Kannada Movie Review Mufti - Cast & Crew

Shanvi Shrivastava, who recently turned 23 on 8th December, is an Indian actress and model. She started her career in South Indian films, and most of her works are in Tollywood. Entered film industry in just 2012, Shanvi has made her name in the industry already. She is considered as a ‘big asset’ for the movies. Even though she was just doing her graduation, she got a role in a movie in 2012 and later on continued with movies and did her studies side by side. Most of her works are in Tollywood. Personal Life: Shanvi is from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Her family includes her brother and sister, and she is the youngest one. Her elder sister, Vidisha Srivastava also belongs to the film industry and is a part of The South films. She has completed her graduation (B.Com) from Thakur College of Science and Commerce in Mumbai in 2013. Even though she has a bright future in film industry, she is aware of the fact the without knowledge there’s nothing, so she did MBA too and recently completed her course. Career: Shanvi's debut film was B.Jaya's Lovely, which was released in 2012. Not to be amused by the fact but she was still a student that time.

Chaya Singh was born on 16th May’1981 in Bangalore. Her parents belong to Uttar Pradesh. Before her birth, they migrated to Karnataka. Chaya Singh belongs to Raiput family. She spent her childhood in Bangalore. She has completed her schooling in Lourdes School, Bangalore. She did her Plus Two in Bangalore. 

Chaya Singh is a film and TV actress who has started her film career with Kannada films and has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Telugu and Oriya films. Her debut film was the Kannada film Munnudi in the year 2000. Some of her Kannada films are- Haseena directed by the Kannada director Girish Kasaravelli, Thuntata which is a hit film, Chitte directed by Dinesh Babu and Rowdy Aliya directed by Sai Prakash. She has acted in the Kannada film Chitte which has received the National Film Award for Best Film for the year 2001. Chaya Singh is known for her being selective for her roles. After that she has migrated to Kollywood and has acted in the some Tamil films. The film Thiruda Thirudi in which she has acted was a big hit. 

She has acted in a Kannada short film called Simply Kailawesome. This short film won the most prestigious Platinum Remi Award at 44th Annual World Fest Houston International Film Festival. This film revolves around the conversations among playwright T.P. Kailasam and the female protagonists of his four plays. Chaya Singh has acted as all the four characters. 

Chaya Singh has also acted in 2 Malayalam films and 2 Bhojpuri films. She has also directed a Bengali movie. 

She did supporting roles in some Kannada serials like- Prema Kathegalu and Sarojini for ETV Kannada. She has also acted in a Tamil serial called Nagamma for Sun TV.  She is currently acting in the Telugu serial Kanchana Ganga for MAA TV.

Shiva Rajkumar is the populous Kannada actor, who was born in the year 1962. He is the son of the veteran Kannada actor Raj Kumar. Shiva Raj Kumar was born in Chennai and he is the eldest one in the family. Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are his younger brothers and he has two sisters too. He did his graduation in chemistry in Chennai, New College. After completing his graduation, he joined M. G. R. Film and Television Training Institute to learn acting. He is also a Kuchipudi dancer. He made his debut through the movie Anand in Kannada. This movie released in the year 1986 and Shiva got a good name in that movie. He is celebrating his silver jubilee in the film industry. 

The movie OM directed by Upendra earned him lots of fans in his career. He was also a part in the movie Sugreeva, which is one among the fastest shot movies in the Indian cinema history. This movie was shot within 18 hours. Shiva Rajkumar has acted in more than 100 movies. His latest movies are Santa Kabeera and Badshah. Some of his career best movies are Anand, Inspector Vikram, Mruthyunjaya, Purushothama, Chirabhandavya, Ananda Jyoti, Om, Dore, A. K. 47, Andaman, Hrudaya Hrudaya, Asura, Jodi, Don, Smile, Rishi, Ashoka, Sathya in Love and Shiva. The movie ‘Killing Veerappan’ of Shiva Raj Kumar is set for the release on the birthday of Raj Kumar. Shiva has bagged many awards for his acting talent. He has won four times the award for the Best Actor from Karnataka State Government. He has also lined the shields from the Filmfare too. He was also awarded by SIIMA Awards for his Social Responsibility. 

Shiva Rajkumar is married to Geeta, the daughter of the popular politician and Karnataka ex chief minister Bangarappa. This couple is blessed with two cute daughters Nivedhitha and Nirupama.

Bhogendra is an Indian producer who is one of Sandalwood’s most prominent figures. His name is associated with some of the most acclaimed movies in Kannada cinema. Bhogendra works in close collaboration with yet another renowned producer, Jayanna N. This duo has played a significant role in contributing to the growth of cinema in Karnataka. Known in media circles as ‘Team Jayanna-Bhogendra’, they started the production house ‘Jayanna Combines’ in 1995,

Naveen Kumar is an Indian football player who plays as a Goalkeeper for group FC Goa on credit from Kerala Blasters FC. He was conceived in Kalewal Bhagtan, a town in region Hoshiarpur Punjab. He showed up in Junior India U23 and furthermore spoken to Punjab at national recreations held at Andaman and Nicobar, Iceland in 2002–2003.

