Dwarakish
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-19 (82 years old)
Deathday
2024-04-16
Place of Birth
Hunasur, Mysore
Also known As
Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath
B.S. Dwarakish
B. S. Dwarakish
Dwarakish
Biography
Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (19 August 1942 – 16 April 2024), known by his stage name Dwarakish was an Indian actor, comedian and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Starting his career as a supporting actor in Veera Sankalpa (1964) and co-producer for the film Mamatheya Madilu in 1966, Dwarakish went on to work over five decades in cinema. He debuted as a director with the film Nee Bareda Kadambari (1985). Fondly remembered as "Karnatakada Kulla" (lit. 'Dwarf of Karnataka'), Dwarakish produced over 50 films under his home production called "Dwarakish Chitra". Mayor Muthanna...
Acting
1994
1969
as Ranga
1968
1993
1977
2004
1977
as Raja
2015
1977
as Puttu & Kutti (Dual Role)
1979
as Sathyananda
1965
as Simhadri
1967
as Ganesha
1968
as Hanumantha
1968
1970
as Mallanna
1970
1971
as Mugur Mukunda
1971
as Makaranda
1972
1973
1974
1974
as Anand Rao's Son
1975
as Ramesh aka Kulla
1976
as Panju's friend
1977
as Subbu
1978
1978
as Venugopal
1978
as Guest Appearance
1979
as Sundar
1980
as Vamana
1980
as Krishna alias Kulla
1981
1968
as Prabhakara
2003
2006
1981
1982
-
as Shyam
2011
as Colonel (Bharathi's father)
2010
1996
1994
1993
1984
as Mohan
1979
1972
1982
1983
1984
1984
1972
1972
1971
1971
1995
1995
1995
1977
1978
1982
1982
1982
1983
Production
1986
as Director
1983
as Producer
-
as Director
2004
as Producer
1994
as Director
1984
as Producer
1977
as Producer
1977
as Producer
1978
as Producer
1979
as Producer
1980
as Producer
1985
as Producer
1994
as Director
1994
as Story
1994
as Screenplay
1994
as Dialogue
1984
as Producer
2011
as Producer
1989
as Director
1989
as Producer
1989
as Screenplay
2012
as Producer
-
as Director
-
as Screenplay
1985
as Director
1982
as Producer
1983
as Producer
1984
as Producer
1984
as Producer
1985
as Director
1985
as Producer
1985
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1986
as Producer
1986
as Story
1986
as Screenplay
1990
as Director
1990
as Screenplay
1995
as Director
1995
as Producer
1995
as Story
1995
as Screenplay
1995
as Dialogue
1995
as Director
1995
as Writer
1995
as Screenplay
1995
as Story
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