Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma, known popularly as S R Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema.
21 Facts About Puttanna Kanagal
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Puttanna Kanagal is often considered one of Kannada cinema's most influential filmmakers.
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Puttanna Kanagal was born to Ramaswamaiah and Subbamma in Kanagal, a village in the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore into a poor family.
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Puttanna Kanagal worked as a teacher, salesman and even as a cleaner.
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Puttanna Kanagal had no work in hand for 14 months starting from late 1980 to mid of 1982.
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Srinath whom Puttanna Kanagal directed in blockbuster films like Shubhamangala and Dharmasere came to his help, and they made Maanasa Sarovara which became an average hit and helped Puttanna Kanagal bounce back.
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Puttanna Kanagal died on 5 June 1985 in Bengaluru while shooting Masanada Hoovu.
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Puttanna Kanagal would go on to direct other films such as Kappu Bilupu, Sharapanjara, Naagarahaavu, Edakallu Guddada Mele, Shubhamangala and Ranganayaki, all of which are seen as milestones in Kannada cinema.
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Puttanna Kanagal directed a handful of films in Malayalam, Tamil Telugu and Hindi languages.
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Puttanna Kanagal then directed another Malayalam movie Poochakkanni based on the Kannada novel Bekkina Kannu by Triveni.
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Legend has it that Puttanna Kanagal scouted for a week to find the perfect location for the mellifluous song mooDala maneyaa.
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Puttanna Kanagal directed many masterpieces like Gejje Pooje, Sharapanjara, Naagarahaavu etc.
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Puttanna Kanagal provided a platform for many actors such as Kalpana, Aarathi, Leelavathi, Jayanthi, Padma Vasanthi, Srinath, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Jai Jagadish, Chandra Shekhar, Gangadhar, Shivaram, Vajramuni, Sridhar, Ramakrishna and Aparna to showcase their talents.
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Puttanna Kanagal used to conceptualize scenes, narrate them to me, inspire me and extract the potential till then unknown to myself.
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Puttanna Kanagal introduced most of the actors in the Kannada film industry.
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Puttanna Kanagal's movies were seen as a bridge between commercial cinema and alternate cinema.
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Puttanna Kanagal has effectively used effectively in almost all of his movies.
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Puttanna Kanagal would go to great lengths to select the locations and costumes for a song.
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Puttanna Kanagal was well known for his effective use of freeze shots and negative images to heighten the introspective effect of key scenes.
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Puttanna Kanagal was the first director of the Kannada Film Directors Association after its inception in 1984.
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Puttanna Kanagal received three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and multiple Karnataka State Film Awards.