Nishvika Naidu
Baby Aaradhya
Aruna Balraj
Guru Deshpande
Dhanajay Didiga
Jayanth Kaikini
Yogaraj Bhat
Anthony Daasan
Sanjith Hegde
Vasishta N Simha
Vijay Prakash
Prajwal Devaraj
Hanumanthe Gowda
Prashanth Siddi
Sanchari Vijay
Tabla Nani
Vijay Chandur
Jadesh Kumar Hampi
1. Nishvika Naidu
One of the renowned names in Kannada cinema, Nishvika Naidu made her debut in ‘Vaasu Naan Paaka Commercial’ in the year 2018 which was directed by the famous director, Ajith Vasan Uggina, opposite Anish Tejeshwar who is a well-known actor in both Kannada and Telugu film industries.
Born in the garden city of India, Bangalore, Karnataka, she graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, in psychology. At that time she was modelling for a local clothing brand. She gained fame for her work in the movie ‘Amma I Love You’ which was released prior to her debut movie wherein she was cast opposite to Cheeranjeevi Sarja another popular name in the Kannada film industry.
Her role in the film was of a strong, independent yet sentimental girl who dares to run her own entrepreneurial venture rather than tak...
2. Baby Aaradhya
Aaradhya N. Chandra, also known as Baby Aaradhya, is a child actress, model, and influencer in the Kannada film industry. She was born in Bangalore, India. She made her acting debut in the film Kavaludaari (2019) and has also worked on other films, such as Yajamana (2019), Odeya (2019), Kaddha Chitra (2023), Shivaji Surathkal 2 (2023), and Pentagon (2023). She has worked alongside Prajwal Devaraj on the film Gentleman, a suspense thriller released in 2020.
She was nominated for the Indian Children's Talent Awards in 2021. She has also collaborated with brands such as knotsandribbons,lilleunicorn,magical_jar, maskkart,italyabeans, Vd_luxury, Sugarrush, pull up a Loop and many more. She also has an Instagram and YouTube handle by her parents. She currently has millions...
3. Aruna Balraj
Aruna Balraj is an Indian motion picture Actress, working transcendently in Kannada motion picture industry. She has worked in mainstream films like Birbal Trilogy, Lambodara. Her past film to hit the performance centers was Birbal Trilogy in the year 2019. The entertainer played 'Alamelamma,' the mother around whom the entire film spins. It was a job which expected her to be the substance of quiet amidst the franticness and the anarchy occurring around her and she loaned a quality of credibility to this generally silly film. She was designated for the honor 'Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female).'
She is incredibly capable and pours in a lot of exertion during her exhibitions, which shows in her exceptional acting in the referenced films. She delineated a charming character and grabbed gratefu...
4. Guru Deshpande
Guru Deshpande is a Kannada film director who predominantly works in the Kannada film and television industry. He is a director, actor, and screenplay in the Kannada Cinema industry. He is known for directing Raja Huli, which released on November 1, 2013. He also directed Rudra Tandava that released on February 27, 2015. He also directed John Joni Janardhan, which got a commercial success at the box office. Padde Huli, Samhaara and Gentleman are some of his movies.
...5. Dhanajay Didiga
Dhananjay Didiga is an Indian(Kannada) lyricist. He is also a dialogue writer and works in the Kannada film industry. He worked as a lyricist for a movie named “Rudratandava” in 2016. This movie was a big hit in the industry. Later in 2017, Dhananjay served as a lyricist and dialogue writer on debutant director Jagadesh Kumar Hampu’s Rajahamsa. Songs written by Dhananjay Didiga from the movie named Rajahamsa starring Gowri Shankar and Ranjani Raghavan are Mula Mula, Janaganamana, Baramma Baare, Ee Banavara, Budubuduke, Pi Pi Pi.
...6. Jayanth Kaikini
Jayanth Gourish Kaikini is an Indian Lyricist, Story Teller and Poet working in Kannada Cinema and Kannada Literature. Jayanth was born on the 24th of January 1955 in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State, India. Jayanth was born to Gourish Kaikini, a Kannada litterateur and Shanta, a school teacher, and a social worker. After a masters in Biochemistry which he attained from Karnataka University, Dharwad, Kaikini moved to Mumbai where he was working as a Chemist. He is now living in Bangalore with his wife and two children. Jayanth is regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Kannada today. He writes film scripts, poetry, and short stories.
