Puttanna Kanagal

The music album was launched through a gramophone

Multi-starrer Katha Sangama's trailer to be out on November 4

SHIMOGA: Puttanna Kanagal, the great film-maker and producer, will be remembered forever, and so will his contributions to the Kannada film industry.

It started as a sputter, but soon picked up steam -- the campaign to save and reopen Puttanna Kanagal theatre had the public signing on enthusiastically.

Actress Aishani Shetty has taken up the potrayal of women in Puttanna Kanagal's films as her topic for her dissertation.

Now, according to the latest reports, she will also be seen in a female-oriented movie where she is all set to take up a never-done-before role. The film has been titled, ‘Ranganayaki'.

In a dramatic development, writer and film-maker Girish Karnad on Saturday declined to accept the state-instituted Puttanna Kanagal Award.

Sahasa Simha Dr Vishnuvardhan is a legendary actor in Kannada film industry, who had good relations with many stars in the industry, and Kiccha Sudeep was one of them

The iconic Vishnuvardhan-starrer, directed by the late Puttanna Kanagal, re-releases today

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The Kannada film industry is known for its creativity and experiments with new techniques in both commercial as well as feature films.

This May, Sandalwood will come together to celebrate Ambareesh's 60th birthday and his 40 years in the industry with a gala event

Rebel star Ambareesh is known for his powerful acting in movies and chemistry with his leading ladies.

The movie is inspired by Sharapanjara

Veteran director Puttanna Kanagal's classic film 'Nagarahavu' has completed 50 years. The film created a new wave in the Kannada film industry. The film saw the birth of two stars in 'Nagarahavu'- one is the late actor Vishnuvardhan and the other one is the late actor Ambareesh. These two stars made their debut in this film and went on to rule the hearts of the Kannada audience forever. Although Vishnuvardhan made his debut in 'Vamsha Vruksha' as a debut lead hero, it was 'Nagarahavu' which gave Vishnuvardhan star status and Ambareesh as a villain scored marks with frontbenchers.

Noted theatre personality and actor Chindodi Leela, 72, passed away at a private hospital. She was suffering from heart-related ailments and had undergone a bypass surgery recently.

The award-winning writer passed away at his Bengaluru home yesterday

On her 104th anniversary, here's a small look-back at her career and times

The department of posts on Monday released a special cover to mark 80 years of the Kannada film industry.

After announcing the state film awards, information minister said the selection committee after viewing 46 movies, adjudged the films.

On his birth anniversary, several Sandalwood celebrities remembered him on social media.