1. Anuradha Bhat
Anuradha Bhat is a playback singer. She was born on 23rd of July in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. She was the daughter of Mrs. Gayathri Srikrishna, and Mr. Srikrishna Bhat. Her parents loved music. She has a sister, Anupama Bhat. She is a famous TV actor cum anchor. Coming to her studies, she completed her education from St Ann’s Girls High School, and Carmel English School.
She did her college from Canara College and joined MSNM Institute of PG Studies. She did MBA and B. Sc. Then, she placed in a renowned company in Bengaluru. However, she quit the job of MNC and tried to work on her music. She builds her knowledge on music. Apart from this, she had to train from Mrs. Kamala on Bharatanatyam. She did the course completely. She had training in singing, the vocal improvement from Late M Srinath Marathe.
In her chil...
2. KS Chithra
Chithra is a worldwide known Indian soulful singer. Her original name is Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra. Born in July 1963, Chithra has grown into a versatile singer who can sing all variants. Though she is a born Malayali, she sang in more than 13 languages so far, and the number is still going on. She is fondly known as Chinna Kuyil and Keralathinte Vanambadi, which translates into English as Little Nightingale and Nightingale of Kerala. This is due to her exceptionally melodious singing which has never known any boundaries. She made the excellent contribution to the Music industry in languages like Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Assamese, Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Badaga, Tulu, Punjabi, and Urdu. She has a record of being able to record more than 25,000 songs and the number...
3. Divya Rao
Divya Rao is a television actress who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu films. She was born on 3 December 1997, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She also won the crown of Miss South India in 2016. After which, she got her first movie, 9 Hilton House, which was released in 2017. It's a horror film. She has also participated in the Kerala fashion league. Since her childhood days, Divya Rao has always been inspired to be an actress.
In 2020, Divya Rao entered the Telugu entertainment industry through the movies such as Degree College and Third class. The movie Third class is a romantic movie; it's about how two lovers face difficulty fulfilling their love because of disparity in their social status. The movie Degree College is also based on the same lines, but the issue of caste has been highlighted here. Both the ...
4. Roopika
Roopika is a South Indian actress. Her debut film was the Kannada flick Cheluvina Chilipilli. The director who gave her this break was S. Narayan. It was a romance film in which she starred against Pankaj, who was her love interest. The movie came to the commercial market in 2009. Even though it has been about eight years in the industry, Roopika is yet to find a strong foothold for herself in Sandalwood.
Roopika has even given quite a few performances as a child artist. This experience has helped her hone her acting skills right from an early age. The exposure to the glitz and glamor of acting from childhood makes her a mature actor in adulthood. Thus, in Cheluvina Chilipilli, her acting got immense recognition and accolades. The audience hailed her as ...
5. Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift is a music composer and singer who hails from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He predominantly works for Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil movies and is currently, based in Bengaluru.
Born in a Christian family in Trivandrum, the singer had a passion for music since the beginning. He played the western piano and started playing the keyboard for local bands at a young age. He was influenced a lot by western music.
Later, he evolved as a singer and keyboard player for a local group Moby Dick. His favorite music composers are Freddie Mercury and Ilaiyaraaja. Although he was a gifted singer and keyboard player, he came to learn more about music from music director Jayaraj.
Even before entering the film industry, he composed for an album in Malayalam called ‘Soona Soona’; which became a m...
6. Chethan Kumar
Kenja Chethan Kumar is a young director of Kannada movies. He is famous for his film “Prema Geema Jane Do,” which was released in 2016. He was born in the small village of Udupi, Karnataka, India. He is not only a director but also an editor, screenwriter, and video editor. He became interested in plays when he discovered that his grandfather was a playwright and director. When he was 12 years old, he wrote his first play. He completed his education at Besant Evening College, Mangalore. After completing college, he moved to Bangalore to pursue his career in film direction. He was inspired by Kannada actor Upendra and the Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani.
