Native name ದ್ವಾರಕೀಶ್
Born Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath
Hunsur, Kingdom of Mysore,British India
Occupation Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1963–present
Spouse(s) Ambuja
Shylaja
Children 5
Relatives Hunsur Krishnamurthy (uncle)
Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, better known as Dwarakish, is an actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar.[citation needed]
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Film career
2.1 Director
2.2 Actor
2.3 Records and Awards
3 Filmography
3.1 As Director and Producer
3.2 As actor
4 References
5 External links
Early life[edit]
Dwarakish was born to Bungle Shama Rao and Jayamma in Hunsur. He grew up in Ittigegud, Mysore. He received his primary education in Sharada Vilas and Banumaiah's school, and he graduated from CPC Polytechnic with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. After completing his education, Dwarakish and his brother started an automotive spare parts business called "Bharath Auto Spares". You can still see this shop in Gandhi Square, Mysore. He was strongly attracted to acting and often asked his maternal uncle, a famous cinema director Hunusur Krishnamurthy, to give him a chance to act in movies. In 1963, he decided to quit business and start acting in movies.[citation needed]
Film career[edit]
In 1966, Dwarakish produced his first film Mamateya Bandhana. In 1969, he independently produced Mayor Muthanna, under the banner of "Dwaraka Films". Rajkumar andBharathi played the lead roles in this movie. This movie was a great hit.[citation needed] After Mayor Muthanna, Dwarakish gave a series of box office successes to Kannada cinema, one after the other for the next two decades. He became the king of Kannada cinema producers.[citation needed]
Director[edit]
From the year 1985, Dwarakish started directing movies, his first movie as a director was Nee Bareda Kadambari. He went on to direct movies for other producers. Behind the camera, Dwarakish was very successful. As a director, he created movies such as Dance Raja Dance, Nee Bareda Kadambari, ""Shruthi", "Shruthi Haakidha Hejje", Rayaru Bandaru Mavana Manege and "KilaadigaLu"[citation needed]
Dwarakish Chitra faced problems after the failure of some movies. With huge losses from box office failures, Dwarakish was written off by his own colleagues and the entire film industry. On Udaya TV, he lamented that he had lost around 32 crores of rupees.[citation needed] Despite failures Dwarakish did not despair. He continued to make movies introducing new faces to Kannada cinema.
As a producer, he has brought many new people to the cinema. Not only actors and actresses—he has given opportunities to new directors and other technicians. They all consider him to be their "Godfather". The support of these people, and his unwavering dedication to cinema, gave Dwarakish his long awaited moment of success. Dwarakish produced "ApthaMitra" in the year 2004. Apthamitra was a magnificent success. Dwarakish was the first producer to offer Rajanikanth an amount of 24 lakhs of rupees for aTamil film in 1984. He has been instrumental in the careers of great actors like Vishnu Vardhan, Manjula, and Srinath.[citation needed]. With this success the 'King of Kannada Cinema Producers', Dwarakish, regained his throne in 2005.[citation needed]
Actor[edit]
As an actor, he was often typecast as a comedian. But some of his movies were comic action movies, also starring the actor Vishnuvardhan. He is popularly called 'Kulla' (meaning a short man) in Kannada. He was the first producer to shoot a Kannada film outside India. The film was Singapoorinalli Raja Kulla. It was a milestone in the history of Kannada cinema. He has in total produced 49 Kannada films and acted in more than 300 films. He has many firsts to his credit.[citation needed]
He was the first Kannada producer to bring Kishore Kumar to the Kannada film Industry and the song Aadu Aata Aadu became extremely popular.
