A. V. Seshagiri Rao (1926 – 17 June 2007)
was a
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
film director.
Film career
He started his film career at a young age and directed about 50 films including in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. He made his directorial debut in Telugu film ''
Pendli Pilipu'' starring
N. T. Rama Rao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He starred ...
and
Devika
Devika Devadoss (born Prameela Devi) (25 April 1943 – 2 May 2002) was an Indian actress who worked in Tamil, Telugu with few Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi film industry. She was a popular lead actress in the 1960s.
Devika is the grand daughter ...
in 1962. He gave blockbusters like Rajkumar-starrer ''Sampath Ge Sawal'', ''Bahadur Gandu'' and ''Bettadha Huli'' to the Kannada film industry. His last film was ''Bahadura Hennu'' in which actress
Roopa Ganguly
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had played the lead role.
Filmography
Kannada
Death
He died following a fall at his house in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
, India, where died of brain haemorrhage.
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Kannada film directors
Telugu film directors
1926 births
2007 deaths
20th-century Indian film directors
Film directors from Chennai
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