Английская Википедия:Dhananjaya (actor)

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Kalenahalli Adaviswamy Dhananjaya (born 23 August 1985), also known as Daali, is an Indian actor, lyricist and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards and four SIIMA Awards for his performances in various films.

Dhananjaya made his acting debut in Director's Special (2013) for which he won the best debut actor award at the 3rd SIIMA Awards. He was critically acclaimed for playing the role of Allama Prabhu in Allama (2017). He turned producer through the film, Badava Rascal.

Dhananjaya got the major breakthrough in the film Tagaru (2018) directed by Duniya Soori for his performance as a menacing villain. He is now popularly addressed as "Daali" - the character name in the film. Dhananjaya has also played roles in films in other languages such as Telugu and Tamil.

Early life and family

Dhananjaya was born on 23 August 1985. Dhananjaya excelled in studies and had secured top marks for the whole of Hassan District once when he was in 7th standard and then again in 10th standard. He says he grew up watching Dr. Rajkumar movies and hence he started acting in dramas, mono-acting competitions and street plays while he was still in school.

Dhananjaya then moved to Mysore for higher studies and having completed his PUC in Marimallappa College, he secured an engineering seat in one of the reputed engineering colleges in Mysore, SJCE. He even got a job in a software company, Infosys. However, he started taking acting more seriously and joined an amateur theatre group called GPIER which was headed and mentored by a senior Rangayana artist named Mime Ramesh. He was also recognized and mentored by Germany theatre artist Christian Stückl in Germany. During one of his performances in a drama, he was recognised by popular Kannada director Guruprasad and was offered a lead role in a feature film. Thus began his career in Sandalwood.

Film career

Файл:The Director T.S. Nagabhararana with the cast and crew at the presentation of the film ‘Allama’, during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on November 26, 2016.jpg

Dhananjaya with the cast and crew at the presentation of the film 'Allama', during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on 26 November 2016.

Early years (2013–2018)

Dhananjaya appeared in a Kannada short film on YouTube called Jayanagar 4th Block which has over 2.5 million views as of 2022. Dhananjaya was offered a lead role in Guruprasad's feature film Director's Special. The film took three years in the making and was finally released in 2013 to mixed and negative responses at the box office. Dhananjaya was lauded for his performance and won the best debut actor award at the 3rd SIIMA Awards for the same. Many prominent filmmakers approached him for the roles in their films. He was then cast in A. P. Arjun's next film Rhaatee opposite Shruthi Hariharan under musician V. Harikrishna's debut production. His next was Preetham Gubbi's film Boxer, produced under Jayanna Films banner, which brought him wide accolades. He was known for his fit boxer's body, which he had achieved by rigorous training. He was then offered a role by National award-winning director T. S. Nagabharana for the film Allama which is based on the life of 12th century saint poet Allama Prabhu. Dhananjaya underwent harsh training to master the musical instrument Mridanga and also the classical dance for the role and received great reviews for his performance. Although his movies did not make a big impact on the box office collection, he constantly received good reviews from the audience and critics for his acting skills.

Daali and after (2018–present)

His biggest breakthrough came when he was offered a negative role named "'Daali" opposite Shiva Rajkumar In Tagaru directed by Duniya Suri. Director Suri has shared that he was a bit hesitant to offer negative role to Dhananjaya as he was always playing good deed doing lead (or hero) roles in his previous movies and was pleasantly surprised when he accepted the offer. The film opened with very good reviews and was declared a huge hit in terms of box office collection. Dhananjaya's acting as a menacing villain won him accolades across the film fraternity, critics and the audience. The role earned him nicknames such as "Nataraakshasa", "Nata bhayanakara", "Daali" etc.,. He is currently one of the most sought-after actors who is seen as a capable lead to play both antagonist and protagonist roles. After this movie, he has played many roles with leading actors in the Kannada film industry such as Darshan in Yajamana, Puneeth Rajkumar in Yuvarathna and Duniya Vijay in Salaga as well as paving the way to receive offers for films in other languages.

Producer, lyricist and a writer & Director

Riding on the success of his acting career in Sandalwood, Dhananjaya has set up his own production house Daali Pictures named after his popular character Daali. Badava Rascal - A Kannada film, will be marking Dhananjaya's entry into the journey as a producer under his home banner. The film has the production part and is due for release soon. According to recent announcements Dhananjaya is set to produce second film named Head Bush under his home banner Daali Pictures. The film based on the life-story of Bangalore's infamous underworld don - Jayaraj.

