55-752: Anup Bhandari is an Indian film director, composer and lyricist who works primarily in Kannada cinema . He made his directorial début with the mystery thriller film Rangitaranga , featuring his brother Nirup Bhandari , in 2015. Anup Bhandari was born on 2 March 1982 in Puttur, Karnataka to Sudhakar Bhandary and Rathna Bhandary. He was brought up in Mysore, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in Information Science from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology . After graduating, he joined Infosys Technologies as
110-622: A Software Engineer in Mysore and eventually moved to USA, where he worked for almost a decade before returning to India to make his debut feature film. Bhandari started off making short films while working for Infosys and won several awards. While in the US, he directed a short film called "WORDS" starring Hollywood actor Russell Harvard of There Will Be Blood and Fargo fame. This paved way for his debut feature film RangiTaranga , starring his brother Nirup Bhandari , Radhika Narayan , Avantika Shetty and Sai Kumar . RangiTaranga turned out to be one of
165-446: A brief phase of portraying antagonistic and supporting characters. After establishing himself as a lead actor portraying rebellious characters on screen in a number of commercially successful films, he earned the moniker "rebel star". He also earned the nickname Mandyada Gandu ( transl. Man of Mandya ) Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh are collectively known as Kannada cinema's triumvirate. Method actor Shankar Nag received
220-506: A landmark by being the first ever Kannada film to be screened at an international film festival. It was screened at IFFI 1992 Kannada cinema Retrospect. The 1969 movie Uyyale was screened twice at the IFFI retrospect - once in 1992 and again in 2019. The 1970 movie Samskara won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival The 1977 movie Ghatashraddha which had
275-554: A mega release, amassing $ 318,000 in USA alone. It went on to become the first Kannada film to enter the New York Box office listing, the first Kannada film to complete 50 days in USA and the first Kannada movie ever to release in several countries across the world. It ran for 365 days in Bangalore. In 2018, Yash starrer K.G.F: Chapter 1 became the first Kannada film to gross ₹250 crores at
330-448: A pivotal role. The film is narrated from the point of view of a bus, which was voiced by Puneeth Rajkumar . He also provided the music and wrote lyrics for Rockline Productions ' Aadi Lakshmi Puraana directed by Priya V and starring Nirup Bhandari and Radhika Pandit . He penned the lyrics for all the songs of Dabangg3 Kannada version 2022 saw the release of the blockbuster mystery thriller Vikrant Rona with Kichcha Sudeep , which
385-587: A total of 94 awards including multiple awards at Rajasthan Film Festival and other international film festivals like Sundance Film Festival , Barcelona, Nawada, 7 Colours International Film Festival and Golden Sparrow International Film Festival. Illiralaare Allige Hogalaare won the Director's Vision Award at the 18th Indian Film Festival of Stuggart. It was earlier screened at the Dhaka International Film Festival and had won an award at
440-517: A variety of roles and excelling in portraying mythological and historical characters in films such as Bhakta Kanakadasa (1960), Ranadheera Kanteerava (1960), Satya Harishchandra (1965), Immadi Pulikeshi (1967), Sri Krishnadevaraya (1970), Bhakta Kumbara (1974), Mayura (1975), Babruvahana (1977) and Bhakta Prahlada (1983). His wife Parvathamma Rajkumar founded Film production and distribution company, Sri Vajreshwari Combines . Vishnuvardhan entered Kannada cinema with
495-647: Is known for his work in South Indian cinema. He starred in movies such as Prasad ; the film was screened at the Berlin Film Festival and Arjun received the Karnataka State Award for his performance in it. Sanchari Vijay 's portrayal of a transgender won him the National Best Actor Award . With the award, Vijay became the third actor after M. V. Vasudeva Rao , and Charuhasan to win
550-747: Is one of the most successful female leads in the history of Indian cinema, she acted in around 200 films in over seven decades. She is known by the epithets " Abinaya Saraswathi " ( Saraswati of acting) in Kannada and " Kannadathu Paingili " (Kannada's Parrot) in Tamil. M. V. Rajamma (first female producer of Indian cinema) and Pandari Bai are considered as the earliest female superstars of Kannada cinema. Other popular female actresses of 1970s through 1990s include Leelavathi , Kalpana , Aarathi , Bharathi , Jayanthi , Manjula , Malashree , Sudharani , Shruti , Tara among others. Kannada Cinema majorly contributed to
605-457: Is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka . Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar, Bangalore . The 1934 film Sati Sulochana directed by Y. V. Rao was the first talkie film released in the Kannada language. It was also the first film starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba , and
