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However, this decade also saw the emergence of talented artists like [[Upendra]], [[Darshan Tugudeep]] (son of Toogudeepa Sreenivas),[[Puneet Rajkumar]] (Rajkumar's third son), [[Sudeep]], [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]], [[Diganth]] and [[Duniya Vijay|Vijay]]. |
However, this decade also saw the emergence of talented artists like [[Upendra]], [[Darshan Tugudeep]] (son of Toogudeepa Sreenivas),[[Puneet Rajkumar]] (Rajkumar's third son), [[Sudeep]], [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]], [[Diganth]] and [[Duniya Vijay|Vijay]]. |
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[Puneeth Rajkumar] is considered to be the most successful box office hero of the current generation actor of Kannada cinema. Appu, Aakash, Arasu , Milana, jackie and annabond are puneeth's biggest commercial successes so far. |
[[Puneeth Rajkumar]] is considered to be the most successful box office hero of the current generation actor of Kannada cinema. Appu, Aakash, Arasu , Milana, jackie and annabond are puneeth's biggest commercial successes so far. |
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Ace Director [[Upendra]] turned into an actor and acted in many Super hit films like ''[[A (Kannada film)|A]](1998) |
Ace Director [[Upendra]] turned into an actor and acted in many Super hit films like ''[[A (Kannada film)|A]]'' (1998), ''[[Upendra (film)|Upendra]]'' (1999), ''[[Preethse]]'' (2000), ''[[Raa (film)|Raa]]'' (2001), ''[[Kutumba (2003 film)|Kutumba]]'' (2003), ''[[Raktha Kanneeru]]'' (2003), ''[[Gokarna (2003 film)|Gokarna]]'' (2003), ''[[Gowramma (2005 film)|Gowramma]]'' (2005), ''[[Auto Shankar (film)|Auto Shankar]]'' (2005), ''[[Aishwarya (film)|Aishwarya]]'' (2006), ''[[Anatharu]]'' (2007), ''[[Budhivanta]]'' (2008), ''[[Super (2010 Indian film)|Super]]'' (2010), ''[[Katari Veera Surasundarangi]]'' (2012), and ''[[Kalpana (2012 film)|Kalpana]]'' (2012). Upendra is not only an established [[Superstar]] of the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada Film Industry]], but also has much Recognition in [[Andhra pradesh]]. |
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Kannada actress [[Umashree]] won a Best Actress National Award for the movie ''[[Gulabi Talkies]]'' in 2009; the film also screened at Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, and won three awards: Best Film in Indian Competition, Best Actress in Indian Competition (Umashree), and Best Actor in Indian Competition (Vinay BM). |
Kannada actress [[Umashree]] won a Best Actress National Award for the movie ''[[Gulabi Talkies]]'' in 2009; the film also screened at Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, and won three awards: Best Film in Indian Competition, Best Actress in Indian Competition (Umashree), and Best Actor in Indian Competition (Vinay BM). |
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Kannada cinema celebrated its 75-year anniversary in 2009. A function was held on the palace grounds in Bangalore on 1 March 2009 under the direction of [[V. Ravichandran]], featuring a set resembling an open-winged bird. It was attended by many stars from Kannada cinema and from other film industries who had a stint in Kannada films. |
Kannada cinema celebrated its 75-year anniversary in 2009. A function was held on the palace grounds in Bangalore on 1 March 2009 under the direction of [[V. Ravichandran]], featuring a set resembling an open-winged bird. It was attended by many stars from Kannada cinema and from other film industries who had a stint in Kannada films. |
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In 2010, [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]]'s final film, ''[[Aptharakshaka]]'', created new box office records. Puneeth Rajkumar's film with director Soori, ''[[Jackie (2010 film)|Jackie]]'', broke previous records by collecting {{INR}}35 |
In 2010, [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]]'s final film, ''[[Aptharakshaka]]'', created new box office records. Puneeth Rajkumar's film with director Soori, ''[[Jackie (2010 film)|Jackie]]'', broke previous records by collecting {{INR}}35 crore. [[Upendra]]'s 2010 film titled ''[[Super (2010 Indian film)|Super]]'' was the most expensive Kannada film of its time and collected {{INR}}50 crore and it is the second highest grossing kannada movie till date behind ''[[Mungaru male]]'' which collected {{INR}}75 crore. |
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The cinema of Karnataka, sometimes colloquially referred to as Sandalwood and as Chandanavana in Kannada,[1][2] is a part of Indian cinema, where motion pictures are produced in the Indian state of Karnataka, and based in Bangalore. Today more than 100 films are made every year.[3] A handful of the Big Stars movies are released in the USA, Australia, Germany, UK and other countries.[4] Efforts to further expand its market have met with some success. A total of 650 cinema theatres in Karnataka gives great scope for the cinema industry.
