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Mussanjemaatu
''Mussanjemaatu'' (transl. Evening Talk) is a 2008 Indian Kannada-language romance film starring Sudeep and Ramya. The film was directed by Mussanje Mahesh. The movie is produced by Suresh Jain. The music of the film was launched on 4 April 2008. The movie was released on 16 May 2008 in India. It was released in the United States and in Toronto on 30 November 2008. This film became a comeback for Sudeep after huge flops. The film was remade in Bengali as '' Achena Prem''. Plot The film revolves around the life of a Radio Jockey, Pradeep (Sudeep), who runs a radio programme called "Mussange Maathu" for depressed people. Tanu (Ramya) is a depressed girl who comes to Bangalore to live with her friend (Anu) and to find a new life. One day she calls Pradeep's radio programme and becomes very impressed by his suggestion. Meanwhile, Pradeep and his team go to the streets of Bangalore to raise funds, to help a diseased person. There, he comes across Tanu and both become good friends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Filmfare Awards South
The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad, India. Nominations The nominees for the 56th Filmfare Awards were announced live on Monday, 16 June 2009, at 12:00 a.m. IST (7:30 UTC) by Filmfare chief editors in Mumbai. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad. The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer. Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations. Kannada *Nominations ** 11 nominations: '' Gaalipata'' and '' Mussanjemaatu'' ** 9 nominations: '' Moggina Manasu'' ** 8 nominations: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramya (actress)
Divya Spandana (born 29 November 1982), known professionally as Ramya, is an Indian actress, producer and politician. She served as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She primarily works in Kannada films, and has also appeared in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films. Ramya is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare awards, Udaya Film Awards, Udaya Award, and a Karnataka State Film Award. Ramya made her acting debut in the 2003 Kannada-language film ''Abhi (2003 film), Abhi''. Although she has sporadically worked in Tamil and Telugu films her work in Kannada film industry garnered her greater attention. She won the Udaya Film Awards#Best Actress, Udaya Award and Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada, Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the ''Amrithadhare'' (2005) and ''Tananam Tananam'' (2006) respectively. Her performance as the eponymous heroine in the 2011 romantic drama ''Sanju Weds Geetha'' garnered her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi, Bengali, and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingles. He came to limelight in Hindi cinema with the song "Bheege Honth Tere" from the film ''Murder'' in 2004. It was his first big hit. The song earned him Zee Cine Award as Best Playback Singer in 2005. He came to limelight in Kannada cinema with the song "Neene Neene" from the film '' Aakash'' in 2005. Career Ganjawala graduated from St. Peter's School, Maza Gaon, Mazagaon. Kunal wanted to be either a chartered accountant or an actor. Kunal admits that it was his parents' support which made him possible to become a singer. Kunal's sister is a Bharatnatyam exponent, while his father plays the harmonica. With his parents' support he took singing seriously and started believing that he can become a singer. Later, Ganjawala learned musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Vasanthi
Padma Vasanthi is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry. Some of the films of Padma Vasanthi as an actress include '' Maanasa Sarovara'' (1982) '' Bettada Hoovu'' (1985), '' Mussanje Mathu'' (2008). Awards Career Padma Vasanthi has been part of more than 130 movies and many soap operas/serials in Kannada industry. Selected filmography Television See also * List of people from Karnataka *Cinema of Karnataka *List of Indian film actresses *Cinema of India The cinema of India, consisting of Film, motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. Indian cinema is made up of various #Cinema by language, film indus ... References External links * Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Living people Kannada actresses Actresses from Karnataka Actresses from Bengaluru Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Kannada television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudeep
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Kichcha Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema , Tamil films. He is one of the highest paid actors of Kannada cinema, Kannada films and also featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2013. He has received several awards including four Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare awards, two Karnataka State Film Awards and one Nandi Award. Sudeepa began his acting career with a supporting role in ''Thayavva'' (1997) and ''Prathyartha'' (1999), followed by his breakthrough with a leading role in Sunil Kumar Desai's romance ''Sparsha (film), Sparsha'' (2000). He established himself in the critically acclaimed role in ''Huchcha'' (2001). He starred further in several commercially successful films including ''Nandhi (2002 film), Nandhi'' (2002), ''Kiccha'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Bhat
Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials. Early life Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur, Karnataka. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru in school day functions. He moved to Bangalore when his father, Rathnakar Rao, migrated there. He later studied at Model High School in Chamarajapet, Bangalore and went on to complete his diploma in mechanical engineering from SJ Polytechnic in Bangalore. He briefly worked at Kirloskar as a fitter before joining his father's business. He also ran his own business in Basavanagudi. Career In the 1960s and 1970s, young Ramesh worked with theatre groups like Spandana, Nataranga, and Benaka. Working in theatre brought him closer to Shankar Nag, resulting in several plays, films and TV series. He was the assistant director for the television series '' Malgudi Days''. He has also directed a movie named '' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangavathi Pranesh
Gangavathi Pranesh (born 8 September 1960), also known as Gangavathi Beechi and Junior Beechi, is an Indian humorist and orator who performs in the Kannada language, often sharing his life experiences through his humorous speeches. Career He has appeared on the Kannada-language talk show ''Harate'', (ಹರಟೆ) which airs on Udaya TV, and also in various Kannada-language television reality shows, including ''Guest Speaker''. Pranesh has won around thirty awards and been honoured by hundreds of organizations. His speeches are mainly based on humour and contains social awareness. Pranesh has been praised by audiences and critics alike for his unique style and content, inspired by the Kannada-language humorist Beechi. He has appeared in several Kannada-language television programs as a guest speaker. Pranesh appeared on the talk show ''Weekend with Ramesh'', season 3. He has been a judge on television reality shows, including ''Comedy Kiladigalu'' and ''Kannadada Kanmani''. ... [...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] |
Sumithra (actress)
Sumithra (born 18 September 1953) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu language films. She acted as the lead heroine in films between 1974 and 1985. She became well known for her roles as a mother the 1990s onwards. Early life Sumithra was born to Raghavan Nair and Janaki at Thrissur, Kerala. She has three brothers, her father was working in an oil refining company. When she was doing her schooling, she learnt dance from Murugappan Master, who was the guide to actress K. R. Vijaya at that time. Sumithra is a good classical dancer. A 19-year old Sumithra started her career in a small role in the Malayalam film '' Nrithasala'' (1972); director A. B. Raj is the first to have noticed Sumithra's talent. A year later Sumithra made her debut as heroine in the Malayalam film '' Nirmalayam''. She has acted in over 200 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. In Tamil, ''Avalum Penn Thaane'' (1974) was her first movie. In Kannad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is one of the most versatile singers and widest vocal ranges in the history of Indian music. His songs vary from romantic to break-up, classical to devotional, Party to patriotic, ghazals to qawwali and rock to pop. Nigam is considered one of the greatest and most successful singers of all time in the history of Indian music industry. Nigam sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films. He has recorded over 6,000 songs in more than 32 languages throughout his career. He has released a number of non-film albums and acted in some Hindi films. Nigam has been awarded one National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards South and four IIFA Award for the Best Playback singer. He was ranked top artist on the Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. Nigam was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundarnath Suvarna
Sundarnath Suvarna was an Indian cinematographer of the Kannada Film industry from the late 1970s. He was a c cinematographer for over 150 Kannada films and he also produced and directed some films. His daughters run a studio in memory of their father. The first daughter Amruthavarshini manages the place. The second daughter Akshata is the HR and the third daughter Sathyashree Career Suvarna worked as a cinematographer on ''Sri Manjunatha, Mussanjemaatu, Operation Antha, Anuraga Sangama'' and '' Lockup Death'' as well as other films. He was also famous for his work in the record breaking film Bangar Patler of the coastal cinema industry. He was a renowned artist who successfully portrayed Tulu culture in his films. He had also worked with Kannada Jnanpith award winner novelist Shivaram Karanth Kota Shivaram Karanth (10 October 1902 – 9 December 1997), also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in Kannada language, playwright and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achena Prem
''Achena Prem'' is a 2011 Bengali romantic film directed by Swapan Saha and produced under the banner of Maa Kali Films. The movie is an unofficial remake of hit Kannada movie ''Mussanjemaatu''. Surprisingly the fact that it is a remake of the Kannada movie has not been mentioned either on the Achena Prem's official website or in other reviews/articles on the internet. All Kannada songs from the original have also been retained in the movie. Plot Rahul is a popular radio jockey who likes to solve people's problem. He meets Tanu and falls in love with her, but never expresses his feelings to her. Cast * Barsha Priyadarshini as Tanu * Anuradha Ray as Rahul's Mother * Aakash as Rahul * Mou Saha as Mita * Bodhisattwa Majumdar as Tanu's Father * Subhasish Mukherjee as Rahul's office Colleague Music The film's music was composed by Ashok Bhadra. Reception A critic from ''The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
