S. K. Padmadevi
Dina Pathak
Arundathi Nag
Kavitha Lankesh
B Jayashree
Vaishali Kasaravalli
Benaf Dadachandji
Kalpana Naganath
Chetan
Siddaraj Kalyankar
Sampath Raj
Malnad Jagadish
Raghuram Sitaram
Vasanth Josalkar
Bollera Ashok Mandanna
Mandeep Rai
Kanti Madiya
R. K. Narayan
L. Vaidyanathan
Master Manjunath
Girish Karnad
Shankar Nag
Harish Patel
Anant Nag
Vishnuvardhan
Ramesh Bhat
G.K Govinda Rao
Harish Raj
Deven Bhojani
1. S. K. Padmadevi
S.K. Padmadevi came to this world in 1924 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She was a very renowned Indian Actress, who predominantly worked in the Sandalwood Film Industry. She also worked with All India Radio for two decades. Likewise, she also worked in some Tamil motion pictures. She started her journey in the world of Theatre and Entertainment in 1960. She also had an opportunity to participate in the ‘Bhakta Sudhama’ by Kalaivani. Furthermore, she also sang a song for the same, which was duly loved by the audience.
She was married to a theatre artist, Padmanabha Rao. Some of her greatest works are ‘Bhakta Dhruva’ in 1934, ‘Gangavathar’ in 1942, ‘Samsara Nauka’ in 1936, ‘Va...
Date of Death:
19-09-2019
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
19-09-2019
Gender:
Female
2. Dina Pathak
Dina Pathak or Deena Pathak was Indian film actor, veteran actor and Gujarati theatre director. She was born on 4 March 1922 in Amreli, Gujarat. She studied in Bombay College where she became the part of student activism. That was the time when Bahavai theater was widely used to create sense and awareness about rule of Britain and from here she became the source of reviving Gujarati theatre. Later, she has joined as an actress the Indian National Theater. She married to Baldev Pathak with two daughters Patna Pathak and Supriya Pathak. She started acting in different plays from her teenage and received ramble reviews of many critics. She remained woman activist for a long time and was also the President of Na...
Date of Death:
11-10-2002
Age:
102
Gender:
Female
Skills:
Date of Death:
11-10-2002
Age:
102
Gender:
Female
3. Arundathi Nag
Arundathi Nag is an Indian actress and theater person. She was born on 6th July, 1956 in New Delhi to a Maharashtian family and had three siblings. When she was a 10 year kid, her family shifted to Bombay. Arundathi had an immense passion about theater since her childhood. When she was a teen, she joined a theater group and she used to act in 40 shows in a single month, the shows used to be either in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi. Arundathi acted in many Kannada and Hindi films. In 2005, for her acting in the Kannada film "Jogi", a blockbuster film, Arundathi won the best supporting actress award from the state government of Karnataka. She was again nominated for the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and th...
Age:
67
Gender:
Female
Age:
67
Gender:
Female
4. Kavitha Lankesh
Kavitha Lankesh is a renowned Indian film director, lyricist, and screenwriter for Kannada Film Industry. Her father P. Lankesh was a noted journalist of Kannada Language and also the founder of weekly tabloid Lankesh Pattrike. Her mother owns a sari shop in Bengaluru. Kavitha had come from a family of media publishers. She has two siblings both in the media line. She did a Masters in English from Bengaluru University and also holds a diploma in advertising.
When her father started to plan for her marriage, she was adamant not to get married, and she convinced her parents to use the money that was saved for her marriage, to travel around the world. She owned an advertising company before entering the entertainmen...
Age:
49
Gender:
Female
Age:
49
Gender:
Female
5. B Jayashree
B. Jayashree is a Kannada actress, singer, and a director. She was born on June 9, 1950, in Bengaluru, India. Her father was Basavaraj, who was also an actor. Her mother was Malathamma. Her grandfather, Gubbi Veeranna was also an actor and a director. Her grandfather started the Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company.
Jayashree started acting when she was only four years old. She appeared in movies like ‘Veera’, ‘Vikrama’, and ‘Mamatheya Bandhana’. After she had completed her high school, she moved to Delhi in 1973, to pursue a degree from National school of Drama, Delhi. In the National School of Drama, she was trained under Ebrahim Alkazi, who was also a well-known theater director. A...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
6. Vaishali Kasaravalli
Vaishali Kasaravalli was born on 12 April 1952 in Gulbarga to theatre enthusiast parents Nirmala and Dr. Chitagopi. She was a well noted Kannada film actor, costume designer and television serial director. Vaishali Kasaravalli completed BA. Late Dr. B.V.Karanth initiated her to theatre. After her family moved to Bangalore, She acted in many plays including Jokumaraswamy, Hayavadana, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Natakakaarana Shdhaneyalli Aaru Paathragalu and many more. Vaishali Kasaravalli also directed Sevanthi Prasanga and translated many Marathi and Hindi classic works.She started film career in 1972 with movie "Yaava Janmada Maitri" and later Professor Huchuraya in the same year. Her most popular and remarkable films a...
