1. Chowdasandra Honnappa Bhagavathar was an Indian theatre and film actor, producer, musician and singer.
11 Facts About Honnappa Bhagavathar
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Honnappa Bhagavathar was best known as a singer and as one of the pioneers of Kannada cinema.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar's son Bharath was an actor who worked in Kannada films and serials.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar was born in 1915 at Chowdasandra, Nelamangala to Chikkalingappa and Kallamma.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar moved to Bangalore for work, learn classical music, accidentally he met his guru Sambandha Murthy Bhagavathar in a relative's marriage function and became his disciple for learning classical music.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar first became a pupil of his relative Murthy, then a pupil of harmonium player Arunachalappa.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar produced Uzhavukkum Thozhilukkum Vandhanai Seivom, a Tamil-language film that was released in 1959.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar made his Kannada acting debut in the FILM Subadra.
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Honnappa Bhagavathar played the lead role in Mahakavi Kalidasa, which is regarded as a classic in Kannada cinema.
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In 1960, Bhagavathar started the music school "Nadabrahma Sangeetha Vidyalaya".
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Honnappa Bhagavathar became a member of the Kannada Film Advisory Board and worked as a member of Karnataka Sangeeta Nruthya Academy.