Famous Stars From Mangalore

[Gururaja Upadhyaya]

Famous Stars From Mangalore Famous Mangalorean Stars..... ******************************** Genelia D'Souza Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, who has acted in Indian films in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada languages. Genelia D'Souza was born on August 5, 1987 in Mumbai. Genelia grew up in Mumbai and recognizes herself as a Mangalorean Catholic (her ancestral house is in Mangalore). Genelia studied at St. Teresa High School in Santacruz, Mumbai. She joined St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue her Bachelor's Degree of Management Studies.She first hit the limelight with a Parker Pen commercial starring along side Amitabh Bachchan and further did a Fair and Lovely ad appearing along side Srikanth. The ace Tamil director, Shankar was very much impressed with her performance in both the ads and cast her in a leading role in his Tamil version of "Boys" in 2003. Other than doing films, she was also a state level athlete and a national level player Genelia made her debut in Bollywood in 2003. Her first Hindi film was Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. The film went unnoticed.Her second Hindi movie was Masti and was also opposite Ritesh. She left Bollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry. Genelia then starred in the Tamil big budget film Boys directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career in south India. She once again appeared in Bollywood in Mere Baap Pehle Aap . Her final breakthrough as Heroine in Bollywood was through the blockbuster Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, released in July 4, 2008. ======================== Aishwarya Rai (Aishwarya Bachchan): Aishwarya Rai (Aishwarya Bachchan):was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, the South Indian state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a writer on 1 November 1973. Her ancestors are from the Bunt community of Mangalore. Her family later relocated to Mumbai (Bombay). Rai has one elder brother, Aditya Rai who is a film producer. is a three-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian actress. She was Miss World in 1994 and has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. Rai is married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan and is daughter-in-law to Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan. ================================ Sunil Shetty: Sunil Shetty: born 11 August 1961 is an Indian Bollywood actor. He was born in Mulki, near Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Sunil Shetty made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with the film Balwaan. The film was a success, largely due to some dangerous stunts he performed in the movie, without a double, and started his career. His breakthrough role came with the film Mohra (1994) =============================== Shilpa Shetty: Shilpa Shetty: (born 8 June 1975 in Mangalore, India) is a four-time Filmfare Award-nominated Indian film actress and Supermodel. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), Shamita Shetty: Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979 - Mangalore) is an Indian actress. She is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. She made her debut with the 2000 blockbuster Mohabbatein. Since Mohabbatein, she mostly found success in item numbers, She is the eldest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty, manufacturers of tamper-proof caps for the pharmaceutical industry, and her native language is Tulu although she can speak nearly ten other languages ================================ Sneha Ullal: Sneha Ullal: born December 18, 1987 is a Bollywood film actress. Sneha Ullal, a Mangalorean born in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, is a Bollywood actress of Indian origin and Hindu. She rose to stardom with her first movie Lucky opposite Salman Khan, who discovered her. She did her initial schooling at the Indian School Muscat. She then attended Durelo Convent High School in the suburbs of Bandra. Later, she went to MMK College, Mumbai, with Khan's younger sister Arpita, who told her brother about her. Indian media shot her to fame for her performance in Lucky. She bears an uncanny resemblance to Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai. It is believed she got the role in Lucky because of her resemblance to Aishwarya Rai who was the girlfriend of Salman Khan. (Ullal Famous Coastal place of Mangalore-Karnataka) =============================== Amrita Rao: Amrita Rao (born June 17, 1981) chitrapur north canara near Mangalore is an Indian model and Bollywood actress. Amrita was born to well-to-do Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. She speaks English, Hindi, Marathi & Konkani =============================== Deepika Padukone: Deepika Padukone: (born 1986 in Mangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian supermodel. She is the daughter of former World badminton Champion Prakash Padukone. Deepika has been modelling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril soap, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca, She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by