Bengaluru: 90-year-old Legendary Director S. K. Bhagavan has passed away.
He breathed his last in a private hospital where he was being treated for age related ailments for the last few days. His last direction was in Aduva Gombe directed in the year 2019 in which Actor Sanchari Vijay played a lead role. It was his 50th movie as a director.
As a Director he has directed a few evergreen movies like Kasturi Nivas, Eradu Kanasu, Jeevana Chaitra, and Operation Dimond Racket. He also has directed several bond movies in Kannada. He mostly directed films of Dr. Raj Kumar and Anantnag – Lakshmi pair
His body will be kept for public homage at his residence in Jayanagara. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and others condoled his death.
They also brought 14 popular novels of Kannada language on the celluloid and also got commercial success. Bhagvan was born on July 5, 1933. He completed his education in Bengaluru and joined theatre from Hirannayya Mitra Mandali at an early age.
He began his film career with ‘Bhagyodaya’ Kannada movie as an assistant to famous director Kanagal Prabhakar Shastri. After the death of Dorai Raj, he directed ‘Balondu Chadurnaga’ in 1996 and his last movie was ‘Gombe’ in 2019. It was his 50th movie as the director.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has condoled the death of Bhagavan. “The death of S.K. Bhagavan, famous director of Kannada film industry, has saddened me. I pray for his departed soul. I also pray to god to give strength to his family members to tolerate the pain.
Opposition leader Siddaramaiah stated that he is saddened by the death of Bhagavan who had enriched the Karnataka’s art and film industry. Former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy stated that Bhagavan had given an all-time movie like ‘Kasturi Nivasa’. Congress State President D.K. Shivakumar has also conveyed his condolences to the death.
