Kavitha Lankesh
B Jayashree
S. K. Padmadevi
Dina Pathak
Arundathi Nag
Vaishali Kasaravalli
Kalpana Naganath
L. Vaidyanathan
Raghuram Sitaram
Bollera Ashok Mandanna
Malnad Jagadish
Chetan
Ramesh Bhat
Vishnuvardhan
Siddaraj Kalyankar
Sampath Raj
Vasanth Josalkar
Mandeep Rai
Shankar Nag
Harish Patel
Anant Nag
Deven Bhojani
Kanti Madiya
Girish Karnad
Master Manjunath
1. 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...
2. 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....
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. 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...
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,...
7. Kalpana Naganath
8. 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...
9. 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...
10. 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...
11. 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....
12. 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...
14. 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...
15. 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....
16. 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...
17. 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....
18. 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...
19. 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...
20. 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...
21. 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...
22. 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...
23. 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...
24. 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...
25. 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...