Why did pooja Gandhi vanish after delivering a massive hit in Kannada, mungaru male?

 After starring in a block-buster romantic Kannada film Mungaru Male in 2006, Pooja Gandhi became a very popular and highest paid actress in the Kannada cinema. It was her Kannada debut film, this film gave her an immense success and she became an overnight sensational star in the Kannada film industry.

Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi starred in Mungaru Male which became the first Indian film to get screened continuously for one year in a multiplex and it was screened for over 865 days. It grossed over 75 crore and became the highest grossing South Indian film of that time.

After Mungaru Male she starred in several hit films in Kannada such as Milana opposite Puneeth Rajkumar, it was her second film in Kannada and it was screened over 500 days in the theatres.

Her third film in Kannada was Krishna opposite Ganesh and it was also a commercially hit film, it completed 100 days. This film has become her hat- trick 100 days film in Kannada.

Until 2008 her career was good in the Kannada film industry as acted in super hit films like Taj Mahal and opposite Upendra in Budhivanta both were released in 2008.

2009 onwards most of her films failed at the box office. In 2009 she acted in 12 films in different languages including Kannada.

In 2010 she acted in her third Hindi film I Am alongside Juhi Chawla, it received positive reviews and also won National Film Award for Best Film.

In 2012 she made her comeback with Kannada film Dandupalya in a non glamorous get-up. It was a crime, female orientated film and was a box-office hit and completed 100 days and collected 40 crore againt 3 crore budget. She gave an exceptionally good performance in a realistic way and she won SIIMA Award and was nominated for Filmfare Award South for Best Actress in a Negative Role.

But Pooja Gandhi got criticised from social activists of some groups for exposing in a particular scene in the film Dandupalya, they called it an offense. Some groups demonstrated against it in Bangalore for depicting anti social activities in the film.

In 2012 she joined Politics by joining JDS but in 2013 she contested Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections for the seat in Raichur from BSR Congres but she couldn't win the seat .

In 2015 she acted and also produced Kannada film Abhinetri.

In 2017 she starred in Dandupalya 2 and in 2018 in Dandupalya 3 and in both the films she performed brilliantly and more confidently.

In 2023 she got married with Vijay Ghorpade. When we refer to her background she is from a Punjabi family, she was born in Meerut, UP and brought up in Delhi. She began her career as a model and then acted in some television series. She made her filmy debut at the age of 18 with the Bollywood film Kathron Ke Khiladi in 2001. She then acted in a Bengali film in 2003 and in a Tamil film Kokki in 2006. Kannada film Mungaru Male made her a big star. After Dandupalya 3 she didn't appear in any Kannada film. In 2022 she acted in a Telugu film in a supporting role. After her marriage she didn't act in any film.

Pooja Gandhi might have lost her popularity when she entered into politics in 2012, it might be her wrong decision, she failed in politics and also lost her filmy career. In 2012 she got engaged with industrialist Anand Gowda but it got ended in a month. She also got criticised when she took part in Kannada Bigg Boss Season 3. But Pooja Gandhi is happy with her filmy career, she feels that she didn't appear in the same type of roles, she gave big hits and also big flops but she doesn't have regret because she feels that it was all the part of making her what she is today. She says that a film can be a flop but an actor can never be a flop.

Pooja Gandhi gave many block-buster films but even for today she is famous for her role Nandini in Mungaru Male, the audience liked her very much in that role. She is popularly known as Male Hudugi (Rain Girl) in the Kannada film industry. She acted in over 50 films in a decade in 5 languages and she mainly worked in Kannada films.

What is the relationship between Kannada actress Divya Spandana (Ramya) and SM Krishna?

 

But Ramya, in an interview clearly said that she neither S.M. Krishna’s, daughter nor grand-daughter, niece, mother or sister.

Long before she tweeted along with a link during Wimbledon Tennis matches, “SM Krishna sir reminisces about Wimbledon with dad”.

Ramya’s parents are from Mandya, her mother Ranjita is a senior member of Congress Party in Karnataka and R. T. Narayan was her foster father, an industrialist.

Ramya did her schooling in Chennai and at a residential school in Ooty. She did bachelor's degree in commerce at St. Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore.

