Also Known As: Kannada Prabhakar, Tiger Prabhakar
Biography: Indian Kannada film actor
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 15, 1948
Deathday: March 25, 2001
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Overview: Twin brothers, Cheluva and Raja, are separated in their childhood by a dreaded gangster. While Cheluva becomes a criminal, Raja becomes an established engineer.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Overview: Pattabhishekam is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language romantic film produced by Nandamuri Harikrishna in Ramakrishna Cine Studios banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vijayashanti and music composed by Chakravarthy
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-19
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Overview: Babu vows to take revenge on Balu and Johnny, who killed his family members, and trains himself for the fight. Unknown to him, the culprit is someone very close to him.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1978-10-30
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Overview: An old and ailing king decides to hand over the reins of the kingdom to his son. However, on the day of the coronation, several contenders appear and claim to be the rightful heir to the throne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Overview: Prabhakar, a cop, is murdered. A clue left by him leads his father to his lookalike Ranga. Ranga then trains to avenge Prabhakar's murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1980-03-11
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Overview: Mohan, an alcoholic, gets married to Sharada, a music teacher. Tragedy soon strikes their life when Antony sets his eyes on Sharada and tries to take undue advantage of her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1994-03-01
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Overview: Indian Kannada-language film heavily inspired by the 1987 Italian slasher film STAGE FRIGHT (original title : DELIRIA) directed by Michele Soavi.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Overview: A man's brother-in-law is murdered by members of an underworld gang. He sets out to exact revenge by infiltrating the gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Overview: Mayura challenges an arrogant wrestler and defeats him. Though never formally trained he has only learned techniques of wrestling by observing others. As a Brahmin he is required to study Vedas yet he is deeply interested in martial arts. Ranga Jetti, the premier wrestler in Kanchi, takes him under his wing and trains him. One day while observing the training of Pallava princes Mayura gets into a fight with and thrashes Vishnugopa, the Pallava prince, earning his enmity. Mayura has to flee Kanchi as per the advice of Ranga Jetti to escape from pursuing Pallavas. He also then learns that he is in fact the son of Raja Chandravarma, the Kadamba king who was deceitfully killed by the Pallava king, Sivaskandhavarma. Upon learning of his illustrious lineage, Mayura dedicates himself to overthrow the Pallava yoke. Returning to Banavasi in the guise of a merchant Mayura builds an army and conquers both Banavasi and the Telugu speaking regions around Srishaila, thus building a vast kingdom.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1975-09-12
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Overview: Sadanand, a successful businessman, has two business partners, Nithyanand and Murthy. Things take an unexpected turn when Murthy murders Sadanand out of greed.
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Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Overview: Motion Picture starring Vishnuvardhan, Udaya Kumar and Rajyalakshmi
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Overview: Geetha is in quest of finding a suitor. Just when she believes that she has found her perfect match, a stalker tries to convince her that he was her lover in their previous birth.
Genres: Romance Drama Family
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1976-06-04
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Overview: After Kavita's brother kills her ex-boyfriend, he takes shelter in Major Chandrakanth's house. Later, inspector Shiva, the older son of Chandrakanth, is assigned the case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1983-11-25
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Overview: Chiranjeevi has to get back the treasures hidden by his father by fighting the bad guys to release his mother from jail.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1990-08-09
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Overview: Pasivadi Pranam is action thriller based movie in which, Chiranjeevi is a painter who becomes a drunkard since his wife gets killed. He leads a careless life until a Kid who is deaf and dumb, enters his life. He names him raja and takes care of him. Raja
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1987-07-23
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Overview: Pursha is searching for his mother. He meets JK, who has the information on his mother but he first wants Pursha to finish off his rivals. In his quest, he meets Sumatri and then comes up with a plan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1986-10-02
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Overview: Chittibabu (Chiranjeevi) and Bhanupriya are small-time thieves who are fighting with each other. Sathyanarayana and Gollapudi are CBI officers who are investigating Kannada Prabhakar (KP) and his activities in his secret forest hideout with the help of a secret agent. When the agent gets killed, they suspect infiltrators in their agency and make Chiru as the decoy agent so that their actual agent can get the info. The villains, thinking that Chiru is a CBI agent try to kill him and create problems for him, which he doesn't understand and he gets involved in a murder case to be rescued by a beautiful girl (Radha). He later comes to know of the confusion on him from the officers and refuses to help them. But when he comes to know that Radha is the actual agent and is the daughter of Satyanarayana trying to bring criminals to justice, he feels responsible for the country and joins hands with them in eliminating the threat posed by KP's organization.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1987-12-24
