H. S. Phani Ramachandra is 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 and television director. He is known for directing such classic Kannada comedy films as ''
Ganeshana Maduve
''Ganeshana Maduve'' () is a 1990 Kannada romantic comedy-drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat among others. It was a big box-office hit in its time and is considered to ...
'' and ''
Gauri Ganesha
''Gauri Ganesha'' is a 1991 Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Master Anand, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Ramesh Bhat among others.
Anant Nag received Best Acto ...
'' and the TV serial ''
Danda Pindagalu''. His films mainly portray
middle class
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Karnataka
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society
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in a comic light.
He is particularly popular amongst a section of audience for his out of box narration movies. His very popular Kannada movies are
Ganesha Subramanya,
Gauri Ganesha
''Gauri Ganesha'' is a 1991 Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Master Anand, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Ramesh Bhat among others.
Anant Nag received Best Acto ...
,
Ganeshana Maduve
''Ganeshana Maduve'' () is a 1990 Kannada romantic comedy-drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat among others. It was a big box-office hit in its time and is considered to ...
,
Ganesha I Love You
Ganesha I Love You is a 1997 Kannada film directed by Phani Ramachandra where he uses his favorite screen-title ''Ganesha''. Ananth Nag reprised the titular character. The movie was based on a story by actor Vishnuvardhan with core plot elemen ...
,
Ganesha Matthe Banda.etc.
Ananth Nag
Dr Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 200 Kannada films as well as Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam and En ...
was a common lead actor in his movies always. He is very famous for serials:
Danda Pindagalu,
Daridra Lakshmiyaru, Maduve Maduve Maduve, Devru Devru Devru.
He has made 3 Kannada movies based on the novels of Telugu writer
Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy
Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy (born 13 November 1949 in Vijayawada) is a Telugu writer known for writing thriller plots.
Writings
Murthy wrote many novels and short stories. The film ''Jyothi Lakshmi'' (2015) is based on one of his novels, ...
- ''
Ganeshana Maduve
''Ganeshana Maduve'' () is a 1990 Kannada romantic comedy-drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat among others. It was a big box-office hit in its time and is considered to ...
'' based on ''Vinayaka Rao Pelli'', ''
Gauri Ganesha
''Gauri Ganesha'' is a 1991 Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Master Anand, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Ramesh Bhat among others.
Anant Nag received Best Acto ...
'' based on ''Wedding Bells'' and ''
Nanendu Nimmavane'' based on ''Repati Kodaku'' (''Little Rascal''). Also ''Ganesha I Love You'' was based on a story by actor
Vishnuvardhan with the core plot elements adapted from ''
Rendu Rella Aaru
''Rendu Rellu Aaru'' ( stylised as ''2X2=6'') is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language comedy film, produced by Gogineni.Subba Rao under Vijaya Creations banner and directed by Jandhyala. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Chandra Mohan, Rajani, Preethi and ...
'' by
Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy
Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy (born 13 November 1949 in Vijayawada) is a Telugu writer known for writing thriller plots.
Writings
Murthy wrote many novels and short stories. The film ''Jyothi Lakshmi'' (2015) is based on one of his novels, ...
.
Television
*''Beedige biddavaru'' (discontinued)
*''Jagalagantiyaru''(discontinued)
*''Sahasa Lakshmiyaru (initially titled Daridra Lakshmiyaru)''
*''Prema pichachigalu''
*''Dandapindagalu''
*''Devru Devru Devru''
*''Trin Trin Trin''
*''Maduve Maduve Maduve''
*''Duddu Duddu Duduu''
Filmography
*''
Doctor Krishna'' (1989)
*''
Ganeshana Maduve
''Ganeshana Maduve'' () is a 1990 Kannada romantic comedy-drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Ramesh Bhat among others. It was a big box-office hit in its time and is considered to ...
'' (1990)
*''
Gauri Ganesha
''Gauri Ganesha'' is a 1991 Kannada-language comedy drama film directed by Phani Ramachandra. It stars Anant Nag, Vinaya Prasad, Master Anand, Mukhyamantri Chandru, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Ramesh Bhat among others.
Anant Nag received Best Acto ...
'' (1991)
*''
Ganesha Subramanya'' (1992)
*''
Ondu Cinema Kathe
Ondu Cinema Kathe is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Phani Ramachandra and written by Shyamasundara Kulkarni. The film stars Ananth Nag, Anjana, Abhilasha and Mukhyamantri Chandru. The music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and ...
'' (1992)
*''
Urvashi Kalyana
''Urvashi Kalyana'' is a 1993 Kannada film directed by Phani Ramachandra. This was the first time Phani Ramachandra directed Jaggesh. The plot centers on how kids of scheming neighbors turned foes unite, due to their children falling in love w ...
'' (1992)
*''
Nanendu Nimmavane'' (1993)
*''
Ganeshana Galate'' (1995)
*''
Annavra Makkalu'' (1996)
*''Choobaana''(1997)
*''
Ganesha I Love You
Ganesha I Love You is a 1997 Kannada film directed by Phani Ramachandra where he uses his favorite screen-title ''Ganesha''. Ananth Nag reprised the titular character. The movie was based on a story by actor Vishnuvardhan with core plot elemen ...
'' (1997)
*''
Ammavra Ganda'' (1997)
*''
Ganesha Matte Banda'' (2008)
References
External links
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Indian male screenwriters
Kannada film directors
Male actors in Kannada cinema
Indian male film actors
Living people
Kannada screenwriters
Film directors from Karnataka
20th-century Indian film directors
1956 births