Kannada Movie Review Rugged - Cast & Crew

Sony Komanduri is a playback singer in the South Indian Film industry. She was born on 24th September. She also received one of the prestigious award special jury awards for the best playback singer female in 2012. Her father’s name is Komanduri Ramachary and her mother’s name is Sujatha. Ramachary is a renowned singer in Tollywood. She also has a brother Saketh Komandari. Her brother is also a talented playback singer. She belongs to a family with a music background. She is also nominated for 65th Filmfare awards south 2018 best player singer for the movie Baahubali. She has judged as a special guest in filmy Ganesha by Red Fm.

Chaitra Reddy is a South Indian TV actress. Her home town is Andhra Pradesh. Her date of birth is 22nd March 1990. Her zodiac sign is Aries. She is also known as Shravani. Her birthplace is Bangalore, Karnataka. Her mother tongue is Telugu. She knows how to speak Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and English.

Vijetha Vishwanath is an Indian playback singer. She works predominantly in the Kannada music Industry. Vijetha completed her education at Shri Sharda College, Basrur, India. She was also a contestant in The TV show Kannada Kogile in season 1. She has worked on the songs Tilimoda Baanali, Yaaro Ivalu Grama Devathe, Sri Rama Jayam 108 Times Namavali, Ale Ale, Shuru Maadu Bega, Naguve Kiru Naguve, Nanda Nandana, Hero, Neene Nannusiru, and Bari Nenapugalu. She has worked in the films My Life, Gaeruda Purana, and Rajapatha. Her music is famous across all platforms like- Jio Savan, Apple Music, and Wynk Music.

Arun Kumar A is a Kannada producer known for his work in the movie 'Kaagada.' He also produced the film 'Rugged (2019).'

Abhimann is a well known Kannada singer. He has known for writing his compositions. His date of birth is 16 February 1979 in Bangalore, India. He made his debut in music composition in 2001 with the movie Kullara Loka.

Rajesh Krishnan is an eminent Indian playback singer and actor by profession. Rajesh was born on 3rd June 1973 in Bangalore, India. He started his learning of his field at home itself, his mother Meera Krishnan was her first Guru. He was married to Soumya Rao a Singer, then to Haripriya, who is a dentist and Ramya Vasishta a TV anchor and singer by profession. Rajesh started his career with composer Hamsalekha as a track singer under his guidance.

Vinod Prabhakar is one of the three children from Tiger Prabhakar’s first marriage to Alphonza Mary. Following his father’s footprints, he too joined the Kannada film industry, and since then he has acted in various films. One of his early films was in 2005 with the film ‘Tadipaar’, in which he was casted alongside Charanraj and Bhavya. It was directed by S. S. David and produced by Shiv Kumar, but wasn’t favored much by the critics. Following this, he did two more films in the year of 2007, which were Vip 5 and Circle Rowdy. However, he first tasted success with the release of his 2008 film, ‘Navagraha’, directed by Dinakar and starring Darshan and Sharmila Mandre, along with him. A heist film showcasing 9 actors, all sons of famous Kannada villains, representing the nine planets in a negative light and their quest to steal the golden howdah from the Mysore palace, Navagraha ran for 125 days.

Sri Mahesh Gowda is a well-known Indian director. Sri Mahesh Gowda is known for his predominant contributions in the Kannada film Industry. He has worked as an assistant as well as a co-director.  In his initial days of film making, he worked as an assistant director, for a Kannada movie named Jipuna Nanna Ganda. He also got credited as the co-director for more than thirty super hit Kannada movies, such as Yuga, Deal Raja, Chingari and Goleta. Sri Mahesh Gowda has also worked with eminent actors and directors of the Kannada Industry like Ganesh, Darshan, Duniya Vijay, Komal, K V Raju, Yograj Bhat, A P Arjun and M Chaitanya. Gowda gained fame for his direction in the movie 'Rugged,’ staring Vinod Prabhakar that released in 2018. Sri Mahesh Gowda also got an award for Rugged by the Kannada Film Directors’ Association.

VyasRaj Sasole is an Indian playback Singer who has particularly worked in the Kannada Industry as a Kannada Singer. He was born and bought up in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He went to BES, Mysore, and Sri Cauvery School, Mysore, for his schooling.

Deepak Shetty is an Indian Film Actor. He works in the Kannada and Telugu Film Industry. Deepak started his career as an actor in the Film Industry with Kannada Film named Srikanta. The film released on the 6th of January in the year 2017. The story of the film revolves around Srikanta who works in small petty illegal activities. He gives a lift to Shashi, a journalist en-route to Agumbe. They both talk and share their life experiences in their journey. Manju Swaraj is the director of this film. The film has Shiva Rajkumar, Chandni Sreedharan, Vijay Raghavendra, Achyutha Kumar, and Deepak Shetty in the main roles.

Om Prakash Rao is a known face in Sandalwood, thanks to his stint with direction, production, screenplay writing and acting. He has 25 movies to his credit now as a director. He is mainly famous for his action films with gripping screenplay and restrained romance. Katte, AK 56, Prince, Chandralekha, Shiva  and Electron are some of his latest ventures as a director. He made heads turn with films like Fair & Lovely, Gundu, and Dhool in which he worked as an actor.  Lockup Death and AK 47 is a couple of his megahits in Sandalwood as a director.

Rajesh Nataranga is a famous Indian actor and writer who has gained fame through movies like Just Maath Maathali, Moggina Manasu, etc. He has also written the screenplays for few films. He is one of the gems of Kannada cinema. Born in Karnataka, Rajesh studied BSc in the National College in Basavanagudi in the city of Bangalore. While studying there, his interest in plays and dramas arose, and he joined the theater group Nataranga. Nataranga has given the industry actors like CR Simha, Lokesh, Srinath, etc. This theater group is so close to his heart that it has become an inseparable part of him. He is even popularly known as  Rajesh Nataranga.

Thriller Manju is a person who has left no stone unturned in the field of cinema. A multitalented person, he is a director, a stunt director, an actor and a choreographer. He was born as Manjunatha Kumar in the city of Bengaluru in Karnataka. He has been working in the Kannada Film Industry since the year 1990. Manju entered the film industry through the movie Gejja Nadu in the year 1993. He started out as an actor and did small supporting roles in movies like Jana Nayaka and Shh! a thriller film in the 1990s. After a few stints in acting, he went on to become the captain of the ship that is the director. He ventured into filmmaking in the year 1996 through a cop movie. Thriller Manju, as his name suggests, made a thrilling and racy cop flick titled Police Story. This movie, whose story and screenplay were also written by Manju, had actor Sai Kumar in the lead. It became an instant blockbuster and even today remains a trademark film. The after effect of the movie was so high that fans started to expect another similar movie from Manju, which led him to direct the sequels for this cult film. In the year 2006, after ten years of the release of the first one, Manju directed its sequel movie titled Police Story 2. This flick also had the ‘Dialogue King’ Sai Kumar in the lead. The movie opened up to mixed reviews.