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unusual facts about Kannada



Abhishek S N

He has scored music for 2 feature films too till now, one in Tulu called Nirel and for a Kannada movie Gharshane.

Amoghavarsha III

Amoghavarsha III (934–939 CE), whose Kannada name was Baddiga, was in exile in Tripuri and was a younger brother of Indra III and uncle to Govinda IV.

Aparnaa Bajpai

The film featured her opposite Vaibhav Reddy, as Reshma Shivaraj, a rich Kannada language college girl and unlike other actresses, Aparnaa dubbed for her role herself.

B. R. Chaya

But she got a big break in her first Kannada film recording with music director Vijaya Bhaskar for the film Amrutha Ghalige.

Badaganadu Brahmins

The mother tongue of Badaganadu community has been Kannada, and are largely spread around the northern parts of Karnataka, Bellary and Anantapur districts, Bangalore, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Chitradurga, Holenarasipura, Madhugiri, Tumkur and other parts of Karnataka.

Belli Moda

It was based on a novel Belli Moda, by the acclaimed Kannada writer Triveni.

Bombaat

The Chocó boy chatter box, fun loving guy on Kannada screen from Chellata to Aramane has now opened up for action with a tinge of intelligence.

BV Karanth:Baba

The film bases itself on B V Karanth's autobiography Illiralaare, Allige Hogalaare (I Can't stay here, I won't go there) in Kannada language compiled by well known Kannada writer Vaidehi.

Chitpavan

But in Dakshina Kannada District and Udupi Districts of Karnataka, this language is being spoken in places like Durga and Maala of Karkala taluk and also in places like Shishila and Mundaje of Belthangady Taluk.

Daisy Shah

Later she appeared in Kannada films like Bhadra and Gajendra while also appearing as an Item girl in Bachchan and Bloody Isshq, before getting a big break to play Salman Khan's ladylove in Sohail Khan's Jai Ho, a remake of the Telugu film Stalin.

Deshastha Brahmin

The surnames of these North Kanataka based, Kannada speaking Deshastha Brahmins, can be identical to those of Maharashtrian Deshastha Brahmins, for example, they have last names like Kulkarni, Deshpande and Joshi.

Ellorum Nallavare

This story is an adaptation of the Kannada film Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu.

Gaana.com

This would give Gaana.com access to over 55,000 songs covering film, Carnatic and popular devotional music in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages.

Gharwali Baharwali

The film is a remake of the Tamil film Thaikulame Thaikulame starring Pandiarajan, it was also remade in Kannada as Naanu Nanna Hendethira with Ravichandran and in Telugu as Intlo Illalu Vantitlo Priyuraluwith Venkatesh.

Idagunji Mahaganapathi Yakshagana Mandali

Keremane Shivarama Hegde was born in a Havyaka Brahmin family in Keremane in the Honnavar taluk of the Uttara Kannada district on 21 June 1908.

K. G. Bopaiah

The election of the Speaker, however, was held under chaotic circumstances as the Opposition parties wanted the elections to be postponed due to the death of the Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan.

Kai Kodukkum Kai

The film was a remake of "Munithayi" one of the stories in Kannada film Katha Sangama

Kalattiyur

Many of the people in this village speak Kannada which as their mother tongue and a majority of the people belong to community Vokkaliga.

Kannada American

There are large Kannada American communities in various cities, including New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco Bay Area, the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, California, Dallas, Texas and Houston, Texas; and in Canada: Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.

Kannada in computing

Initially, it was suggested to use the IISCI language code devised by CDAC to enable portability of Kannada across different software.

Kidnapping of Rajkumar

Kannada film actor Rajkumar was kidnapped by forest brigand Veerappan on July 30, 2000 during the course of an armed attack on a farmhouse belonging to the actor in Gajanur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Komal Jha

Her Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada debut movies are 24 Hrs (2010), "Ramachari"(2011), "Nimbe Huli"(2013), "Eduruleni Alexander"(2013), "Chinna Cinema" and Priyathama Neevachata Kushalama (2013) respectively.

Kuththu

After Dhum which was a remake of Kannada film Appu.

Lifeu Ishtene

The title lifeu ishtene was taken from one of the most popular Kannada songs in 2010 from Pancharangi movie.

Matsyaganda Express

The Matsyagandha Express (Kannada/Tulu: ಮತ್ಸ್ಯಗಂಧ ಎಕ್ಷ್ಪ್ರೆಸ್ಸ; Marathi/Konkani: मत्स्यगंधा एक्सप्रेस) is a daily superfast train running between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai) and Mangalore Central.

Metti Oli

The serial was dubbed in telugu as Mettala Savvadi Gemini and remade in Kannada as Mangalya on Udaya, Malayalam as Minnukettu on Surya and Hindi as Shubh Vivah on Sony tv but the story lines change in all three languages into different stories and all had a different climax.