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Overview: Jwala is action drama based movie in which, Chiranjeevi played dual roles in this movie as brothers Raju (chiru) and Yuvaraj (chiru) are brothers and sons of SP Chakravarthi. Sarvothama Rao and his son are indulged in smuggling and other illegal activities.During an attempt to catch their sumggled goods, one of their main henchmen is shot dead by Chakravarthi. Sarvottama rao plans to take revenge on chakravarti by trapping his son. Yuvaraj is already in love with with Bhanupriya. Meanwhile, Raju saves an innocent girl Janaki (radhika), from the clutches of those smugglers and marries her.Sarvothama Rao kills Basawaraj and traps Raju into this murder. Raju, unable to prove his innocence, is sentenced to death. Chakravarthi tries to prove his son
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1985-07-14
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Overview: Kiratakudu is a action oriented movie in which, Chiranjeevi played a rather unusual role, who hates his father to the core and does not support him even when is getting destroyed. Chakravarthy (Jaggayya), who is a prominent industrialist in the city, is president of the interpol and his son Charan (chiru) is a reputed sportsman, but there is no love between them. Charan, spends his life with friends and alchohol to overcome his loneliness.Despite chakravarti
Genres: Crime
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1986-01-09
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Overview: Roshagadu is an suspense thriller based movie in which, Chiru played the role of CID informer and Thyagaraju and Prabhakar are two gangleaders and CID officer Neelima(Madhavi) is assigned to burst their underworld.Neelima uses Sikander (Chiru), who works for them, as her informer, but before sikander manages to gather enough evidences, Prabhakar comes to know about his reality and kills him. Now, Neelima is left without any support in her mission.Oneday, she spots a Sikander look a like (chiru again) and persuades him to act like sikander, During this process, they fall in love with each other. In the end, sikander manages to liquidate all secret activities of thyagu and bhayankar and helps neelima in completing her mission.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-29
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Overview: Puli Bebbuli is a 1983 Telugu film directed by K S R Das. The film stars Krishnam Raju, Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada and Radhika Sarathkumar in lead roles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-16
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Overview: Billa Ranga is action thriller based movie in which, Raviraj (Kannada Prabhakar) is a smuggler who kills people and smuggles their skulls to foreign countries. To get evidences against him and close his business, police commissioner (Thyagaraju) call up Billa (Chiranjeeevi) , a CID officer from delhi and presents him as thief in local area.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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Overview: Chattaniki kallu levu is action thriller based movie in which, the story deals with siblings Vijay (Chiranjeevi) and Durga (Lakshmi) pursuing their sister’s and father’s murderers.Their father and sister are killed by 3 men, John (Hema Sundar), Javed (Kannada Prabhakar) and Janardan (Ceylon Manohar).Durga, now a police officer, wants the murderers to be punished legally. But, Vijay thinks that law and its loopholes can never track down those 3 murderers.So, he decides to track them down by himself and succeeds in killing two of them, John and Janardhan on each occasion.This frustrates his sister and interrupts her investigations. She has a doubt on vijay, but due to lack of evidence remains helpless. In the end, Durga, tring to nab Javed, is kidnapped by him, but Vijay saves her and kills Javed.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-29
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Overview: Mafia is a 1993 Malayalam film directed by Shaji Kailas. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Vikram Kennedy, Janardhanan and Tiger Prabhakar in lead roles.
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Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1993-07-14
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Overview: Nippu Ravva is a 1993 Telugu film directed by Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Balakrishna, Vijayashanti, Shobhana and Raogopal Rao in lead roles.
Genres: Action
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1993-09-03
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Overview: Three educated but unemployed youths campaign for a politician and help him win an election. When the politician does not give them a job as promised, they hatch a plan to make him toe the line.
Genres: Action
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1991-07-18
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1988-08-26
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Overview: Two brothers get separated when they are young but dislike each other after reuniting as adults. Though they are initially unaware of their parentage, their interests align once they learn the truth.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1977-09-16
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Overview: Vasantha, an ordinary insurance agent, and Geetha, an arrogant woman, get married after fighting initially. However, the ensuing marital issues due to class differences soon drive them apart.
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Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Overview: Raju (Chiranjeevi), a courageous and spirited young man, is a caregiver to four young orphans. He is a tourist guide in a picturesque hill station. One of the children is accidentally injured and, on the suggestion of an ayurvedic guru that the cure for this injury can be found on the banks of Manasa Sarovar, Raju goes to the Himalayas. During the same time, a celestial being, Indraja (Sridevi), the daughter of Lord Indra, happens to visit the Manasa Sarovar. She accidentally drops her ring, which is her passport to the Heaven. Raju finds this ring and starts wearing it, unaware of its divine power. Because Indraja is unable to enter Heaven, Brihaspathi, the Deva-guru, allows her to go back to Earth to retrieve it before the next Kartik Poornima.
