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{{Short description|Indian filmmaker}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Puttanna Kanagal
| image = Puttanna_Kanagal.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| birth_name = Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kanagal, Mysore|Kanagal]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|6|5|1933|12|1}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| nationality = Indian
| other_names = Puttanna, Seetharama Sharma
| occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter
| years_active = 1957–1985
| spouse = Nagalakshmi [[Aarathi]] (1976-1981)
| children = 5
}}

'''Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma''' (1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), known popularly as '''S. R. Puttanna Kanagal''', was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in [[Kannada cinema]]. He is often considered one of India's most influential filmmakers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seminar on Puttanna Kanagal on July 6|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/seminar-on-puttanna-kanagal-on-july-6/article2152156.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 July 2011|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="th1">{{cite news|last=Khajane|first=Muralidhara|title=Puttanna's big feats|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060303730100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044214/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060303730100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2007|access-date=21 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 June 2005}}</ref>

==Background and personal life==
Puttanna Kanagal was born to Ramaswamaiah and Subbamma in [[Kanagal, Mysore|Kanagal]], a village in the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Mysore]] into a poor family.<ref>[http://www.mulakanadusangha.com/eminent-personalities Mulukanadu personalities]</ref> As he hailed from a poor family, he had to endure hardships and struggled to get a decent job. He worked as a teacher, salesman and even as a cleaner. His job as a publicity boy brought him closer to theatre and subsequently to cinema.<ref name="th1"/> His association with films began when he started working for [[B. R. Panthulu]] as an assistant director and also as his driver.<ref name="th1"/> His first film as an assistant director was ''[[Rathnagiri Rahasya]]'' (1957).

Puttanna married Nagalakshmi at very young age and they had 5 children. However he fell in love with his protege and leading actress in 1970s [[Aarathi]] and they got married during 1976-77. They had a daughter Yashaswini, who was born in 1978. However due to creative differences Puttanna and [[Aarathi]] separated in 1981.

In 1981 Puttanna's magnum opus [[Ranganayaki (film)|Ranganayaki]] did not do as well as expected at the box office, even though it gained critical acclaim and later went on to become a cult classic. In addition to this, separation from [[Aarathi]] had impacted his health. He had no work in hand for 14 months starting from late 1980 to mid of 1982. [[Srinath]] whom Puttanna 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 bounce back. His later films like [[Amruta Ghalige]] and [[Runamukthalu]] did reasonably well. Kanagal died on 5 June 1985 in [[Bengaluru]] <nowiki/>while shooting Masanada Hoovu.

Starting his career as a publicity boy, Kanagal was drawn into [[independent film]]making after a stint in theatre and working with film director and producer [[B. R. Panthulu]] as his assistant.<ref name="PopCulture">{{cite book |last=Kaskebar |first=Asha |date=2006 |title=Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&q=Puttanna+Kanagal&pg=PA229 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |page=229 |isbn=1851096361 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> Kanagal's assistants include Tamil directors [[S. P. Muthuraman]], [[Bharathiraja]],<ref>{{cite book |date=1978 |title=Film World, Volume 14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXhTAAAAYAAJ&q=Puttanna+Kanagal |publisher=T. M. Ramachandran |page=306 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Baskaran |first=Sundararaj Theodore |date=1996 |title=The eye of the serpent: an introduction to Tamil cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhFlAAAAMAAJ&q=Puttanna+Kanagal |publisher=East West Books (Madras) |page=176 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> and [[T. S. Nagabharana]].<ref>{{cite book |date=2003 |title=Cinema in India, Volume 3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQtlAAAAMAAJ&q=Puttanna+Kanagal |publisher=Mangala Chandran |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref>

Although a majority of Kanagal's films were on offbeat or taboo subjects, generally women-centric,<ref name="PopCulture"/> he endeared himself to both the critics and ordinary film goers alike making "bridge films" between art and commercial cinema. His film in Kannada, ''[[Gejje Pooje]]'', based on a novel of the same name by [[M. K. Indira]] is considered a landmark film.<ref name="th1"/> He would go on to direct other films such as ''[[Kappu Bilupu]]'' (1969), ''[[Sharapanjara]]'' (1971), ''[[Naagarahaavu]]'' (1972), ''[[Edakallu Guddada Mele]]'' (1973), ''[[Shubhamangala]]'' (1975) and ''[[Ranganayaki (film)|Ranganayaki]]'' (1981), all of which are seen as milestones in Kannada cinema.<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite web|title=From publicity boy to star director|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/from-publicity-boy-to-star-director/article7281616.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 June 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref> He also directed a handful of films in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Hindi language]]s.

