Rattihalli Nagendra Sudarshan (2 May 1939 – 8 September 2017) was an Indian

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and

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who had mainly worked in

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. He had also acted in

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, and

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s. During a career spanning more than five decades, he had acted in more than 250 films.

Personal life

R. N. Sudarshan was the son of veteran actor

R. Nagendra Rao Rattihalli Nagendra Rao (23 June 1896 – 9 February 1977) was an Indian theatre actor, film actor and director in South Indian cinema. Following his career in theatre, Rao turned to film a where he became an actor, director, producer, screenwr ...

. His elder brother

R. N. Jayagopal R. N. Jayagopal (1935 – 19 May 2008) was an Indian film director and lyricist in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema. He had written over 12,000 film songs. Early life and education R. N. Jayagopal, known to friends and fans as RNJ, was ...

(died 2008) was a famous lyricist and eldest brother

R. N. K. Prasad Rattihalli Nagendra Rao Krishna Prasad (c. 1929 – 15 February 2012) was an Indian cinematographer, actor, director and producer. He was the eldest son of R. Nagendra Rao considered one of the foremost figures of Kannada cinema. Career Born ...

(died 2012) was a famous cinematographer. He was married to actress Shylashri.

Career

In 1961, Sudarshan was launched as lead actor in the

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film field at age 21 in '' Vijayanagarada Veeraputra'', and he was the lead for over 60 films before appearing in villainous roles. Sudarshan was honoured with the prestigious Dr. Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award of 2009–10.

Death

He died on 8 September 2017 from kidney disease, aged 78.

Filmography

Films

Kannada

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Vijayanagarada Veeraputhra ''Vijayanagarada Veeraputhra'' is a 1961 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by R. Nagendra Rao. The film stars R. N. Sudarshan, B. Saroja Devi, R. Nagendra Rao and Kalyan Kumar in the lead roles. The film's musical score was ...

'' (1961) *''

Ananda Bashpa ''Ananda Bashpa'' is a 1963 Indian Kannada-language film, directed and produced by R. Nagendra Rao. The film stars R. N. Sudarshan, K. S. Ashwath, Harini and Rajani. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkatesh. Plot Cast * R. N. Sudarsh ...

'' (1963) *''

Pathiye Daiva ''Pathiye Daiva'' (Kannada: ಪತಿಯೇ ದೈವ) is a 1964 Indian Kannada film, directed and produced by R. Nagendra Rao. The film stars R. N. Sudarshan, Kalpana, R. Nagendra Rao and Jayanthi in the lead roles. The film's musical scor ...

'' (1964) *''

Mangala Muhurta ''Mangala Muhurta'' (Kannada: ಮಂಗಳ ಮುಹೂರ್ತ) is a 1964 Indian Kannada film, directed by M. R. Vittal and produced by U. Subba Rao. The film stars R. N. Sudarshan, Harini, Raja Shankar and K. S. Ashwath in the lead roles. Th ...

'' (1964) *''

Navajeevana ''Navajeevana'' (Kannada: ನವಜೀವನ) is a 1964 Indian Kannada film, directed by P. S. Murthy and produced by Vadira and Jawahar. The film stars K. S. Ashwath, R. N. Sudarshan, Narasimharaju and Rathnakar in the lead roles. The film ha ...

'' (1964) *''

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'' (1965) *'' Suvarna Bhoomi'' (1968) *''

Kadina Rahasya ''Kadina Rahasya'' (Kannada: ಕಾಡಿನ ರಹಸ್ಯ) is a 1969 Indian Kannada film, directed by Geethapriya and produced by R. Rangappa and M. P. Shankar. The film stars Yashraj, Sudarshan, K. S. Ashwath and Narasimharaju in the lead ...

'' (1969) *''

Lakshmi Saraswathi ''Lakshmi Saraswathi'' is a 1970 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by K. S. L. Swamy (Ravi) and produced by B. H. Jayanna. The film stars B. Saroja Devi, Ramesh, Sudarshan and R. Nagendra Rao in the lead roles. The film has musical score ...

'' (1970) *''

Aaru Mooru Ombhatthu ''Aaru Mooru Ombhatthu'' () is a 1970 Indian Kannada film, directed and produced by K. S. L. Swamy. The film stars Udaykumar, Srinath, Ramesh and Ravi in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ...

