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{{Infobox person
| name = Rockline Venkatesh
| image = Rockline-Venkatesh at KCKS event.jpg
| caption = Venkatesh in 2018
| birthname = T. N. Venkatesh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|03|23}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| occupation = [[Film producer|Producer]], [[Actor]]
| spouse = Pushpakumari
| children = Yateesh Abhilash
}}

'''Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh''' (born 23 March 1963), better known by his stage name '''Rockline Venkatesh''', is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], and [[Bollywood|Hindi]] cinemas. 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]].<ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007194418/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== 1990–2010 ===
Venkatesh began his career as a stuntman, a villain, supporting roles and produced Kannada television serial initially. 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 Dr. [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ambareesh]], [[V. Ravichandran|Ravichandran]], [[Shivaraj Kumar]], [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]], [[Sudeep]], [[Puneeth Rajkumar]], [[Darshan (actor)|Darshan]], [[Duniya Vijay|Vijay]] and others and also made a few small budget films. He has used top film directors like Ravichandran, [[Rajendra Singh Babu|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/idbi-not-keen-on-financing-kannada-films/20090622.htm|title=IDBI not keen on financing Kannada films|publisher=Rediff|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105115421/http://www.rediff.com/money/report/idbi-not-keen-on-financing-kannada-films/20090622.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Rockline Productions has now become a brand name in the Kannada film industry which has produced several blockbusters like ''[[Preethse]]'', ''[[Preethsod Thappa|Preethsodh Thappa]]'', ''[[Yaare Neenu Cheluve]]'', ''[[Ajay (2006 film)|Ajay]]'', ''[[Maurya (film)|Mourya]]'', ''[[Diggajaru]]'', and ''[[Dakota Express]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Celebs at Karnataka Chalanachitra Kalavidara Sangha |url= http://www.ask4tick.com/trending-news?news_id=celebs-at-karnataka-chalanachitra-kalavidara-sangha |website= ask4tick.com |date= 13 February 2018 |access-date= 14 March 2018 |archive-date= 25 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210056/http://www.ask4tick.com/trending-news?news_id=celebs-at-karnataka-chalanachitra-kalavidara-sangha |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Artist association grand meeting |url= https://www.indiaglitz.com/artist-association-grand-meeting-kannada-news-206744 |website= indiaglitz.com |date= 12 February 2018 |access-date= 12 February 2018 |archive-date= 25 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210429/https://www.indiaglitz.com/artist-association-grand-meeting-kannada-news-206744 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= FTII-like institute to come up in Bengaluru |url= http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/feb/11/ftii-like-institute-to-come-up-in-bengaluru-1771860.html |website= newindianexpress.com |date= 11 February 2018 |access-date= 11 February 2018 |archive-date= 17 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180217134611/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/feb/11/ftii-like-institute-to-come-up-in-bengaluru-1771860.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce |url= http://kfcc.co.in/associations.aspx |website= newindianexpress.com |access-date= 25 February 2018 |archive-date= 25 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205841/http://kfcc.co.in/associations.aspx |url-status= live }}</ref>

=== 2010 – present ===
[[File:Audio release of Rajinikanth’s film ‘Lingaa’ 2.jpg|thumb|Venkatesh with .[[K.S. Ravikumar]], [[Vairamuthu]], [[Rajinikanth]] and [[Sonakshi Sinha]] at the audio launch of ''[[Lingaa]]''.]]
[[File:Rockline Venkatesh at CCL 4 Launch.jpg|thumb|225px|right|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-kannada-actor-upendra-directs-nayanthara/20100223.htm|title=Upendra, the director returns|publisher=Rediff|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105115853/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-kannada-actor-upendra-directs-nayanthara/20100223.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> And in late 2013, after making films like [[Super (2010 Kannada film)|Super]], [[Preethse]] and [[Maurya (film)|Maurya]], Venkatesh was very keen to remake Tamil film [[Soodhu Kavvum]] in Kannada.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/soodhu-kavvum-to-have-kannada-remake-113060500159_1.html|title='Soodhu Kavvum' to have Kannada remake|work=Business Standard|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044728/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/soodhu-kavvum-to-have-kannada-remake-113060500159_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later it was mentioned that [[Rohit Shetty]] from Hindi film industry would direct the Hindi version of the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Rohit-Shetty-to-remake-Soodhu-Kavvum/articleshow/23919631.cms|title=ROHIT SHETTY TO REMAKE SOODHU KAVVUM|work=Bangalore Mirror|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065740/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Rohit-Shetty-to-remake-Soodhu-Kavvum/articleshow/23919631.