Emperor of Actors) is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language horror action film directed by Pavan Wadeyar and produced by Rockline Venkatesh.

[2] The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar, Anupama Parameswaran (in her Kannada debut) and Rachita Ram, alongside P. Ravi Shankar, Prabhakar, Prakash Belawadi, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila, Achyuth Kumar and Avinash, with B. Saroja Devi in a guest appearance.

In Bangalore, Central Minister Ghanshyam Yadav is intercepted by some goons but is rescued by Gagan Dixit, a news reporter returning from Kolkata.

Gagan investigates the attack and realizes that the fight was a staged act by Yadav to gain sympathy votes in the elections.

Gagan meets up with his best friend Keshava and decides to rent a haunted house owned by Namadev, despite Keshav's objections.

After the story about the fake fight is published, the newspaper loses many ads and Avinash sends Gagan to do a special write-up on Yadav by interviewing him in his private jet.

Gagan goes to interview the famous veteran actress B. Saroja Devi at a country club, where he notices his vision blurring and wears the spectacles to regain focus.

Past: Shruthi, who works under Prabhakar as a junior lawyer, arrives in Kolkata and befriends Gagan after reading the article, he wrote on disabled persons.

Gagan reveals that he had a video chat with Shruthi and had witnessed Yadav, Reddy and her uncle killing Shruti and making it look like a suicide.

The main scenes between Puneeth Rajkumar and Anupama Parameshwaran were shot in Kolkata, along with a romantic song "Tajaa Samachara".

[6][7] Following Puneeth Rajkumar's death in 2021, a tribute track penned by Pawan Wadeyar, which was the original concept for the introduction song for Natasaarvabhowma, was added to the soundtrack on 17 March 2022.

[10] Aravind Shwetha of The News Minute gave 4/5 stars and wrote "A movie tailor-made for Puneeth’s fans and is paisa-vasool throughout!.

"[13] Manoj Kumar R of The New Indian Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Pawan Wadeyar has mashed the themes of horror-comedy, revenge and a few dance numbers to serve a masala film that offers nothing new.