Manjula Gururaj is a veteran Indian background singer and a voice-over artist. She predominantly works for the south Indian film Industry in Kannada feature films. She came into the limelight in the decade from 1980 to 1990....
Padmini Prakash is a transgender woman. She works as a news presenter, performer, and campaigner for trans women's rights. On 15th August 2014, she became the first Indian trans person to lead a news program on “Lotus News Channel,” a famous Tamil channel. Padmini was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She belongs to a strict Tamil family. She was disowned...
B. Saroja Devi is an Indian actress born on 7 January 1938 in Karnataka to Rudramma and Bhairappa.Her father worked in the Police department. B.Saroja Devi has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu movies. She debuted with the film Mahakavi Kalidasa in 1955 for which she won a National Award. She was cast always opposite the much sought after...
Although today Amulya is one of the more well-known younger generation actresses on the Kannada screen, she had actually started off as a child artist in 2001, when she was just 7 years old, in the film “Parva” which had one of the leading actors of the time, Vishnuvardhan playing the lead role in that film. In fact, it took...
Hema Chaudhary is a movie actress who has worked in South Indian film industries. She has acted mainly in Kannada films and also in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies. The actress was born in the state of Andhra Pradesh in 1955.Her mother was Brundavan Chaudhary, a Telugu dubbing artist. While growing up, she saw renowned artists like Sivaji Ganesan, NTR...
Mayuri Upadhya is an Indian dancer, choreographer, entrepreneur, and TV personality. She was born on 30 December 1979, Udupi, Karnataka, India. Her parents' names are Muralidhar Upadhya and Shamala Upadhya. She completed her studies at Sri Vani Education Centre and an MES College of Arts, Commerce & Science graduate. Mayuri is trained in Bharatnatyam under Indira Kadambi and Minal Prabhu. She...
Umashree is an actress and politician. She is a known face in the comic genre of roles. Having done over four hundred movies, this fifty seven year old actress joined politics in the year 2013. She became the Member of Legislative Assembly in Karnataka. Her movie career began way back in the year 1984 with an award winning supporting cast performance...
Ashwini Ponnappa was born on September 18, 1989, and rose to fame as an Indian badminton player. She is considered to be one of the elite players to come out of India and currently represents her country in the international circuit for both women and mixed-doubles disciplines. Ashwini’s father was a national hockey player so athletics ran in her blood. From...
Saalumarada Thimmakka is an environmentalist from Karnataka. She is also known as Aalada Marada Thimmakka. Thimmakka received the nickname “Saalumarada” (which means "row of trees" in Kannada) for her work....
Prakash Raj, born on 26th of March, 1965, as Prakash Rai, in Bangalore, is an actor, director, and producer. He is also a television presenter and has worked in films of many languages. He is best known for his work in the film industry of South India, and for playing roles of a villain in quite a few Bollywood films....
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...
Raghu Dixit, born in Mysuru, Karnataka, is a famous singer, songwriter, music composer and producer who founded The Raghu Dixit Project, which is a platform for artists and musicians from various genres to create and showcase their talents. Dixit’s music is rooted in Indian culture and traditions, depicted in a contemporary form. Raghu Dixit is a master level Bharathanatiyam dancer....
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...