Dorai-Bhagavan


Dorai-Bhagavan were an Indian filmmaking duo consisting of directors B.Dorai Raj and S.K.Bhagavan, active mainly in Kannada cinema. They directed 50 films, most of which starred Rajkumar in the lead role and were highly successful at box-office. Twenty three of those films were based on novels. Bhagavan has been principal of Adarsha Film Institute, Bangalore.

Film career

S.K Bhagavan was born on 5 July 1933. He completed his schooling in Bangalore High school. At a young age, he was acting on stage dramas with Hirannaiah Mithra Mandali. He started his film career as an assistant to Kanagal Prabhakar Shastri in 1956 through the film Bhagyodaya. He then went on to direct his debut movie Sandhya Raaga in 1966 with another director, M. C Narasimhamurthy, and later co-directed Jedara Bale with Dorai Raj under the name Dorai-Bhagavan. Thus becoming the first directors to make James Bond-style movies in Kannada. The duo then directed movies like Kasturi Nivasa, Eradu Kanasu, Bayalu dhari, Gaali Mathu, Chandanada Gombe, Hosa Belaku, Benkiya Bale, Jeevana Chaitra and more Bond-style movies such as Goa dalli C.I.D 999, Operation Jackpot C.I.D 999 and Operation diamond racket. Apart from Rajkumar, the duo directed many movies with actors Ananth Nag and Lakshmi.
After the death of Dorai Raj, Bhagavan ceased directing for many years – their last film was Mangalya Bhandana in 1993. In 2019, he made his comeback at the age of 85 with Aduva Gombe, which marks 50th film of his direction.

Awards

Bhagavan has been the principal of Adarsha Film Institute.

Filmography

Dorai-Bhagavan have directed a number of films. Apart from directing movies, Bhagavan has also acted in some movies like Hosa belaku, Bhagyodaya, Mangala soothra, Rowdy Ranganna, Vasantha Geetha, Soothradhara and Bangalore Mail. He has mostly worked with music director duo Rajan-Nagendra for most of his films.
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