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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
Bhavana (Kannada actress) → Bhavana Ramanna – First of all, the current "Kannada actress" is an improper dab. She has also acted in other language films, not only in Kannada. She is also not an actor who uses a mononym, she uses both Bhavana and Ramanna together. Since there's only little coverage on her and the South Indian media outlets often call celebrities with their first name alone, it's difficult to distinguish from search results. She is an actress, producer, politician and dancer. She is credited as Bhavana Ramanna in the poster of her production Niruttara. Her official (not verified though) Facebook page is also Bhavana Ramanna. She is also mentioned as Bhavana Ramanna in India's leading movie ticket selling site Bookmyshow.com, and in the official site of Indian National Congress, her political party. She is the chairperson of Bal Bhavan Society, an educational organisation, where her name is again credited BR. Clearly she prefers and is credited and known by the name Bhavana Ramanna. Let There Be Sunshine (talk) 12:13, 17 January 2018 (UTC) --Relisting.ToThAc (talk) 18:15, 24 January 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. —usernamekiran(talk)21:06, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose (for information I have been discussing this matter with LTBS over at Talk:Bhavana (Malayalam actress), and also closed a 2016 move request identical to this one). I don't deny that there are some sources which use the longer Bhavana Ramanna name, but the question is what is the common name. To test that, I did a Google news search requesting just "Bhavana" and the name of her most recent film, "Niruttara".[1] This search would be equally likely to show Bhavana Ramanna or just Bhavana, depending how the source wrote it. And as you can see, most results coming up there just say "Bhavana". For most actresses or actors, sources would show FirstName Surname. That is why I believe that the single name version is the common name. Regarding Indian sources routinely using mononyms, that is in itself an indicator that the mononym is the common name, and furthermore, from the sources I'm seeing, most give Bhavana a mononym, but do not give other stars as single names. And also do not mention the word "Ramanna" anywhere. For example:
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
