S. Narayan

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S. Narayan
Born (1962-06-05) 5 June 1962 (age 62)
Occupation(s)Film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, composer, lyricist,
Years active1992–present
SpouseBhagyavati Narayan
Children3, including Pankaj Narayan

S. Narayan (born 5 June 1962) [1] is an Indian filmmaker, director, actor and lyricist of Kannada films. [2] [3] After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct Dr. Rajkumar and all his three sons. [4] He has given many hits with Vishnuvardhan and also worked with many actors of Sandalwood. He has directed Tamil movie Jai .

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Career

After assisting H. R. Bharghava, Raj Kishore and A. T. Raghu, Narayan made his directorial debut with the romantic drama Chaitrada Premanjali (1992), with newcomers, the film, which featured a successful soundtrack by Hamsalekha became a musical hit at the box office. He then went on to direct similar themed romantic films such as Anuragada Alegalu (1992), Megha Maale (1994), and also successful family dramas like Thavarina Thottilu and Bevu Bella. Throughout the 2000s, he directed mostly remakes, such as Surya Vamsha , Simhadriya Simha , and Cheluvina Chittara . In 2015, he directed Daksha , starring Duniya Vijay, which was completely shot in single takes. [5] In 2016, he was supposed to direct a project called JD, starring Jagadish Gowda and Dictator with Huccha Venkat; both got shelved after launch. [6] [7] He directed Na Panta Kano and Manasu Mallige , a remake of Marathi film Sairat .

Filmography

As director

Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Chaitrada Premanjali Shankar
Nanjunda—
1993 Anuragada Alegalu —
Bevu Bella
Captain
1994 Megha Maale
Kaveri Teeradalli—
1995Nighaata
1996 Thavarina Thottilu —
Vasanta Kavya—
Gulabi
1997Taayi Kotta Seere
Kalyani
Mahabharata
1998Bhama Satyabhama
1999 Veerappa Nayaka —
Ravimama —Remake of Tamil film En Thangachi Padichava
Surya Vamsha AthmanandaRemake of Tamil film Suryavamsam
special appearance
2000 Shabdavedhi —
Galate Aliyandru Remake of Tamil film Ullathai Allitha
Nannavalu Nannavalu
2001Anjali Geetanjali
Baanallu Neene Bhuviyallu NeeneGopalakrishnaRemake of Tamil film Veetla Visheshanga [8]
2002Vamshakobba—
Jamindaru —
Simhadriya Simha —Remake of Tamil film Naatamai
2003 Pakka Chukka Nani a.k.a. Chukka and Nani's fatherdual roles
Chandra Chakori —Won – Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
2004 Jai — Tamil film
Remake of Telugu film Aadi
Maurya —Remake of Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
2005 Varsha —Remake of Malayalam film Hitler
2006Veeru— [9]
Sevanthi Sevanthi —
Sirivantha —Remake of Telugu film Aa Naluguru. [10]
2007 Thayiya Madilu —
Cheluvina Chittara —Remake of Tamil film Kaadhal
Chanda — [11]
2008 Chaitrada Chandrama —
2009Chellidharu Sampigeya—Remake of Chandamama
Cheluvina Chilipili —Remake of Telugu film Kotha Bangaru Lokam [12]
2010 Veera Parampare — [13]
2011 Dushtaa — [14]
Shyloo —Remake of Tamil film Mynaa
2012 Munjane — [15]
2013 Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu Narayan aka Nani [16] [17] [18]
Appayya — [19]
2015 Daksha — One shot movie
2017 Manasu Mallige —Remake of Marathi film Sairat
Naa Panta Kano —
TBA†Daandiga [20]
5D
Television

As actor

This list is of films Narayan has acted to other directors.

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995OhoKrishnamurthy
1999Tarikere Erimele
2001 Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu Nani
2001Mr Harishchandra
2001Vishalakshammana GandaVijay Prakash
2001 Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Nani
2002Balagaalittu Olage BaaMadan Mohan Desai
2003 Katthegalu Saar Katthegalu Nani
2006 Honeymoon Express Nani
2009 Chickpete Sachagalu NaniAlso producer, screenwriter, composer
2010 Thipparalli Tharlegalu NaniAlso producer, screenwriter, composer, lyricist
2016 Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Dr. Annappa
2022 Old Monk Narayan
2022 Sugarless Doctor

As composer

YearTitle
2003 Pakka Chukka
2006Veeru
2007Chanda
2008Chaitrada Chandrama
2009Chickpete Sachagalu
Chellidharu Sampigeya
2010Veera Parampare
2012Munjane
2011Dushta
2013Appayya
2015Daksha
2017 Manasu Malligey
2017Na Panta Kano

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