History of Kannada cinema
Early history
In 1934, the first Kannada talkie, Sati Sulochana,[5] appeared in theatres, followed by Bhakta Dhruva (aka Dhruva Kumar).
Both Sati Sulochana and Bhakta Dhruva were major successes. Sati Sulochana was shot in Kolhapur at the Chatrapathi studio; most filming, sound recording, and post-production was done in Chennai. It was difficult, as well, to find financial backing for new film projects in the region; thus, very few movies in Kannada were released during the early years of Indian sound cinema.
Gubbi Veeranna could be considered the doyen of Kannada cinema during the mid to late forties. In 1949, Honnappa Bhagavathar who had earlier acted in Gubbi Veeranna's films, produced Bhaktha Kumbara and starred in the lead role along with Pandaribai. In 1955, Honnappa Bhagavathar again produced a Kannada film Mahakavi Kalidasa in which he introduced B. Saroja Devi.
Ku Ra Seetharama Sastry ("Kurasi") was an actor, film director, lyricist, and screen playwright from the mid-forties through the late seventies. Kurasi introduced several artists to Kannada film industry, including Shivaram (Beratha Jeeva) and Shakthi Prasad (Karaga Shakti, father of Kannada,Telugu & Tamil actor/director Arjun).
Narasimharaju and G. V. Iyer decided to form a partnership and produce movies. The partnership lasted for only a couple of movies. Ranadhira Kanteerava was one such successful joint venture. The majority of the films during this decade were either mythological or historical in nature.
The rise of Rajkumar in the early 1950s encouraged the Kannada film industry to make more historical movies. Bedara Kannappa (1954) was the first Kannada movie which completed 100 days and it received a letter of appreciation from the central government.
1970s and 1980s
The 1970s and the 1980s are often considered to be the Golden Age of Kannada cinema. It was also the period that witnessed the birth of alternate cinema or parallel cinema. Kannada cinema spearheaded the parallel cinema movement in India along with Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam cinemas.
B. V. Karanth's Chomana Dudi (an evocative film on caste distinctions), Girish Karnad's Kaadu and Girish Kasaravalli's Ghatashraddha spearheaded the Kannada parallel cinema. Vamshavruksha, Prema Karanth's Phaniyamma, Kadu Kudure, Hamsageethe, Accident, Akramana, Mooru Dhaarigalu, Tabarana Kathe and Bannadha Vesha and mainly Puttanna Kanagal's Naagarahaavu were some of the important movies of this era. Dr. Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh were the two stars born from the film Naagarahaavu. Dr. Vishnuvardhan became a Super star of South India. Ambarish was mass hero of 1980's who showed us villain became Hero by his talent. Dr. Vishnuvardhan acted in 220 films in total in 5 main languages of the country. Dr.Rajkumar and Dr.Vishnuvardhan are considered the two pillars of Kannada cinema.Ambarish is currently in politics and also backbone of current kannada film industry and maintaining industry prestige.