So far Jayanth has published four books of poetry, three plays, six anthologies of short stories and a collection of essays. Dr. Kaikini started writing film songs with Chigurida K...
7. Yogaraj Bhat
Yogaraj Bhat was born on 8th October, 1973 in Mandarthi, in coastal district Udupi of Karnataka. He is the 7th child of Ramachandra and Jayalakshmi Bhat. Ramachandra lost his life in a boat mishap.
Yogaraj is a famous director in Sandalwood industry. He has also tasted success as a lyricist, producer and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his 2006 hit Mungaru Male, which was written by Bhat along with Preetam Gubbi. He directed the film and wrote lyrics with others. Mungaru Male recorded the highest box office collections in Sandalwood history. His other achievements include introducing talented technicians to the industry like Pawan Kumar of Lucia, Pawan Wadeyar and many others.
His lyricist journey started with Mungaru Maleye from his film Mungaru Male and there was no looking bac...
8. Anthony Daasan
Anthony Daasan is an Indian singer, traditional Tamil folk musician, lyricist and an artist hailing from Reddiyarpalayam, Puducherry,Tamil Nadu. He currently lives in Chennai, India. He was born on 26th April 1977. He completed his education from the Government High School of Tanjore. Music is an associated and ever-lasting part of his life. He connected to music from a very young age. His vision and dreams lead to him celebrating the flavor of folk music internationally.
His deep roots, love, and passion are exploring a variety of traditional forms of art. When he moved to Chennai, he joined Sangamam and later got in touch with the industry because of his hard work, commitment and sheer passion for music. His debut song was Dindugal Sarathy. With that, he has worked with famous people like ‘Anirudh&rsquo...
9. Sanjith Hegde
Born on 3rd October 1997, Sanjith Hegde is an Indian playback singer. Hegde belongs to “Kannadiga” family in Bangalore and he finished his college studies from CMR National PU College situated in Bangalore. Then he went on to complete his engineering from JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore.
He is mainly known for his singing in the Kannada playback industry. Although, he also likes to sings in various other languages including Hindi and Tamil. Hegde’s journey into the Kannada music industry started with his auditioning for “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa-13”. He rose to fame in the show and his melodious voice won the hearts of lakhs of people watching the show.
This euphonious voice was the reason that he became one of the semi-finalists of the prestigious singing reality show. Sanjith sung son...
10. Vasishta N Simha
Vasishta N. Simha is a famous Indian movie actor, who is best known for his work in Kannada films. Vasishta quit his job as a software engineer and decided to enter the Kannada film industry as an actor in 2011. He worked on an unreleased movie named Hubballi Hudagaru initially. He had his first release with Arya's Love (2013).
Simha ultimately made a breakthrough with his role as the main antagonist in Raja Huli (2013). It’s a remake of the Tamil film, Sundarapandian (2012). He appeared in Rudra Tandava (2014). Simha then featured in JKS's trilingual movie, Alone, in the lead role alongside Nikesha Patel. Performing the male lead, the movie won mixed reviews, and the actor managed to get an introduction into the Tamil and Telugu film industries.
Simha hails from Mysore and studied in Sharada Vilas School ...
11. Vijay Prakash
Vijay Prakash is an Indian playback singer and film composer. He was born in Mysore and moved to Mumbai in 1996. He worked in so many Hindi films including Blue, Yuvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan, and Force.
He has sung in Kannada, Tamil, Telegu and Malayalam movies. He has also hosted the renowned reality TV show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Kannada and has also performed in shows with the great Indian percussionist Ustad Zakir Hussain. Prakash is one of the four singers of the song ‘Jai Ho’, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The song also won a Grammy Award in the category ‘Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Medi...
12. Prajwal Devaraj
Prajwal Devaraj is an actor from the Kannada film Industry. He currently lives in Bangalore, India. Prajwal is the offspring of a famous actor ‘Devaraj’, and that’s now his last name comes from. His father is known as ‘Dynamic King’ and that’s why people call Prajwal ‘Dynamic Prince’ – father like son. Prajwal finished his Bachelors in Arts degree in Shri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Management Studies which is at Bangalore.