=== As a director ===
Often credited as a movie-maker much ahead of his times, his first directorial venture was the 1964 Malayalam movie ''[[School Master (1964 film)|School Master]]'', a remake of his mentor [[B. R. Panthulu]]'s Kannada classic of the same name. He then directed another Malayalam movie ''[[Poochakkanni]]'' (Cat eyed/Hazel eyed lady) based on the Kannada novel ''Bekkina Kannu'' by [[Anasuya Shankar|Triveni]]. Puttanna's first Kannada film as a director was ''[[Bellimoda]]'' (Silver Cloud) in 1967. Starring [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] and [[Kalyan Kumar]], this movie was a critical and commercial success. Legend has it that Puttanna scouted for a week to find the perfect location for the mellifluous song ''mooDala maneyaa''. [[Belli Moda]] is credited as the first [[Kannada]] movie to be shot exclusively outdoors. He directed many masterpieces like ''[[Gejje Pooje]]'', ''[[Sharapanjara]]'', ''[[Naagarahaavu]]'' etc. '. His last film was ''Savira Mettilu'', which never released during his lifetime.

He also provided a platform for many actors such as [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[Aarathi (actress)|Aarathi]], [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Padma Vasanthi]], [[Srinath]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Ambarish]], [[Jai Jagadish (Kannada actor)|Jai Jagadish]], Chandra Shekhar, [[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]], Shivaram, [[Vajramuni]], [[Sridhar (Kannada actor)|Sridhar]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]] and [[Aparna (Kannada Anchor)|Aparna]] to showcase their talents.

In devotion to Puttanna, [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Dr.Vishnuvardhan]] said, "Puttanna Kanagal Sir was the God-sent teacher for me! And I have been made an actor. I am indebted to guru Puttanaji. He used to conceptualize scenes, narrate them to me, inspire me and extract the potential till then unknown to myself. Acting in a single movie under Puttanna's expertise is an experience of a lifetime."

Puttanna introduced most of the actors in the Kannada film industry. Tamil director [[Bharathiraja]] worked under him. Each of Kanagal's 24 Kannada movies had strong themes filled with unprecedented direction.

Tamil legendary film maker [[K. Balachander]], winner of the 2010 [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] had great regard for Puttanna. In many of his interviews to the media, Balachandar has stated that he considered a much younger, Puttanna Kanagal, a director from Kannada(Karnataka) film industry to be his guru in film making. An excerpt from one such interview:<ref name=KBinterview />

:Q) You have stated in many interviews that you consider Puttanna Kanagal (Kannada filmmaker), though younger than you, as your guru in [[filmmaking]]. What is it that you learnt from him?

:A) Age has got nothing to do with learning. You can learn from anybody and everybody. I liked and admired Puttanna Kanagal, because, at the time when many of our filmmakers lacked the vision of filmmaking in terms of visuals he was the one who insisted on films being visual than oral. Apart from that his ability to churn out the human emotions from his actors was one of his kind.

In fact Balachander, for most of the remakes of his Tamil films in Kannada (Benkiyalli Aralida Hoo, Mauna Geethe) has gone on to cast many of the talents like Ashwath, Sridhar, Jai Jagadesh, Ramakrishna, Srinath, nurtured in Puttanna's camp. Also, both Puttanna's and Balachander's films dealt with the issues on women – more so in Puttanna's films.

=== The Visualiser ===
The Kannada film industry in the 1960s and the 1970s started moving from mythological and historical subjects to socially relevant themes. This metamorphosis was reflected in the rise of ''bandaaya sahitya'' or rebellious literature. The New Wave Cinema or Alternate Cinema movement spread across India, particularly in Karnataka, West Bengal and Kerala. Puttanna's movies, however, were seen as a bridge between commercial cinema and alternate cinema.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/from-publicity-boy-to-star-director/article7281616.ece|title=http://www.thehindu.com/features/from-publicity-boy-to-star-director/article7281616.ece|date=June 4, 2015|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> While his plots, based on popular Kannada novels,<ref>{{cite book |last=Shashi |first=S. S. |date=2001 |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Volume 97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAgwAQAAIAAJ&q=Puttanna+Kanagal |publisher=[[Anmol Publications]] |page=392 |isbn=8170418593 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> revolved around strong characters and distinct themes, he added mandatory songs and emotions to distinguish from alternate cinemas. His mastery over symbolism is quite remarkable. He has effectively used effectively in almost all of his movies.

