Kannada Cinema News
Veteran Kannada film critic Vijayasarathy dead
Bangalore, Feb 24 : Veteran Kannada film critic R.G. Vijayasarathy passed away here Sunday after brief illness, family sources said. He was 63. Read Full Story
'Devarane' - watch for it's comic moment (Kannada Film Review)
By V.S. Rajapur, Review: "Devarane"; Actor: Ravishankar, Neethu, Tabala Nani, Sadhu Kokila, Raju Thalikote, Bullet Prakash; Producers: Shivu Kabbina, Lucky Shankar; Writer and director: Lucky Shankar: Music: Sadhu Kokila; Camera: M.R.Seenu; Rating: ** Read Full Story
'Attahasa' - good for one-time watch!
By V.S.Rajapur: Film: "Attahasa"; Actors: Kishore, Arjun Sarja, Ravi Kale, C.P.Yogeshwar, Lakshmi Rai, Suresh Oberoi and Vijayalakshmi; Producer-Director: A.M.R.Ramesh; Camera: Milton; Background Music: Sandeep Chowta; Editor: Anthony; Rating: **1/2 Read Full Story
'Gombegala Love' engaging, newcomers wow audience
By V.S. Rajapur: Film: "Gombegala Love"; Cast: Arun, Pawana, Achyut Kumar, Shruthi, Ramakrishna and others; Director: Santhosh; Producer: Arun Raj Urs; Camera: Kiran Hampapura; Music Director: Srinath Vijay; Rating: **** Read Full Story
'Charminar' - fresh narration, natural portrayal
By V.S. Rajapur : Film: "Charminar"; Producer-Writer-Director: R.Chandru; Cast: Nenapirali Prem, Meghana Gaonkar, Rangayana Raghu, Raju Thalikote, Mrudula, Vidya Murthy; Music: Hari; Background Music: Guru Kiran; Camera: K.S.Chandrashekhar; Rating: ***1/2 Read Full Story
'Bangari' another disappointing Yogish film (Kannada Film Review)
By V.S. Rajapur : Film: "Bangari"; Actors: Yogish, Ragini Dwivedi, Sharath Lohithashwa, Kadal Dandapani, Ramesh Bhat, Sadhu Kokila, Swayamvara Chandru and Sathya Priya; Producer: A. Ellappa; Director: Ma. Chandru; Music: A.M. Neel; Camera: Niranjan Babu; Rating: * Read Full Story
'Varadanayaka' - must-watch revenge drama
Film: "Varadanayaka"; Actors: Kiccha Sudeep, Chiranjeevi Sarja, Sameera Reddy, Nikisha Patel, Ravishankar, Shobharaj. Jai Jagadish, Sharath Lohithashwa and others; Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction: Aiyappa Sharma; Producer: Shankar; Music: Arjun Janya; Camera: Rahesh Katta; Rating: ***1/2 Read Full Story
Vedhika bags Kannada remake of 'Brindavanam'
Southern actress Vedhika Kumar has been roped in to play the female lead in the upcoming Kannada family-drama "Brindavana", a remake of Telugu film "Brindavanam". Read Full Story
Kannada filmmaker S. Ramanathan dead
Veteran Kannada film producer S. Ramanathan died Wednesday at his residence here. He was 83. Read Full Story
Awareness campaign on direct cash transfer scheme
East Godavari District Collector Neethu kumary has launched the awareness campaign on direct cash transfer scheme by flagging off the 'Publicity vans' at a function held at the Collectorate here today. Read Full Story
Sandalwood actors, producers protest against service tax proposal
Actors, Producers and other stake holders of the Kannada cine sector known as Sandalwood today joined compatriots in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to protest against the Union Government's decision to impose service tax on actors, who earned more than Rs ten lakh per annum. Read Full Story
'Yaare Koogadali' - go for variety in entertainment (Movie Review)
Film: "Yaare Koogadali"; Actors: Cast: Puneet Raj Kumar, Bhavana, Yogi, Smitha, Girish Karnad, ,Sindhu Lokanath, Ravishankar, Malavika, Shobharaj and Rakesh Adiga; Director: Samuththirakani; Producer: Parvathamma Raj Kumar; Camera: Sukumar; Music Director: Hari Krishna; Rating: ***1/2 Read Full Story
Cine-goers go on rampage in theatre