popular singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya. =============================== Hansika Motwani: Hansika Motwani:Born in Mangalore, India, on August 9, 1991, former child artiste Hansika is the daughter of Pradeep Motwani and Mona Motwani. She has a brother by the name of Prashant Motwani. Although Hansika knows a number of languages, she mainly speaks Tulu and Hindi. She started her career as an child artist and went on to undoubtably become on of the best child artists the Indian Film and TV Industry has ever seen. She entered the film industry in the movie Yahoo where she acted as a child artist with Juhi chawla and Govinda the film though was delayed and never actually hit the silver screen, She played major roles in popular TV serials like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Desh Mein Nikla Hoga Chaand, Shaka Laka Boom Boom etc. She also kept appearing in a number of ad films which she love doing. She appeared in the commercials of popular brands like Samsung, Bournvita, Pepsi Hyundai Santro advert with Shahrukh khan. She acted in Rakesh Roshan’s super hit film Koi Mil Gaya which starred Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta. She has also done films like Hawa and Escape from Taliban, Hum Kaun Hai etc.In the second inning as a mature artist she started her career as a heroine in Puri Jagannadh’s Telgu film Desamuduru along with Alu Arjun. In this picture she played a role of crime reporter and fall in love with a Sanyasi. This film was very much popular because of the excellent performance by this talent. Hansika Motwani is now again in news with her playing the lead role in Himesh Reshammia’s “Aap Ka Sarur- The real love story” ================================== Preeti Jhangiani: Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980 in Mangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian actress and model. She is fluent in Sindhi, Hindi, Telugu, English. She is cusp-born (Leo/Virgo) and stands 5'5" in height. She studied in St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad. Preeti first appeared in a Rajshri Music Video 'Chui Mui' opposite Abbas, this made them as well as the Koala bear symbol - famous. Thereafter she has appeared in Nirma Sandal soap ads. Her first film was in Malayalam which was called Mazhavillu. She made her Bollywood debut in 2000 with Mohabbatein. ============================ Anushka Shetty (Sweety Shetty): Anushka Shetty is an actress in the Kollywood and Tollywood industries Born on November 7, 1981 in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Anushka did her schooling and college in Bangalore.She belongs to Mangalore. After completing graduation in Computer Applications, she learned yoga. Then she became a yoga instructer. Puri Jagannadh happened to see Anushka through another director and she got selected for Super. Her acting in Vikramarkudu got the appreciation of critics for her skin show. She debuted in Nagarjuna's Super, and her debut film in Tamil was Rendu with R. Madhavan. ============================== Manmohan Shetty: Manmohan Shetty - Founder, CEO and Managing Director of Adlabs was born in Mulki Mangalore. The Mangalorean born Mumbai based entertainment Guru Manmohan Shetty is the youngest of nine siblings, born to farmers, Shetty had followed his brother who was a lab assistant in a film processing company in the big city. Manmohan Shetty widely accepted as a visionary in the Indian film industry. In 1978 along with Vasanji Mamania, he started Adlabs a small film processing unit that catered to ad films. In 1989, the firm entered mainstream cinema processing and has never looked back since. Adlabs entered the multiplex business by the launching India's first IMAX theatre in Wadala, Mumbai… In 2005, Adlabs was acquired by ADAG(A Group Owned by Anil Ambani). Today, Adlabs operates 45 properties and 131 screens across India Pooja Shetty: Pooja Shetty, daughter of Adlabs Films founder and Chairman Man-mohan Shetty, and Wholetime Director of Adlabs. ==================================== Sandeep Chowta: Sandeep Chowta: is an Indian Bollywood music director. He has also sung some of his songs. Sandeep Chowta is from Mangalore. He started his Bollywood career with the movie Mast. He also sang the title track for the album. =============================== Shirish Kunder: Shirish Kunder born in Mangalore, he is an Indian editor and film director working in the Hindi Film Industry, also popularly known as Bollywood. He is the Husband of well known film director and choreographer - Farah Khan. He was an Electronics Engineer by profession and worked for Motorola. He graduated as an electronics engineer from SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka He then turned to directing and his directorial debut is titled Jaan-E-Mann, for which he also wrote the story, screenplay, dialogues, edited and composed the background music score =============================== Daya Nayak: Daya Nayak is a sub-inspector with the Mumbai police force. He was born in Yennehole village near Karkala in South Canara – Mangalore, Karnataka. He is known for eliminating gangsters of the Mumbai underworld, acting on tip-offs from a