Ravi Basrur is one of those few people who have the courage to leave a high paying career, set a path away from the established family business and follow their dreams. Ravi had been working as a programmer for 14 years before he finally decided to take the leap of faith and join the entertainment industry. Ravi hails from a family deeply interested in music and in his own words, he grew up listening to yakshagan and bhajans. Sculpture-making is the family business and needless to say the art runs in the family blood.

Sai Sarvesh is a Kannada lyricist who established his career in the Kannada film and television industry. He also worked as lyricist, playback singer and music director in the cinema industry. Sai Sarvesh worked in popular films such as Premier Padmini in 2019, Namo, Gowdru cycle in 2019. He penned songs in Mufti. Trayodasha is a movie that released in 2019 in which Sai Sarvesh worked as a lyricist. Trayodasha is a horror film which is directed by SS Umesh with Ramesh Bhatt, Deepu, and Chaita in lead roles.

Harish Komme was born on the 10th of September 1985 in Bangalore, India. Besides Kesavulu. K (father) Rajamani. K (mother) also has a sister, Kommi Ramya. He tied the knot with Sunanada N in 2017, and the couple has a daughter, Raaga Suharshi. Komme has been working as a professional film editor in Kannada Films, debuting with ‘Eradondla Mooru’. He later edited Dr. Shiva Rajkumar & Srii Murali, starring ‘mufti’, produced under the banner of Jayanna Combines. He earned a lot of praise for his work which ultimately won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor for the year 2017.

Chikkanna was born in Ballahalli district of Mysuru city in Karnataka, India. He has been working in the show-business since 2011. He is best known for his works in the Kannada cinema. He has played many comic roles in various south Indian films. He debuted on television in a Mysore-based comedy show, titled Drishya Kalavide.

Devaraj is a Kannada actor who works in theatre and film industry. He has worked in Tamil and Telugu film industries as well during his career spanning more than 25 years. He was born on 20th September 1960, in Bangalore. He worked in HMT for 9 years before he started his Sandalwood journey.

Madhu Guruswamy is an Indian actor, who was born in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He was very passionate about theatre at a young age. He did many stage shows and awareness programs all over Karnataka. He began his career as a stage actor. His debut as an actor was in the movie Deadly-2; he also worked as an assistant director in the movie. He has played the antagonist roles in the hit movies such as K.G.F: Chapter-2. He gained fame among the people from the movie Bhajarangi. He has worked in many well-known movies such as Chingari, Jaanu, Vajrakaya, Jai Maruti 800, Mufti, Saak-Shyam.

Sadhu Kokila is a Kannada actor who primarily works on comedy roles. He is also a director and music composer. Rakta Kanneeru, Om and Shhh are some of the movies that he directed and also acted. The Vijay starrer Devru was also directed by him.
Born on 24th March, 1966, Sadhu Kokila, also known as Kokila Sadhu, hails from a family of musically inclined people. His father was a violinist in a music group of Karnataka Police Department. His sister and mother are singers. Layendra, Kokila’s brother, is also an actor. Kokila pursued his schooling at St. Joseph’s Indian High School in Bangalore. Kannada star Upendra provided him with the name Sadhu Kokila. 
Kokila kickstarted his career in the film industry as a musician and eventually he was referred to Kasturi Shankar, another musician. He has the reputation of being one of the swiftest keyboard players in India. Kokila has helmed direction for 12 Kannada flicks, and 6 of them were remakes. His directorial venture Anarkali was dropped midway. 
Kokila expresses that audiences and the media question whether his films are a remake or original. He had made up his mind not to endeavor in remakes. He feels that composing music requires a lot of creativity. As far as his comedy stint is concerned, he is loved by the audience. And about acting he feels that it is exciting. Sadhu Kokila has received awards for music direction twice. 
As far as remakes are concerned Kokila is of the view that there are creative limitations. But originals are enjoyable both in the sense of creativity and visualization. Sadhu Kokila along with Doddanna make a good pair for situation comedies. Kokila is compared with Johnny Lever of Bollwyood,for his comedy skills. 
On his personal front, Kokila is wedded to Saleena. They are blessed with two sons. 

Vasishta N. Simha is a famous Indian movie actor, who is best known for his work in Kannada films. Vasishta quit his job as a software engineer and decided to enter the Kannada film industry as an actor in 2011. He worked on an unreleased movie named Hubballi Hudagaru initially. He had his first release with Arya's Love (2013).