Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, better known as Dwarakish, is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar.
Galate Samsara is a 1977 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by C. Jayaram. It stars Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Manjula and Rajinikanth in the lead roles. It also stars Dwarakish, Dr. K S Ashwath, Balakrishna and Vajramuni in supporting roles. The movie is a remake of Tamil movie Veettuku Veedu which was based on the play Thikku Theriyatha Veettil which in turn was an adaptation of the English comedy play Right Bed Wrong Husband. The English play was also adapted in Marathi as Pati Sagle Uchapati which in turn was adapted into a Kannada movie titled Housefull and also into a Hindi movie - All The Best which was remade in Malayalam as Best of Luck which in turn went on to be remade in Kannada as Ond Chance Kodi.
Maathu Tappada Maga is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, written and directed by Peketi Sivaram. It stars Anant Nag, Sharada, Aarathi and Rajinikanth, in his 25th film appearance. Udaykumar, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju and T. N. Balakrishna feature in supporting roles.
Panakkara Kudumbam is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language film starring M. G. Ramachandran. The film was released on 24 April 1964, and ran more than 150 days in theatres. The film was remade in Hindi in 1970 as Humjoli, in Kannada in 1978 as Bhale Huduga, and in Telugu in 1984 as Intiguttu. All versions except Intiguttu were directed by the same director, T. R. Ramanna.
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.
Prachanda Kulla is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by P. S. Prakash and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Dwarakish, Radhika and Sudarshan. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The movie is famous for the sequence involving the hero lifting the Shiva idol (linga). The movie was dubbed in Tamil as Veera Mandra Kullan.
Anna Atthige is a 1974 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by M. R. Vittal and produced by M. R. Srinivas. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, Pandari Bai, Vishnuvardhan and Bharathi. The films musical score was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.
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.
Sose Tanda Soubhagya is a 1977 Kannada film written by P. B. Duttaragi, directed by A. V. Sheshagiri Rao, starring Vishnuvardhan and Manjula. It is the first CinemaScope movie made in Kannada.
Sirithanakke Saval is a 1978 Indian Kannada film, directed by T. R. Ramanna and produced by C. D. Murthy. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Manjula Vijayakumar, K. S. Ashwath and Sampath in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar. The film was a remake of the 1971 Tamil film Savaale Samali.
Madhura Sangama is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by T. P. Venugopal, starring Anant Nag, Radha Saluja and Ashok. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagendra. One of the early multi-starrers of Kannada cinema. The movie had extended cameo appearances by a galaxy of stars in the Kumara Rama ballet.
Asadhya Aliya is a 1979 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Udaya Chandrika. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Padmapriya, Maanu and Dwarakish. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. The movie was remade in Telugu in 1981 by K. S. R. Das as Mayadari Alludu starring Krishna.
Nentaro Gantu Kallaro is a 1979 Indian Kannada film, directed by A. V. Sheshagiri Rao and produced by G. N. Lakshmipathy. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, K. S. Ashwath and Balakrishna in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
Snehithara Saval is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by A. R. Raju. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Manjula and K. S. Ashwath.
Karmika Kallanalla is a 1982 Indian Kannada film, directed by K. S. R. Das and produced by A. L. Abbaiah Naidu. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, Shankar Nag and Dwarakish in lead roles. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
Nammoora Raja is a 1988 Indian Kannada film, directed by H. R. Bhargava. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Manjula Sharma, Jai Jagadish and Mukhyamantri Chandru in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagendra. P. Vasu, the story writer of this film remade the movie in Tamil as Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai.
Rajashekara is a 1967 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by G. V. Iyer and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Rajkumar, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Udaykumar, Balakrishna and Narasimharaju. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
Koodi Balona is a 1975 Indian Kannada film, directed by M. R. Vittal and produced by Shivalingaiah. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Bhavani, Loknath and T. N. Balakrishna in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu is a 1979 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Srinath, Shankar Nag, Dwarakish and Manjula and Padmapriya. It is a remake of the 1964 Tamil romantic-comedy film Kadhalikka Neramillai.
Rusthum Jodi is a 1980 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K. Vijayan and produced by N. V. Ramaswamy. The film stars Shankar Nag and Gayatri whilst Manjula, Shakti Prasad, Sundar Krishna Urs appeared in special roles. The film was scripted by M. D. Sundar, photographed by Ishan Arya and had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
