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1 DEC 1933-5 JUN 1985 PUTTANA KANAGAL

Puttanna Kanagal

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Puttanna Kanagal
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Native nameಪುಟ್ಟಣ್ಣ ಕಣಗಲ್
BornShubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma
1 December 1933
Kanagal, Kingdom of Mysore,British India
Died5 June 1985 (aged 51)
Bangalore, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesS. R. Puttanna Kanagal, Seetharama Sharma
OccupationFilm director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1957–1985
Spouse(s)Nagalakshmi (–1985)
Children5
Puttanna Kanagal (born Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma, 1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), fondly called the 'Chitra Bramha' (God of Films)[1] was an Indian filmmaker and is considered as one ofKannada's cinema's greatest filmmakers.[2][3] He was born in Kanagal, a village in the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore into a poor Brahmin family. Starting his career as a publicity boy, Kanagal was drawn into independent filmmaking after a stint in theatre and working with film director and producer B. R. Panthulu as his assistant.[4] Kanagal's assistants include Tamil Super Star Kamal Haasan[5] and Tamil directors SP. Muthuraman and P. Bharathiraja,[6][7] and T. S. Nagabharana.[8]
Although a majority of Kanagal's films were on offbeat or taboo subjects, generally women-centric,[4] he endeared himself to both the critics and ordinary film goers alike making "bridge films" between art and commercial cinema. His first film in Kannada, Gejje Pooje, based on a novel of the same name by M. K. Indira is considered a landmark film.[3] He would go on to direct other films such as Kappu Bilupu (1969), Sharapanjara (1971),Naagarahaavu (1972), Edakallu Guddada Mele (1973), Shubhamangala (1975) and Ranganayaki (1981), all of which are seen as milestones in Kannada cinema.[9] He also directed a handful of films in Malayalam, Tamil,Telugu and Hindi languages.
Kanagal received three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and multiple Karnataka State Film Awards. Karnataka state honours film directors and various personalities with Puttanna Kanagal Award in his memory every year during the Karnataka State Awards function.[10][11]

Early life[edit]

Subraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma was born in Kanagal village in Mysore district to Ramaswamaiah and Subbamma. As he hailed from a poor family, he had to endure hardships and struggled to get a decent job. He worked as a cleaner, salesman and even as a teacher to earn his bread. However, his job as a publicity boy brought him closer to theatre and subsequently to cinema.[12] His association with films began when he started working for B. R. Panthulu as an assistant director and also as his driver.[3] His first film as an assistant director was Rathnagiri Rahasya (1957).

As a director[edit]

Often credited as a movie-maker, much ahead of his times, Puttanna's first break directorial venture was Bellimoda (Silver Cloud). Starring Kalpana and Kalyan Kumar, this movie was a critical and commercial success. Legend has it that Puttanna scouted for a week to find the perfect location for the mellifluous song "mooDala maneyaa". He has directed many masterpieces like Gejje Pooje, Sharapanjara, Naagarahaavu etc. His first directorial venture in Malayalam was the moviePoocha kanni (Cat eyed/Hazel eyed lady) based on the Kannada novel by Triveni Bekkina Kannu. In Kannada his last film was Savira Mettilu, which was never released during his lifetime.
He also provided a platform for many actors and actresses such as Kalpana, Aarathi, Leelavathi, Jayanthi, Padma Vasanthi, Srinath, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish, Jai Jagadish, Chandra Shekhar, Gangadhar, Shivaram, Vajramuni, Sridhar, Ramakrishna andAparna – a TV and Radio Anchor – to showcase their talents.
In devotion to Puttanna, Indian Super Star Dr.Vishnuvardhan said, "Puttanna Kanagal Sir was the God-sent teacher for me! And I have been made an actor. I am indebted to guru Puttanaji. He used to conceptualize scenes, narrate them to me, inspire me and extract the potential till then unknown to myself. Acting in a single movie under Puttanna's expertise is an experience of a lifetime."
Puttanna introduced most of the actors in the Kannada film industry. Tamil director Bharathiraja worked under him. Each of Kanagal's 24 Kannada movies had strong themes filled with unprecedented direction.
Tamil legendary film maker K. Balachander, winner of the 2010 Dadasaheb Phalke Award had great regard for Puttanna. In many of his interviews to the media, Balachandar has stated that he considered a much younger, Puttanna Kanagal, a director from Kannada(Karnataka) film industry to be his guru in film making. An excerpt from one such interview...[13]
Q) You have stated in many interviews that you consider Puttanna Kanagal (Kannada filmmaker), though younger than you, as your guru in filmmaking. What is it that you learnt from him?
A) Age has got nothing to do with learning. You can learn from anybody and everybody. I liked and admired Puttanna Kanagal, because, at the time when many of our filmmakers lacked the vision of filmmaking in terms of visuals he was the one who insisted on films being visual than oral. Apart from that his ability to churn out the human emotions from his actors was one of his kind.
In fact Balachander, for most of the remakes of his Tamil films in Kannada (Benkiyalli Aralida Hoo, Mauna Geethe) has gone on to cast many of the talents like Ashwath, Sridhar, Jai Jagadesh, Ramakrishna, Srinath, nurtured in Puttanna's camp. Also, both Puttanna's and Balachander's films dealt with the issues on women – more so in Puttanna's films.

