TV9 - [47] True Incident Of Actor Balakrishna With Krishnamurthy Nadiga In "Ondu Sathya Kathe".......! The cinema of Karnataka (Kannada: à²à²¨à³à²¨à²¡ ಸಿನಿಮಾ), sometimes colloquially referred to as Sandalwood and as Chandanavana (Kannada: à²à²à²¦à²¨à²µà²¨) in Kannada,[1][2] encompasses movies made in the Indian state of Karnataka based in Bangalore. Most of the movies are made in Kannada, with a handful of them in Konkani or Tulu. Today more than 100 films are made every year.[3] A handful of the movies are released in the USA, Australia, Germany, UK and other countries.[4] Efforts to further expand its market have met with some success. A total of 650 cinema theatres in Karnataka gives great scope for the cinema industry. 1930s Girish Karnad's Kaadu (1973) and Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978), MS Sathyu's Kanneshwara Rama (1977) and Chithegu Chinthe (1978), and Pattabhi Rama Reddy's Samskara (1970) were also among the important movies of this era. The deaths of Sh! ankar Nag and Sunil were unexpected. [edit] 2000s The Kannada film industry managed to generate several blockbusters in the first decade of the new millennium. It suffered heavy losses with the demise of superstars like Dr.Rajkumar, Dr.Vishnuvardhan, KS Ashwath and Vajramuni. But this decade also saw the emergence of talented artists like Puneet Rajkumar (Rajkumar's third son), Darshan Tugudeep (son of actor Toogudeepa Sreenivas), Sudeep, Ganesh, Diganth and Vijay. Director Upendra turned into an actor and acted in
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