Ramya before becoming an actress, participated in ramp shows, in 2001 she was crowned Miss Country Club, after that she started to got film offers. Earlier she was considered as a leading actress for the films Ninagagi and Appu, finally in 2003, she became the leading actress opposite Puneeth Rajkumar in the film Abhi, film's producer Parvatamma Rajkumar had given her screen name Ramya.

Over the time she became the most popular and most successful actress in the Kannada cinema by starring in several hit films like Aakash, Gowramma, Amrithadhare, Arasu, Mussanjemaatu and Sanju Weds Geetha. She also starred in some Tamil and Telugu films.

In 2012 she joined Indian Youth Congress. In 2013 she announced that she quit acting to make a career in politics. She considered SM Krishna is her political mentor and in 2017 there were speculations that like SM Krishna she would join BJP but she continued with Congress.

After a 7 years hiatus she made her come back to the film industry as a producer by producing the Kannada film Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye in 2023 under her own production house AppleBox Studios.

Ramya is known as the Golden Girl of the Kannada cinema due to her success ratio. She is one of the most followed Kannada actress on Instagram.

Ramya didn't mention anywhere about her biological father, even for today it's a mystery. However, the assumption of the public is not baseless as one can find resemblence in both and it is also important to note that Ramya had undergone plastic surgery of her nose. In anyway when Ramya didn't mention anywhere about her biological father one need respect her privacy matter.

It's fact that SM Krishna and Ramya's foster father R. T. Narayan were very close friends for decades. Their friendship was well known within the political circles when SM Krishna was the CM of Karnataka in between 1999 to 2004. Minister D. K. Shiva Kumar also mentioned that SM Krishna and R. T. Narayan had a friendship of 40 years. Both SM Krishna and RT Narayan encouraged Ramya to join politics. In 2013 R. T. Narayan had passed away due to cardiac arrest and in 2024, SM Krishna had passed away.

What is the background of the Kannada popular star Upendra? Why is he famous?

 Kannada film industry's one of the most famous actors Upendra’s full name is Upendra Rao. His proper is Thekkette, Koteshwara, Kundapur Thakuk, Udupi district, Karnataka.

He was born in Bangalore in 1968 to Manjunath Rao and Anasuya. He is the second son, his elder brother is an Army officer. Upendra graduated in Bachelor of Commerce from APS College of Commerce, Bangalore.

Since his college days he was interested in acting, he used to participate in plays and often formed troups with his friends. Actor, director Kashinath is Upendra's distant relative, he was associated with him since his college days.

Upendra is also known as Uppi in the Kannada film industry. In 1989 he began his filmy career as a writer and as an assistant director to Kashinath. Kashinath is also an actor and a film director.

Before becoming an actor Upendra received major recognition and success by directing films, his first directorial film was Tharle Nan Maga which was released in 1992. In 1993 he directed horror suspense film Shhh! and it was a major box office success As a director he got a big name with the block-buster film Om in 1995, in which Shiva Rajkumar was the leading hero. Later he made it in Telugu as Omkara.

In 1998, Upendra became an actor with his own directorial film ‘A’ which had become a major hit film. Its Telugu dubbed version was also a big hit and was screened for 100 days in Andhra Pradesh.

Before A he appeared in cameo roles, in 1989s Kashinath‘s film Ananthana Avantara, he did the role of Lord Kamdeva in a song Come on Come on Kamanna. After that he did cameo roles in Ajagajantara, Shhh! in 1999 and Operation Antha in 1995.

In 1999 the film Upendra brought him further fame and success, the film made many box office records and became a much bigger hit than film A in both Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In this film Upendra he had casted the Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon. He is in the film Industry since more than 35 years and acted in more than 60 films and directed 10 films.

His several films have completed 100 days such as , A, Upendra, Preethse, Kutumba, Rakta Kanneeru, Gokarna, Gowramma, Auto Shankar, Super, Budhivanta and Uppi 2.

In the film industry he worked in various fields as an actor, director, producer, dialogue writer, screen writer, lyricist and playback singer.

In 2015, he directed and acted in Uppi 2, though it received mixed reviews because of its confusing storyline and screenplay, it was a commercially hit film. It became the second highest grossing Kannada film of all time in the US.

In 2023 Upendra starred in Kabzaa and it couldn't impress the audience due to its similarity with KGF series.

