1. Malashri
Malashri is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, known for the action and dramatic lead roles. Born and raised in Chennai. Malashri’s mother tongue is Telugu. While she was at school, she either wanted to be a pilot or a homemaker. She was also a child actor. She made her debut in the all-time Kannada Hit "Nanjundi Kalyana" in 1989 opposite Raghavendra Rajkumar. But her personal life hit an all time low the same year when her mother died in a road accident. Rajkumar introduced her to his second son Raghavendra Rajkumar’s debut film.
...2. Srujan Lokesh
Srujan Lokesh had always dreamed of becoming an actor since his family had a background in the cinema industry and home environment supported the seed of following the same path. As a child artist, he has worked in movies like 'Bhujangayyana Dashavathara' in the year 1990 and ' Veerappan' in 1991. Srujan first got the break as a lead role in the year 2002 in the film Neela Megha Shyama along with Radhika Kumaraswamy in the lead female role. However, the film didn't perform well in the theatres. Later, he played several supporting role in the films like 'Navagraha', 'Andhar Bahar', 'Porki', 'Chingari', 'Edegarike', 'Snehitaru.’ Srujan Lokesh has also hosted television reality shows starting from a dance reality show 'Sye'.
...3. Sadhu Kokila
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
On his personal front, Kokila is wedded to Saleena. They are blessed with two sons.Â
4. Niranjan Deshpande
Niranjan Deshpande has predominantly involved himself in anchoring, radio jockey, and comedy. Well, as though this would not suffice, this talented artist has also endeavored in films and soap operas. The Kannada movie Bombay Mittai, which was released in 2015 was his debut movie. It revolves around 4 buddies who go on a journey. Then misunderstanding crops which leads to comical happenings.
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