Kannada Movie Review Abhinetri - Cast & Crew

Pooja Gandhi is a famous actress in the Kannada film industry, and she was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, on 7th October, 1983. She is also popularly known as Sanjana Gandhi. She is a model and recently emerged in politics. She has undoubtedly a huge fan following, right from the time when she got into acting in movies. She is active in the Hindi film industry from the year 2003 until present, and she has two sisters namely Radhika Gandhi, a Bollywood actress, and Suhani Gandhi, a good Tennis player.

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Ramya Barna is a renowned Kannada film actress. She was born on August 4, 1986, in Kodagu, Karnataka in India. Her father works as RBI’s Assistant General Manager. She studied at Jyoti Nivas College in Bangalore, where she took a Bachelors Degree in Travel and Tourism. She also studied in Mumbai and later started working as Customer Service Executive in Wipro Infotech in Navi Mumbai. She started her acting career in 2008 and took an MBA course at Sikkim Manipal University in 2010. Ramya never thought of becoming an actress. In fact, she declined a film offer from a producer. But her friends told her to try her luck in the glamour industry and accept the offer to play the role of the second heroine in the 2008 Kannada film, Hani Hani. This film marked her debut as a supporting actress. Ramya is still taking her degree while working as an actress. After Hani Hani, she acted with Suraj in Sindesh’ Kannada film, Neenyare. The film failed to make it to the box-office; however, she was recognized as an actress, which led her to bag roles in Yogaraj Bhat’s romantic comedy film, Pancharangi in 2010 and K. Madesh’ Hudugaru, which stars Puneet Rajkumar in the lead role, in 2011. Both films earned her nominations at the Filmfare for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada.

Satish Pradhan is working as an Indian Film Director who established his career in the Kannada film and television industry. He lives in Bangalore and worked in many films.

Mano Murthy was born in Bangalore in Karnataka, India. He is a leading composer, music director, instrumentalist and network engineer. He works in the Kannada film industry. Murthy developed an interest in music from his childhood. When he was an undergraduate student at the UVCE in Bangalore Institute pursuing electrical engineering, he played drums.

Jayanth Gourish Kaikini is an Indian Lyricist, Story Teller and Poet working in Kannada Cinema and Kannada Literature. Jayanth was born on the 24th of January 1955 in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State, India. Jayanth was born to Gourish Kaikini, a Kannada litterateur and Shanta, a school teacher, and a social worker. After a masters in Biochemistry which he attained from Karnataka University, Dharwad, Kaikini moved to Mumbai where he was working as a Chemist. He is now living in Bangalore with his wife and two children. Jayanth is regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Kannada today. He writes film scripts, poetry, and short stories.

Nagendra Prasad is an Indian dance choreographer and occasional actor. Most of his work has been done in either the Tamil or Kannada film industry. He belongs to a household of artists as his father is a renowned dance teacher and master while his brothers are both accomplished dancers and actors. His father, Mugur Sundar, is a very well-known choreographer who has worked dance numbers for a few South Indian films.

Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by Mohammed Rafi. Besides singing Hindi songs he has recorded songs in Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali and Marathi languages. He is amongst the top Playback singers in Bollywood and has also released a few individual pop albums. Nigam moved to Mumbai at the age of 19, to start a career in Bollywood as a singer. He is the prodigy of famous Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Though he started his career by covering songs of Mohammed Rafi under the T-Series record label owned by Gulshan Kumar, his first break came in 1990 when he did playback singing in the movie called Janam. In 1995 he started hosting the popular musical TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, after which he delivered the famous single Acha Sila Diya Tune for the film Bewafa Sanam. Some of his famous tracks are Sandese Aate Hai from the movie Border (1997), Ye Dil Deewana from the movie Pardes (1997). In 1999 he released his debut album Deewana, he also sang the title track for the movie Kal Ho Na Ho. As an individual composer he has worked on movies like Singh Saab The Great, Sooper Se Ooper and Jal. Nigam has contributed in Britney Spears track I Wanna Go, and has also released a track in the album The Beat of Our Hearts as a tribute to Michael Jacskon. In his small acting career he has acted in films like Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani, Love In Nepal and Kaash Aap Humaare Hote. Nigam is married to Madhurima and also had a son named Neevan.

KM Prakash is an Indian editor of films. He was born in the city of Bangaluru, located in Karnataka, India. He has worked in industries like Sandalwood, Kollywood, and Tollywood. He works predominantly in the Kannada movie industry. He has worked in popular movies like Trivikrama, Marigold, etc. His latest film was Trivikrama which will be released in 2021. Trivikrama is a romantic movie starring Vikram Ravichandran, Akansha Sharma, and Akshara Gowda. The movie is directed by Sahana Murthy S and produced by Somanna. He is the candidate for the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor for the movie “Tony,” released in 2013. He made his debut in 2009 as a film editor in the film “Meghave Meghave.”

Achyuth Kumar was born in Bangalore. He has acted in both Kannada and Tamil movies. He was trained in "Ninasam", a cultural organization committed to the development of drama, films and publishing, in the Shimoga district of Karnataka. He made his debut in the Kannada film 'Josh' in 2009. He is widely known for his spectacular performances in the Kannada films, Lucia and Sidlingu. However, he gained widespread critical acclaim and fame for his character as movie theatre owner Shankaranna in the super hit film Lucia, which made him an overnight star and bagged him prestigious Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actor. He is one of the tremendous performers in the emotional roles and character-based roles. He shot to fame and people started to notice his acting abilities from the super hit movie ‘Aa Dinagalu’ released in the year 2007, as underworld don Oil Kumar.

Makarand Deshpande is an Indian actor and director who makes films predominantly in Hindi and Marathi. He is popular for playing pivotal supportive roles in many movies like Jungle, Sarfarosh, etc. He has directed more than five films and written 35 full-length plays and owns a theatre company in the name of ‘Ansh’.

Ramesh Bhat is the most familiar face in Kannada television and movies. Ramesh Bhat started his career dabbling in theatre with groups like Nataranga, Spandana and Benaka.

Srinagar Kitty is an actor renowned for his work in Kannada films and television series. His real name is Krishna, but he uses his screen name Srinagar Kitty. He was born on July 8, 1977, in a joint family in Bangalore and is the youngest child. He started his career as a child artist in television series after which he made his film debut in 2003 with the movie Chandra Chakori where he enacted a negative character. He has portrayed negative characters in movies like Gowdru, Love Story, Aadhi, Ayya and Vishnusene. Inthi Ninna Preethiya starred Kitty as the lead protagonist which won him positive reviews and acclaims for his performance. Following his success, he acted in many films like Mathe Mungaru, Savaari, Hudugaru including Sanju Weds Geetha. His success guaranteed him a place in Kannada films as a lead actor. He has won the Filmfare Special Jury Award for his work in the movie Saawari. Before starting a career in films he has played lead roles in TV serials aired by ETV, Suvarna and Udaya channels the most prominent TV series in which he has worked are Chandrika, Preethigagi, Ananda Sagara, Bhoomi and Mane Mane Kathe. The character of Lord Ram for 104FM Bangalore’s radio program Radio Ramayana featured his voice. The 2014 movie Bahuparak had him portraying three roles together and the track Simple Preethige was sung by him as well. Kitty is married to Bhavana Belegere who is a TV producer, his father-in-law is Ravi Belegere noted writer, journalist and TV presenter.