Upset over the malfunctioning of sound system during the maiden screening of Kannada film stars Puneet Rajkumar's 'Yare Koogadali', cine-goers today damaged glass panes of doors and windows at the theater. Read Full Story
"Prem Adda " lacks native elements ( Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "Prem Adda"; Director: Mahesh Babu; Producer: Mekha Murali Krishna; Cast: Prem, Kriti Kharbanda, Murali Krishna, S.Govind, Nagaraja Murthy Shivamanju and Radha Ramachandra; Music: Hari Krishna; Camera: Arun Prasad; Rating **1/2 Read Full Story
'Hosa Prema Purana' boring throughout (Kannada Film Review)
Film: "Hosa Prema Puraana"; Cast: Nithin, Shraddha Das, Radhika Gandhi and Pooja Gandhi, Sangeetha, Shanker Rao, Jigani Chandrasekhar; Director: Anchehalli Shivakumar; Producer: Prasad Salumara; Music: Rajesh Ramanath; Rating; *1/2 Read Full Story
'Olavina Ole' suffers in narration (Kannada Film Review)
Film: "Olavina Ole"; Cast: Santosh, Neha Patil, Shanker Ashwath, Aruna Balaraj, Ruthu and Rekha; Screenplay-Direction: Teshi Venkatesh; Producer: Mamatha Venkatesh; Music: Yasho Vardhan; Camera: Mahantehs Maski; Rating:**1/2 Read Full Story
Divide between parallel, commerial cinema created by media: Kasarvall
Renowned Kannada filmmaker and director of the film 'Kurmavatara', Girish Kasarvalli today said there is a thin line between serious and mainstream cinema and that the division of parallel and commercial cinema has been created by the media. Read Full Story
'Edegarike' rides high on good script, powerful performances (Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "Edegarike"; Cast: Aditya, Akanksha, Atul Kulkarni, Dharma, Srujan Lokesh, Achyuth Kumar and others; Director: Sumana Kiththoor; Producers: Ravindra and Amanulla Shariff; Music Director: Sadhu Kokila; Camera: Raakesh; Rating: *** Read Full Story
'Drama' - entertaining dramatic affair (Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "Drama"; Cast: Yash, Radhika Pandit, Neenasam Sathish, Sindhu Lokanath, Sampath Kumar, Suchayeendra Prasad, Lohithashwa, Rockline Venkatesh and Malavika Avinash; Writer-Director: Yogaraj Bhat; Producer: Jayanna and Bhogeendra; Music: Hari Krishna Camera: S.Krishna; Rating: ***1/2 Read Full Story
'Bannada Kode' - touching tale, but poor narration
Film: "Bannada Kode": Cast: Baby Suhasini, Yathiraj, Rohith Kumar Kateel, Master Chiranjeevi, Sharanya, Mohini and others; Director: Krishna Belthangadi; Producer: Harish Bellaala; Camera: Vishnu Prasad; Music Director: Neville; Rating: **1/2 Read Full Story
'Guru' doesn't live up to expectations (Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "Guru"; Actors: Gururaj, Rashmi Gautham, Sudharani, Sreenivasa Murthy , Shylashree, Abhijith, Shobharaj, Jeevan, Yathiraj and Killer Venkatesh; Director: Jaggesh; Producer: Jaggesh and Parimala Jaggesh; Camera: Ramesh Babu; Music: Vinay Chandra; Rating: ** Read Full Story
Youngest Indian filmmaker creates record, features thousands of students in a song
The youngest Indian filmmaker Master Kishan Shrikanth, added another feather to his cap, by featuring around 35,000 students in a promotional song for his forthcoming film 'Teenage'. Read Full Story
'I' too disappointing to be rated (Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "I"; Cast: Shekhar, Sushma, Naveen Patil, M.S. Umesh, Tumkur Mohan, Hemalatha and others; Director: V.V. Vardhan; Producer: Vinod Kumar; Camera: Nagesh Acharya; Composer: M.S. Mithun; Rating: None Read Full Story
Popular actress Mynavathi passes away
Popular Kannada and Tamil film actor Mynavathi died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital here today. Read Full Story
'Super Shastri' - avoid it! (Kannada Film Review)
