Rockline Venkatesh

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Rockline Venkatesh
Venkatesh in 2018
Born
T. N. Venkatesh

(1963-03-24) 24 March 1963 (age 61)
Occupations
Years active1987–present
SpousePushpakumari
Children2

Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 23 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in

Rockline Entertainments which has directed over five films as of 2012. In 2015 he co-produced Bajrangi Bhaijaan which earned the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 63rd National Film Awards.[1]

Career

1987–2010

Venkatesh began his career in films as a stuntman and playing supporting roles in 1987. In 1992, he produced his first television series, Ashawadigalu.

Sudeep, Puneeth Rajkumar, Darshan, Vijay and others and also made a few small budget films. He has used top film directors like Ravichandran, S.V.Rajendra Singh Babu, D.Rajendra Babu, S. Narayan, KV Raju, Om Prakash Rao, MS Rajashekhar, Sadhu Kokila, Dayal Padmanabhan, Meher Ramesh and others. In 2009, When IDBI started financing Kannada films, Rockline Venkatesh one of the initial producers to welcome the bank to Industry.[3] Rockline Productions has now become a brand name in the Kannada film industry which has produced several blockbusters like Preethse, Preethsodh Thappa, Yaare Neenu Cheluve, Ajay, Mourya, Diggajaru, and Dakota Express.[4][5][6][7]

2010 – present

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Venkatesh at the launch of Celebrity Cricket League 4

In 2010, The ongoing buzz was created when it was said superstar Upendra is directing a movie after 10 years, Rockline Venkatesh produced the movie and its said that they spend lakhs of money on photoshoot itself.

Baahubali
.

On New Year's Eve 2015, Killing Veerappan by Ram Gopal Varma was released. Rockline Venkatesh has keyed well in the prominent role as a police officer (where he has performed police roles in movies such as Agni IPS and Police Story) who becomes one of the victim to the killings of Veerappan.

In mid 2016 Rockline Venkatesh acquired the remake rights of

S Narayan.[13]

In January 2017, Rockline Venkatesh's first Malayalam film was announced. The film, starring Mohanlal and Manju Warrier, was directed by B. Unnikrishnan while Tamil actor Vishal has been cast as the main villain.[14][15]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Producer
Year Title Cast Language Notes
1992 Belli Modagalu Ramesh Aravind, Malashri Kannada Co -Producer: Debut as film Producer
Remake of
Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
1993 Ananda Jyothi
Sudharani
Co-Producer and Actor
Based on the novel Maangalya Maale by Kakolu Saroja Rao
1994 Rasika V. Ravichandran Producer and Actor
1995 Himapatha
Jayapradha
Producer
Based on the novel of same name by T. K. Rama Rao
1996 Aayudha
Saikumar
Distributor
1997 Agni IPS
Saikumar, Ranjitha
Also in a supporting role
Laali Vishnuvardhan, Mohini Producer
Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film
1998 Kurubana Rani
Shivarajkumar, Nagma
Co-written by V. Vijayendra Prasad
Yaare Neenu Cheluve V. Ravichandran, Sangita Remake of Kadhal Kottai
Preethsod Thappa V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty Remake of Ninne Pelladata
1999 Naanu Nanna Hendthiru
Prema
Remake of Thaikulame Thaikulame
2000 Preethse
Shivarajkumar, Upendra, Sonali Bendre
Remake of Darr
Krishna Leele
Shivarajkumar
Remake of Gokulathil Seethai
2001 Diggajaru Ambareesh, Vishnuvardhan, Sanghavi Remake of Natpukkaga
Jodi
Shivarajkumar, Jaggesh
Remake of Darling Darling
Usire
Rachana Banerjee
Remake of Bharathi Kannamma
2002 Dakota Express Om Prakash Rao Remake of Ee Parakkum Thalika
As actor in lead role
Nagarahavu Upendra, Jyothika Remake of Baazigar
Also in a supporting role
2003 Ondagona Baa V. Ravichandran, Shilpa Shetty Remake of Kalisundam Raa
Dum Silambarasan, Rakshita Tamil Remake of Appu
2004 Maurya Puneeth Rajkumar, Meera Jasmine Kannada Remake of Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
2005
Varsha
Vishnuvardhan, Ramesh Aravind Remake of Hitler
Majaa
Asin, Pasupathy
Tamil Remake of Thommanum Makkalum
2006 Ajay
Prakash Raj
Kannada Remake of Okkadu
Sirivantha Vishnuvardhan Remake of Aa Naluguru
2008 Bombaat Ganesh
2009 Yodha Darshan Remake of Bose
Junglee
Andritha Ray, Rangayana Raghu
Devru Duniya Vijay Producer and Actor — Remake of Thalai Nagaram which itself was based on Malayalam movie Abhimanyu
Manasaare Diganth, Aindrita Ray
2010
Super
Nayantara, Tulip Joshi
2012 Dakota Picture Doddanna, Mukhyamantri Chandru Remake of Malamaal Weekly
As actor in lead role
2014 Power
Raviteja, Hansika Motwani
Telugu Remade in Bengali as Power
Lingaa Tamil
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Hindi Similar to Kallarali Hoovagi
Written by V. Vijayendra Prasad
2016 Kotigobba 2
Sudeep, Nithya Menen
Kannada
Tamil
Sundaranga Jaana Ganesh, Shanvi Srivastava Kannada Remake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
2017 Manasu Mallige Nishanth, Rinku Rajguru Remake of Sairat
Villain
Vishal Krishna, Manju Warrier
Malayalam [16][17]
2018 Brihaspathi
Mishti
Kannada Remake of Tamil film Velaiilla Pattadhari
Aatagadharaa Siva Uday Shankar, Doddanna Telugu Remake of Rama Rama Re...
2019 Natasaarvabhowma Puneeth Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi, Rachita Ram, Anupama Parameswaran, P. Ravi Shankar Kannada
Aadi Lakshmi Puraana Radhika Pandit, Nirup Bhandari
2023 Kaatera Darshan, Aradhana Ram [18]
2024 Karataka Damanaka Shiva Rajkumar, Prabhu Deva [19][20]
Actor

References

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  9. ^ "'Soodhu Kavvum' to have Kannada remake". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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  12. ^ "Success ka effect: Sairat to now be remade in 4 different languages!". DNA India. 12 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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  14. ^ "Vishal's role in Malayalam debut revealed?". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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  17. ^ "Actor Vishal to make Mollywood debut in Mohanlal-starrer". manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Darshan's 'Kaatera' gets a release date". thehindu. 29 November 2023. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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  21. ^ https://chiloka.com/movie/hongkongnalli-agent-amar-1989

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