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Recently Venkatesh has been seen working with superstars from various industries, he made his debut as a Telugu film producer with 2014's ''[[Power (2014 Telugu film)|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 [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|third highest grossing Indian film]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belvoireagle.com/box-office-collections/bajrangi-bhaijaan-total-box-office-collections-salman-khan-kareena-kapoor-2130.html|title=Bajrangi Bhaijaan Total Box Office collections – Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali|website=www.belvoireagle.com|access-date=23 November 2015|archive-date=24 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124154907/http://www.belvoireagle.com/box-office-collections/bajrangi-bhaijaan-total-box-office-collections-salman-khan-kareena-kapoor-2130.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> after [[PK (film)|PK]] and [[Baahubali (film)|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 language|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-success-ka-effect-sairat-to-now-be-remade-in-4-different-languages-2222912|title=Success ka effect: Sairat to now be remade in 4 different languages!|date=2016-06-12|website=DNA India|access-date=2016-06-12|archive-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114155446/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-success-ka-effect-sairat-to-now-be-remade-in-4-different-languages-2222912|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rinku Rajguru]], heroine of the Marathi film ''Sairat'' will make Sandalwood debut with the Kannada version directed by [[S Narayan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/news/2016/kannada-remake-of-marathi-film-sairat-launched-244433.html|title=Kannada Remake Of Marathi Film Sairat Launched|date=2016-10-14|website=filmibeat|access-date=2016-10-14|archive-date=3 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103234656/http://www.filmibeat.com/kannada/news/2016/kannada-remake-of-marathi-film-sairat-launched-244433.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 cinema|Tamil]] actor [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] has been cast as the main villain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/jan/27/vishals-role-in-malayalam-debut-revealed-1564061.html|title=Vishal's role in Malayalam debut revealed?|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003846/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/jan/27/vishals-role-in-malayalam-debut-revealed-1564061.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/vishal-to-play-the-main-antagonist-in-mohanlals-next/|title=Vishal to play the main antagonist in Mohanlal's next?|website=www.bollywoodlife.com|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204010426/http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/vishal-to-play-the-main-antagonist-in-mohanlals-next/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
;Producer
{{category see also |Rockline Entertainments films}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Cast !! Notes
|-
|1992
|''[[Belli Modagalu]]''
|[[Ramesh Aravind]], [[Malashri]]
|Co -Producer: Debut as film Producer Remake of ''[[Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu]]''
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Ananda Jyothi]]'' || [[Shiva Rajkumar]], [[Sudharani]] || Co-Producer and Actor Based on the novel ''Maangalya Maale'' by Kakolu Saroja Rao
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Rasika (film)|Rasika]]'' || [[V. Ravichandran]] || Producer and Actor
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Himapatha]]'' || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Suhasini]], [[Jayapradha]] || Producer Based on the novel of same name by [[T. K. Rama Rao]]
|-
| 1996 || ''Aayudha'' || [[Saikumar Pudipeddi|Saikumar]] ||Distributor
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Agni IPS]]'' || [[Saikumar Pudipeddi|Saikumar]], [[Ranjitha]] || Also in a supporting role
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Laali]]'' ||[[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Mohini (Tamil actress)|Mohini]] ||Producer [[Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film]]
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kurubana Rani]]'' || [[Shivarajkumar]], [[Nagma]] || Co-written by [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]]
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Yaare Neenu Cheluve]]'' || [[V. Ravichandran]], [[Sangita Madhavan Nair|Sangita]] ||Remake of ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Preethsod Thappa]]'' || [[V. Ravichandran]], [[Shilpa Shetty]] ||Remake of ''[[Ninne Pelladata (1996 film)|Ninne Pelladata]]''
|-
| 1999 || ''Naanu Nanna Hendthiru'' || [[V. Ravichandran]], [[Soundarya]], [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]] ||Remake of ''[[Thaikulame Thaikulame]]''
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Preethse]]'' || [[Shivarajkumar]], [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]], [[Sonali Bendre]] ||Remake of ''[[Darr]]''
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Krishna Leele]]'' || [[Shivarajkumar]] ||Remake of ''[[Gokulathil Seethai (film)|Gokulathil Seethai]]''
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Diggajaru]]'' || [[Ambarish]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Sanghavi]] ||Remake of ''[[Natpukkaga]]''
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Jodi (2001 film)|Jodi]]'' || [[Shivarajkumar]], [[Jaggesh]] ||Remake of ''[[Darling Darling (2000 film)|Darling Darling]]''
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Usire (film)|Usire]]'' || [[V. Ravichandran]], [[Rachana Banerjee]] ||Remake of ''[[Bharathi Kannamma]]''
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Dakota Express]]'' || [[Om Prakash Rao]] ||Remake of ''[[Ee Parakkum Thalika]]'' As actor in lead role