Personal life[edit]

In spite of his glorious film career, his personal life had apparent shades of mysticism and sorrow. Although married to Nagalakshmi Kanagal and sired children, he shared a very passionate relationship with actress Kalpana, which raised several eyebrows. Kalpana and Puttanna were two very great artists of their times. Together they bridged the fields of Cinema and Literature – considering the fact that the notably complex subjects of Triveni, were not only brought in their completeness into Cinema world but were well acknowledged (in fact have remained immensely popular) by the audience. Sadly, after the majestic Sharapanjara the pair never worked together. Though he touched social subjects (considered taboo) as also the dogmatic mysteries with rigorous attention and meticulous research, he never tried to cast his own limitations, and tried living with his sorrows, as he lived with his glories.

Death[edit]

Kanagal died on 5 June 1985 in Bengaluru, while in preparation of the movie Masanada Hoovu.

The Visualiser[edit]

The Kannada film industry in the 1960s and the 1970s started moving from mythological and historical subjects to socially relevant themes. This metamorphosis was reflected in the rise of bandaaya sahitya or rebellious literature. The New Wave Cinema or Alternate Cinema movement spread across India, particularly in Karnataka, West Bengal and Kerala. Puttanna's movies, however, were seen as a bridge between commercial cinema and alternate cinema.[14] While his plots, based on popular Kannada novels,[15] revolved around strong characters and distinct themes, he added mandatory songs and emotions to distinguish from alternate cinemas. His mastery over symbolism is quite remarkable. He has effectively used effectively in almost all of his movies.
Puttanna was also considered as a pioneer in picturising songs. In general, his movies contained 4–5 songs. Even with respect to song picturisation, Puttanna had a strong sense of colour and imagery. He would go to great lengths to select the locations and costumes for a song. The songs generally reflected the inherent mood of the film. For instance, the song from the movie Manasasarovara, Neene saakida gini, a poignant song, was shot amidst the dust-filled mining areas, thereby reflecting the agony of a man who has lost his true love. Similarly the song sandesha megha sandesha from the movie Sharapanjara was shot in the Madikeri, with innumerable oranges strewn around.
He was well known for his effective use of freeze shots and negative images to heighten the introspective effect of key scenes. Although his films were accused of being too woman-centric, Puttanna personally felt that such notions were wrong.
He was the first director of the Kannada Film Directors Association after its inception in 1984.[16] Poonam Theatre in Jayanagar, Bangalore was renamed in his honor after his last film debuted there. In 2004, the theatre closed until reopening after a 2011 campaign supported by Baraguru Ramachandrappa, V. Manohar and the Democratic Youth Federation of India[17] and was scheduled for demolition in July 2012[18] but later saved and remodeled.[19] In June 2015, the 30th anniversary of his death was honored with an event organized by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy and guests and speakers included Ambareesh, Leelavathi, S. Shivaram, Jai Jagadish, Ashok, K. S. L. Swamy and Rajendra Singh Babu.[9]