Film: "Super Shastri"; Cast: Prajwal Devaraj, Haripriya, Umashree, Bullet Prakash, G. Ramachandran, Muni, Pallakki Radhakrishna, Kote Prabhakar, Tennis Krishna, Mugu Suresh, Mysore Ramachandra, Mimicry Rajagopal and others; Director: Raviraj; Producer: G.Ramachandran; Rating: *1/2 Read Full Story
Media 'onslaught' led to collapse of moral values: Director
The 'onslaught' of visual media has resulted in collapse of moral values among children which needs to be looked into immediately to ensure restoration of the culture and tradition of the society, said noted Kannada film Director T S Nagabharana. Read Full Story
'Kranti Veera Sangolli Raayanna' truly historical (Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "Kranti Veera Sangolli Raayanna"; Cast: Darshan, Jayaprada, Nikitha Thukral, Shashi Kumar, Sreenivasa Murthy, Ramesh Bhat, Shobharaj, Doddanna, Sathyajith, Sourav and others; Director: Naganna; Producer: Anand Appugol; Dialogues: Keshava Adithya; Camera: Ramesh Babu; Music: Yasho Vardhan; Background score: Hari Krishna; Rating: **** Read Full Story
'Dakota Picture' not an extraordinary remake (Kannada Movie Review)
Film: "Dakota Picture"; Cast: Rockline Venkatesh, Nikisha Patel, Shashi Kumar, Om Prakash Rao, Doddanna, Mukyamantri Chandru, Manadip Rai, Raju Thalikote, Malathi Sardeshpande and others; Director: N. Omprakash Rao; Producer: Rockline Venkatesh; Cinematography: Jagadish Wali; Music: Hamsalekha; Rating: ** Read Full Story
'Golmaal' drags, lacks fun element
Film: "Golmaal"; Cast: Vijaya Raghavendra, Shubha Poonja, Rangayana Raghu, Om Prakash Rao, Petrol Prasanna, Sanketh Kashi and others; Writer-Director: Pramod Chakravarthy; Producer: Anaji Nagaraj; Camera: R. Giri; Music Director: Radhey Krishna; Rating: * Read Full Story
'Ball Pen' - innocent film with a message
Film: 'Ball Pen'; Direction: Shashikanth; Cast: Suchendra Prasad, Srinagara Kitty, Master Skanda M. Prasad, Master Samarth, Master Shalom Raj, Arjun, Miss Chethana, Miss Bhoomika, Master Vishal, B.S. Mallapurmath, Mruthunjaya Hiremath, Sudha Gudgunti; Producers: Srinagara Kitty and Bhavana Belegere; Camera: C.J. Rajakumar; Music: Manikanth Khadri; Rating ***1/2 Read Full Story
Karnad's 'Tughlaq' set for mega comeback in Delhi
Plays are the mirrors of social change in a nation full of political drama like India. Girish Karnad's iconic play "Tughlaq" scripted nearly 50 years ago, which makes a mega comeback here from Oct 28, still continues to be relevant. Read Full Story
Insipid story makes 'Gokula Krishna' a dull watch
Film: "Gokula Krishna"; Cast: Prajwal Devaraj, Ananya, Bhavya, Jai Jagadish, Srinath, Doddanna, Sadhu Kokila, Kuri Pratap and others; Director: B.M. Jayakannan; Producer: P. Shekar Gowda; Camera; Vinod Bharathi; Composer: S.A. Rajkumar; Editor: Sai Suresh; Rating: * 1/2 Read Full Story
'Mr. 420' - not entirely enjoyable
Film: "Mr.420"; Director: Pradeep Raj; Producer: Sandesh Nagaraju; Actors: Ganesh, Praneetha, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Pradeep Raj, Kuri Pratap and Swayamvara Chandru; Music: Hari Krishna; Camera: R.Giri; Story and Dialogues: B.A. Madhu; Rating: **1/2 Read Full Story
'Kaalaaya Thasmai Namaha' a lengthy, tedious film
Film:Kaalaaya Thasmai Namaha; Actors: Yogish, Madhubala, Rangayana Raghu, Ravi Kale, Raju Thalikote, Naveen, Shankar Aswath and Jayasimha Musuri; Producer: Maruthi Jadiyavar; Story-Screenplay-Direction: Chandrashekhar Shrivastav; Music: A.M.Neel; Camera: Cinetech Suri; Ratings: ** Read Full Story
'Snehitharu' engaging mass entertainer
