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Rockline Venkatesh
Born
T. N. Venkatesh

(1963-03-24) 24 March 1963 (age 63)
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
Years active1987–present
SpousePushpakumari
Children2

Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 24 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his works predominantly in Kannada films. He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company, 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

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1987–2010

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Venkatesh began his career in films as a stuntman and playing supporting roles in 1987. In 1992, he produced his first television series, Ashawadigalu.[2] He started his production venture in 1996 with co-production of Ayudha. He has made films with original stories and also remakes from other languages. He has made films with top super stars of Kannada film industry like Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Ravichandran, Shivaraj Kumar, Upendra, 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]

2010 – present

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File:Rockline Venkatesh at CCL 4 Launch.jpg
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.[7][8] Later it was mentioned that Rohit Shetty from Hindi film industry would direct the Hindi version of the film.[9] Recently Venkatesh has been seen working with superstars from various industries, he made his debut as a Telugu film producer with 2014's Power, starring Ravi Teja, Lingaa starring Rajnikanth which released in various languages and in 2015 he associated with Bollywood's superstar Salman Khan for the film Bajrangi Bhaijaan which emerged as a commercial success grossing over ₹6.25 billion worldwide and in the process and became the third highest grossing Indian film[10] after PK and 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 Marathi blockbuster Sairat for four southern languages. Sairat, the critically acclaimed love story is the first Marathi film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$15 million) worldwide.[11] Rinku Rajguru, heroine of the Marathi film Sairat will make Sandalwood debut with the Kannada version directed by S. Narayan.[12]

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.[13][14]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
See also: Category:Rockline Entertainments films

As producer

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Kannada films

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Year Title Notes
1992 Belli Modagalu Remake of Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
1993 Ananda Jyothi Based on the novel Maangalya Maale by Kakolu Saroja Rao
1994 Rasika
1995 Himapatha Based on the novel of same name by T. K. Rama Rao
1996 Aayudha
1997 Agni IPS
Laali Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film
1998 Kurubana Rani Co-written by V. Vijayendra Prasad
Yaare Neenu Cheluve Remake of Kadhal Kottai
Preethsod Thappa Remake of Ninne Pelladata
1999 Naanu Nanna Hendthiru Remake of Thaikulame Thaikulame
2000 Preethse Remake of Darr
Krishna Leele Remake of Gokulathil Seethai
2001 Diggajaru Remake of Natpukkaga
Jodi Remake of Darling Darling
Usire Remake of Bharathi Kannamma
2002 Dakota Express Remake of Ee Parakkum Thalika
Nagarahavu Remake of Baazigar
2003 Ondagona Baa Remake of Kalisundam Raa
2004 Maurya Remake of Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
2005 Varsha Remake of Hitler
2006 Ajay Remake of Okkadu
Sirivantha Remake of Aa Naluguru
2008 Bombaat
2009 Yodha Remake of Bose
Junglee
Devru Remake of Abhimanyu
Manasaare
2010 Super
2012 Dakota Picture Remake of Malamaal Weekly
2016 Kotigobba 2
Sundaranga Jaana Remake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
2017 Manasu Mallige Remake of Sairat
2018 Brihaspathi Remake of Velaiilla Pattadhari
2019 Natasaarvabhowma
Aadi Lakshmi Puraana
2023 Kaatera [15]
2024 Karataka Damanaka [16][17]

Other language films

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Year Title Language Notes
2003 Dum Tamil Remake of Appu
2005 Majaa Remake of Thommanum Makkalum
2014 Power Telugu
Lingaa Tamil Cameo appearance in the song "Oh Nanba"
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hindi
2016 Mudinja Ivana Pudi Tamil
2017 Villain Malayalam [18][19]
2018 Aatagadharaa Siva Telugu Remake of Rama Rama Re...

As actor

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Year Film Role Notes
1989 Hongkongnalli Agent Amar [20]
1993 Ananda Jyothi Based on the novel Maangalya Maale by Kakolu Saroja Rao
1993 Anuragada Alegalu
1994 Rasika Rajeev
1996 Police Story
1997 Agni IPS Baasha Khan
2000 Independence Day Kannada-Tamil film
2002 Dheera Remake of Evadra Rowdy[21]
Dakota Express Krishna Remake of Ee Parakkum Thalika
Balarama Balarama Remake of Yerra Mandaram
Nagarahavu Remake of Baazigar
2007 Police Story 2 Vijay
2008 Kaamannana Makkalu Krishna
2009 Devru Remake of Thalai Nagaram which itself was based on Malayalam movie Abhimanyu
2012 Dakota Picture Krishna Remake of Malamaal Weekly
2014 Lingaa Man at the bar Tamil film
Cameo appearance in the song "Oh Nanba"
2016 Killing Veerappan T. Harikrishna
Nataraja Service Inspector Venkatesh
2018 Naachiyaar Feroz Khan Tamil film
8MM Bullet KK
2019 Kurukshetra Shalya

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