well-developed intelligence gathering network. There are allegations that these shootouts, known as encounters, are staged. He is often referred to by the print media as an "Encounter Specialist" for this reason. He has shot dead 83 gangsters to date and arrested over 300 criminals. Daya Nayak belongs to the Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins(RSB) which mainly reside along the western coast of the state of Karnataka and Maharastra ============================== Ravi Shastri: Ravishankar ("Ravi") Jayadritha Shastri pronunciation (born 27 May 1962 in Mumbai (Bombay), India) is a former Indian cricketer. He was recently assigned the post of the coach of the Indian cricket team. , Shastri's family originally came from Mangalore in Karnataka but he was born and brought up in Mumbai, then called Bombay. His father, Jayadratha Shastri, was a doctor and the family had a strong academic tradition. It was only as a teenager that he took cricket up seriously. ============================== Guru Dutt: Guru Dutt (July 9, 1925 - October 10, 1964) His parents were Chitrapur Saraswats, originally settled at Panambur- Mangalore South Kanara district of Karnataka. Guru Dutt was an famous Indian film director, producer, and actor. He is most famous for making lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Indian cinema of the 1950s, and expanding its commercial conventions, starting with his 1957 masterpiece, Pyaasa. ============================= K. V. Kamath: K. V. Kamath - The Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank, the largest private bank in India. Kamath was born on December 2, 1947, in Mangalore, Karnataka where he spent most of his early years. After completing Higher Secondary and Pre-University from St. Aloysius School, he joined the Karnataka Regional Engineering College (now called National Institute of Technology Karnataka) in Surathkal for a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from KREC in 1969, he joined the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for a Masters Degree in Business Administration. After graduating from IIM-A in 1971, Kamath started his career with ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) In May 1996, Kamath returned to ICICI as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Kamath was instrumental in expanding the Group's services to the retail customers. He initiated a process of a series of acquisitions of non-banking finance companies in 1996-98, and led the way to the formation of ICICI Bank. ============================= Vijay Mallya: Vijay Mallya (born December 18, 1955) is an Indian businessman and Rajya Sabha MP. The son of Mangalorean(Bantawal) Iindustrialist Vittal Mallya who later went to calcutta (Vittal Mallya son of army doctor Lt Col Bantwal Ganapathi Mallya) , he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines, which draws its name from United Breweries Group's flagship beer brand ============================= Devi Shetty: Dr.Devi Shetty : He is originally from the erstwhile Mangalore - South Kanara District of Karnataka state in India (now divided into Mangalore and Udupi District). After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore(Karnataka state), he trained in cardiac surgery at Guys Hospital in the United Kingdom. He gained valuable experience in heart operations in the West Midlands rotation. He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata in Eastern India. After some time, he moved to Bangalore and started the Manipal Heart Foundation at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has many patients and admirers in Bangladesh and from all over the world, especially Southern Asia. ============================ George Fernandes : George Fernandes is from the coastal town of Mangalore, Karnataka George Fernandes (born 3 June, 1930) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Muzaffarpur constituency of Bihar and is a member of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) political party. He is a trade union activist, former defence minister in the NDA Government (1998-2004). ============================ Oscar Fernandes: Oscar Fernandes is a Minister of state for Labour Affairs ( Independent charge) in Dr. Manomohan Singh's UPA government in India. He is a senior Indian National Congress Leader and AICC General Secretary. He is from Udupi -Mangalore, Karnataka. ============================ Alwyn Fernandes: Alwyn Fernandes is from Vamanjoor, Mangalore, he is Movie Music Director and is actively involved in the Kannada, Telugu and Hindi film industry. he is also the Music director of famous Kannada Movie Prana, he is young, energetic, talented, figure from Konkanni music world. Presently he is One of the leading Member of Famous Band Group Karma6 Promoted by Sandeep Chowta, ============================== Upendra : Upendra , popularly known as Uppi born 18 September 1967 Kota, Udupi – near Mangalore, Karnataka He is a Kannada cinema director, actor and script writer. Born in a lower middle classs family, Upendra started his career off with film director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director. His first directional venture was 'Tharle Nanmaga'. In the late 90's he broke