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#1732934988553660-612: The Best Indian Film award. It also won the Best Kannada Movie award at Innovative International Film Festival. Namma Magu received recognition from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Taledanda (2022) was selected for London International Film Festival . Koli Esru was selected for screening at New York Indian Film Festival (2022). Shivamma was selected for Marche du Film (2022) -
715-602: The Johns Hopkins University as part of the 1995 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium "Framing Society : A Century of Cinema". The 1981 movie Simhada Mari Sainya was selected for the Paris and Moscow International Film Festivals. The 1987 film Pushpaka Vimana featured retrospectively in the Shanghai International Film Festival and Whistling Woods Film Festival . The 1999 film Upendra
770-458: The Martin Scorsese 's World Cinema Project, George Lucas ' Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) have partnered to restore the film in time for its 50th anniversary from the original camera negative preserved at India's National Film Development Corporation of India -National Film Archive of India. The restored version was showcased in
825-595: The NETPAC Award at the Asiatica Film Mediale (Italy) (2010). The 2011 film Koormavatara was screened in 17 film festivals and won acclaims at the film festivals of Bangkok , New York and Vancouver . The 2012 movie Edegarike was selected for Mumbai Women's International Film Festival (2013). The 2013 movie Lucia premiered at the London Indian Film Festival on 20 July 2013. It won
880-980: The New Currents Section at the 26th edition of the Busan International Film Festival . and was shortlisted for the Directors Fortnight Cannes 2020. It went on to win the Best Director Award in the Crouching Tigers competition section at the Pingyao International Film Festival in Shanxi , China. It was also the joint winner of the Montgolfiere D'Argent Award at the Festival Des 3 Continents , France. It
935-851: The Rome Film Festival . It also won award at the Spain International Film Festival in Madrid. Baraguru Ramachandrappa 's Mooka Nayaka won the Best Picture of the Decade Award by competing with movies from different languages around the globe. Jeevnane Nataka Samy (2021) was screened at Miami International Film Festival . Avalakki Pavalakki won five awards in various categories at Uravatti International Film Festival, Indo Global International Film Festival, American Golden Pictures International Film Festival, Oniros Film Festival and
990-460: The highest-grossing Kannada film , and Rishab Shetty 's Kantara (2022). Kannada cinema is reported to have 8% market share in the gross domestic box office collections for the period January to August 2022, making it the fourth-biggest Indian film industry. The share rose to 9% by October 2022. The total gross collections of the top five Kannada movies of 2022 in first ten months was reported to be ₹1800 crores. The year 2022 began new era for
1045-614: The parallel cinema movement of India. Directors like Girish Kasaravalli , Girish Karnad , G. V. Iyer were the early names to join the movement. T. S. Nagabharana and B. V. Karanth were also popular names in the movement. Puttanna Kanagal 's films were however considered a bridge between Mainstream and Parallel Cinema. Prakash Raj began his acting career with Doordarshan serials such as Bisilu Kudure (Kannada) and Guddada Bhootha ( Tulu and Kannada). He later took up supporting roles in Kannada films such as Ramachari , Ranadheera , Nishkarsha and Lockup Death . He
1100-585: The 21st New York Indian Film Festival . It was then screened at various film festivals including the 18th Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart and the 12th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne . Neeli Hakki was selected for multiple international Film festivals including the New York Indian Film Festival . Pinni (2020) was selected in the competition category at the New York Indian Film Festival. Daari Yaavudayya Vaikunthakke won
1155-837: The Best Actor Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival (2024). Kenda premiered at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts and Switzerland . Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy was selected for the BAFTA Breakthrough Talent Award 2024-25 for her debut directorial Aachar & Co . The first government institute in India to start technical courses related to films was established in 1941 named as occupational institute then called
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#17329349885531210-788: The Best Film Audience Choice award at the festival. It was also screened at the Zurich Film Festival . The 2015 movie Thithi won accolades at multiple international film festivals including the 68th Locarno International Film Festival and the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival . The 2016 movie Railway Children won the Ecumenical Jury Award (special mention) at Zlín Film Festival . The 2016 film Bombeyaata won three awards at seven International Film Festivals. Hombanna (2017) won four awards at Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela and