Film: "Snehitharu"; Cast: Vijaya Raghvendra, Pranitha, Tharun Chandra, Ravishankar Gowda, Srujan Lokesh, Shobharaj, Darshan and Nikitha; Producer: Soundarya Jagadish; Writer-Director: Ram Narayan; Music Director: Hari Krishna; Camera: M.R. Seenu; Rating: *** 1/2 Read Full Story
'Ondhu Kshanadalli' marred by weak narration
Film: "Ondhu Kshanadalli"; Cast: Tarun, Bhama, Sanjjana Archana, Sangeetha, Sharan, Sathyajith and M.S.Umesh; Director: Dinesh Baboo; Producers: Jai Jagadish and Vijayalakshmi Singh; Music: Giridhara Diwan; Camera: Suresh Byrasandra; Rating: ** Read Full Story
'Siddaganga' message-based enjoyable cinema
Film: "Siddaganga"; Cast: Thanmayee, Master Manoj, Ravi Chethan, Nidusaale Puttaswamaiah, Bank Janardhan, Ramesh Bhat, Veena Sundar and others; Producer: Nidasaale Puttaswamiah; Director: G. Murthy; Camera: P.K.H. Doss; Music Director: Pichchalli Sreenivas; Editor: B.S. Kemparaju; Rating: *** Read Full Story
'Kalpana' - mass entertainer
Film: "Kalpana"; Producer-Director: Ram Narayan; Cast: Upendra, Sai Kumar, Lakshmi Rai, Shruthi, Umashri, Shobharaj, Sathyajith, Achyuth Kumar, Bullet Prakash; Camera: Selvaraj; Music: Hari Krishna; Rating: ***1/2 Read Full Story
Language no barrier in expressing human emotions: Vedhika
Vedhika Kumar has worked in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films and says she would love to explore opportunities in other industries as well because language is not a hurdle for her. Read Full Story
CYNMPK a bad experiment
Film: "Cyber Yugadol Navayuva Madhura Prema Kavyam" (CYNMPK); Cast: Gurunandan, Shwetha Srivastav, Manojava, Sharath Lohithashwa, Veena Sundar, Sushma Nanaiah, Sundar, Nanjunda; Producer: Ashwin Kumar; Screenplay writer-Director: Madhu Chandra; Camera: Manohar Joshi; Music Directors: Vasu Dixit and Abhilash Lakra; Rating: * 1/2 Read Full Story
Poor direction, performance mar 'Jai Hind'
Film: "Jai Hind"; Cast: Sandesh, Pooja Gandhi, Shobharaj, Thriller Manju, Ramesh Bhat, Sathyajith and others; Director: Venugopal; Producer: Major Srinivasa Poojar; Composer: Krishna Vardhan Kulkarni; Camera: Suryakanth Honnali; Rating: ** Read Full Story
'Manjunatha BA LLB' is disappointing
Film: "Manjunatha BA LLB"; Cast: Jaggesh, Reema Worah, Tabala Naani, Sreenivasa Murthy, Girija Lokesh, Late Karibasavayya, Shankar Patil, Dhidanand, swastick Shankar and others; Director and Dialogues: Mohan; Producer: A. Ganesh; Music: Vinay Chandra; Rating: ** Read Full Story
Aamir inspired me to take up 'Prithvi': Kannada actor Puneeth
Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, youngest son of late actor Rajkumar, is a huge fan of Aamir Khan and says the Bollywood star inspired him to accept the lead role in "Prithvi". Read Full Story
Kannada Movie Review: Sagar (2012)
M.D. Sridhar's Sagar wasreleased on 10th August 2012. The lead actors in the movie are Prajwal Devaraj, Haripriya, Sanjana, RadhikaPandit, Dev Gill, Sharath Lohithashva, Avinash and Adi Lokesh. The male lead,Prajwal is the son of yesteryear superstar Devaraj. Read Full Story
Kannada Movie Review: 12 AM Madhyarathri (2012)
Kannada film 12 AM Madhyarathri was released on August 10, 2012. The movie falls in thecategory of horror flick. It has been directed by Karthik. The producer of the movie is Vijaykumar, who has been ably guided by veteran filmmaker Kashinathfor this project. Read Full Story
Kannada Movie Review: Challenge (2012)
The movie has an intriguing story line. It starts in a factory where we see peoplegasping for breath. They include Nishan, Harish Raj, Dilip Raj, Sanjana Singh, AchyuthKumar, Kalabhavan Mani and Riyaz Khan. Read Full Story
Kannada Movie Review: Shiva (2012)
Shiva was releasedon August 10, 2012. The first 30 minutes of the movie builds up the story.Director Om Prakash Rao tries to stitch together different socialissues together. Read Full Story