Puttanna was also considered as a pioneer in picturising songs. In general, his movies contained 4–5 songs. Even with respect to song picturisation, Puttanna had a strong sense of colour and imagery. He would go to great lengths to select the locations and costumes for a song. The songs generally reflected the inherent mood of the film. For instance, the song from the movie ''[[Manasasarovara]]'', ''Neene saakida gini'', a poignant song, was shot amidst the dust-filled mining areas, thereby reflecting the agony of a man who has lost his true love. Similarly the song ''sandesha megha sandesha'' from the movie ''Sharapanjara'' was shot in the [[Madikeri]], with innumerable oranges strewn around.

He was well known for his effective use of freeze shots and negative images to heighten the introspective effect of key scenes. Although his films were accused of being too woman-centric, Puttanna personally felt that such notions were wrong.

He was the first director of the Kannada Film Directors Association after its inception in 1984.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Now-Kannada-directors-get-into-the-boxing-ring/articleshow/47835798.cms|title=Now, Kannada directors get into the boxing ring|date=June 27, 2015|publisher=bangaloremirror.com|access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref>
Poonam Theatre in [[Jayanagar, Bangalore]] was renamed in his honor after his last film debuted there. In 2004, the theatre closed until reopening after a 2011 campaign supported by [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]], [[V. Manohar]] and the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2252472361.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203543/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2252472361.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|title=Sign in to get into Puttanna theatre, after 7 years|date=January 30, 2011|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> and was scheduled for demolition in July 2012<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article574163.ece|title=Demolition of iconic landmark Puttanna Theatre begins|date=July 23, 2012|publisher=newindianexpress.com|access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref> but later saved and remodeled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jayanagar.com/article/entertainment/puttanna-theatre-to-be-re-opened.html|title=Puttanna Theatre to be reopened|publisher=jayanagar.com|access-date=July 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712052548/http://jayanagar.com/article/entertainment/puttanna-theatre-to-be-re-opened.html|archive-date=12 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2015, the 30th anniversary of his death was honored with an event organized by the [[Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy]] and guests and speakers included [[Ambareesh]], [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]], [[Shivaram|S. Shivaram]], [[Jai Jagadish]], [[Ashok (Kannada actor)|Ashok]], [[K. S. L. Swamy]] and [[Rajendra Singh Babu]].<ref name="TheHindu"/>

==Awards and honours==
Kanagal received three [[National Film Awards]], three [[Filmfare Awards South]] and multiple [[Karnataka State Film Awards]]. Karnataka state honours film directors and various personalities with [[Puttanna Kanagal Award]] in his memory every year during the Karnataka State Awards function.<ref>{{cite book |date=1988 |title=The Mysore Economic Review, Volume 73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9rrAAAAMAAJ&q=Puttanna+Kanagal |page=56 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=1986 |title=Janata, Volume 41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HwhDAAAAYAAJ&q=Puttanna+Kanagal |page=80 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}</ref>

===List of awards and honours===
===[[Filmfare Awards South]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="6" | List of movies, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), award(s)
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Movie
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Award
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | 21st Filmfare Awards South
! scope="row" | ''[[Edakallu Guddada Mele]]''
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 27th Filmfare Awards South
! scope="row" | ''[[Dharmasere]]''
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
|
|-
| align="center" | 29th Filmfare Awards South
! scope="row" | ''[[Ranganayaki]]''
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
|
|}

===[[National Film Awards (India)|National Film Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="6" | List of movies, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), award(s)
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Movie
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Award
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | [[17th National Film Awards|1969 {{small|(17th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Gejje Pooje]]''
| [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |<ref name="17thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[17th National Film Awards|1969 {{small|(17th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Gejje Pooje]]''
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
| align="center" |<ref name="17thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[20th National Film Awards|1972 {{small|(20th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Sharapanjara]]''
| [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
| align="center" |<ref name="20thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|title=20th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

