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Top 5 desirable actors of the Kannada film industry

Last updated on - Dec 17, 2018, 12:13 IST
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Top 5 desirable actors of the Kannada film industry

Kannada film industry is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing film industries in India. The actors in the Sandalwood industry too are quite popular. They have very successfully mesmerised their audience with their performance across India. Here we take a look at the top five desirable actors in Sandalwood.

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Yash

Yash, who made his debut with the movie ‘Jambada Hudugi’, is one of the most popular actors in the industry. He has super hit films like ‘Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari’, ‘Gajakesari’, ‘Rajahuli’, and ‘Googly’ to his credit. Currently, Yash is busy with his upcoming film titled, ‘KGF’. He has successfully made his mark in the industry with his superb choices of films and stunning performances.

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Puneeth Rajkumar

Puneeth Rajkumar is one of the leading actors in the Kannada film industry. His acting prowess, charming personality and his background have made him one of the favourites of the Kannada audiences. He is an actor, producer, anchor and playback singer in Sandalwood. Puneeth Rajkumar is one of the highest demanding actors in Sandalwood who started his career as a child artist and made his debut in the lead role in the movie ‘Appu’. He is also a National Film Award winner. He has films like ‘Appu’, ‘Milana’, ‘Arasu’, ‘Hudugaru’, and ‘Rajakumara’ to his credit. Puneeth Rajkumar is currently busy with the movie ‘Natasarvabhomma ’ which is expected to be the next big hit in Sandalwood.

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Sudeep

Sudeep is one of the most talented actors in the Kannada film industry. He has acted in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. He is not only an actor but also a director, producer, scriptwriter, and playback singer. Sudeep made his debut from the movie ‘Sparsha’ and acted in various other language movies like ‘Raktha Charitra’ and ‘Phoonk 2’. Sudeep made his debut from the movie ‘Sparsha’ in 2000 and he later produced many super hit movies like ‘Huccha’, ‘Ranga SSLC’, and other movies. His movie in 2012 ‘Eega’ in Telugu became a super hit and got him a lot of recognition. Currently, Sudeep is busy with many movies like ‘Pailwan’ in Kannada and ‘Seyra Narasimha Reddy’ in Telugu.

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Upendra

Upendra is the best multi-talented actor in Sandalwood, who is an actor, director, writer, singer, and producer. He started his career as an assistant director under director Kashinath and made his debut from the movie ‘Tarle Nan Maga’. He is one the best director who has tried his hands in different genres. Upendra has a speciality of mixing up different genres and making a movie. ‘Upendra’, ‘A’, ‘Super’, ‘Raktha Kanneeru’, ‘H20’, ‘Hollywood’ are some of the best movies of his career.

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Darshan

Darshna is the biggest star in Sandalwood. He is a son of an all-time greatest villain, Thoogudeepa Srinivas. Darshna came to the industry with a lot of struggle and created his benchmark in Sandalwood. He started his career through TV and made his big screen debut from the movie ‘Majestic’ which became a super hit. He is not only an actor but also a producer and distributor. He is also an animal lover who has rare pets on his farm. His well-known films are ‘Saarathi’, ‘Kriya’, ‘Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna’, ‘Suntaragaali’, and many others. The actor currently has his kitty full with films like ‘Yajamana’, ‘Kurukshetra’ and other movies.

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M
Manjunath KC
1888 days ago
I guess, the article is written by a new writer who has less knowledge about Kannada film industry and a bad knowledge about art .When the word " actor" is pronounced, we have only " Shivarajkumar sir " in Kannada movies. May be you have listed the heroes who are currently running in the market . Sachin Tendulkar is the only crickter we respect more and not the current players .Please correct your article and if you doubt, just watch any upcoming movies of Shivarajkumar sir in theatres.
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