Dhananjaya has also penned for songs in movies that he has starred in as well as other indie films. The upcoming Kannada film named Orchestra - a first production venture by musician Raghu Dixit being one of his first as a lyricist in Kannada film industry. He has also written multiple songs for his upcoming movie Badava Rascal among which one of them was released recently and was a huge hit.

Dhananjaya often writes columns in Kannada newspapers choosing topics such as social issues and human values.

Filmography

Шаблон:Pending films key All films are in Kannada unless noted otherwise.

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Шаблон:Tooltip
2013	Director's Special	Dhananjaya	Debut Film
2014	Jayanagar 4th Block	Himself	Actor and Story-writer
2015	Rhaatee	Raja
	Boxer	Raja
2016	Jessie	Jessie
	Badmaash	Vijay
2017	Allama	Allama Prabhu
	Eradane Sala
	Happy New Year	RJ Danny
2018	Tagaru	Daali
	Bhairava Geetha	Bhairava	Kannada-Telugu Bilingual Film
	Life Jothe Ondh Selfie	Karthik	Special Appearance
2019	Yajamana	Mittai Soori
2020	Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Tiger Seena
2021	Pogaru	Dhananjay
	Yuvarathnaa	Antony Joseph
	Salaga	Samrat
	Rathnan Prapancha	Rathnakara
	Pushpa: The Rise	Jaali Reddy	Telugu Film
	Badava Rascal	Shankar	Also producer
2022	Twenty One Hours	Srikanth
	Bairagee	Karna
	Monsoon Raaga	Katte
	Totapuri: Chapter 1	Narayana Pillai
	Head Bush	M. P. Jayaraj	Also producer
	Once Upon a Time in Jamaligudda	Krishan (Heroshima)
2023	Orchestra Mysuru	Shepard	Cameo appearance
	Gurudev Hoysala	Gurudev Hoysala	Dhananjaya's 25th film
	Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku	Jeevan	Tamil Film
	Manu Charitra	Rudra	Telugu Film
	Thothapuri: Chapter 2	Narayana Pillai
2024	Шаблон:Pending film	Adhi	Filming; Telugu Film
	Шаблон:Pending film	Шаблон:TBA	Pre-production
	Шаблон:Pending film	Jaali Reddy	Filming; Telugu Film
	Шаблон:Pending film	Шаблон:TBA	Pre-production

As lyricist

Year	Song	Movie	Music Director	Шаблон:Tooltip
2021	"Udupi Hotelu"	Badava Rascal	Vasuki Vaibhav
2022	"Habibi Habibi"	Head Bush	Charan Raj
2023	"Maadappa"	Orchestra Mysuru	Raghu Dixit
	"Sulla Chandira"
	"Nadiyondu"
	"Dum Idre Hodi Nanna"
	"Sangeeta Sagara"
	"Arey Arey"
	"Idu Yeno Ondthara"
	"Haaduve Naa Haaduve"
	"Tagaru Palya Title Track"	Tagaru Palya	Vasuki Vaibhav
	"Suryakanthi"

As producer (Daali Pictures)

Year	Title	Шаблон:Tooltip
2021	Badava Rascal
2022	Head Bush
2023	Tagaru Palya

As a presenter

• Orchestra Mysuru (2023)
• Daredevil Musthafa (2023)

Awards

List of film awards and nominations

Film Title	Award	Category	Result	Шаблон:Tooltip
Director's Special	3rd SIIMA Awards	Best Male Debutant	Шаблон:Won
Allama	65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor (Critics)	Шаблон:Won
	Basavaratna Awards	Best Actor	Шаблон:Won
Tagaru	Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga Award	Best Supporting Actor	Шаблон:Won
	66th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Kannada	Шаблон:Won
	8th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor in a Negative Role	Шаблон:Won
Popcorn Monkey Tiger	9th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor – Kannada	Шаблон:Won
Salaga	10th SIIMA Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Kannada	Шаблон:Nom
	67th Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Kannada	Шаблон:Nom
Badava Rascal		Best Actor – Kannada	Шаблон:Won
	10th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor – Kannada	Шаблон:Nom
Yuvarathnaa		Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada	Шаблон:Nom
Шаблон:Small		Best sensation of Kannada cinema	Шаблон:Won

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Dhananjay Rediff interview