Kannada Movie Review Lucia - Cast & Crew

Sruthi Hariharan is an Indian film actress and model. She has previously worked in cinematic theaters and also as a dancer. She first debuted in the Malayalam film 'Cinema Company' in which she played the role of Parvathi. Fareed Khan and Mamas were the Producers and Director of the movie respectively.

Born with the name of Shivakumar on June 20 in Yeladahalli, Karnataka, Sathish Ninasam is an Indian actor working in Kannada films. He was born into a family of farmers. He was so passionate about cinema that he used to run away to the Theater. He started his career as a theatre actor in Ninasam, a cultural organization based in Heggodu in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, where before acting, he completed a two-year diploma course in acting. He learnt how to lead a meaningful life from others big names. After that, he performed plays in Bangalore. There, he became one with the Samashti Theatre Group that performed plays.

 Pawan Kumar is a Kannada film and TV director, actor and screen writer. He was born on 29th October 1982 in bengalaru. He began his career with the movie ‘Lifeu’ and later worked in ‘Isntene’ for which he wrote the script and contributed in terms of acting and direction also. Followed by this, another release, ‘lucia’, in the year 2013 made him the favourite of many.

In the initial days of his career during 1998, Pawan worked in the theatre. He attended various workshops to polish his skills and ultimately became very confident and courageous to take bold steps in his career. He was the associate director with Yograj bhat.

Kumar also made many short films. He was a finalist in Indian young achiever 2006. In the industry, he is known as that candle which illuminates the path of the young talent entering this glamour world. He holds film workshop to support young film makers. You can contact him through social sites and he avails you with all his experience, talking of how to make career in the film industry.

As an actor he has worked in block buster movies like ‘Mr. Garagasa, circus, manasaare’ etc and has written the scripts of the movies like ‘Manasaare and panchrangi’.

He was applauded for his commendable work with awards like Best actor tespo 2002, best creative direction for times play fest, audience award at 4th London Indian film festival for the movie ‘lucia’, and film fare best director kannada for the same. His upcoming project is c10H14N2.

The actor closely links theatre and films, considering both as the equally important art forms.

In 2004 he founded an English theatre company and has produced more than 70 public shows in his theatre production.

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.

Poornachandra Tejaswi is a Kannada music director who is currently based in Mysore, Karnataka. In his earlier days he was part of a band called Stone Age but now he is popularly known for his debutant work in the Kannada film Lucia. Yet he has also composed the soundtrack for other films such as Chathurbhuja in the year 2014 and more recently in the movie U Turn in the year 2016. The film Lucia is an Indian Kannada romantic psychological thriller which has been written, co-edited and directed by Pawan Kumar. The plot of the film is non-linear in nature. The real beginning of the story is the end scene of the film. There are two lead roles which run simultaneously, one being a dream sequence and the other being reality itself. These two parts are called Nikhil and Nikki respectively. Poornachandra composed the soundtrack for this film, Lucia.

Shashidhar Adapa is an Indian Art director and designer. He designs sets, puppets and leads the production design in movies. He works in the Kannada film Industry. He has done production design for over thirty years in the industry and worked with theatre personalities and filmmakers such as Shankar Nag, M. S. Sathyu, B. Jayashree, Girish Karnad, Girish Kasaravalli, Mani Ratnam, etc. He took birth in Mangalore, Karnataka on 1st September 1955.

Baadal Nanjundaswamy is a South Indian artist and writer. He was born on 2nd February 1979 in Karnataka. He is known for his three-dimensional paintings and visual art, especially those done for the public interest. Baadal is the son of Narasamma and Nanjaiah. He was born in the Kukkarahali area of Mysore in Karnataka, and spends time in Mysore and Bangalore. He studied Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts, an affiliated college of the Mysore University.. He graduated from there with a gold medal. He paid the college fees by selling his paintings. He worked as a visualizer at the Bangalore branch of marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather for three years, before becoming a freelance artist. He earned the name “Baadal” at ‘Rangayana’- a theater institute in Mysore, where he worked for one year.

Vineeth Raj Menon is an Indian music director who works in Kannada films. He is among the notable personalities of the Sandalwood film industry. Vineeth made his debut in the music industry as a music producer only. He worked in the movie ‘Lucia,’ which released in 2013. He crooned songs like Neev Kelabardu, April fool, Humba Udamba, etc. Due to his extreme talent, he soon made his debut as a music composer in the movie ‘Muddu Manase’ in 2015. The music composer then composed various songs for Kannada hit films like Udumba in 2019, etc. Currently, he is working as a music composer for his upcoming action-thriller movie ‘Virataparva,’ which is expected to release in September 2020.