into the scene with the extremely violent Om, which also starred actual Bangalore gangsters. He followed this up with A, in which he starred. ============================= Gurukiran: Gurukiran or Gurukiran shetty is noted music director of Kannada film industry. He started his career as a music director of Kannada movie "A" directed and acted by Upendra.The music won hearts of Kannadigas all over the world. His music for movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is native of Mangalore and his mother tongue is Tulu. He has also acted in several movies in side (character) roles and also sung several songs. He is popular in Kannada cinema for his foot tapping musical score ============================== Dr. B. R. Shetty : Dr. B. R. Shetty - Founder Partner, Managing Director & CEO of NMC. born in Udupi near Mangalore Dr. Shetty has been providing community services as Chairman of Abu Dhabi Indian School; President of Abu Dhabi Cricket Council and Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Cricket Control Board; founder and president of numerous Indian business and cultural organizations; Founder Patron of Toastmasters International in the United Arab Emirates; Founder and Vice President of the Swiss Business Council and Member of the Executive Panel of Dubai’s Pharmaceutical and Health Equipment Trading Business Group under the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. ============================= M.V Kamath: Madhav Vittal Kamath is born in Mangalore he is a former chairman of Prasar Bharati and a leading columinist of India.Mr. Kamath worked as the Editor of Sunday Times for two years (1967 - 69) and then rejoined Times as the Washington Correspondent for nearly 10 years (1969- 78). He has also served as editor of Illustrated weekly of India. =============================== Dr. T.M.A. Pai: Dr. Tonse Madhav Ananth Pai, (abbreviated: Dr. T.M.A. Pai), (April 30, 1898 - May 29, 1979, Mangalore), was an Indian country doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist, most well known for building the university town of Manipal, in udupi near Mangalore Karnataka, India. He was first to a start private, self financing medical college offering MBBS in India. Pai established the Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (KMC) in 1953 and Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1957, which was followed by a string of other education institutions including Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI). He also established Syndicate Bank, which has its headquarters in Manipal. He was responsible for its popular Pigmy Deposit Scheme. He is the present Chancellor of Manipal University, (formerly known as MAHE). From one medical college in 1953, their educational empire has expanded to 24 professional colleges in 12 professional streams with 9 campuses and 2 universities. The Manipal Group has gone global with campuses in Nepal, Malaysia, Dubai, Muscat, Sri Lanka and Antigua. It has its presence in 20 countries. ============================== Raadhika : Raadhika is a veteran South Indian actress born in Mangalore. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies. She is the daughter of the late Tamil actor and comedian, M. R. Radha ============================= Rev Fr.Lawrence John Saldanha: (Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan) Rev Fr.Lawrence John Saldanha was born in Mangalore, India on 12 Jun 1936. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan on 16 Jan 1960. For many years he served as the Rector of the Christ the King seminary. On 24 Apr 2001 he was appointed Archbishop of Lahore by Pope John Paul II. He is the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan. ========================== Shankar Nag Shankar Nag (9 November 1954-30 September 1990) born in Mallapur village near Mangalore, originally known as Shankar Nagarakatte along with his elder brother Anant Nag was a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days ,based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved in Kannada theatre activities.. =========================== Kota Shivaram Karanth Kota Shivaram Karanth (October 10, 1902 - December 9, 1997) born in udupi- Mangalore. he was a major Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, movie maker and thinker. He was described as the "finest novelist-activist of modern India" by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among seven recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred in India. He was conferred Padma Bhushan by Government of India which later he returned in protest against the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi ========================== Kadri Gopalnath Kadri Gopalnath is an Indian saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music on the saxophone. born in (1950) Kadri ,Mangalore Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. Gopalnath learnt the instrument under Gopalkrishna Iyer of Kalaniketana, Mangalore. In Madras, Gopalnath came in contact with the mridangist T.V. Gopalkrishnan who identified the youngster's potential and tutored him. His maiden performance was for the Chembai Memorial Trust. 