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'''Janardhan Chikkanna''' is an [[List of Indian film directors|Indian film director]] and screenwriter who works in [[Kannada cinema]]. He rose to fame following the success of his directorial debut ''[[Gultoo]].'' Gultoo — produced by Prashanth Reddy and Devaraj Ramanna under the Vivid Films banner.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/everyone-with-a-smartphone-must-watch-gultoo/articleshow/63531672.cms|title=Everyone with a smartphone must watch Gultoo - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Janardhan took to films after completing his graduation in [[engineering]] and says that his course influenced the subject of Gultoo. He went on to do a course at the MGR Government Film and Television Institute. When he passed out of there in 2015, Janardhan was sure that he didn’t want to assist any director or knock on producers’ doors with a script in hand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/mar/24/gultoo-is-on-crime-and-privacy-janardhan-chikkanna-1791561.html|title=Gultoo is on crime and privacy: Janardhan Chikkanna|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/everyone-with-a-smartphone-must-watch-gultoo/articleshow/63531672.cms|title=Everyone with a smartphone must watch Gultoo - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref> He made his directorial debut in 2018 with ''Gultoo'', that throws light on individual privacy and our vulnerability online, a [[Cybercrime|cyber crime]] thriller. The movie stars Naveen Shankar, [[Sonu (actress)|Sonu Gowda]], [[Rangayana Raghu]] and [[Avinash]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2018/mar/24/gultoo-is-on-crime-and-privacy-janardhan-chikkanna-1791561.html|title=Gultoo is on crime and privacy: Janardhan Chikkanna|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-31}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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!Year<br />
!Film<br />
!Director<br />
!Screenwriter<br />
!Producer<br />
!Notes<br />
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|2018<br />
|''[[Gultoo]]''<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{No}}<br />
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|-<br />
|2020<br />
|''[[Sarvajanikarige Suvarnavakasha]]''<br />
|{{No}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|{{Yes}}<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Facebook|id=https://www.facebook.com/JanardhanChikkanna/?ref=br_rs|name=Janardhan Chikkanna's Official Facebook Page}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=nm9329451}}<br />
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