Dwarakish

Dwarakish
Native name ದ್ವಾರಕೀಶ್
Born Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath
(1942-08-19) 19 August 1942[1]
Hunsur, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Occupation Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1963–present
Spouse(s) Ambuja
Shylaja
Children Five
Relatives Hunsur Krishnamurthy (uncle)

Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, (born 19 August 1942) better known as Dwarakish, is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar.

Early life

Dwarakish was born to Bungle Shama Rao and Jayamma in Hunsur on 19 August 1942. 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.[2] After completing his education, Dwarakish and his brother started an automotive spare-parts business called "Bharath Auto Spares" in Gandhi Square, Mysore.[2] 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.[2]

Film career

In 1966, Dwarakish produced his first film Mamateya Bandhana.[1] In 1969, he independently produced Mayor Muthanna, under the banner of "Dwaraka Films". Rajkumar and Bharathi played the lead roles in this movie. This movie was a great hit.[3] After Mayor Muthanna, Dwarakish gave a series of box office successes to Kannada cinema, one after the other for the next two decades.

Director

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 successful.[1] As a director, he created movies such as Dance Raja Dance, Nee Bareda Kadambari, Shruthi, Shruthi Haakidha Hejje, Rayaru Bandaru Mavana Manege and Kilaadigalu

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. Despite failures, Dwarakish did not despair. He continued to make movies introducing new faces to Kannada cinema.[1]

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.[3]

Actor

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 50 Kannada films and acted in more than 300 films.

He was the first Kannada producer to bring Kishore Kumar to the Kannada film Industry and the song Aadu Aata Aadu became extremely popular.[1]

Records and awards

Apthamitra created records in Kannada Cinema. It was the first Kannada movie to celebrate screening for one year in two theaters, at Santosh in Bangalore and at Ranajith in Mysore and was the first Kannada movie to successfully complete one year of screening with four shows daily.[1]

  • Produced First Kannada movie to be shot outside India

Filmography

As director and producer

Year Film Credited as Language Notes
Director Producer
1966Mamatheya BandhanaRed XGreen tickKannada
1969Mayor MuthannaRed XGreen tickKannada
1972Kulla Agent 000Red XGreen tickKannadaBased on Danish movie Operation Love Birds (Slå først, Frede!)/(Strike First Freddy)
1973Cowboy KullaRed XGreen tickKannada
1977BhagyavantharuRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Dheerga Sumangali - Tamil
1977Kittu PuttuRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Anubavi Raja Anubavi - Tamil
1978Singaporenalli Raja KullaRed XGreen tickKannada
1979Preethi Madu Thamashe NoduRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Kadhalikka Neramillai - Tamil
1980Kulla KulliRed XGreen tickKannada
1980Manku ThimmaRed XGreen tickKannadaRenake - Mastana - Hindi
1981Guru ShishyaruRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha - Telugu
1981Mane Mane KatheRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Ramayanamlo Pidakala Veta - Telugu
1982Pedda GeddaRed XGreen tickKannada
1982AdrushtavanthaRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Evariki Vaare Yamuna Theere - Telugu
1982Nyaya EllideRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Sattam Oru Iruttarai - Tamil
1983Gedda MagaRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Moondru Mugam - Tamil
1983Ananda BhairaviRed XGreen tickKannada
1983Adutha VarisuRed XGreen tickTamilRemake - Raja Jani - Hindi
1984Prachanda KullaRed XGreen tickKannada
1984Police PapannaRed XGreen tickKannada
1984Indina RamayanaRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Oorukku Upadesam - Tamil
1984GangvaaRed XGreen tickHindiRemake - Malaiyoor Mambattiyan - Tamil
1985Nee Bareda KadambariGreen tickGreen tickKannadaRemake - Pyaar Jhukta Nahin - Hindi
1985Nee Thanda KanikeGreen tickGreen tickKannadaRemake - Sharaabi - Hindi
1985Madhuve Madu Tamashe NoduRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Dowry Kalyanam - Tamil
1985Brahma GantuRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Gopurangal Saivathillai - Tamil
1986Naan Adimai IllaiGreen tickGreen tickTamilRemake - Pyaar Jhukta Nahin - Hindi
1986Africadalli SheelaGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1986Kizhakku Africavil SheelaGreen tickGreen tickTamilRemake - Africadalli Sheela
1987SheelaRed XGreen tickHindiRemake - Africadalli Sheela
1987Dance Raja DanceGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1987Onde Goodina HakkigaluRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Samsaram Adhu Minsaram - Tamil
1987Ravana RajyaRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Ankush - Hindi
1988Ganda Mane MakkaluRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Veedu Manaivi Makkal - Tamil
1989Jai KarnatakaGreen tickGreen tickKannadaRemake - Mr. India - Hindi
1989Krishna Nee KunidagaGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1990ShruthiGreen tickRed XKannadaRemake - Pudhu Vasantham - Tamil
1991Gowri KalyanaGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1992Hosa Kalla Hale KullaGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1993Rayaru Bandaru Mavana ManegeGreen tickRed XKannadaRemake - Chithram -Malayalam
1994RasikaGreen tickRed XKannada
1994KiladigaluGreen tickRed XKannada
1995KidnapGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1995Giddu DadaGreen tickRed XKannadaBased on Victoria No. 203
1996Hrudaya KallaruGreen tickGreen tickKannada
1997Shruthi Hakida HejjeGreen tickRed XKannada
2001MajnuGreen tickRed XKannadaRemake - Love Today - Tamil
2005ApthamitraRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Manichitrathazhu - Malayalam
2011VishnuvardhanaRed XGreen tickKannadaReported to be based on Handphone[4]
Remade in Bengali as Bachchan
2012ChaarulathaRed XGreen tickTamil, KannadaRemake - Thai horror film - Alone
2015AatagaraRed XGreen tickKannadaBased on Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None
2017ChowkaRed XGreen tickKannada
2018Amma I Love YouRed XGreen tickKannadaRemake - Tamil - Pichaikkaran

As actor

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Khajane, Muralidhara (17 August 2017). "Packing in the power". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Correspondent, Staff; Correspondent, Staff (11 August 2011). "Passion helped him taste success in cinema world". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Welcome to Sify.com". Sify.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bypassing copycats, Sandalwood style - Bangalore Mirror -". Bangaloremirror.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

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