===[[Karnataka State Film Awards]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="6" | List of movies, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), award(s)
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Movie
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Award
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | 1967-68
! scope="row" | ''[[Belli Moda]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film|Best Film (Second)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1967-68
! scope="row" | ''[[Belli Moda]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1969-70
! scope="row" | ''[[Gejje Pooje]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film|Best Film (First)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1969-70
! scope="row" | ''[[Gejje Pooje]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1970-71
! scope="row" | ''[[Sharapanjara]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film|Best Film (First)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1970-71
! scope="row" | ''[[Sharapanjara]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1972-73
! scope="row" | ''[[Naagarahaavu]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film|Best Film (Second)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1972-73
! scope="row" | ''[[Naagarahaavu]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1974-75
! scope="row" | ''[[Upasane]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film|Best Film (First)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1974-75
! scope="row" | ''[[Upasane]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1975-76
! scope="row" | ''[[Katha Sangama]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Fourth Best Film|Best Film (Fourth)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1980-81
! scope="row" | ''[[Ranganayaki (film)|Ranganayaki]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film|Best Film (First)]]
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 1983-84
! scope="row" | ''[[Amrutha Ghalige]]''
| [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| align="center" |
|-
|}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
! Year
! Film
! Cast
! Notes
|-
| 1964 || ''[[School Master (1964 film)|School Master]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[K. Balaji]] || [[Malayalam]] Remake of ''[[School Master (1958 film)|School Master]]'' (Kannada)
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Kalanjukittiya Thankam]]'' || [[Sathyan (actor)|Sathyan]], [[Ambika Sukumaran|Ambika]] || [[Malayalam]] Remake of ''[[Gaali Gopura]]'' (Kannada)
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Chettathi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]], [[Sathyaneshan Nadar|Sathyan]], Ambika, [[Adoor Bhasi]], [[Sukumari]] || [[Malayalam]] Core plot partially inspired by the Kannada novel ''Hannele Chiguridaga'' by [[Anasuya Shankar|Triveni]]
|-
| 1965 || ''Pakkalo Ballem'' || [[Kantha Rao]], [[Rajasri]] || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Mayor Nair]]'' || [[Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair]], [[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]], [[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]], || [[Malayalam]] Adaptation of [[Thomas Hardy]]'s novel ''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge]]''