1265-754: The Bronze Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival , and T. S. Nagabharana 's Mysuru Mallige (1992), based on the works of poet K. S. Narasimhaswamy . Kannada cinema is known for producing experimental works such as Girish Kasaravalli 's Ghatashraddha (1977), which won the Ducats Award at the Manneham Film Festival Germany, Dweepa (2002), which won Best Film at Moscow International Film Festival , Singeetam Srinivasa Rao 's silent film Pushpaka Vimana (1987), Ram Gopal Varma 's docudrama Killing Veerappan (2016), Prashanth Neel 's action franchise K. G. F. film series being
1320-833: The Grand Prix Award at the 17th Andrei Tarkovsky Zerkalo International Film Festival, Ivanovo (2023). Hadinelentu and Koli Esru won awards at the Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards 2023. Koli Esru also premiered at the Indo-German Film Week. Naanu Kusuma won award at the Gange Sur Garonne International Film Festival (2023) in France . Chinnara Chandra was selected for Ahmedabad International Children Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival. Kantara won
1375-436: The Kannada cinema. Mano Murthy scored the blockbuster film Mungaru Male starring Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi . Upon the album's release, it topped the charts with the song " Anisuthide " receiving significant radio and TV air time. The album emerged as a massive success topping every Kannada music chart. It was reported that by mid-May 2007, over 200,000 copies were sold in compact discs . The 1964 movie Naandi set
1430-828: The National Award for Best Actor for a performance in a Kannada film . Shiva Rajkumar is known for his work in Janumada Jodi , Anand , Ratha Sapthami , Nammoora Mandara Hoove , Om , Simhada Mari and Chigurida Kanasu . He acted in Sugreeva , which was shot in 18 hours. His Om , directed by Upendra , set a trend of gangster movies in Kannada and other film industries in India. It continues to be shown even to this day. Rockline Venkatesh founded Rockline Entertainments which has produced over twenty five films as of 2012. New age actors - Yash , Darshan , Puneeth Rajkumar , Rakshit Shetty and Sudeepa are some of
1485-754: The National Award-winning movie Vamsha Vriksha (1972) directed by Girish Karnad based on the novel written by S. L. Bhyrappa . His first lead role was in Naagarahaavu , directed by Puttanna Kanagal and based on a novel by T. R. Subba Rao . It was the first in Kannada film history to complete 100 days in three main theatres of Bangalore. In his 37-year career, he has played a variety of roles in more than 200 films. With his debut in Puttanna Kanagal 's National Award-winning Kannada film Naagarahaavu (1972), Ambareesh 's acting career commenced with
1540-866: The North American Premiere at the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival . The 2019 movie Manaroopa won 10 awards at various international film festivals including the Best Thriller Film at Out of the Can International Film Festival at England, Best Experimental Film at the Cafe Irani Chaii International Film Festival and was officially selected for the Miami Independent Film Festival in
1595-665: The Special Jury Award, also known as the Silver Peacock Award - at the 54th International Film Festival of India (2023) - making it the first Kannada movie to win that award. Mrityorma won four awards at the 6th Moonwhite Films International Film Festival. Timmana Mottegalu was screened at the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival . Tharini was selected for screening at the Rajasthan International Film Festival. Mikka Bannada Hakki won
1650-652: The Sri Jayachamarajendra (S J) Polytechnic in Bangalore . In September 1996, two specialised courses, Cinematography and Sound & Television were separated and the Government Film and Television Institute was started at Hesaraghatta , under the World Bank Assisted Project for Technician Development in India. Srikrishna Alanahalli Srikrishna Alanahalli (3 April 1947 – 4 January 1989)
1705-757: The Sweden Film Festival. Rudri won multiple awards at Oniros Film Festival, Tagore International Film Festival and the Vindhya International Film Festival. Naanu Ladies had its world premier at the 16th Tasveer South Asian Film Festival in Seattle. It went on to win the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. Pedro had its world premiere in
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1760-724: The United States and the Istanbul Film Awards in Turkey. In the post - pandemic era, Kannada cinema started making waves across the world in several international film festivals. Pinki Elli? was screened at around 50 International Film Festivals including the Prague International Film Festival and the Hainan International Film Festival . It opened the Busan International Film Festival and
1815-601: The Venice Classics section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival . The 1978 movie Ondanondu Kaladalli was released at The Guild Theatre, 50 Rockefeller Plaza on 17 May 1982. Vincent Canby , the chief film critic of The New York Times , called the movie "that is both exotic as well as surprising in view of all the bodies on the ground at the end, sweet natured!". The film was subtitled into English for its American premiere on 18 October 1995 in Shriver Hall at