Shankar Nag made his own mark with the internationally acclaimed Ondanondu Kaladalli and Malgudi Days, along with several commercial hits. Ananth Nag, Tiger Prabhakar, Lokesh, Ashok, Srinath, M. P. Shankar, and Sunder Krishna Urs were other actors who made their own mark in the industry. Puttana Kanagal paved the way for the above mentioned actors as well as Ramakrishna, Kokila Mohan, and Chandrashekar. Lakshmi, Padma Vaasanthi, Geetha, Madhavi, Saritha, and Jayamala were some of the actresses who made their mark.
The late 80's saw the emergence of Ambareesh,V. Ravichandran and Shivarajkumar as top heroes with good number of family oriented films were made during this period. Rajendra singh babu, D.Rajendra babu, V. Somashekhar,SaiPrakash, M.S Rajshekhar, are some of the top most directors of this era. H. R. Bhargava directed numerous popular Kannada movies during the 1980s and 1990s.
Ravichandran and Hamsalekha successfully created a blend exclusively for youth. Ravichandran brought in actresses from other industries. The same era also marked the beginning of many actresses such as Bhavya, Mahalaxmi, Sudha Rani, Tara, Malashri, Anjali, Vanitha Vasu, Anjana, and Shruthi came to the limelight.
Kannada film industry is the first one to do a 'Bond' type of movie in India. Dr.Rajkumar acted in this sequels and was the first Bond of Indian cinema.Kannada cinema gets its first in Indian cinemas for introducing Item song/Cabary dance.
New millennium
The Kannada film industry managed to generate several blockbusters in the first decade of the new millennium. It suffered heavy losses with the demise of superstars of Karnataka Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan (actor), K. S. Ashwath and Vajramuni.
Yajamana by Vishnuvardhan (actor) broke all previous box office records, running to packed houses in many theaters across the country for more than a year.
However, this decade also saw the emergence of talented artists like Upendra, Darshan Tugudeep (son of Toogudeepa Sreenivas),Puneet Rajkumar (Rajkumar's third son), Sudeep, Ganesh, Diganth and Vijay.
Puneeth Rajkumar is considered to be the most successful box office hero of the current generation actor of Kannada cinema. Appu, Aakash, Arasu , Milana, jackie and annabond are puneeth's biggest commercial successes so far.
Ace Director Upendra turned into an actor and acted in many Super hit films like A (1998), Upendra (1999), Preethse (2000), Raa (2001), Kutumba (2003), Raktha Kanneeru (2003), Gokarna (2003), Gowramma (2005), Auto Shankar (2005), Aishwarya (2006), Anatharu (2007), Budhivanta (2008), Super (2010), Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012), and Kalpana (2012). Upendra is not only an established Superstar of the Kannada Film Industry, but also has much Recognition in Andhra pradesh.
Kannada actress Umashree won a Best Actress National Award for the movie Gulabi Talkies in 2009; the film also screened at Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, and won three awards: Best Film in Indian Competition, Best Actress in Indian Competition (Umashree), and Best Actor in Indian Competition (Vinay BM).
Kannada cinema celebrated its 75-year anniversary in 2009. A function was held on the palace grounds in Bangalore on 1 March 2009 under the direction of V. Ravichandran, featuring a set resembling an open-winged bird. It was attended by many stars from Kannada cinema and from other film industries who had a stint in Kannada films.
In 2010, Vishnuvardhan's final film, Aptharakshaka, created new box office records. Puneeth Rajkumar's film with director Soori, Jackie, broke previous records by collecting ₹35 crore. Upendra's 2010 film titled Super was the most expensive Kannada film of its time and collected ₹50 crore and it is the second highest grossing kannada movie till date behind Mungaru male which collected ₹75 crore.
Critical reception
Film directors from the Kannada film industry like Girish Kasaravalli have garnered international recognition. Other noted directors include Puttanna Kanagal, G. V. Iyer, Girish Karnad, T. S. Nagabharana, Yograj Bhat, Soori and Upendra only Kannada director who is in the 17th place in worlds 100 most popular directors list.