After Uppi 2 he took a long break from direction. In 2024 his directorial film UI got released.

Referring to Upendra's political journey:

In 2017, he joined a political party by name Karnataka Prgnyavanta Janatha Paksha but he quit the party in 2018 due to internal differences.

On 18th September 2018, Upendra launched his own political party, Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP) with a new manifesto based on ART (Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency) of governance . Prajaakeeya means people's centric as opposed to Rajakeeya.

Upendra's party UPP contested in 2019’s Lok Sabha Elections with candidates in all 28 constituencies in Karnataka, they followed a strict rule, only ordinary citizens with no criminal records or any corruption charges against them had contested. So being a celebrity Upendra himself didn't contest in the elections.

Party candidature is extrnded to the open public and candidates are chosen via a written test (based on the candidates reason for joining politics, their developmental plans and many more), an interview and extensive background checking is in the procedure. Apart from all these the candidates are expected to wear a uniform resembling a working structure as in any private establishment.

Referring to his personal life:

In 2003 Upendra got married with actress Priyanka, she was also Miss Kolkata. the duo starred together in two films, Telugu film Raa and Kannada film H2O. The couple have 2 children.

Upendra is known for directing his films in a naturalstic way. He never hesitated to project his ideas or thoughts on the silver screen. So Kannada people fondly called him as the Real Star of the Kannada Cinema and as such he holds this title. He got appreciated for his acting talents and direction skills, at the same time he got criticized for projecting the things in extreme ways. But is is true that he has his own talents in many fields of the film field, he has his own ideas in filmmaking and he has come up with his own talents, capabilities and efforts.

In 2011, during a private screening of Upendra's film Super, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth called Upendra a great actor and director and said that there is hardly anyone in the Indian cinema who would think like Upendra and he also added that he likes upendra's films and he also expressed his desire to work in Upendra's films.

Upendra's upcoming films are Kannada film Buddhivanta 2 ( the sequel of 2008 block-buster Budhivanta) and Tamil film Coolie in which he has a prominent role, starring alongside Rajinikanth. He returned to the Tamil film industry after acting in Vishal starred film Satyam in 2008.

What was so special about the kannada movie OM?

 There are some special things about the Kannada movie Om which was released in 1995 and became a trendsetter of gangster genre in the Kannada Cinema.

Om is the first Kannada film which is based on gangsters, underworld mafia in a full fledged manner, it remained as a cult classic movie in the Kannada cinema and became an inspiration for gangster movies in the Kannada Cinema.

Om is the film which was written and directed by Upendra before he became an actor. He got basic inspiration to write the story on the basis of the real life person Purushottam, ‘ Purshi’, his brother's friend.

Parvatamma Rajkumar produced the film under their Vajreshwari Combines with the budget of 75 lakhs and this was the costliest film for them at that time. The film made 2 crore pre-release business.

The most special thing about the film Om is that it has a Limca record for re- releasing it for more than 550 times on the demand of the film's fans. Reportedly this is the highest screened film in the history of the Kannada cinema.

In the Kapila theatre in Bangalore Om was released for 30 times and it is a record.

Shivrajkumar did the leading role of Satyamurthy, ‘Satya’ son of a Brahmin priest who becomes a gangster due to circumstances but in the end of the film he becomes a completely changed man who becomes the owner of a small dabha and leads a happy life with his wife Madhuri and children. But when he has decided to get free from underworld mafia, the goons chopped his legs and did acid attack on his wife Madhu. But still they begin a new life, live happily by running a dhaba. Satya becomes an inspiration for other gangsters to get free from the underworld and to lead a happy peaceful life with their families. In the end the film gives a message of peace ☮️.

One more speciality of this film was the real life gangsters, Bekkinakannu Rajendra, Korangu Krishna, Tanveer Ahmed and Jedarahalli Krishna did cameo roles in Om.

Initially Upendra had given the working title Satya for the film Om and he was eager to cast Shivanna for the leading role. He approached Rajkumar and narrated the story within 10 minutes. Rajkumar got impressed by the storyline and he gave him 50,000 to proceed with the film. When Rajkumar wrote Om on the screenplay material of the film using Kumkum, they decided to make it as the title of the film.

Shivrajkumar, until he acted in the film Om mostly did romantic roles in his early 8 years of filmy career. With Om his get-up got changed in the Kannada cinema. He had given an outstanding performance in Om.

