1. Anupama Gowda
Anupama Gowda is a Kannada actress and is one of the participants of the famous reality show, Bigg Boss Kannada 5. She was born in a poor family, with her father working as an associate in the film industry and her mother, as a tailor. She also has a sister named, Tejaswini.
...2. Sheetal Shetty
Sheetal Shetty is a prominent Kannada TV news anchor and an actress from Karnataka. She worked as a news commentator and presenter on the famous Kannada news channel, TV9. She was approached by director Rakshith Shetty for Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014). She readily accepted the offer as she wanted a break from anchoring and her hectic work schedules.
...3. Sruthi Hariharan
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.
...4. Rachita Ram
Rachita ram is a Kannada film and TV actress who marked her presence in movies like ‘Rangeela and Ambareesha’.
She was born in Karnataka although has the ancestral background in Bhopal. Her mother was a bharat natyam dancer and so is she, a well trained dancer in this particular form of dance. She has also given around 50 live dance performances.Â
This actress captured everyone’s attention through her performance in her very first movie ‘Bulbul’.
She rocked the screen in the Kannada soap opera ‘arasi’ that was very much liked by the audience and made Rachita ram, the favourite of thousands.
She opted to head towards the film industry only after working for quite a long time in television and commercials. According to her, working in television gave her confidence and boosted her spirit to work on greater projects.
Her first movie was released in the year 2013 and in mere 2.5 years she managed to create a place for herself in this industry.
The actress was nominated for the filmfare best actress category for the movie ‘bharjare’.
She is also all set to enter the tollywood with the release of ‘brahmotsavan’.
The actress is appreciated for her good looks, innocent character, adorable dimples and passion for acting simultaneously.
She is the sister of Nithya ram, who is as well a very well known face on the screen.
Currently Rachita has signed some other projects under big and small banners and is busy working.
She believes to pre plan and prepares herself to deal with any circumstance and adjust to any scenario and hence work on her character before getting started with the shoot.
...5. S Narayan
Narayan started his career as a director with the romance Chaitrada Premanjali. And now he is known for his skills as a Kannada actor, director, writer, producer, music composer, etc. Chaitrada Premanjali was a very successful film and after that, he directed many more blockbuster hit movies in Kannada. He tried almost all the branches and was successful in every face. The best one remembered by people is his acting skills. Narayan is now one of the most successful directors in Kannada film industry. He is the second director in the industry to work with actor Rajkumar and his three sons.
...6. 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.
...7. Sathish Ninasam
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.
...8. Gurukiran
Gurukiran or also known as Gurukiran Shetty is a well-known music director from the Kannada film industry, who started his career in the year 1994 as director V. Manohar’s assistant. He was born on October 28 in Mangalore, Karnataka to K Jayaram Shetty and Ratnakanti. He studied at St. Aloysius Primary School in the early 70’s and he is an active class singer back then. He graduated Commerce in Mangalore University and after that he started to perform in orchestras as a singer and keyboardist.Â
Gurukiran entered the film industry as a music director for the Upendra-starrer and directorial film entitled A in the year 1998. Due to the success of the film, Upendra wanted him to work again on his next film. Gurukiran composed the songs in the psychological-thriller Kannada film, Upendra in year 1999, while Upendra himself penned the lyrics.Â
Besides music, Gurukiran wanted to enter the film industry as an actor and so he tried his luck in Sandalwood. Gurukiran’s first film was entitled Mr. Shanker Bekal as a cameraman. He then appeared on his first major role in the 1993 heist thriller film, Nishkarsha, helmed by Sunil Kumar Desai. However, he failed to make an impact as an actor.Â
His major breakthrough came in the year 2005 in Shivarajkumar-starrer Jogi, where he sang the songs Hodi Maga and Bin Ladennu Nan Maava. This record made an all time record in the Kannada film industry with a record selling prior to the release of the film. In 2007, he entered the Telugu film industry with the Telugu remake of Jogi entitled Yogi, helmed by V. V. Vinayak. He also scored the music for the Telugu film, Nagavalli in 2010.Â
Gurukiran has been into judging musical talent show such as Confident Star Singer Season 2 on Asianet Suvarna and on ETV Kannada’s Ede Tumbi Haduvenu. He sang several songs in Kannada films, including the Kanasina Maratta from the Kannada romance film, Banna Bannada Loka, which became a big hit. Gurukiran received several awards for his outstanding contributions to the Kannada film industry, including the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director in 2011 and many more.Â
He got married to Pallavi Guru Kiran and they have been blessed with two children namely Hrudaya and Shravya.
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