Age:
72
Gender:
Female
Age:
72
Gender:
Female
7. Benaf Dadachandji
Benaf Dadachanji is an Indian television and Hindi film actor and an ad model. Benaf Dadachandji was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on August 17, 1987. She is a Zoroastrian by religion. She came in front of camera at the tender age of 5. She was seen in 1992 in the Vicks Vapo Rub ad. Benaf then went on to feature in many popular commercials of popular and famous brands. In the year 1995, Benaf got her big break in the Hindi film industry in director Santosh Shivan’s film “Halo” where she played the role of Shasha. Then she starred in director Raj Kumar Santoshi’s ambitious project China Gate in the year 1998 as Lali opposite Bollywood’s big stalwarts like Om Puri. For her performance as Shasha in the film Halo she was awarded a special ...
Age:
36
Gender:
Female
8. Kalpana Naganath
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9. Chetan
Chetan is a veteran actor in Tamil serial industry having been in the industry for more than a decade and a half. He got his big break in the mega-hit thriller TV serial "Vidaadhu Karuppu" in the 'Marmadesam' series. While he was the assistant director to K.Shankar, he happened to land the pivotal role of ‘Karuppu’ in the series. He has said to have gotten into films by mere accident after completing his management studies post graduation. After many failed attempts to get into the film and ad industry in Hindi and English. He decided to move to Chennai, in search of Tamil opportunities.
He entered into the film industry through Jayam Ravi-starter Dhaam Dhoom and has completed e...
Age:
53
Gender:
Male
Age:
53
Gender:
Male
10. Siddaraj Kalyankar
Siddaraj Kalyankar has been playing the supporting character roles in Kannada movies. He also had acted in Malayalam movies too. He played the role of Upendra’s guardian in the Kannada film ‘Godfather’ that released in 2013. He even acted in a Malayalam movie named ‘Oru Yakshi Kadha‘ which was a love story.
In 2008, he acted in one of the most critically acclaimed Kannada movie ‘Avva’ which was released under the banner of Pyramid Saimira Limited. The movie was a hit. Also, he acted in a most successful and top ranking Kannada TV serial named ‘Baduku’.
The mega television serial had ...
Gender:
Male
11. Sampath Raj
'Sampath Raj' was born on 25 December 1968 in Chennai. He adopted film field as his profession for more than a decade by acting in a 2004-released film titled ‘Neranja Manasu’ .Though he played only a small role in the film, he gave it his best and had a series of films to his credits almost every year since then. Though born in Chennai, Sampath is not partial about the languages of the movies he acts in, nor is he bothered with the type of role that he gets to play in the films.
He was featured in more than sixty films till date. His impartiality and his wish to accommodate movies from various states in the country has gained him a lot of reputati...
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
Age:
55
Gender:
Male
12. Malnad Jagadish
Malnad Jagdish is a Kannada television actor who was born in Bengaluru on 1 January 1970. He started working as a cinematographer in Bengaluru. He worked as a cameraman for many years and later, he started getting offers to play in movies. He is working in the Kannada industry for more than ten years. He is also a counselor and poet who strengthens youngsters with his words. He worked in Milana Serial from 2013 to 2016. It aired on Suvarna Channel. Jagdish gained a very good fan base in a short time.
The actor also worked in the serial Mathe Vasantha. The TV series has Keerthi, Spandana and Jaydev in the lead roles. Star Golden is again starting a serial named Back to Spring in which Keert...
13. Raghuram Sitaram
Do you remember your Malgudi days, an Indian Hindi-language television show based on short stories? Raghuram Sitaram is one of the actors who worked in these evergreen series. He played the role of Mani in Episodes 1-8, and episode 43. He also played the role of Prashant Diwan in Tv series Rishtey ke Doree (2003). His net worth is about $ 14 million....
14. Vasanth Josalkar
Vasant Josalkar was a student of the National School of Drama in Delhi and is recognized as a Bishmacharya of Goan Theatre and a nationally acclaimed performer. Josalkar was the director of Kala Academy's Theatre Art Faculty and the recipient of several awards and medals.
Josalkar was a well-known Marathi and Hindi actor who was born on January 8, 1947, in Varkhande village in Pernem. He was inspired to theatre by traditional Sangeet-Natak performances in his village, where he performed alongside his father and brother. In 1976, he obtained his stagecraft diploma from the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi. The following year, he joined the NSD Repertory Company, where he acted in a number of popular performances til...
