1. Shashi Deshpande
Born in 1938, Shashi Deshpande is an award-winning Indian novelist from Dharwad, Karnataka. She also happens to be the second daughter of the famous Kannada dramatist and writer, Sriranga. Although born in Karnataka, she educated in Mumbai. She pursued journalism at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and worked for a short period for the magazine ‘Onlooker.’ She also has degrees in Economics and Law. She is called a feminist writer since her novels usually have women as the protagonists. She disliked the title given to her, and expressed her discomfort in a seminar in Dharwad where she said her works are just novels, whereas she is a feminist. Shashi Deshande’s appeal is laid in feminist themes. She molded her plot into pictures of feminist point of view. She feels that her novels are open examinations of people’s experienc...
2. Sanjjanaa Galrani
Sanjjanaa is an Indian actress, who is working in Telugu and Kannada film industries. Her real name is Archana. She changed her name as it sounded to be a usual one. Sanjjanaa is a model as well. She has appeared in almost sixty advertisements. She started as a model when she was in the PUC. She hails from Bengaluru. She made her debut into the film industry through a Tamil film 'Oru Kadhal Seiveer’. It was an utter failure, but she also started receiving chances. It was Bujjigadu, her Telugu debut that drew attention towards her performance. She rose to great heights very soon. Ganda Hendathi was her debut Kannada film. She got paired with the top stars of Karnataka, like Shivraj Kumar.