Filmography[edit]

YearFilmCastNotes
1964School MasterPrem Nazir, K. BalajiMalayalam
1965Pakkalo BallemKantha Rao, RajasriTelugu
1966Belli ModaKalyan Kumar, Kalpana, Pandari BaiDebut Kannada film
Kannada, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
1966Poocha KanniPrem Nazir, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Adoor BhasiMalayalam
1968TeacherammaJaishankar, Vanisri, R. MuthuramanTamil
1968PalamanasuluHarinath, Jamuna, Pandari BaiTelugu
1969Mallammana PavadaRajkumar, B. Saroja Devi, Vajramuni, DwarakishKannada
1969Kappu BilupuR. N. Sudarshan, Kalpana, BalakrishnaKannada
1969Gejje PoojeKalpana, Gangadhar, Leelavathi, Aarathi, K. S. AshwathNational Film Award for Best Screenplay
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
Kannada, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
1970Karulina KareRajkumar, KalpanaKannada
1971Sudarum SooravaliyumGemini Ganesan, Nirmala, R. MuthuramanTamil
1971SharapanjaraKalpana, GangadharKannada, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
1971SakshatkaraRajkumar, Jamuna, Prithviraj KapoorKannada
1971Irulum OliyumA. V. M. Rajan, Vanisri, NageshTamil
1972Iddaru AmmayiluShoban Babu, Vanisri, Gummadi Venkateswara RaoTelugu
1972NaagarahaavuVishnuvardhan, Aarathi, AmbarishKannada, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
1973Edakallu Guddada MeleJayanthi, Ranga, ChandrashekarKannada, Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director
1974UpasaneSrinath, Aarathi, SeetharamKannada
1974Zehreela InsaanRishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee, Neetu SinghHindi
1975Katha SangamaRajinikanth, Aarathi, B. Saroja DeviKannada, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
1975ShubhamangalaSrinath, AarathiKannada
1975Bili HendthiAnil Kumar, Aarathi, Margaret Thomson, AmbarishKannada
1976PhalitamshaJaijagadish, AarathiKannada
1976College RangaKalyan Kumar, LeelavathiKannada
1978Paduvaaralli PandavaruRamakrishna, Ambarish, Jai Jagadish, JayashreeKannada
1979DharmasereSrinath, AarathiKannada, Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director
1980Hum PaanchSanjeev Kumar, Raj Babbar, Shabana Azmi, Deepti NavalHindi (as a Writer)
1981RanganayakiAmbarish, Aarathi, AshokKannada, Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director
1982Maanasa SarovaraSrinath, Padma Vasanthi, Ramakrishna, G.PandithacharKannada
1983Dharani Mandala MadhyadolageChandrashekar, Srinath, Padma Vasanthi, Vijayalakshmi SinghKannada
1984Amrutha GhaligeRamakrishna, Padma VasanthiKannada
1984RunamukthaluRamakrishna, Padma Vasanthi, Bharathi VishnuvardhanKannada
1984Masanada HoovuAmbarish, Jayanthi, AparnaKananda, died while directing halfway. Remaining of the film was directed by K. S. L. Swamy
2006Savira MettiluJayanthi, Kalyan Kumar, K. S. Ashwath, Ambarish, Ramakrishna, VajramuniKannada, long time shelved and released

Awards and honours[edit]

National Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Karnataka State Film Awards
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Puttanna Kanagal, fondly called the 'Chitra Bramha' was an Indian filmmaker and is considered as one of Kannada's cinema's greatest filmmakers. He was born in Kanagal, a village in the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore into a poor Brahmin family. Wikipedia
Born: December 1, 1933, Kanagal, Mysore
Died: June 5, 1985, Bengaluru
Spouse: Lakshmi Puttana Kanagal (m. ?–1985)
Siblings: Kanagal Prabhakara Shastry
Parents: Ramaswamaiah, Subbamma
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