Date of Death:
10-01-2019
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-01-2019
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
15. Bollera Ashok Mandanna
Bollera Ashok Mandanna is an Indian actor who serves the Kannada film industry with his acting. Bollera is from Kodagu and has a mother, a father, and two siblings in the family. Mandannawas admitted to the National School of Drama and calls it "an extremely stimulating time to be in NSD". Later, to learn more about acting, he went to Weber Douglas Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in London for three years.
Mandanna's acting grabbed everyone's attention that led him to achieve certain vital things. Listing a few, he acted in early films like Chandramurta and Kanneswara Rama. He also performed a postman's role in an episode...
16. Mandeep Rai
Indian-born Mandeep Rai is a superstar in the entertainment milieu. His talent as an actor is admirable. Mandeep made his debut in the film industry with “Sixer”,a drama released on 5 January 2007. This icon’s role helps the expansion of cinema. Mandeep Rai is a dynamic and passionate individual, who ensures the satisfaction of every audience. He performed for many blockbusters in the Malayalam Language. In 2007 his role in the movie titled “Sixer” contributed to the esteem of this blockbuster.
He performed alongside icons like Adi Lokesh, Chitra Shenoy, Veena Sundar, Sadhu Kokila, and Rangayana Ragu. The melody for “Six...
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
Skills:
17. Kanti Madiya
Kanti Madiya was an Indian Actor. He has predominantly worked in the Hindi Cinema. However, he can also be frequently seen in Gujarati Film Industry aka Dhollywood. He was born on the 7th of March in the year 1932. Apart from making his mark in the acting circuit, he was also a producer, director and playwright. His start in the industry was very conventional as he took the tried and verified path of entering the theater, and learning the basic fundamentals of acting. He has revealed in several interviews, that his experience in theater helps him enhance his performance on the big screen. Also working on the stage, helped him understand the backstage work and to eventually pursue his fantasy of becoming a director.
He always had ...
Date of Death:
15-06-2004
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-06-2004
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
18. R. K. Narayan
R. K. Narayan is an Indian author. He was born on 10th October 1906 in Chennai where he died on 13th May 2001. He was one of the leading Indian English story writers. Narayan was the son of a headmaster and the elder brother of studio editor Ramachandran and cartoonist Laxman. He was raised by his grandmother Parvati. He married Rajam with whom he had a daughter named Hema.
He attended school at the Lutheran Mission School, CRC High School and the Christian College High School. He graduated from the Maharaja College of Mysore. He worked as a school teacher for a brief period before leaving and focusing on his writing career. Narayan’s first published work was a book ...
Date of Death:
13-05-2001
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-05-2001
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
19. L. Vaidyanathan
Lakshminarayana Vaidyanathan normally known as L.Vaidyanathan was a proficient music director, composer, and musicologist in Tamil and Kannada film industry. He was born in 1942 on April 9th. Before coming into the movie field, L. Vaidyanathan was a traditionally trained carnatic vocalist. He was married to Chenjulakshmi and was wonderfully blessed with two sons. Kannadigas who love his music have a huge respect towards him.
Before becoming a music composer, he worked under the legendary music director G. K. Venkatesh as an assistant music director.L. Vaidyanathan was the older brother of the leading duo L. Shankar, L. Subramaniam and the three had played at many musical concerts in early days. His very own father, V. Lakshminar...
Date of Death:
19-05-2007
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
19-05-2007
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
20. Master Manjunath
Master Manjunath is an actor from India well known for his role as ‘Swami’ in the evergreen people’s favourite television series, ‘Malgudi Days’. He was born as Manjunath Nayaker on December 23rd in the year 1976 in the city of Bangalore in Karnataka. Manjunath completed his higher secondary education and headed to college and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English (BA. English) from Mysore University. He then majored in Sociology (MA. Sociology) from Bangalore University. Manjunath was interested in filmmaking considering the amount of exposure he had in his childhood as Swami. He underwent a certificate course in cinematography and took a diploma. Manjunath started...
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
21. Girish Karnad
Born on 19th May 1938, Girish Raghunath Karnad is a multi-faceted artiste; he is not only an actor, but also a writer, director and playwright. He has mainly worked in South Indian films. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award during 1998; this award is the highest literary recognition in India. Girish Karnad has been working on plays for around 40 years. His subject of interest is mythology and history. He has also done translation of his plays into English language. Moreover, his translated plays in regional languages were directed by many directors.
During the 60s Karnad was an outstanding playwright and Kannada world witnessed Modern Indian playwrighting through him. Kannada literature was carried aw...
Date of Death:
10-06-2019
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-06-2019
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
22. Shankar Nag
Shankar Nag, most influential and talented Kannada actor and director, who acted in around 90 Kannada movies, in a career spanning 12 years from 1978 to 1990. Shankar also produced R.K. Narayan's novel, Malgudi Days as a teleserial and also acted in it. He was also a part a Kannada theater. He co-wrote 22 June 1897, an Indian national award-winning Marathi film. One of his films, Autoraja is appreciated by the audience to the level that even now his posters are there on auto rickshaws of Karnataka even after 25 years of his death. He was also focused towards social improvement as his films portrayed that. He was of friendly nature and loved by all. Shankar Nag was a versatile personality and has left his ...