Kannada cinema, along with Bengali and Malayalam films, contributed simultaneously to the age of Indian parallel cinema. Some of the influential Kannada films in this genre are Samskara (based on a novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy), Chomana Dudi by B. V. Karanth, Tabarana Kathe, Vamshavruksha, Kadu Kudure, Hamsageethe, Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu, Accident, Maanasa Sarovara, Ghatashraddha, Tabarana Kathe, Mane, Kraurya, Thaayi Saheba, Dweepa.
Film crew
Music composers
T. G. Lingappa, G.K. Venkatesh, Vijaya Bhaskar, L. Vaidyanathan, Rajan-Nagendra, C. Ashwath, Upendra Kumar, M. Ranga Rao, Ilaiyaraaja, Thomas Rathnam[6],[7], Hamsalekha, Guru Kiran, Mano Murthy, Anoop Seelin, V. Harikrishna, Arjun Janya, Stephen Prayog among others are some of the most prominent music directors and composers of Kannada cinema.
Cinematography
Important Kannada cinematographers include: B. V. Madhusudhan (Daari Tapida Maga), D. V. Raja Ram (Bandhana), B. C. GowriShankar (Om), S. Ramachandra (Rishya Shringa, Ghatashradha), G. S. Bhaskar (Bannada Vesha, Nagamandala), Ramachandra Halkere (Thaisaheba, Dweepa, Nenapiralli), G S V Seetharam (Ekaangi, Aham Premaasmi), Krishna (Mungaru Male, Geleya, Haage Sumane, Maleyalli Jotheyalli, Milana, Birugaali), Gynamurthy (Mani, Payana, Love Guru, Premism, Lifeu Istene, Sidlingu), and H. C. Venu (Sparsha, A, Ugadi, Aa Dinagalu), Satya Hegde (Duniya, Hudugata, Inthi Ninna Preethiya, Hudugaru, Jackie, Excuse me) Shekhar Chandra (Circus, Krishnan Marriage story), Santhosh Rai Pataje (Savi Savi Nenapu, Josh), Rathna Velu (Cynide, Gaalipata), Ashok V Raman (Eddelu Manjunatha, Bodyguard)
Playback Singers
T. G. Lingappa, P. B. Srinivas, Dr. Rajkumar, P. Susheela, P. Leela, K. J. Yesudas, S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubramanyam, L. R. Eswari, Vani Jayaram, K. S. Chitra, B. R. Chaya, Manjula Gururaj, Rajesh Krishnan, Nanditha, Chaitra H. G., Sowmya Raoh, Shamita Malnad, Karthik, Anuradha Bhat among others have been the prominent playback voices for Kannada film songs.
State awards
- Other awards
- Filmfare Awards South
- Mirchi Music Awards South
- South Scope Awards
- TV9 Sandalwood Star Awards
Departures
Kannada cinema has lost several of its most talented stars at the peak of their careers. Kalpana and Manjula of former years and Shankar Nag, Suneel, Nivedita Jain, Soundarya, and Shashikumar (survived) of the latter, died when they were at their prime. Aarathi, Sudha Rani and Anjali faded out due to their personal lives.
Industry crossovers
- Kannada-Tulu native artists who migrated from Karnataka to other languages
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See also
References
- ^ Sandalwood's Gain. Deccan Herald. January 23, 2006
- ^ Young talent applauded. Deccan Herald. December 28, 2003
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "First film to talk in Kannada" article in The Hindu
- ^ www.thomasrathnam.com
- ^ http://musicmazaa.com/kannada/audiosongs/movie/Banna+Bannada+Loka.html
External links
- Kannada Movie News, Photos and Videos
- Seventy glorious years of Kannada Talkies - www.viggy.com
- Natasarvabhouma Rajkumar Biography
- Kannada Film Songs Collection
- Karunadu Sangeetha Vaibhava - Greatest Kannada Hits
- Rajakumar, king of Kannada cinema
- Sandalwood - Kannada Cinema News
- Cinema
- IMDb database of films in the Kannada language
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Sudeep is very good actor