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Renuka Sharma
Renuka Sharma (1939 – 5 May 2021) was a director who worked in Kannada cinema. He was known for his mythological and historical films. He debuted as director with the film '' Anupama'' starring Anant Nag and Madhavi. Death He died from COVID-19 on 5 May 2021. Films *'' Anupama'' (1981) *''Kaviratna Kalidasa'' (1983) *'' Shabash Vikram'' (1985) *'' Satkara'' (1986) *'' Namma Ooru Devathe'' (1986) *''Anjada Gandu'' (1988) *'' Kindari Jogi'' (1989) *'' Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa'' (1990) *'' Bharjari Gandu'' (1992) *''Prutviraj'' (1992) *''Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu'' (1992) *'' Kollura Sri Mookambika'' (1993) *'' Professor'' (1995) *''Mahasadhvi Mallamma ''Mahasadhvi Mallamma'' is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language biographical film, based on the life of Hemareddy Mallamma, produced by A. Sanjeev Kumar, N. S. Eliwala, N. S. Jayawadagi on N. S. Productions banner and directed by Renuka Sharma. Starr ...'' (2005) References External links * 1939 births 2021 deaths In ...
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Bangalore
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 ...
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Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan
''Shabarimale Swamy Ayyappa'' is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Renuka Sharma and produced by Subramaniam Kumar and V. Swaminathan. The film stars Sreenivas Murthy, Geetha and Master Sanjay. The film has musical score by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was dubbed in Malayalam under same title and in Tamil as ''Manikandan''. Cast * Master Sanjay as Manikanta, Shri Swamy Ayyappa *Srinivasa Murthy as King of Pandalam * Geetha as queen of King of Pandalam * Sri Lalitha as Demoness Mahishi * Sridhar as Shiva * Sudharani as Parvathi * Ramesh Bhat as Minister * Shivakumar as Lord Indra * M. S. Umesh as Narada * Rajanand as Manikanta's Guru * Master Manjunath * T. N. Balakrishna * Anjana as Mohini * Master Manjunath as Sarvotham, the son of Manikanta's Guru. Soundtrack The music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The following are the list of songs in the Kannada version. The lyrics were written by Chi. Udayashankar and Vijaya Narasimha. The following are the list of ...
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Kannada Film Directors
Kannada () is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a second or third language for 15 million speakers in Karnataka. It is the official and administrative language of Karnataka. It also has Languages with legal status in India, scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's Classical languages of India, designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton University Press, 2012, Kannada was the court language of a number of dynasties and empires of South India, Central India and the Deccan Plateau, namely the Kadamba dynasty, Western Ganga dynasty, Nolamba dynasty, Chalukya dynasty, Rashtrakutas, Western ...
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Indian Film Directors
India has many regional film centres, such as Bollywood (Hindi) in Mumbai, Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in Hyderabad, Marathi cinema in Pune, Tamil cinema in Chennai, Malayalam cinema in Kochi, Kannada cinema in Bangalore, Odia Cinema in Bhubaneswar, Assamese cinema in Guwahati, Punjabi cinema in Mohali and Bengali cinema (Tollywood) in Kolkata. Most film directors are known for their work with one regional industry, while many others are active directors of films from multiple industries. Directors of parallel or independent cinema Parallel Cinema is otherwise known as " Art films" cinema, and is known for its serious and realistic films with real-life situations. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Indian government financed a number of such films, on Indian themes. Many of the directors were graduates of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Ritwik Ghatak was a professor at the institute and a well-known director in his own right. The best-known Indian "neo-re ...
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2021 Deaths
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1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: *** The Protection of Young Persons Act (Germany), Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. *** The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. *** The Jews name change decree. ** With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). ** The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, in a garage in Palo Alto, California, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. ** Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. ** The Third Soviet Five Year P ...