Date of Death:
30-09-1990
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
30-09-1990
Age:
69
Gender:
Male
23. Harish Patel
A versatile actor who has endeared Indian television and movie viewers with his acting skills as a comedian, a supporting actor, and as a villain too. Harish Patel is a veteran actor who started his acting career at very early age of seven as he worked in the grand television serial Ramayana produced by Ramanand Sagar. It was aired on DD National News Channel in the year 1987. During the same time, he also appeared on various episodes of another popular Hindi television serial Malgudi Days. Later on, Harish Patel joined Indian National Theatre and worked a lot as a theatre artist. Indian theatre director Sara Prabhu and Harish Patel enjoyed a great run of success on Indian theatre.
Harish Patel also got chances to perform for var...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
24. Anant Nag
Anant Nagarakatte was born in the year 1948 on 4th September. He is a very popular actor and a politician. He is a Karnataka based actor who had given many hit movies as an actor. He is regarded as one of the prominent Kannada actors. He had reflected it in all his movies. In-fact, that is why he is known to be an actor who had never met any failures as far as his movies are concerned. Apart from acting in Kannada movies, he had also acted in other film industries.
He acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Marathi and Hindi movies as well. This shows his intention of showcas...
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
25. Vishnuvardhan
Vishnuvardhan was born in Mysore. He attended high school and obtained degree at the National College, Bangalore. He adopted the name Vishnuvardhan at the insistence of Puttanna Kanagal, who was like is godfather and mentor, who also directed his maiden film, Naagarahaavu. This gave him the recognition of the ‘angry young man of Kannada cinema. “Ramachaari”, the character Vishnuvardhan played in Nagarahaavu, is still considered as among the best roles that have donned in Kannada cinema to date. Vishnuvardhan did not look back since then and went on to win many state honors and five film fare awards. Vishnuvardhan was popularly called by his fans as Sahasa Simha and Abhinava Bhargava.Vishnuvardhan, a versatile ...
Date of Death:
30-12-2009
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
30-12-2009
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
26. Ramesh Bhat
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.The actor once known for his close association with Shankar Nag slowly made his way into television much to his fans delight.The actor made his debut in Kannada movie Minchina Ota and went on to act in a number of movies like Nodi Swamy Navirodu Heege, Ganeshana Maduve, Gauri Ganehsa, Ganesha Subramanya etc. He was mainly known for his comedy roles which he acted with aplomb.He continues to be part of the film industry with movies like Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna and is currently filming for Thandana Thandan...
Age:
78
Gender:
Male
27. G.K Govinda Rao
G.K Govinda Rao is a well known television actor who started his career as a Professor of English and writer. Prior to his foray into acting, he actively participated in social movements, attacked the divisive politics and is a staunch supporter of Congress.He constantly courts controversy with his outspoken words criticizing noted writers, seers and politicians. He invited ire from the Kannada film directors and producers terming their movies as rubbish. The actor however has won the hearts of the Kannada television viewers with his critical roles in Malgudi days and Maha Parva. In MahaParva the actor enacted his role as the Chief Minister. His natural acting coupled with sharp ...
Gender:
Male
28. Harish Raj
Harish Raj is a well known Kannada TV actor who later made his foray into Kannada Film Industry. The actor aged 38 was born on July 26th 1978. The versatile actor made his first debut on television in 1996 in the Kannada serial named Hosa Chiguru Hale Beru.Harish then went on to act in a number of Kannada serials (12 of them) popular among them being Maneondhu Moorubagilu, Kavyanjali. He has also acted in 6 Hindi TV serials the most noted being Malgudi days.In 1998 he was offered the lead role in Doni Saagali which met with moderate success. He then went on to act in 25 movies of the Kannada film industry. His roles were critically acclaimed in Kaanuru Heggadathi the film adaption of Kuvempu’s novel, Thaayi Saheba, Dweepa a...
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
Age:
47
Gender:
Male
29. Deven Bhojani
Deven Bhojani is an Indian TV serial actor who was born on November 25, 1969 in Mumbai, India. He is also a director and a theatre artist who graduated Commerce at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai. Afterwards, Deven studied film direction to pursue his dream of becoming a director at the University of South California.
He got his fame for his Gujarati shows and drama plays. He was debuted as a television actor in the popular, Malgudi Days which was aired in 1987. He portrayed the role of Nitya on the show’s Episode Number 13. He got his fame for doing comedic and supporting roles. He received the Best Director awards for directing the 2005 comedy sitcom, Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai in The ITA...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
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