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- Naveen Chandra is an Indian actor known for his roles in the Telugu film industry. Before venturing into acting, Chandra was a multimedia animator with a diploma in mechanical engineering.
Chandra debuted in Telugu movies with Sambhavami Yuge Yuge (2006). He also debuted in the Tamil industry with R. Pavan's Pazhaniappa Kalloori (2007). He also appeared in the Telugu movie Kalyanam (2007) in the same year.
Chandra's first lead role was in the Telugu film Andala Rakshasi (2012), directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. The film was a critical and commercial success, and Chandra's performance was widely appreciated.
Chandra next appeared in Dalam (2013) and Naa Rakumarudu (2014). He was also a part of the Tamil films Bramman (2014), Sarabham (2014), Koottam (2014), and Sivappu (2015).
For the next few years, Chandra worked predominantly in Telugu films. He was seen in movies like Bham Bolenath (2015), Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi (2016), Devadas (2018), and Aravindha Sametha (2018) which was also the third-highest-grossing Telugu film of 2018.
Chandra also acted in the hit Tamil martial arts films Pattas (2020). He was next seen in Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna (2020), Ammu (2022), and Veera Simha Reddy (2023). He also appeared in the lead role in the romance drama movie Mayagadu (2023), where critics praised his performance. - Actor
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Ajay Rao (born 24 January 1980) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Kannada film industry. He is considered to be one of the most talented Kannada cine actor and is also popular as "Sandalwood Krishna". He debuted with the 2003 film Excuse Me (2003) and got his big break with the successful films like Taj Mahal (2008) Krishnan Love Story (2010) and Krishnan Marriage Story (2011).
Ajay did his debut and began his career as a hero in director Prem's movie Excuse Me. The other cast alongside were Ramya and Sunil Raoh. He played the role of a musician who is in love with the girl, but typically is unable to tell her. The film was a big success and Ajay's work was appreciated. The film celebrated 25 weeks in Karnataka's biggest theatre Kapali.- Jayanthi was born on 6 January 1945 in Bellary, Madras Presidency, British India. She was an actress, known for Tumse Achha Kaun Hai (1969), Thotalo Pilla Kotalo Rani (2017) and Dada (1966). She was married to Peketi Sivaram. She died on 26 July 2021 in Banashankari, Bangalore, India.
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Ravi Belagere was born on 15 March 1958 in Bellary, Karnataka, India. He was an actor and writer, known for Encounter Dayanayak (2005), Deadly Soma (2005) and Meera Madhava Raghava (2007). He died on 13 November 2020 in Bengaluru, India.- Actress
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Gwendolyn Logan was born on 30 December 1881 in Bellary, British India. She was an actress and writer, known for Rings on Her Fingers (1942), The Call of the Savage (1935) and A Tokio Siren (1920). She was married to Conrad Seiler and Philip Hubbard. She died on 26 October 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Bellari Raghava was born on 2 August 1880 in Bellary, British India. He was an actor, known for Draupadi Manasamrakshanam (1936), Raitu Bidda (1939) and Chandika (1940). He died on 17 April 1946 in Madras, [now Tamil Nadu], British India.
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Gogineni Abhiram was born on 3 March 2001 in Bellary , Karnataka, India. He is a director and actor, known for Roommate, Proposal (2022) and Proposal (2022).- Sidhaartha Maadhyamika is an actor, playwright, theatre director and voice over artist based in Bangalore and primarily working in the Kannada Film and Theatre mediums since 2007.
Sidhaartha was born in a village called Kudithini in Bellary district in the state of Karnataka, in 1985. His given name is Satheesh Hiremath.
He is a fourth generation artiste, born in a family of illustrious thespians. His early years were spent in the travelling theatre companies owned by both the paternal and maternal sides of his family, thus planting the seeds of storytelling and the love of literature which inevitably led him towards professional theatre despite the disapproval of his parents, who had grown disillusioned with the whole idea of performance after experiencing the decline of the golden era of Company Theatre in Karnataka.
He began his journey as a professional actor in the repertories of companies like Kinnaramela and Janamanadaata in 2007. He earned a diploma in theatre arts from NINASAM, Heggodu in 2009 and since then has worked in several theatre productions, notable of which are Nino D'Introna and Giacomo Ravicchio's Robinson and Crusoe directed by Gracias Devaraj for AHA!, Bangalore (Ranga Shankara's children's theatre group); Tughlaq written by Girish Karnad and directed by Dr. Samkutty Pattomkary for the Samudaaya theatre team and Hasida Kallugalu (The Hungry Stones) by Rabindranath Tagore directed by Heisnam Tomba of Kalakshetra, Manipur for Theatre Samurai.
He has written and directed three plays - 'Namma Itihaasa', 'Ee Naavu' and adapted a short story by S Diwakar - 'Itihaasa'.
Since 2009, he has also appeared in several independent, art house and commercial Kannada films. You can spot him in the background with no or few lines in several films as supporting cast. 2016's Krishna-Rukku by Anil Kumar and Kempammana Court Case by Cudavalli Chandrasekhar featured him in more prominent roles. He has also worked as an Associate Director to P.Seshadri for his film, Beti.
He has co-founded a theatre group called Sapeksha with his mother Sharada G S and Lekha Naidu in 2016 after an earlier dream of his- Bayala Aata disbanded in late 2015 after one year of existence and three original productions, two of them written and directed by him - 'Ee Naavu' and 'Itihaasa'. He, along with his colleague, is also involved in translations of various plays and texts from English to Kannada and vice versa, under the pseudonym 'Varaavara' while working on several new and experimental theatre productions with Sapeksha. He continues to work as a theatre trainer and facilitator along with creating new content for the stage.