Earlier the makers had planned to cast other actresses including Bollywood’s Juhi Chawla but Rajkumar suggested to cast Prema for the leading actress role of Madhuri, at that time she was a newcomer and already collaborated with Shivarajkumar in the film Savyasachi.

Rajkumar himself had sung 2 songs: Hey Dinakara…. and O Gulaabiye….under the direction of Hamsalekha had become big hit songs.

It was also remade in Telugu as Omkara, Upendra himself directed the film.

Om was unofficially remade in Hindi as Arjun Pandit, Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla were in the leading roles. The film was a box-office hit but some criticized it for modifying the storyline that lost its originality.

Shivrajkumar, Prema and Upendra‘s work in Om is outstanding. All the 3 had won Karnataka Film State Awards for their excellent works. Shivarajkumar also won Filmfare Award South for Best Actor. It was Upendra's 3rd directorial film after Tarle Nann Maga and Shhhh. Om completed 30 years, remained as a cult classic and one of the biggest hits of all time in the Kannada Cinema.

"ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರ ಮರ್ದಿನಿ"

 

"ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರ ಮರ್ದಿನಿ"ಡಾ. ರಾಜ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರ ನಟನಾ ಬದುಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಮಹತ್ವದ ಚಿತ್ರ. 1959ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಡಿನ ದಸರಾ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಸಡಗರ. ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ ದೇವಿಯ ಮಹಿಮೆ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತ ವೀಕ್ಷಕರಿಗೆ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯ ಸುದ್ಧಿ ತಿಳಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಚಾರ ಮೇಲಿನ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ವಿಕ್ರಂ ಪ್ರೊಡಕ್ಷನ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಅದರ ಒಡೆಯ ಬಿ. ಎಸ್. ರಂಗಾ ಅವರೇ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ರಾಜ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಉದಯ ಕುಮಾರ್, ಸಾಹುಕಾರ್ ಜಾನಕಿ, ಕುಚಲ ಕುಮಾರಿ, ಅಶ್ವಥ್, ನರಸಿಂಹ ರಾಜು, ಸಂಧ್ಯಾ, ಸೂರ್ಯಕಲಾ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ತಾರಾಬಳಗ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಜಿ. ಕೆ. ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ ಅವರ ಸಂಗೀತ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು" ತುಂಬಿತು ಮನವಾ.. ತಂದಿತು ಸುಖವ.. ಗೀತೆಯನ್ನು ಹಾಡಿದ್ದು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ವಿಶೇಷ ಮತ್ತು ಮೈಲಿಗಲ್ಲು.

ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರ ಮರ್ದಿನಿ ಮದರಾಸಿನ ವಿಕ್ರಂ ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತ್ರೀಕರಣ ಆದ ಮೊದಲ ಸಿನಿಮಾ. ಹೀಗೊಂದು ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆ ಕೂಡಾ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕಿದೆ.ಮುಂದೆ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರ ಎಂಟು ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಡಬ್ ಆಗಿ ದಾಖಲೆ ಬರೆಯಿತು.ಹಿಂದಿ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ "ದುರ್ಗಾ ಮಾತಾ"ಎಂಬ ಟೈಟಲ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ 1960 ರಲ್ಲಿ ತೆರೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿತ್ತು.ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಪೋಸ್ಟರ್ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮದರಾಸಿನ ಆ ಕಚೇರಿಗೆ ಚಿತ್ರ ತಂಡದ ಜೊತೆ ರಾಜ್ ಅವರೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿದ್ದರಂತೆ.

ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಕುರಿತು ಹೇಳುವಾಗ ಸಿನಿರಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿ. ಎಸ್. ರಂಗಾ (1917–2010) ಅವರ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಲೇ ಬೇಕು. ಆ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂಬೈನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವು ವರ್ಷ ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಾಹಕರಾಗಿ ದುಡಿದು ಸಿನಿಮಾ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ಅನುಭವ ಪಡೆದ ರಂಗಾ 20 ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಾಹಕರಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಂತರ 1950 ರ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಕ್ರಂ ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋ ಅಂಡ್ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು. ಆಗ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತಯಾರಿಕೆ ಕಷ್ಟ ಎನ್ನುವ ದಿನಗಳು. ಆದರೆ ಅವರ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಕ್ತ ಬೆಂಬಲ ದೊರೆಯದೆ ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋ ಮದರಾಸಿನತ್ತ ಮುಖ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾಯಿತು.

