'Santhosha' - new Kannada movie directed by M.R. Ramesh having singer Rajesh in the lead

Remember that young singer Rajesh who has won State Award thrice? He has now come in front of camera apart from being behind the screen. 'Santhosha' having Rajesh as one of the lead is moving briskly. This new film has new troupe from director to producer to lead stars. Other hero of the film is Siddharth hailing from Kashmir. We happen to visit Abbaiah Naidu studio last Friday where the Santhosha film troupe was busy with 'light-camera-action'. Hero Siddarth and heroine Anitha were stepping for a song choreographed by director Ramesh himself. Another girl in the lead is Pranathi. Anitha is not a new face to many as she acted in 'Veera Kannadiga'. Kannada filmdom is new to Pranathi - a good-looking girl hailing from God's Own Country, Kerala. She acted in a few Malayalam movies and has modeling background.

Siddarth and Anita in film Santhosha

It was Rajesh who got a chance for a leisured chat, as the rest were busy shooting. Rekha (Sparsha fame) is the counterpart for Rajesh who plays the role of a friend of Siddarth. He voiced for three songs in this film. His involvement as a hero was just a coincident says Rajesh. When he went for song recording, director Ramesh explained the story and requested him to take up this role. That's how Rajesh came in front of the camera.

Rajesh started his career as a singer in 1991 and received Karnataka State Award thrice. He is a known singer even in Tamil and Telugu. Though his professional life was always on track, not his personal life. His marriage with Soumya Rao and the break up was a bitter experience for him. Still it gave him a lot of courage. Rajesh never allowed his personal life to overshadow his professional life he says. He doesn't have any regrets about it. Even now he calls up Soumya as a good friend. Rajesh with Pranati

In spite of all these hurdles and tensions, he attained what he wanted to in his profession. And now is trying his hands on acting too. According to Rajesh acting is not an easy job compared to singing. In his first film itself he realized that action roles are not for him. Instead, feels he can play soft, romantic characters like the ones Aravind Swamy played in Roja. Rajesh is ready to act even in future provided he gets good and interesting roles. He is not targeting lead roles particularly but should be very demanding and challenging. So here wishing this budding artist a very good luck.