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Mahasadhvi Mallamma
''Mahasadhvi Mallamma'' is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language biographical film, based on the life of Hemareddy Mallamma, produced by A. Sanjeev Kumar, N. S. Eliwala, N. S. Jayawadagi on N. S. Productions banner and directed by Renuka Sharma. Starring Meena in the title role alongside Rajendra Prasad, and Saikumar and music composed by Srishaila. Plot The film begins with a benevolent couple, Nagireddy & Gouamma, in Ramapuram village near Srisailam. The childlessness perturbs them, which ends after visiting & bowing before Srisailam Mallikarjuna on Maha Shivaratri. One night, Mallikarjuna appeared to Nagireddy's couple in a dream, stating to bestow a devoted daughter. Later, they are delightful to the baby girl, titling her Mallamma being boon by Mallikarjuna. The pair raises their progeny with dote; from childhood, she is an ardent devotee of Siva. Years roll by, and her parents perform a prosperous alliance for Mallamma with a guy named Baramareddy, the son of affluent Hemared ...
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Kollura Sri Mookambika
''Kollura Sri Mookambika'' is a 1993 Indian Kannada-language Hindu mythological film, directed and produced by Renuka Sharma. Chi. Udaya Shankar has written the story and screenplay and Pughalendi Mahadevan has scored the music. The film stars Sridhar, Bhavya and Vajramuni. The film is centered on the Goddess Mookambika. The film won State Film Awards in Art direction category. Cast * Vajramuni as Kamhasura alias Mookasura * Bhavya as Chandraprabha, Wife of Kamhasura * Sridhar as Lord Shiva * Ramakrishna as Narada * Srijyothi as Goddess Mookambika / Lakshmi / Parvathi / Dakshayini * Anand as Lord Vishnu * Vijay Kashi as Lord Brahma * Umashree as Goddess Saraswati * Mukhyamantri Chandru as Sudharma Maharaja of Vidharba * Srinivasa Murthy as Asura Guru Shukracharya * Doddanna as Daksha * Thoogudeepa Srinivas as Kamhasura Father * Master Anand as Child Kamhasura * Vijay Raghavendra as Shankaracharya * Nagesh Babu as Veerabhadra * Shivakumar as Indra * Vijaykashi as Lord Brahma ...
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Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu
''Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu'' is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Renuka Sharma and written by P. Kalaimani. The film stars Malashri, Sridhar and Anjana. The film's music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and the audio was launched on the Lahari Music banner. The film was a remake of Tamil film '' En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan''. Cast *Malashri as Sharada *Sridhar as Madhusudhan * Anjana as Sowmya *Mukhyamantri Chandru * Ramesh Bhat as Lawyer Vishwanath *Jaggesh as Jaggesh *Umashri *Abhinaya as Shanthi *Vaishali Kasaravalli as Annapoorna *Mysore Lokesh *Bangalore Nagesh *Mandeep Roy * Keerthiraj * Baby Sindhu as Jr. Sharada * Vaijanath Biradar Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nea ...
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Bharjari Gandu
''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. S. Productions. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram and Haripriya, alongside Tara, Suchendra Prasad, Srinivasa Murthy, Avinash, Raghav Uday, Anil Kumar and Raj Deepak Shetty. The music was composed by V. Harikrishna, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Shreesha Kuduvalli and Deepu. S. Kumar. ''Bharjari'' was released on 15 September 2017 and became a commercial success at the box office. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Pushparaj The Soldier'', Hindi as ''same title'', Tamil as ''Ivan Pattalathan'' and Malayalam as ''Soorya The Soldier''. Plot Surya, an orphan youth, gets a chance to join the military but decides to help a girl and her family. In the process, he learns about his biological parents and grandparents. How he will reconcile with his family and the hurdles he faces forms the movie's plot. Cast * Dhruva Sarja as Surya Rudrapr ...
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Kindari Jogi
''Kindari Jogi'' () is a 1989 Indian Kannada language fantasy romantic drama film directed, co-written and enacted by V. Ravichandran along with Juhi Chawla pairing together again after the successful previous film ''Premaloka'' (1988). The supporting cast features Lokesh, Doddanna and Mukhyamantri Chandru among others. The film was presented and produced by N. Veeraswamy under his home production "Eshwari Productions". The film featured original score and soundtrack composed and written by Hamsalekha. The film did not do well at the box-office. Plot Kindari Jogi ( V. Ravichandran) is a mythical person with superpowers. He lives in the world of children, music, art and happiness and never hesitates to do a good deed. Through his assistant, he happens to find Ravi ( V. Ravichandran again), who does odd jobs for a living. Ravi had left his village Hanumapura so as to earn money for his sister's marriage. Due to Ravi's so called communist approach towards life, Kindari Jogi deci ...
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