Indrajit Lankesh is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and director of Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. He is also the publisher of the weekly Kannada tabloid Lankesh Patrike. He is the son of iconic writer, journalist and film maker P. Lankesh. His sister Kavitha Lankesh is a filmmaker and his other sister Gauri Lankesh was a journalist/activist.
Lankesh comes from a prominent family of journalists and media publishers. His father P.Lankesh founded the highly successful weekly tabloid Lankesh Patrike.
Indrajit recently made some shocking revelations. He is said to have provided some crucial evidence regarding the involvement of certain actors in the drug abuse controversy. He had appeared before the City Crime Branch (CCB) Narcotics wing with his advocatte and provided the details.
In a meet with a press, he had said, "I have submitted the necessary evidence to prove that the (Kannada) film industry is involved in drugs. The guilty should be punished. My attempt is only to protect the youth from falling prey to these...!".
He also added, "There are 10-15 actors and I have shared the names. I have also given the officers details about their usual hangouts. I am hopeful that they will find them. I have also given a lot videos and pictures to them. It has a lot of proof for their current investigations."
Last week, there was a massive drug raid where arrest of a lady Anikha rendered evidences which showed calls and messages to actors from the Kannada film industry. And now, Indrajit Lankesh's revelations have come following the same.