ರಂಗಾ ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡ, ತಮಿಳು, ತೆಲುಗು ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ, ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು,ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಕ್ತ ಮಾರ್ಕoಡೆಯ, ಅಮರಶಿಲ್ಪಿ ಜಕಣಾಚಾರಿ, ಭಾಗ್ಯವಂತ, ಪಾರ್ವತಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ,ಮಹಾಸತಿ ಅನಸೂಯ, ಭಕ್ತ ಮಾರ್ಕoಡೆಯ, ಹಾಸ್ಯರತ್ನ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ,ದಶಾವತಾರ, ಚಂದ್ರಹಾಸ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು.

1978 ರಲ್ಲಿಮತ್ತೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಲಾಲ್ ಬಾಗ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಸಂತ್ ಕಲರ್ ಲ್ಯಾಬೋರೇಟರಿ ಎಂಬ ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋ ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ ಮಾಡಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಪುತ್ರ ವಸಂತ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ಇದೇ ಉದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ ಕರೆತಂದರು. ಇದೇ ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋ ಸದ್ಯ ವಿಷನ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಟೆಕ್ನೊಲಜಿಸ್ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ತೂಗುದೀಪ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್

 

ತೂಗುದೀಪ ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದ ಮರೆಯಲಾರದ ಹೆಸರು. (1943–1995).ಡಾ. ರಾಜ್ ಅಭಿನಯದ ತೂಗುದೀಪ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಮೂಲಕ (1966)ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದ ಪ್ರವೇಶ ಪಡೆದ ಈ ಕಲಾವಿದ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದ್ದು ಸುಮಾರು 190 ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ರಾಜ್ ಅಭಿನಯದ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಏನಲ್ಲ.ಸಿಪಾಯಿ ರಾಮು, ಮೇಯರ್ ಮುತ್ತಣ್ಣ, ಗಂಧದ ಗುಡಿ, ಪ್ರೇಮದ ಕಾಣಿಕೆ,ಗಿರಿಕನ್ಯೆ, ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿದ ಮಗ, ಬಬ್ರುವಾಹನ, ಶಂಕರ್ ಗುರು, ಕವಿರತ್ನ ಕಾಳಿದಾಸ, ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ, ಭಕ್ತ ಕುಂಬಾರ, ತ್ರಿಮೂರ್ತಿ, ಹೀಗೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಾ ಸಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ರಾಜ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಸ್ನೇಹ, ಗೌರವದಿಂದ ತೂಗುದೀಪ ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಂತ ಮನೆಯ ಕನಸು ನನಸು ಮಾಡಿ ಕೊಂಡಾಗ ಅಂದು ಆ ಮನೆಯ ಮುಂದೆ ಕಾಣುತಿದ್ದ ಫಲಕ "ಮು ಪಾ ಕೃಪ".ಈ ಮನೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾರ್ವತಮ್ಮನವರು ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಮುತ್ತುರಾಜ್ ಪಾರ್ವತಮ್ಮ ಕೃಪ ಎಂದೇ ಕರೆದರು.

ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಕಾಡಿದ ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯದ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ದೀರ್ಘ ಕಾಲದ ಬದುಕು ಅವರು ಕಾಣಲಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ.

ಚಿತ್ರ ರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಖಳ ನಾಯಕರಾಗಿ ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡರು ಅವರು ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಪೋಷಕ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳೇನು ಕಡಿಮೆಯಲ್ಲ. ತಾವು ತೆರೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಖಳ ನಾಯಕನ ಇಮೇಜ್ ಹೊತ್ತ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಕರ ಜೊತೆಗಿನ ಅನುಭವಗಳನ್ನು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡ ಪ್ರಸಂಗವಿದು.ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ಮಡದಿ ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ ಮೀನಾ ತೂಗುದೀಪ ಅವರ ಮಾತೂ ಇರುವುದು ಈ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದ ವಿಶೇಷ.