Mimicry Dayanand

In 2008, Dayanand, along with Sihi Kahi Chandru, judged a show to unearth comic talents called "Haasyada Rasa" on Kasturi, a Kannada channel.

Mukhaputa

Mukhaputa (The Cover Page) is Indian Kannada movie directed by Roopa Iyer.

Muthina Haara

Muttina Haara (English:Pearl Necklace) is a 1990 Indian Kannada war drama film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu.

Nagavalli

Nagavalli, a character in Apthamitra, a 2004 Kannada film and remake of Manichitrathazhu

Nammanna

Nammanna (Kannada: ನಮ್ಮಣ್ಣ, translation: Our Brother) is a 2005 Kannada action-drama film (Telugu: Dowrjanyam ( దౌర్జన్యమ్ )) directed by N. Shankar featuring Sudeep, Anjala Zaveri and Asha Saini in the lead roles.

Panathur – Karike belt

It is 44 km east of Kanhangad, 30 km from Bhagamandala in Kodagu and 22 km from Sullia in Dakshina Kannada.

Panchakshari Hiremath

2005, Dr.Hiremath won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for translating Qurratulain Hyder Urdu short stories Patjhar Ki Awaz to Kannada.

Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram

Elements of the chant were included in the song "uTho-uTho he bharat" in the movie Bharat Milap (1942), the song "de dii hamen aazaadii binaa khaDg binaa Dhaal" in the movie Jagriti (1954), Purab Aur Paschim (1970) and in the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), in the Kannada film Gandhi Nagara (1998), and in the movie Gandhi (1982).

Raghuram Bhat

A reference is made to the incident where Sunil Gavaskar batted left handed against Raghuram Bhat in the Kannada movie Ganeshana Maduve.

Raja Huli

Raja Huli is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran.

Rajesh Krishnan

Rajesh Krishnan made his debut as an actor in Telugu and then acted the Kannada movies like Santosha and Gaalipata which also starred "Comedy Time" Ganesh and Diganth which was the biggest hit in the year 2008 and for which he was even nominated for the Filmfare for the best supporting actor award.

S. R. Bommai

He also played an active role in the unification (Ekikarana in Kannada) of Karnataka which had been divided into Mysore kingdom, Bombay Presidency and Madras Presidency, during the British rule.

Sangamesh Saundattimath

He has served as a professor of Kannada at Karnatak University Dharwad, Gulbarga University for over 33 years and after retirement, he was selected as Emeritus Professor by U.G.C. He was holding number of Administrative Positions at the time of his service such as Dean Faculty of Arts, Chairman - Institute of Kannada studies (Gulbarga University), Student welfare Officer (Gulbarga University), Special Officer (P.G.Centre, Raichur) etc.

Satyadev Dubey

He produced Girish Karnad's first play Yayati, and also his noted play Hayavadana, Badal Sarkar's Ebang Indrajit and Pagla Ghoda, Chandrashekhara Kambara’s Aur Tota Bola (Jokumaraswamy in original Kannada), Mohan Rakesh’s Aadhe Adhure, Vijay Tendulkar’s Khamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai, and A Raincoat For All Occasions and Jean Anouilh's Antigone in 2007.

Shaheen Khan

Shaheen Khan, also credited as Sandhya, is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films.

ShakthiDass

He later did innumerable wrappers, storyboard illustration, and sketches for various magazines and novels in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, English and Oriya including Bommarillu, Chandamama, Balamitra, Nandanam, Bujjayi, Balabharati, Kumkuma, Dinakaran, Vasuki, Rishi Petam, Rotary News,Vijaya Publications, Oriya News, Chinnari, Kannada Chokkalingam.

Sharmiela Mandre

She started her film career through the Kannada film Sajni, opposite Dhyan and had her first commercial success with the film Krishna opposite Ganesh.

Srujan Lokesh

Srujan Lokesh was born in Bangalore, Karnataka for popular Kannada film actor Lokesh and Girija Lokesh.

Sulle sathya

Shreesha Kuduvalli, who is also the Director Of Photography for big budget Kannada films like Topiwala and Bahadur came on board as the Cameraman.

T. Ramachandra Rao

Shortly afterwards, Rao was appointed Kannada translator to the Supreme Court of Madras with the backing of John Bruce Norton.

Tulu alphabet

Some works are also available in vernacular Kannada and Tulu languages.The Honnavar in Uttara Kannada District is known for its Samaveda manuscripts.

Versions of Ramayana

Contemporary prose versions of the epic Ramayana include Sri Ramayana Darshanam by Dr. K. V. Puttappa in Kannada and Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu by Viswanatha Satyanarayana in Telugu, both of which have been awarded the Jnanpith Award.

Vishalakshi Dakshinamurthy

She hailed from Taluku Family which was famous for their literary skills.She is also niece of noted Kannada novelist T.R.Subba Rao(TaRaSu).


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