Jaggesh

Jaggesh Shivalingappa
Born	Esware Gowda Mayasandra, Turuvekere, Tumkur, Karnataka.
Nationality	Indian
Education	(B.Sc.)
Occupation	Actor, Television Presenter, Politician
Notable work	Bhanda Nanna Ganda, Super Nan Maga, Bevu Bella, Neerdose
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Parimala

Jaggesh (ಜಗ್ಗೇಶ್) is an Indian actor, politician and a director who has predominantly worked in Kannada film industry and is very famous by his screen name as "Navarasanayaka (Master of 9 emotions)" .

He made his debut in the mid-1980s prior to appearing as a hero in Banda Nanna Ganda. He holds high success rate to his credit starting from his old movies like Banda Nanna Ganda, Tharle Nan Maga, Super Nan Maga, Server Somanna, Bevu Bella to recent movies like Mata, Eddelu Manjunatha, Vaastu Prakara and Neerdose.

Jaggesh made his cinema debut as an Assistant Director to K. V. Raju & Rajkishore in 1982. He made his film debut as lead in N. Srinivas produced film Banda Nanna Ganda after which the shelved movie Tharle Nan Maga resumed production and was released.

Jaggesh is originally from Mayasandra (Jadeya Mayasandra) of Turuvekere Taluk in Tumkur district. His political affiliation was with the Congress party. He ran in the Turuvekere constituency, and won with a healthy margin but resigned from the Legislative Assembly to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Member of Legislative Council and was held the cabinet rank as the vice-chairman of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (K.S.R.T.C.). Currently he is the special invitee Executive Committee Member of Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party.

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