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Manjina Hani
Veeraswamy Ravichandran (born 30 May 1961), known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an Indian actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor working predominantly in Kannada cinema. The son of film producer N. Veeraswamy, he continues to produce and distribute films under his father's production house, Sri Eswari Productions. He is popularly referred to as "Crazy Star" by the media and his fans. Starting his acting career as a child artist in '' Kula Gowrava'' (1971), Ravichandran started early as a co-producer for films such as '' Khadeema Kallaru'' (1982) and ''Chakravyuha'' (1983) besides acting in supporting roles. His lead role films started with ''Premigala Saval'' (1984), '' Pralayanthaka'' (1984) and ''Swabhimana'' (1985). He got his career best breakthrough with the film ''Premaloka'' in 1987 for which he directed, produced and acted in the lead role. Since then, Ravichandran films are considered to be technically savvy and lavish in production. His subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirunelveli
Tirunelveli (), also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirunelveli District. It is the fourth-largest municipal corporation in the state after Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai. Tirunelveli is located southwest of the state capital Chennai, away from Thoothukudi, and from Kanyakumari. The downtown is located on the west bank of the Thamirabarani River; its twin Palayamkottai is on the east bank. Tirunelveli and its neighbourhood, Palayamkottai, have been called the Oxford of South India for their colleges. It has several important government offices. Tirunelveli is an ancient city, recorded to be more than two millennia old. It has been ruled at different times by the Early Pandyas, the Cheras, the Medieval Cholas and Later Cholas, the later Pandyas, the Vijayanagara Empire and the British. The Polygar War, involving Palaiyakkarars led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuddha Kanda
The ''Ramayana'' (; ), also known as ''Valmiki Ramayana'', as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the ''Itihasas'', the other being the ''Mahabharata''. The epic narrates the life of Rama, the seventh ''avatar'' of the Hindu deity Vishnu, who is a prince of Ayodhya in the kingdom of Kosala. The epic follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across the forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana; the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana, the king of Lanka, that resulted in bloodbath; and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya along with Sita to be crowned as a king amidst jubilation and celebration. Scholarly estimates for the earliest stage of the text range from the 7th–5th to 5th–4th century BCE, and later stages extend up to the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Music Director
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films. Superlative winners Winners The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won. Key See also * Cinema of Karnataka * List of Kannada-language films Notes References Karnataka State Film Awards 1967 establishments in Mysore State Long stubs with short prose {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Actor
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada Language films. Superlatives Recipients The first recipient was Dr. Rajkumar, Rajkumar who was honored in 1967 for his performance in ''Bangaarada Hoovu''. As of 2019 he is the most honored actor with nine awards. Vishnuvardhan (actor), Vishnuvardhan was honored in seven occasions. Two actors Anant Nag, Shiva Rajkumar have been honored four times, while Lokesh honored three times and two actors Ramesh Aravind, Puneeth Rajkumar have won the award two times. The award was tied in 1998 between Vishnuvardhan (actor), Vishnuvardhan and Ramesh Aravind. Shiva Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are the only siblings to have bagged this award. The most recent recipient is Kichcha Sudeepa who is honored in 2019 for his performance in the film ''Pailwaan (2019 film), Pailwaan''. The following is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka State Film Award For Best Director
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films. This award is presented to the Director (film), Director of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film, First Best Film award-winning film. This award is named after H. L. N. Simha. The first director of Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada Cinema who was brought First National Film Awards, National Award to Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada Cinema. The award is usually given to the director of the Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film. Superlatives Award winners The following is a complete list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won. See also * Cinema of Karnataka * List of Kannada-language films Notes References {{Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drishya
''Drishya'' () is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by P. Vasu and produced by E4 Entertainment, starring V. Ravichandran and Navya Nair. It is a remake of the 2013 Malayalam-language film ''Drishyam'', directed by Jeethu Joseph and starring Mohanlal and Meena. The supporting cast feature an ensemble of Achyuth Kumar, Prabhu, Asha Sarath, Aarohi Narayan, Unnathi and Rohith B. The film's music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. A sequel '' Drishya 2'' was released in 2021. The film released on 20 June 2014 to widespread critical acclaim, with the performances of Ravichandran, Navya Nair and Asha Sarath, and the screenplay receiving special praise. It also saw commercial success and completed 100-day runs in theatres. Plot Rajendra Ponnappa is an orphan who had dropped out of school after his fourth standard. He is now a businessman running a cable television service in a rural area. He is married to Seetha and they have two daughters, Sindhu, a Plus Two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malla (film)
