Kannada Movie Review Firefly - Cast & Crew

Sudha Rani is an Indian actress in Kannada movie industry. Sudharani was born to Nagalakshmi and Gopalakrishna. She started her modeling career in print ads at the age of 3.Her mother joined her in dance classes at age 5.Sudha Rani is a Bharata Natyam and Kuchipudi dancer. Sudha Rani has featured in several critically acclaimed films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. Films like Anand, Panchama Veda, Mysooru Mallige, Anuraga Sangama, Mannina Doniand, Sparsha etc. are some of her memorable films. She has twice won the Filmfare Awards and Karnataka State Film Awards for her performances in Kannada film industry.

Sudha Rani began her film career as a child artist in the film Kiladi Kittu in 1978.In 1989 she has acted in her first film which is Tamil and after a gap of three years she has made her debut in the Tamil film “Vasanthakala Paravai" and that was declared a hit. Following the same success she has acted more than ten Tamil films. Sudha Rani speaks Tamil fluently. She eventually appeared in Ranganayaki, directed by legendry director Puttanna Kanagal. Dr Rajkumar selected her to be the heroine of the film Anand opposite Shivrajkumar in 1986. She went on to appear in Movies as Mana Mechida Hudugi, Aasegobba Meesegobba, Midida Shruthi and Anna Tangi. She paired with noted Kannada actor Ramesh Aravind in more than eight films, including Shrigandha, Aragini, Anuraga Sangama and Panchama Veda. Sudha Rani overshadowed other leading actresses in the Kannada film industry in 1990s.

Sudha Rani got married to Sanjay, an anesthesia specialist, in the year 1999 and settled in United States. She got divorced in 2000 and later settled in India. Later she married her relative, Goverdhan and has a daughter, Nidhi.

Niveditha Shiva Rajkumar is an Indian producer. She is the daughter of the famous Kannada actor and producer Dr. Shiva Rajkumar. She started her career as an actress when she was five, alongside her father in the 1988 movie Andaman. She began working as a producer with serials and short shows and has now ventured into the spectrum of full-length movies. Niveditha has produced some Kannada web series that stream on OTTs. Two of them that gained the appreciation are Mistake (2022) and Honeymoon (2022). She has tried to eradicate the taboo of live-in relationships in the movie Mistake. Hate You Romeo is another well-known movie produced by Niveditha Rajkumar. She gained prominence because of her film Firefly.

Vamsi Krishna Srinivas is a Tollywood producer. His debut in film production was Solo (2011), directed by Parasuram. The movie featured Nara Rohit, Nisha Aggarwal, and Prakash Raj. In 2012, he produced Pendyala Veera Venkata and Sathya Narayana’s Nuvva Nena, starring Shriya Saran, Allari Naresh, and Sharvanand. John Hodge's A Life Less Ordinary served as the basis for the film. In 2014, he produced Ra Ra Krishnayya. The movie was directed and written by Mahesh Babu Pachigolla and featured famous actors like Sundeep Kishan, Regina Cassandra, and Jagapathi Babu. In the same year, he produced Venkat Suresh’s Gaallo Thelinattunde. The film featured Krishna Bhagawan, Jogi Naidu, and Sayaji Shinde. Srinivas has his production named S.V.K Cinema.