Before he got any job in the Film or TV industry, he had to take a few courses to learn about editing and direction. Then, he became a video editor at “Asia...
7. V Nagendra Prasad
V Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, music director, director and an actor in the Kannada film industry. He was born on 3rd December 1975 to ‘MV Venkata Ramanappa’ and ‘Chandramma’ in Nagamangala, Karnataka. Prasad completed his schooling in Bangalore. Being passionate about literature, he chose Kannada literature in his under graduation course. To pursue his post graduation, he moved to Mysore. Nagendra is interested in writing poems from his young age. His career in cinema started as a lyric writer in 2000. His first film is “Gajina Mane”, directed by ‘KV Jayaram’. “Hamsalekha” composed the tunes for the lyrics of Nagendra. He developed his knowledge in cinema gradually. Prasad has penned the lyrics for more than thousand songs.
His lyrics were carried out by 400 movies....
8. Karthik
9. Shashank Sheshagiri
Shashank Sheshagiri is a Kanada singer, music composer, and music director. He has sung in many popular movies like Randhawa (2019), Avane Srimannarayana, Padde Huli and others.
Shashank was awarded the Mirchi Music Award, Kannada, in 2014, grabbing the title of the Best Upcoming Male Vocalist of the year.
His latest songs are Hands up, Shivanandi, Bharjari Soundu, and Jaggu Duniya. He is passionate about music. For his thousands of fans, he often does live performances and shows for the public. He has sung more than 1000 songs for South Indian films.
Recently on 26th April 2020, his second movie as a music director ‘The checkmate’, has released its music, the first being Randhawa released in 2019.
...10. Mass Madha
Mass Madha is one of the prominent stunt directors in Kannada movie industry. Apart from being the stunt director, he has also played the supporting actor in various movies. He made his debut as a stunt director in the film ‘Simhadri’ in 2014. As a stunt director, he has worked in numerous films such as ‘Jyothi Allias Kothi Raja’ in 2014, ‘D.K.’ in 2015, ‘Paatargitthi’ in 2015, ‘Mythili & Co’ in 2015, ‘Neene Bari Neene’ in 2015, etc. He has worked with people such as ‘Chitram Basha,’ ‘Sanul Rathi,’ ‘K Veeru,’ ‘Ashwin Krishna’, etc. He has worked as a supporting actor in the movie Darling in 2014.
Madha has worked with some of the renowned personalities like ‘Randeep Hooda,’ &lsqu...
11. Avinash BS
B S Avinash, also known as Avinash Yelandur, is an Indian film actor. He was born on 29 August 1974 in Karnataka, India. After completing his school education in Karnataka, he attended and graduated from the University of Mysore. Avinash's father was a businessman. He has a sister named Anu. His wife's name is Geetha, and he has a son with her, Akul. He joined his late father's business earlier. He attended several workshops on acting and building confidence before auditioning for films. He played the role of Andrew in the movie KGF Chapter 1 in 2018. The movie was a box office hit globally. Then, he appeared in its sequel- KGF Chapter 2 in 2022. Avinash is a fitness enthusiast and ran in the Mysore Dasara Celebration Marathon in 2012.
...12. Pawan Kumar
Pawan Kumar is a Kannada film and TV director, actor and screen writer. He was born on 29th October 1982 in bengalaru. He began his career with the movie ‘Lifeu’ and later worked in ‘Isntene’ for which he wrote the script and contributed in terms of acting and direction also. Followed by this, another release, ‘lucia’, in the year 2013 made him the favourite of many.
In the initial days of his career during 1998, Pawan worked in the theatre. He attended various workshops to polish his skills and ultimately became very confident and courageous to take bold steps in his career. He was the associate director with Yograj bhat.
Kumar also made many short films. He was a finalist in Indian young achiever 2006. In the industry, he is known as that candle which illumina...
13. 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 Thandana.The talented actor then ventured into direction with his movie Parameshi Prema Prasanga.The movie ...
15. Jagadish Pawar L