Genres: Action Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1990-05-09
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Overview: Seetharamu is a 1979 Indian Kannada-language film directed by V. Somashekhar. The film stars Shankar Nag, Manjula and Thoogudeepa Srinivas. The film is based on a science fiction plot of a brain transplant. The movie was remade in Telugu as Seethe Ramudaithe, starring Shankar Nag in his Telugu debut, and in Hindi in 1995 as Diya Aur Toofan. The song Ee Roopave Nannee Baalina was earlier used by Chellapilla Satyam for the 1978 Telugu movie Annadammula Savaal, which incidentally was a remake of the 1977 Kannada movie Sahodarara Savaal.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1979-05-04
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Overview: Mohan, a factory worker, tries to give his brother good education with his minimal wages. When he is falsely accused of a crime and dismissed from work, he resorts to illegal means to earn money.
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Original Language: kn
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Overview: Avinash, a young man, is troubled by the memories of his past life and decides to investigate the truth behind it.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1980-11-14
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Overview: Gopal, a young man who works in a bank, aspires to be an actor. He marries Radha, the daughter of a doctor, who despises people working in the film industry.
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Original Language: kn
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Overview: Pandiyan, a police officer, is enraged when his sister's husband dies. In order to find and catch the culprits, he goes undercover.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1992-10-25
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Overview: Neti Siddhartha is a 1990 Telugu action film produced and directed by Kranthi Kumar under the Kranthi Chitra banner. The film stars Krishnam Raju, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Shobana and Ayesha Jhulka in the lead roles, with music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. This film is a remake of the Hindi film Dharmatma (1975) which inturn is based on The Godfather. The film was recorded Average at the box office.
Genres: Action
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1990-06-15
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Overview: The story concerns Muthu, a charismatic, well-respected and loyal servant and charioteer of Raja Malayasimman, a wealthy zamindar. While Muthu and Raja's exploits lead them to fall in love with the same woman, an actress and dancer named Ranganayaki, Raja's materal uncle Ambalathar is keen on assuming control of the family's property.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1995-10-23
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Overview: Kittu Puttu is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Manjula, K. Vijaya and Vaishali Kasaravalli. The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs tuned by Rajan–Nagendra were huge hits.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1977-12-09
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Overview: Ravichandran tries to woo a classmate. On being spurned, he poses as a mysterious biker and sweeps her off her feet.
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Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Overview: Antha is a Indian Kannada-language action thriller film directed by S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu. The film stars Ambareesh, Lakshmi, Jayamala and Latha in lead roles. The story is based on H. K. Ananth Rao's serial of the same name published in the Kannada weekly magazine Sudha. It was remade in Tamil as Thyagi, in Telugu as Antham Kadidi Aarambam, and in Hindi as Meri Aawaz Suno.
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Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Overview: A man tries to sell provocative footage of his wife. When she finds out, he tries blackmailing her. She enlists the help of a friend to tackle the situation at hand.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1977-10-07
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Overview: Two friends are hired to kill General Prabhakar. They kidnap the general but have a change of heart when they learn that he actually tried to help them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Overview: This is the story of a street dancer, a policeman, and a thief - and the latter two are brothers
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1980-06-04
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Overview: A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ta
Release Date: 1992-06-27
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Overview: Geetha is a 1981 Indian Kannada romance drama film directed by and starring Shankar Nag in the lead role, alongside Padmavathi Rao. The supporting cast features K. S. Ashwath, Ramesh Bhat and Gayathri. Ilayaraaja composed the soundtrack and the background score for the film that and was declared a blockbuster musical hit. The track "Santhoshakke" from the film became widely popular in Karnataka and is still performed for in concerts and other events
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Overview: After his lover Sita gets killed on the day of their wedding by her own father, Ramaswamy, Ramu swears revenge on him. However, he soon realises that his best friend Raja is connected to Ramaswamy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Overview: Ranger is a 1997 Malayalam movie
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Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Overview: Veerasimha Mannadiar gets killed by Hyder Marakkar, a notorious criminal. Thereafter, Veerasimha's brother, Narasimha Mannadiar, decides to avenge Veerasimha's death.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ml
Release Date: 1993-01-27
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1992-08-27
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Overview: Baalu Belagithu is a 1970 Indian Kannada language drama film written and directed by Siddalingaiah. It stars Rajkumar, Jayanthi and Bharathi.[1] The film was released under Chitrashree International banner and produced by K S Prasad, B V Srinivas and A S Bhakthavathsalam. It was remade in Telugu as Manchivadu, in Hindi as Humshakal and in Tamil as Oorukku Uzhaippavan.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1970-11-06
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Overview: Paropakari is a 1970 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film written and directed by Y. R. Swamy. It stars Rajkumar and Jayanthi. It revolves around the story of a self respecting young man who wins a wager with his wealthy father. The film was produced under Bhagavathi Productions. It had a very successful soundtrack composed by Upendra Kumar.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1970-12-25
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Overview: A man who works as a driver for Dinesh, a smuggler who likes helping the poor, abandons him upon learning his truth. However, he is soon killed by a group of criminals.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1971-10-15
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Overview: Bhale Huchcha is a 1972 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by Gopal Lakshman. It stars Rajkumar and Aarathi. This film was dubbed into Telugu as Dasara Picchodu and released in 1973. This was the only Kannada movie of actress Helen.
