnataka. She has three siblings – Mahalaxmi, Gayatri and Ashwini. She completed her schooling at the Kendriya School in Panambur, Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) course at the SDM College in Mangalore and late ...
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