Records and Awards[edit]
Apthamitra created records in Kannada Cinema. It was the
First Kannada movie to celebrate screening for one year in two theaters, Santosh in Bangalore and Ranajith in Mysore.[citation needed]
First Kannada movie to successfully complete one year of screening with four shows daily.[citation needed]
First movie in the history of 52 years of film awards to win all the awards given to films of a specific language.[citation needed]
Filmography[edit]
As Director and Producer[edit]
Year Film Credited as Language Notes
Director Producer
1966 Mamatheya Bandhana Kannada
1969 Mayor Muthanna Kannada
1972 Kulla Agent 000 Kannada
1973 Cowboy Kulla Kannada
1977 Bhagyavantharu Kannada Remake - Dheerga Sumangali - Tamil
1977 Kittu Puttu Kannada
1978 Singaporenalli Raja Kulla Kannada
1979 Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu Kannada Remake - Kadhalikka Neramillai - Tamil
1980 Kulla Kulli Kannada
1980 Manku Thimma Kannada
1981 Guru Shishyaru Kannada Remake - Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha - Telugu
1981 Mane Mane Kathe Kannada
1982 Pedda Gedda Kannada
1982 Adrushtavantha Kannada Remake - Evariki Vaare Yamuna Theere - Telugu
1982 Nyaya Ellide Kannada Remake - Sattam Oru Iruttarai - Tamil
1983 Gedda Maga Kannada Remake - Moondru Mugam - Tamil
1983 Ananda Bhairavi Kannada
1983 Adutha Varisu Tamil Remake - Raja Rani - Hindi
1984 Prachanda Kulla Kannada
1984 Police Papanna Kannada
1984 Indina Ramayana Kannada Remake - Oorukku Upadesam - Tamil
1984 Gangvaa Hindi Remake - Malaiyoor Mambattiyan - Tamil
1985 Nee Bareda Kadambari Kannada Remake - Pyaar Jhukta Nahin - Hindi
1985 Nee Thanda Kanike Kannada
1985 Maduve Madu Thamashe Nodu Kannada
1985 Brahma Gantu Kannada Remake - Gopurangal Saivathillai - Tamil
1986 Naan Adimai Illai Tamil Remake - Pyaar Jhukta Nahin - Hindi
1986 Africadalli Sheela Kannada
1986 Kizhakku Africavil Sheela Tamil Remake - Africadalli Sheela
1987 Sheela Hindi Remake - Africadalli Sheela
1987 Dance Raja Dance Kannada
1987 Onde Goodina Hakkigalu Kannada Remake - Samsaram Adhu Minsaram - Tamil
1987 Ravana Rajya Kannada
1988 Ganda Mane Makkalu Kannada Remake - Veedu Manaivi Makkal - Tamil
1989 Jai Karnataka Kannada Remake - Mr. India - Hindi
1989 Krishna Nee Kunidaga Kannada
1990 Shruthi Kannada Remake - Pudhu Vasantham - Tamil
1991 Gowri Kalyana Kannada
1992 Hosa Kalla Hale Kulla Kannada
1993 Rayaru Bandaru Mavana Manege Kannada Remake - Chithram -Malayalam
1994 Rasika Kannada
1994 Kiladigalu Kannada
1995 Kidnap Kannada
1995 Giddu Dada Kannada
1996 Hrudaya Kallaru Kannada
1997 Shruthi Hakida Hejje Kannada
2001 Majnu Kannada Remake - Lovetoday - Tamil
2005 Apthamitra Kannada Remake - Manichitrathazhu - Malayalam
2011 Vishnuvardhana Kannada
2012 Chaarulatha Tamil,Kannada
As actor[edit]
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Satya Harishchandra (1965)
Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Kathe (1966)
Sri Purandara Dasaru (1967)
Dhana Pishachi (1967)
Lagna Pathrike (1967)
Bhagyada Bagilu (1968)
Adda Dari (1968)
Manku Dinne (1968)
Bedi Bandavalu (1968)
Gandhinagara (1968)
Jedara Bale (1968)
Mayor Muthanna (1969)
Mallammana Pavaada (1969)
Arishina Kumkuma (1970)
Baalu Belagithu (1970)
Sidila Mari (1971)
Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama (1971)
Bhale Adrushtavo Adrushta (1971)
Thayi Devaru (1971)
Nyayave Devaru (1971)
Baala Bandana (1971)
Nanda Gokula (1972)
Janma Rahasya (1972)
Kranti Veera (1972)
Bangaarada Manushya (1972)
Kulla Agent 000 (1972)
CID 72 (1973)
Devaru Kotta Thangi (1973)
Professor Huchuraya (1974)
Mahadeshwara Pooja Phala (1974)
Maga Mommaga (1974)
Anna Attige (1974)
Bhakta Kumbara (1974)
Kalla Kulla (1975)
Makkala Bhagya (1976)
Devara Duddu (1976)
Bahaddur Gandu (1976)
Pavana Ganga (1977)
Dwarakanath (1977)
Sose Tanda Soubhagya (1977)
Kittu Puttu (1977)
Dhanalakshmi (1977)
Bhagyavantharu (1977)
Galate Samsara (1977)
Shrimanthana Magalu (1977)
Singaporenalli Raja Kulla (1978)
Bhale Huduga (1978)
Maathu Tappada Maga (1978)
Madhura Sangama (1978)
Asadhya Aliya (1979)
Naniruvude Ninagagi (1979)
Mane Mane Kathe (1980)
Haddina Kannu (1980)
Auto Raja (1980)
Simhada Mari Sainya (1981)
Avala Hejje (1981)
Guru Shishyaru (1981)
Pedda Gedda (1982)
Karmika Kallanalla (1982)
Jimmy Gallu (1982)
Prachanda Kulla (1984)
Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu (1984)
Indina Ramayana (1984)
Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985)
Nee Bareda Kadambari (1985)
Nee Thanda Kanike (1985)
Africadalli Sheela (1986)
Dance Raja Dance (1987)
Server Somanna (1993)
Muddina Maava (1993)
Rayaru Bandaru Mavana Manege (1993)
Manichitrathazhu (1993)
Mandyada Gandu (1994)
Kiladigalu (1994)
Rasika (1994)
Khushi (2003)
Apthamitra (2004)
Jothe Jotheyali (2006)
C.I.D. Rajanna (2007)
Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (2007)
Vishnuvardhana (2011)
Maanikya (2014)
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