|-
| 1967 || ''[[Belli Moda]]'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[Pandari Bai]] || Debut [[Kannada]] film [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film]] Based on the novel of same name by [[Anasuya Shankar|Triveni]]
|-
| 1966 || ''Poocha Kanni'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] || Malayalam Based on the Kannada novel ''Bekkina Kannu'' by [[Anasuya Shankar|Triveni]]
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Swapnabhoomi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sathyan (actor)|Sathyan]] || Malayalam
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Teacheramma]]'' || [[Jaishankar]], [[Vanisri]], [[R. Muthuraman]] || [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] Remade in [[Malayalam]] as ''[[Premashilpi]]''
|-
| 1968 || ''Palamanasulu'' || Harinath, [[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]], [[Pandari Bai]] || Telugu
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Mallammana Pavada]]'' || [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[Vajramuni]], [[Dwarakish]] ||Kannada Based on the novel ''Mallammana Pavaada'' by [[B. Puttaswamayya]]
|-
| 1969 ||''[[Kappu Bilupu]]'' || [[R. N. Sudarshan]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]] ||Kannada Based on a novel of the same name by Aryambha Pattabhi Remade in Tamil as ''[[Irulum Oliyum]]'' and in Telugu as ''[[Iddaru Ammayilu]]''
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Gejje Pooje]]'' || [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]], [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]], [[Aarathi]], [[K. S. Ashwath]]|| Kannada [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada]] [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film]] Based on the novel ''Gejje Pooje'' by [[M. K. Indira]] Remade in Tamil as ''Thaaliya Salangaiya'' , in Telugu as ''[[Kalyana Mandapam]]'' and in Hindi as ''[[Ahista Ahista (1981 film)|Ahista Ahista]]'' which further inspired the 2007 Hindi movie ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]''
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Karulina Kare]]'' || [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] ||Kannada
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sudarum Sooravaliyum]]'' || [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Nirmalamma|Nirmala]], [[R. Muthuraman]] || Tamil
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sharapanjara]]'' || [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[Gangadhar (Kannada actor)|Gangadhar]] || Kannada National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film Based on the novel of same name by [[Anasuya Shankar|Triveni]] Remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Krishnaveni (film)|Krishnaveni]]'' (1974)
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sakshatkara]]'' || [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]], Jamuna, [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] ||Kannada
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Irulum Oliyum]]'' || [[A. V. M. Rajan]], [[Vanisri]], [[Nagesh]] || Tamil Remake of ''[[Kappu Bilupu]]'' (1969)
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Iddaru Ammayilu]]'' || [[Shoban Babu]], [[Vanisri]], [[Gummadi Venkateswara Rao]] || Telugu Remake of ''[[Kappu Bilupu]]'' (1969)
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Naagarahaavu]]'' || [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], [[Aarathi]], [[Ambarish]] ||Kannada Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film Based on [[T. R. Subba Rao]]'s three novels ''Nagarahavu'', ''Ondu Gandu Eradu Hennu'' and ''Sarpa Mathsara'' Remade in Hindi as ''[[Zehreela Insaan]]'' , in Tamil as ''[[Raja Nagam]]'' and in Telugu as ''[[Kode Nagu]] ''
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Edakallu Guddada Mele]]'' || [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], Ranga, Chandrashekar || Kannada [[Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director]] Based on the novel of same name by Bharathisutha which was an adaptation of the English novel ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' by [[D. H. Lawrence]]
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Upasane]]'' || [[Srinath]], [[Aarathi]], Seetharam ||Kannada Based on the novel of the same name by Devaki Murthy
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| 1974 || ''[[Zehreela Insaan]]'' || [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Moushumi Chatterjee]], [[Neetu Singh]] || [[Hindi]] Remake of ''[[Naagarahaavu]]''
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| 1975 ||''[[Katha Sangama]]'' || [[Rajinikanth]], [[Aarathi]], [[B. Saroja Devi]] || Kannada Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film Based on three short stories - ''Hangu'' by Giraddi Govindaraj, ''Athithi'' by Veena and ''Munithaayi'' by Eshwara Chandra Tamil movie ''[[Kai Kodukkum Kai]]'' was a partially based on this movie as an extended version of the ''Munithaayi'' segment
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| 1975 || ''[[Shubhamangala]]'' || [[Srinath]], [[Aarathi]] ||Kannada Based on novel of same nam by [[Vani (writer)|Vani]]
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| 1975 || ''[[Bili Hendthi]]'' || Anil Kumar, [[Aarathi]], Margaret Thomson, [[Ambarish]] ||Kannada
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| 1976 || ''[[Phalitamsha]]'' || Jaijagadish, Aarathi ||Kannada Based on the story ''Golagummata'' by Srinivasa Kulakarni
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| 1976 || ''[[College Ranga]]'' || [[Kalyan Kumar]], Leelavathi ||Kannada Based on novel of same name by [[B. G. L. Swamy]]
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| 1978 || ''[[Paduvaaralli Pandavaru]]'' ||Ramakrishna, [[Ambarish]], [[Jai Jagadish]], Jayashree ||Kannada Remade in Hindi as ''[[Hum Paanch (film)|Hum Paanch]]'' and in Telugu as ''[[Mana Voori Pandavulu]]''
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| 1979 || ''[[Dharmasere]]'' || [[Srinath]], [[Aarathi]] || Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director Based on a novel of same name by Jada Bharata
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| 1980 || ''[[Hum Paanch (1980 film)|Hum Paanch]]'' || [[Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Raj Babbar]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Deepti Naval]] || Hindi (as Writer) Remake of ''[[Paduvaaralli Pandavaru]]''
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| 1981 || ''[[Ranganayaki (film)|Ranganayaki]]'' || [[Ambarish]], [[Aarathi]], Ashok || Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director Based on the novel of same name by Ashwattha
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| 1982 || ''[[Maanasa Sarovara]]'' || [[Srinath]], [[Padma Vasanthi]], Ramakrishna, G.Pandithachar ||Kannada Core plot of the movie was reported to be influenced by the 1913 play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' <ref>https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/saheba-movie-review-bharath-has-crafted-a-smooth-flowing-story-that-has-a-captivating-effect/articleshow/60222459.cms</ref>
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| 1983 || ''[[Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage]]'' || Chandrashekar, [[Srinath]], [[Padma Vasanthi]], Vijayalakshmi Singh ||Kannada
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| 1984 || ''[[Amrutha Ghalige]]'' || Ramakrishna, [[Padma Vasanthi]] ||Kannada Based on the novel ''Avadhana'' by Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao
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| 1984 || ''[[Runamukthalu]]'' || [[Bharathi (actress)|Bharathi]], [[Ramakrishna (Kannada actor)|Ramakrishna]], [[Padma Vasanthi]] ||Kannada Based on the novel ''Runa'' by [[Anupama Niranjana]]
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| 1985 || ''[[Masanada Hoovu]]'' || [[Ambarish]], [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Hema Choudhary]], Aparna || Kanagal Died while directing halfway. Remaining of the film was directed by [[K. S. L. Swamy]] Based on the novel of same name by [[T. R. Subba Rao]]
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| 2006 || ''Savira Mettilu'' || [[Jayanthi (actress)|Jayanthi]], [[Kalyan Kumar]], [[K. S. Ashwath]], [[Ambarish]], [[Hema Choudhary]], Ramakrishna, [[Vajramuni]] || Kannada Movie which was partially shot and shelved was completed and released
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== References ==
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<ref name=KBinterview>{{cite web|last=Siddareddy|first=Venkat|year=2007|url=http://dustflies.blogspot.ca/2006/03/q-with-kbalachander_15.html|title=interview }}</ref>
* http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/06/03/stories/2005060303730100.htm
* http://www.totalkannada.com/Puttanna.asp
}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0437031|name=Puttanna Kanagal}}
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