Kannada Movie Review: Naavika (2012)
Naavikais a movie belonging to both action and romantic genre. The cast includesManish Chandra, Swathi, Shravant Rao, Shobhraj, Ester Jannath and TennisKrishna. It was releasedon 31st August, this year. Read Full Story
'Rambo', a complete entertainer
Film: "Rambo"; Cast: Sharan, Madhuri, Tabala Naani, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Umashri, M.S. Umesh and others; Screenplaywriter-Director: Srinath; Producer: Atlanta Nagendra and Sharan; Composer: Arjun Janya; Camera: S. Krishna; Rating: *** 1/2 Read Full Story
Avoid watching 'Naavika'
Film: Naavika; Direction: Sen Prakash; Producer: Binocular Productions; Cast: Shravanth Rao, Manischandra, Shobaraj, Swathi, Janath Estar, Tennis Krishna, Ninasam Ashwath, Music: Raj Narayan; Camera: Cine Tech Soori; Rating: * Read Full Story
'Shiva' - an ordinary affair
Film: "Shiva"; Producer: K.P.Srikanth, Kantharaj; Director: Om Prakash Rao; Cast: Shivarajkumar, Ragini, Ravishankar, Ravi Kale, Rangayana Raghu, Gurudatt, Shobharaj, Bullet Prakash; Music: Guru Kiran; Camera: Sathya Hegde; Rating: ** Read Full Story
'Challenge' engaging, entertaining
Film: "Challenge"; Cast: Harish Raj, Dilip Raj, Neenasam, Achyuth Kumar, Dharma, Riyaz Khan, Sanjana Singh, Nihal; Director: Ganesh Kamaraj; Producer: Sridharan; Composer: Kannan; Camera: Magesh Dev; Rating: ** 1/2 Read Full Story
'12 A.M.' scares, entertains audiences
Film: "12 A.M."; Cast: Abhimanyu, Divya Sridhar, Kashinath, Ravikumar, Mithun, Nakshatra, Basavaraj and others; Director: Karthik; Producer: Prathibha Vijaykumar; Screenplay: Kashinath; Music Director: Rajesh Ramanath; Camera: Umapati; Rating: *** Read Full Story
'Sagar' - a good timepass!
Film: "Sagar"; Actors: Prajwal Devaraj, Radhika Pandit, Hari Priya, Sanjjana, Dev Gill, Avinash, Sharath Lohithashwa, Aadi Lokesh; Screenplay-Direction: M.D.Sridhar; Producer: Ramu; Cinematography: K.Krishna Kumar; Music: Guru Kiran; Rating: **1/2 Read Full Story
'18th Cross' - not worth the wait
Film: "18th Cross"; Actors: Deepak, Radhika Pandit, Ramakrishna, Vinayaprasad, Kari Subbu, Jeeva; Director: Shanker; Producer: Rathna Chikkanna; Music: Arjun Janya; Camera: P.L.Ravi and Suresh Babu; Rating: ** Read Full Story
'God Father' treat for Upendra fans
Film: "God Father"; Cast: Upendra (in triple role), Soundarya, Catherine, Ramesh Bhat, Sudha Belawadi, Kurigalu Prathap, Keerthiraj, Sathyajith, Siddaraj Kalyankar and others; Director: Sethu Sriram; Producer: K.Manju; Music: A.R Rehman; Editor: Basavaraja Urs; Rating: *** Read Full Story
'Gowri Putra' - an average affair
Film: Gowri Putra; Cast: Akshay, Nikitha Tukral, Nagashekhar, Niveditha, Roopika, Ramesh Bhat, Sihi Kahi Geetha, Pawan and Manasi; Direction and screenplay: Manjunath M. Maskal Matti, Producer: Sowmyasri; Music: Milind Dharmasena; Cinematography: PL Ravi; Rating: ** Read Full Story
Air Force Southern Air command Chief visits Bangalore
Bangalore, Jul 18 : Air Marshal S P Singh, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command visited Air Force Station Chimney Hills in the city today. Read Full Story
'Romeo' - stylish entertainer on true love
By V.S. Rajapur, Film: "Romeo"; Cast: Ganesh, Bhavana, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Sudha Belawadi,Avniash, Mithra, Girish; Director: P.C. Sekhar; Producer: Naveen; Camera: Vaidhi; Music: Arjun Janya; Rating: *** Read Full Story
Arvind Kaushik creates history, shoots film in two hours
Bangalore, July 3 : Kannada director Arvind Kaushik created a record by wrapping up his film "Nam Areiali Innondhina" in just two hours here. Read Full Story