1980 Bombay jazz festival was a turning point for Gopalnath. John Handy, a jazz musician from California was present at the festival. Hearing Gopalnath play, Handy asked if he could go on stage and perform alongside with him. So well did the two mesh, Handy in the jazz style and Gopalnath in the Carnatic style, that it became an instant hit with the audience. Gopalnath has participated in the Jazz Festival in Prague, Berlin Jazz Festival, International Cervantino Festival in Mexico, Music Hall Festival in Paris, the BBC Promenade concert in 1994 at London and has toured all over the world. He has cut many albums and has recorded a number of cassettes and CDs. Together with jazz flutist James Newton he recorded Southern Brothers. His production called 'East-West' is an audio-video presentation that, as the title suggests, is a fusion of Western and Indian music. This album took 6 months to produce and has compositions from Saint Tyagaraja, Beethoven and the likes. Film director K. Balachandar used Gopalnath's services in his Tamil film Duet. Titles and honors have come his way, the most cherished being the Asthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and the Shringerei Sharada Peetam. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004. =============================== Muthappa Rai:(black star of Mangalore)- Muthappa Rai. was an Underworld Don born in Puttur, near Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada district. Karnataka, India. Early on, as a Congress worker he was involved in a knife attack to protect his friend who was contesting a local level election. He was a clerk in Vijaya Bank (Nationalised bank)in Puttur. He later opted for a transfer to Mumbai and married his friend a girl from Coorg against his family wishes. It is said that in Bombay he got introduced to various underworld people and their "Gun Culture". =========================== Durga Shetty: Durga Shetty- south Indian & Kannada Film Star From Mangalore =============================== Shubha Punja: Belle Shubha Punja- Raising south Indian Film Star from Mangalore... She is already known in Tamil and Kannada Film Industry. Shubha Punja- a Mangalorean studied in Bishop Cotton School in Bangalore, first appeared in Machi, the Tamil film opposite Dushyanth, grandson of Late 'Sivaji' Ganesan. She was Miss Chennai 2003. She began to appear in jewellery ads. ============================ Neetha: Neetha Born in Mangalore. her father Manjunath is an agriculturist and mom Mohini works in Syndicate Bank. she studied in Mangalore and Bangalore. Neetha is already a known name in Kannada film industry having acted in films like -Yahoo, Govinda Gopala, Beru, Joke Falls, Esha, Poojari, Galipata(2008 Release). she also acted Tulu film ' Koti Chennaiah'. Now, she is ready to take on other languages films to get more experience. She has made her foray into Malayalam films with ‘Photographer ====================== Prakash Rai: Prakash Rai also known as Prakash Raj was born and brought up in Mangalore (1965) in south Karnataka, His mother tongue is Tulu. Prakash Rai began his acting career with Kannada DoorDarshan serials like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada Bhootha. He is an actor and producer in Telugu and Tamil film industries. Now he has shifted his base to Chennai due to numerous offers from Telugu and Tamil films. He has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. His original name 'Prakash Rai' in Kannada screen was rechristened to 'Prakash Raj' by K. Balachander for Prakash Rai's debut movie 'Duet'. He is considered to be one of the most natural actors in the film industry, and has a good reputation for his acting skills. He is also the highest paid villain in Indian cinema =================== Rohan Salian: Rohan Salian- Mangalorean Born Rohan is a Tamil Actor - Multi-millionaire dealing in petroleum, C&F storage for oils, land development, farming and with an abiding interest in arts and culture. With a degree in Journalism from Mangalore and the blessings of his mother, Rohan landed in the seemingly unknown territory of Chennai. A sharp brain as a perfect back-up to his handsome frame helped in plumping for Muralikrishna. His Father was a Producer of Kannada films. Rohan Salian acted in famous tamil Films like Chola , Thirudiya Edayathai. Rohan's debut film Thirudiya Edayathai, produced by his mother Is it the sentimental factor going for a title starting with the 'T' letter word, going by the success of films like Thirudha Thirudhi and Thirupachi. ==================== Other /notable People related to Mangalore: Karnad Sadashiv Rao, U. Srinivas Mallya, V. S. Kudva, M. Veerappa Moily, Margaret Alva, Janardhan Poojari P. Dayananda Pai, M. R. Pai, T. V. R. Shenoy, U. Ramadas Kamath, Viren Rasquinha, U.R.Rao B.V. Seetaram, Prakash Padukone, Sheethal Malhar Prakash Bhandary, Ananth nag, Shankar Nag Shivaram Karanth, Girish Karnad, Suresh Kalmadi Ashish Ballal, Ananth Murthy, P.Gururaj Bhat Ram Shetty, Kashinath, Suresh Shetty, Vittal Mallya, Harish Bijoor, Gopalkrishna Adiga Govind Pai, Ganesh Hegde, Veerendra Heggade Naren Koduvattat, Abhijith D'Souza =============================== *Note- Mangalore(undivided south Canara/ Dakshina Kannada)

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