1870-787: The biggest blockbusters. It also opened overseas market for Kannada films in a big way. It became the first Kannada film to release in many countries, the first Kannada film to appear on the New York Box Office Listing and the first and only Kannada film to run for 50 days in USA. RangiTaranga was also one of the 305 films shortlisted for the Academy Awards (The Oscars) but did not make it to the final nominations. Anup won several awards for his direction, music direction and lyrics including Filmfare, SIIMA, IIFA and Karnataka State Award. Anup followed this up with Rajaratha starring Nirup Bhandari, Avantika Shetty and Tamil actor Arya in
1925-439: The box office. Its sequel, K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022) made ₹ 1000 crores at the box office. Its teaser gained more than 250 million views on YouTube as of April 2022. In 2022, Yash starrer K.G.F: Chapter 2 became the highest-grossing Kannada film of all time with a record collection of over ₹1000 crores within India itself. Kananda cinema is reported to have 8% market share in the gross domestic box office collections for
1980-714: The business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival . It was also screened at the 27th Busan International Film Festival where it won the New Currents Award given to first or second feature film of a new Asian director. It also won the Young Jury Award at the 44th edition of the Three Continents Festival . It was also selected for screening at the US and Australian film festivals in 2023. Man Of The Match (2022), produced by Puneeth Rajkumar ,
2035-652: The distinction of being shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, became the only Indian film to be chosen by the National Archive of Paris among 100 others, during the centenary celebrations of cinema. It also won the Ducats Award at the Manneham Film Festival Germany. At the 2009 International Film Festival of India , it was announced one of the 20 best films in Indian cinema , having received 1.6 million votes. During February 2024, US film publication Variety announced that
2090-505: The first screened in the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom . It was produced by Chamanlal Doongaji , who in 1932 founded South India Movietone in Bangalore . Major literary works have been adapted to the Kannada screen, such as B. V. Karanth 's Chomana Dudi (1975), (based on Chomana Dudi by Shivaram Karanth ), Girish Karnad 's Kaadu (1973), (based on Kaadu by Srikrishna Alanahalli ), Pattabhirama Reddy 's Samskara (1970) (based on Samskara by U. R. Ananthamurthy ), which won
2145-417: The highest paid actors in Sandalwood. The Rakshit Shetty starrer Kirik Party went on to become one of the highest-grossing Kannada films by collecting ₹ 50 crores against a production budget ₹ 4 crores and completed 150 days in the main cities of Karnataka . The 2015 release RangiTaranga starring Nirup Bhandari and directed by Anup Bhandari , created overseas market for Kannada cinema with
2200-433: The inaugural IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) : Silver Peacock Award" at the 7th International Film Festival of India for his work in the film Ondanondu Kaladalli . He is the younger brother of actor Anant Nag . M. V. Vasudeva Rao , the first Kannada actor to win National Film Award for Best Actor , was starred in over 200 films in his career; however, post Chomana Dudi , he only played minor roles. B. Saroja Devi
2255-440: The industry in terms of popularity, quality content and collections. However, the market share of Kannada movies in the gross domestic box office collections declined to 2% in 2023 with the footfalls dropping from 8.1 to 3.2 crores in 2022. In 1934, the first Kannada talkie , Sati Sulochana , appeared in theatres, followed by Bhakta Dhruva (aka Dhruva Kumar ). Sati Sulochana , starring Subbaiah Naidu and Tripuramba ,
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2310-417: The period January to July 2022 making it the fourth biggest Indian film industry. Composer Hamsalekha is usually referred to by the title Naadha Brahma ( transl. The Brahma of Music) who is considered to be the major cause for the change in the music composing and lyric writing style which would appeal much to the younger generation. He integrated folk and introduced western musical sensibilities into
2365-402: Was also screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles(IFFLA) and at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne . Dollu was screened at the Dhaka International Film Festival . It was shortlisted for screening at 72nd Berlinale's European Film Market and the Dallas ft worth South Asian Film Festival (virtual). It was also screened at the Caleidoscope Indian Film Festival Boston where it won