His debut film was ‘Sixer’ in 2007 which was in Kannada. With his first film, success came along. At the Suvarna Film Awards, he was awarded the Best Debut Actor award. He was also a part of some remarkable films of his career. They included Gulama, Murali Meets Meera, which was a...
13. Hanumanthe Gowda
Sri. Hanumantha Gowda is an Indian actor. He was born on 9th November 1962 in Karnataka and was brought up there. He is popular for his powerful and natural dialogue delivery, and style of acting. His work is most notable in his niche position in Kannada movie and serial industry. He was also seen in Telugu movies. Gowda completed his schooling from Tovinakere and Bengaluru. He was born in ChikkanayakanaHalli to an agricultural background family. After completing his education in SSLC/PUC in Tovinakere, he moved to Bengaluru so that he can pursue his bachelor’s degree in arts.
He had his passion in theatre since his early school days. He was a keen observer and debate person on theatre performances. He made his theatre debut with the role of Hamlet for the act Hamlet at V. V. Puram College, Bengaluru. He had an interest i...
14. Prashanth Siddi
Born on June 15, 1990, in India, Prashant Siddhi is a popular actor in India. He has worked in Kannada film Industry predominantly. He belongs to the community of the Siddis who were earlier the member of the Bantu tribe residing in the Southeast of Africa. Siddis came to India in 628 AD as traders, missionaries and slaves.
They settled down in parts of Gujarat as well as Karnataka. Being an economically backward tribe and community, they emerged as farmers as well as undertook animal husbandry. TO Prashanth, Bangalore was a land of opportunities and he wanted to make the most of it. In an interview with the Economic Times, he revealed that he always felt like an outsider in Bangalore.
People in the television Industry did not even look at his pictures. The shopkeepers overcharged him thinking that he was an African. Pe...
15. Sanchari Vijay
Vijay Kumar B alias Sanchari Vijay is a Kannada Theater and film artist. The tag ‘Sanchari’ comes from a drama troupe of the same name, of which Vijay is a vital part. The milestone in his acting career is regarded as the 2015 movie ‘Naanu Avanalla...Avalu,' where he takes, head-on, the bold portrayal of a transgender person. For his brave stint, Vijay procured the National award for Best Actor. He is the third Kannada actor to win the award, his precursors being eminent actors like M.V Vasudeva Rao and Charuhasan.
To add to the pride, ‘Harivu,’ in which he is the protagonist, won the ‘Best Feature Film’ award in the language, Kannada. In ‘Harivu,’ Sanchari portrays an intense relationship between a father an...
16. Tabla Nani
He is a very famous Indian actor. Tabla Nani is working in both Indian theater and Kannada film industry. He got his first break in the year 2006 for a Kannada movie Mata. Though he was not the lead actor in the movie he played a great role as the supporting actor. The movie released in the year 2009 became the most critical point in the career of Tabla Nani, named Eddelu Manjunatha. His role and acting in this film brought him fame, popularity, and public appraisal. His career is short as he has started performing in the year 2006 only. But even in this short period, he achieved critical appraisal and got famous in the public as well as the Kannada Film Industry. Tamil Nani’s other movies like Rambo and Akka Pakkawas also a blockbuster, which leads the way to his successful career as an actor.
<...17. Vijay Chandur
Vijay is an actor and writer who works in the Kannada film industry. He acted in several films such as “Swayam Krushi,” which focuses on the character of Vijay who is looking for a job and falls in love with a girl named Kalyani. He sets up a business venture with his friends to solve his financial problems and marry the girl of his dreams. It was released on 1 September 2011 and was directed by Veerendra Bahu. “6-5=2,” which focuses on the story of six friends, who decides to go a trip to isolated hill in the Western Ghats for trekking.
They start to experience unusual, paranormal and strange things at the mountain. Vijay plays the role of Thigne Kumar in this movie. It was released on 29 November 2013 and was directed by K.S. Ashoka. “Humb...