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Nagarahavu (2002 film)|Nagarahavu]]'' || [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]], [[Jyothika]]||Remake of ''[[Baazigar]]'' Also in a supporting role
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Ondagona Baa]]'' || [[V. Ravichandran]], [[Shilpa Shetty]] ||Remake of ''[[Kalisundam Raa]]''
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Dum (2003 Tamil film)|Dum]]'' || [[Silambarasan]], [[Rakshita]] || Tamil movie Remake of Kannada Film ''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]''
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Maurya (film)|Maurya]]'' || [[Puneeth Rajkumar]], [[Meera Jasmine]] ||Remake of ''[[Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi]]''
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Varsha (2005 film)|Varsha]]'' || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ramesh Aravind]]||Remake of ''[[Hitler (1996 film)|Hitler]]''
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Majaa]]'' || [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Asin Thottumkal|Asin]], [[Pasupathy]]||Tamil movie Remake of ''[[Thommanum Makkalum]]''
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Ajay (2006 film)|Ajay]]'' || [[Puneeth Rajkumar]], [[Anuradha Mehta]], [[Prakash Raj (Actor)|Prakash Raj]]||Remake of ''[[Okkadu]]''
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Sirivantha]]'' || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]] ||Remake of ''[[Aa Naluguru]]''
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Bombaat]]'' || [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Yodha (2009 film)|Yodha]]'' || [[Darshan (actor)|Darshan]]|| Remake of ''[[Bose (film)|Bose]]''
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Junglee (2009 film)|Junglee]]'' ||[[Duniya Vijay]], [[Andritha Ray]], [[Rangayana Raghu]]||
|-
| 2009 || ''Devru'' || [[Duniya Vijay]] || Producer and Actor — Remake of ''[[Thalai Nagaram]]'' which itself was based on Malayalam movie ''[[Abhimanyu (1991 film)|Abhimanyu]]''
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Manasaare]]'' || [[Diganth]], [[Aindrita Ray]]||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Super (2010 Kannada film)|Super]]'' || [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]], [[Nayantara]], [[Tulip Joshi]]||
|-
| 2012 || ''Dakota Picture'' ||[[Doddanna]], [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]] ||Remake of ''[[Malamaal Weekly]]'' As actor in lead role
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Power (2014 Telugu film)|Power]]'' ||[[Raviteja]], [[Hansika Motwani]] || Telugu Remade in Bengali as ''[[Power (2016 film)|Power]]''
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Lingaa]]'' || [[Rajnikanth]], [[Anushka Shetty]], [[Sonakshi Sinha]], [[Jagapathi Babu]] ||Tamil Movie
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Bajrangi Bhaijaan]]'' || [[Salman Khan]], [[Kareena Kapoor Khan]], [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] || Hindi movie Similar to ''[[Kallarali Hoovagi]]'' Written by [[K. V. Vijayendra Prasad]]
|-
|2016 || ''[[Kotigobba 2]]'' || [[Sudeep]], [[Nithya Menen]] ||
|-
|2016 || ''[[Sundaranga Jaana]]'' || [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]], [[Shanvi Srivastava]] || Remake of ''[[Bhale Bhale Magadivoy]]''
|-
|2017 || ''[[Manasu Mallige]]'' || Nishanth, [[Rinku Rajguru]] || Remake of ''[[Sairat]]''
|-
|2017 || ''[[Villain (2017 film)|Villain]]'' || [[Mohanlal]], [[Vishal Krishna]], [[Manju Warrier]] || Malayalam movie <ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/vishal-to-make-his-malayalam-debut-in-mohanlal-next-4494052/|title=Vishal to make his Malayalam debut in Mohanlal’s next|date=27 January 2017|work=The Indian Express|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080605/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/vishal-to-make-his-malayalam-debut-in-mohanlal-next-4494052/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/mohanlal-unnikrshnan-film-vishal-in-crucial-role.html|title=Actor Vishal to make Mollywood debut in Mohanlal-starrer|website=manoramaonline.com|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127053901/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/mohanlal-unnikrshnan-film-vishal-in-crucial-role.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2018 || ''[[Brihaspathi (film)|Brihaspathi]]'' || [[Manoranjan Ravichandran]], [[Mishti]] || Remake of Tamil film ''[[Velaiilla Pattadhari]]''
|-
|2018 ||''[[Aatagadharaa Siva]]'' || Uday Shankar, [[Doddanna]] ||Telugu film Remake of Kannada film ''[[Rama Rama Re...]]''
|-
|2019 || ''[[Natasaarvabhowma]]'' ||[[Puneeth Rajkumar]], [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[Rachita Ram]], [[Anupama Parameswaran]], [[P. Ravi Shankar]]||
|-
|2019 || ''[[Aadi Lakshmi Puraana]]'' ||[[Radhika Pandit]], [[Nirup Bhandari]]||
|-
|}

;Actor
* ''[[Snehada Kadalalli]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Ananda Jyothi]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Police Story (1996 film)|Police Story]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Agni IPS]]'' (1997)
* ''Dakota Express'' (2002)
* ''[[Kaamannana Makkalu]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Police Story 2]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Killing Veerappan]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Naachiyaar]]'' (2018; Tamil)
* ''[[8MM Bullet]]'' (2018)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1749315}}
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512063800/http://www.rocklineproductions.com/|title=Official website|archive-date=12 May 2012}}

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