2420-453: Was also selected for screening at the 2017 Miami Independent Film Festival. The 2018 movie Nathicharami and Balekempa were screened at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival . Balekempa also won the FIPRESCI Award at the 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam . The 2019 movie Arishadvarga also premiered at the London Indian Film Festival followed by the Asian Premiere at the Singapore South Asian International Film Festival and
2475-400: Was an Indian photographer, actor, writer, producer and director made many landmark movies in Kannada , under Vikram Studios. Matinee idol , Rajkumar entered Kannada cinema after his long stint as a dramatist with Gubbi Veeranna 's Gubbi Drama Company , which he joined at the age of eight, before he got his first break as a lead in the 1954 film Bedara Kannappa . He went on to essay
2530-428: Was appreciated for its high standards of making, performances and technical brilliance. It was an unrelated prequel to his debut feature film RangiTaranga. Anup Bhandari is married to Neetha Shetty, who works as costume designer for all his films. They have a daughter Nishka Bhandari. His brother Nirup Bhandari is an actor. Cinema of Karnataka Kannada cinema , also known as Sandalwood , or Chandanavana ,
2585-421: Was known for his dialogue delivery and histrionics. His breakthrough role came in Harakeya Kuri , directed by K. S. L. Swamy starring Vishnuvardhan, with whom he had acted in other films such as Mithileya Seetheyaru , Muthina Haara and Nishkarsha . Prakash re-entered Kannada films through Nagamandala in 1997, directed by T. S. Nagabharana . Veteran Kannada actor Shakti Prasad 's son Arjun Sarja
2640-412: Was screened at Hong Kong International Film Festival . It won three awards at the New York Indian Film Festival . It also won the Best Film award at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona 2021. Amruthamathi was screened at ten international film festivals including Boston Film Festival , Atlanta Film Festival , Austria Film Festival and won multiple awards. Abhilash Shetty's Koli Taal premiered at
2695-436: Was screened at around 30 film festivals, including an entry to participate in the panel screening and final selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Brahma Kamala won several awards and accolades at various film festivals including the Eediplay International Film Festival in France, Wonderland International Film Festival in Sydney, Old Monk International Film Festival in Nepal and the Indo-Singapore Film Festival. Shivamma won
2750-469: Was screened at six international film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam , Bangkok International Film Festival , Palm Springs International Film Festival , Osian's Film Festival and the Karachi International Film Festival. The 2006 movie Care of Footpath was selected for the Kids for Kids Film Festival at Cyprus and the 2006 film Cyanide was selected for the London Film Festival. The 2010 movie Kanasemba Kudureyaneri won
2805-457: Was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival . The 2004 movie Hasina was screened at Berlin's Asia Pacific Film Festival. The 2004 movie Bimba was selected for the Bangkok International Film Festival . The 2006 movie Thutturi won the Best Audience Award at the 9th Dhaka International Film Festival . and won the Earth Vision Award of 2005-06 at the 15th Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival. The 2006 movie Naayi Neralu
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#17329349885532860-465: Was screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Japan in 2001. The 1999 movie Deveeri was selected for 18 international film festivals including the 44th London International Film Festival and the Cairo International Film Festival . The 2000 movie Munnudi was screened at Palm Springs International Film Festival (2002). The 2002 movie Atithi was screened at Cairo International Film Festival . The 2002 movie Dweepa
2915-431: Was screened at the Jiseok section of the Busan International Film Festival (2022). 1888 was screened at several International film festivals across the world. The 2012 movie Edegarike was screened at the Indo-French International Film Festival in 2023. Kantara , Koli Esru and Hadinelentu were nominated in various categories at the 14th edition of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne(IFFM) - 2023. Devara Kanasu
2970-454: Was selected for screening at the 14th New York City Independent Film Festival in the foreign film category. In 2022, Shuddhi (2017) and Bell Bottom (2019) premiered at the Indian Film Week in Japan . Vagachi Pani was selected for the co-production market at the film festival in Busan. Thayi Kastur Gandhi was screened at LA Film Festival and it won the Best Editor award at the Dallas International Film Festival . Hadinelentu
3025-428: Was shot in Kolhapur at the Chatrapathi studio; most filming, sound recording, and post-production was done in Chennai . In 1949, Honnappa Bhagavathar , who had earlier acted in Gubbi Veeranna's films, produced Bhakta Kumbara and starred in the lead role along with Pandaribai . In 1955, Bhagavathar again produced a Kannada film, Mahakavi Kalidasa , in which he introduced actress B. Saroja Devi . B. S. Ranga
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