Genres: Action Family Mystery Thriller
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1972-08-10
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Overview: When forest officer Kumar protects natural resources from poachers, their boss, Anand, becomes his main rival. But little does Kumar know that Anand is his brother.
Genres: Thriller Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1973-09-21
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Overview: Kalla Kulla is a 1975 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by Shastry Associates. The story is written by M. D. Sundar. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Bhavani and Jayalakshmi. The film was widely appreciated for its songs and story upon release. The songs composed by Rajan–Nagendra were huge hits. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Chor Ka Bhai Chor. H.R. Bhargava was the associate director of this movie. The director remade the movie in Telugu in 1976 as Kallanum Kullanum. The movie was dubbed in Malayalam as Kallanum Kullanum
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1975-06-28
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Overview: Badavara Bandhu is a 1976 Indian Kannada language drama film directed by Vijay. It stars Rajkumar and Jayamala. The movie is also notable for the negative character played by K. S. Ashwath.The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks and was declared a Blockbuster at the box office.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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Overview: Bangarada Gudi is a 1976 Indian Kannada film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by C. H. Prakash Rao. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Manjula, Ambareesh and Padmapriya in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The director remade the movie in Telugu in 1979 as Bangaru Gudi.
Genres: Thriller Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1976-08-13
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Overview: Aparadhi is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Y. R. Swamy and produced by S. Heerabai. The film stars Srinath, Aarathi, Balakrishna and Narasimharaju. The film has musical score by Satyam. This film was the 500th Kannada film to be released.
Genres: Family Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1976-12-09
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Overview: An estate manager sets his eyes on a beautiful girl. When he tries to misbehave with her, a good-hearted man comes to her rescue.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1977-06-03
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Overview: Olavu Geluvu is a 1977 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by S. A. Srinivas. The film stars Rajkumar, Lakshmi, Balakrishna and Sampath. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1977-11-17
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Overview: Rajashekhar earns the enmity of his business partners when he opposes their illegal plans. Circumstances force him to run from the police and he is separated from his wife in the process.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-02-17
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Overview: Prakash is called in to investigate the theft of diamonds and the kidnapping of scientists; a trail that takes him to distant Nepal.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-08-11
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Overview: Vasantha Lakshmi is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao and produced by K. Vittala Kumar, K. V. Honnappa and K. V. Gurunath. The film stars Srinath, Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, and Manjula. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. The movie is a remake of the 1974 Tamil movie Engamma Sapatham.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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Overview: At his detective wife's request, a young man joins a boxing club to find out about the illegal activities carried out by the head of the establishment.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1978-12-13
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Overview: Chengumani is commander-in-chief in the 18th-century Coorg region of present-day Karnataka. He becomes the king's commander-in-chief after saving his life, but his life gets complicated when he falls in love with Poovi and marries her in disguise. The movie was dubbed in Telugu as Prachanda Bheri. This was also Rajkumar's first cinemascope movie.
Genres: War History
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1979-05-17
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Overview: Murali, an honest police officer, is falsely charged in a murder case and sentenced to death. However, things take a turn when three students race against time to prove his innocence.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1979-08-03
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Overview: Ravi, a poor man, falls in love with a rich woman, Madhavi. In order to impress her, he poses as a rich man with the help of his friend, Sripathi
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1979-08-24
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Overview: A boy gets separated from his parents and grows up to become a thief. When he finds his parents and tries to return to them, his father who is a police officer refuses to accept him.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1979-11-29
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Overview: A gangster agrees to pay Rajesh and his friends INR one crore in exchange for a bicycle that contains diamonds. However, things take a turn when Rajesh's sister gets kidnapped.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1980-01-11
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Overview: A man and woman, who always quarrel, open their driving schools, individually, and compete with one another. Eventually, they realise they have feelings for each other.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: kn
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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