''Malla'' is a 2004 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed, composed and enacted by Ravichandran in dual roles. The film also stars Priyanka Trivedi and Mohan Shankar. The film was produced by Ramu for his home banner Ramu Enterprises making his the first team up with Ravichandran. The film found a widespread release across Karnataka state on 27 February 2004 and was declared a blockbuster at the box office. The film is also reportedly the first to introduce the famous Kerala based traditional art Kalarippayattu in Kannada cinema. The stunt master K. D. Venkatesh was awarded in a special category at the 2003–04 Karnataka State Film Awards. Plot The film is all about Malla - a florist, a Samaritan, soft-natured person beloved by people; contrast to this is his son Shiva who grows-up in goons' abode; a father who sacrifices his life for his son and at the end son taking revenge on the culprits. Cast * Ravichandran as Mallikarjuna (Malla) / Shiva * Priyanka Upen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekangi
''Ekangi'' is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Raj, with Vanitha Vasu, K. S. Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an experimenter grew, having erected a house of exclusively for the film and spending heavily in filming song sequences, an unusual trend in Kannada cinema during the time. It was also the first in Kannada and second Indian film to employ SFX sound system. The film received warm reviews from film critics and won five awards at the 2001–02 Karnataka State Film Awards including the award for Second Best Film and Best Actor ( Ravichandran). It was an ambitious project, but failed to succeed at the box-office, even though following the audience's hostile response after its theatrical release, almost 20 scenes were re-shot and re-edited before re-releasing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanasugara
''Kanasugara'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Karan. Film stars V. Ravichandran and Prema in lead roles and Shashikumar in guest appearance. ''Kanasugara'' is a remake of 1998 Tamil film '' Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen.'' Music is composed by Rajesh Ramanath. Film was released on 3 August 2001, The film received a very good response at the box office. Actress Prema won the Best Actress at South Filmfare Awards for this film. Plot Cast Soundtrack All the songs are composed and scored by Rajesh Ramanath Rajesh Ramanath is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Kannada films. Career Rajesh Ramanath debuted as a music composer in 1995 for the film ''Shubha Lagna'' and has composed for over several commercial and .... Almost all the songs are recomposed with the same tunes as in the original Tamil film composed by S. A. Rajkumar except the song "Om Namaha" which was reused from "Kaathoramai Kadh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preethsod Thappa
''Preethsod Thappa'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran and Shilpa Shetty. Actors Lokesh and Lakshmi and Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ... feature in other prominent roles. The film is a remake of the Telugu film '' Ninne Pelladata'' (1996). Plot In the opening scene, Raja is seen racing in a bike race, faces all the obstacles, defeats everybody and is victorious in the race. He lives with his parents Sathya and Mahalakshmi and other family members which includes his uncle, maternal uncle, family friend and their families. They all love each other and live like one big family. Chandana lives in Mangalore with her parents and two young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaare Neenu Cheluve
''Yaare Neenu Cheluve'' () is a 1998 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars Ravichandran, Sangita and Heera Rajagopal in lead roles. Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind, Jaggesh and Prakash Raj are seen in special appearances. The film was a remake of Tamil film ''Kadhal Kottai''. Heera reprised her original role in this version as well. The film released in 1998 to generally positive reviews from critics. The songs composed by Hamsalekha were received well and stayed at the top of the charts for many weeks. Hamsalekha won the Best Music Director award at the 1998 Filmfare Awards South. Plot Kamali (Sangita), a graduate, lives with her sister, Malliga (Jyothi) and brother-in-law Shekar (Prakash Raj) in Kuduremukha, and is searching for a job. While visiting Bangalore, her purse is stolen and she fears she has lost her academic certificates. Surya ( Ravichandran) an orphaned, carefree man who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipayi
''Sipayi'' is a 1996 Kannada-language action film, directed and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars Ravichandran and Soundarya in lead roles with Chiranjeevi appearing in an extended cameo. Music and lyrics were composed by Hamsalekha. The movie was later dubbed in Telugu as ''Major'', and released on 5 December 1998. It was also dubbed in Tamil. Plot Shanti is a bubbly, young village girl who loves rain but is afraid of thunder and lightning. She wants to live a life of freedom. Sipayi (Shivu) loves Shanti since childhood. Shanti's parents too want their daughter to marry Sipayi. Shanti's father Baaji Bettayya is renowned in and around the village for never losing a single sheep fight. One day, the village head's son Vicky sees Shanti and lusts after her. He devices a plan and invites Bettayya for a sheep fight. Bettayya keeps winning all the matches. In order to win, Vicky's friends inject a drug to Bettayya's sheep in order to weaken its strength. This time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