'' (1970)...Sripathi *''

Nadina Bhagya ''Nadina Bhagya'' is a 1970 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by R. Nagendra Rao and produced by S. Narayanappa and N. Narasimharaju. The film stars R. Nagendra Rao, R. N. Sudarshan and T. R. Narasimharaju with Rajkumar in an extended cam ...

'' (1970) *''

Karulina Kare ''Karulina Kare'' is a 1970 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed and written by Puttanna Kanagal. The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana and R. Nagendra Rao. The film was remade in Telugu in 1972-73 as ''Pedda Koduku'' starring Sobhan Babu. ...

'' (1970) *'' Thande Makkalu'' (1971) *''

Naguva Hoovu ''Naguva Hoovu'' ( kn, ನಗುವ ಹೂವು) is a 1971 Indian Kannada language film, directed by cinematographer R. N. K. Prasad, produced by actor R. N. Sudarshan and written by actress Shylashri. Besides Sudarshan and Shylashri, the fil ...

'' (1971) *''

Mareyada Deepavali ''Mareyada Deepavali'' is a 1972 Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by R. Sampath and produced by M. Jagannath Rao. The film starred Rajesh, Kalpana and R. N. Sudarshan in lead roles. The film's soundtrack and score by Vijaya Bhask ...

'' (1972) *''

Havina Hede ''Havina Hede'' () is a 1981 Indian Kannada-language action film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film featured Rajkumar and Sulakshana playing the pivotal roles. The film was written by M. D. Sundar and ha ...

'' (1981) *''

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'' (1984) *'' Mooru Janma'' (1984) *''

Rudranaga ''Rudra Naga'' is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by K. Mani Murugan and produced by Chandulal Jain and J. M. Purohith. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Madhavi, B. Saroja Devi and Sudarshan. The film has musical score by M. Rang ...

'' (1984) *'' Khaidi'' (1984) *'' Prachanda Kulla'' (1984) *'' Kartavya'' (1985) *''

Belli Naaga ''Belli Naaga'' (Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿನಾಗ) is a Kannada films of 1986, 1986 Indian Kannada film, directed by N. S. Dhananjaya (Datthu) and produced by A. R. Raju. The film stars Tiger Prabhakar, Nalini (actress), Nalini, Dinesh an ...

'' (1986) *''

Hrudaya Pallavi ''Hrudaya Pallavi'' is a 1987 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by R. N. Jayagopal and produced by Kurunji Shivaram and Smt Jaya Shivaram. The film stars Srinath, Geetha, Ramakrishna and Pavithra. The film has musical score by M. Ranga R ...

'' (1987)...cameo *''

Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara ''Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara'' is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language action drama film, written and directed by Rajachandra and produced by Rohini Pictures. The film had an ensemble cast including Ambarish, Ananth Nag, V. Ravichandran, Thulasi, Kiran ...

'' (1988) *'' Kaliyuga Bheema'' (1991) *'' Shivanaga'' (1992) *'' Mata'' (2006) *''

Mast Maja Maadi ''Mast Maja Maadi'' is a 2008 Kannada comedy-romance film directed by R. Ananth Raju featuring Sudeep, Vijay Raghavendra, Diganth, Naga Kiran, Komal and Jennifer Kotwal in the lead roles. The film features background score and soundtrack compos ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *''

Dashamukha ''Dashamukha'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Ravi Srivatsaa. It has an ensemble cast including V. Ravichandran, Ananth Nag, Devaraj, Avinash, Ravi Kale, Chetan Kumar, Aakanksha Mansukhani and Saritha. The film is a remake ...

'' (2012) *''

Chaarulatha ''Chaarulatha'' (also spelled as ''Charulatha'') is a 2012 Indian horror film made in Kannada and Tamil language, Tamil. The film was directed by Pon Kumaran, a former associate to K. Bhagyaraj and K. S. Ravikumar, and features Priyamani in the ...

'' (2012) *''

Pungi Daasa ''Pungi Daasa'' is a 2014 Indian Kannada comedy drama directed by M. S. Sreenath. It is a comedy about how the Pungi Daasa tries to recover the money his grandfather had lent to various people after his grandfather goes into a coma. Cast * Ko ...

'' (2014) *''

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'' (2014) *''

Uppi 2 ''Uppi 2'' (titled Upendra 2 in Telugu) is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language psychological thriller film written, directed and starring Upendra in the lead role, and is a sequel to his 1999 film ''Upendra'', and was produced under his production c ...

'' (2015)...legislator

Tamil

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Sumathi En Sundari ''Sumathi En Sundari'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by C. V. Rajendran. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. It is a remake of the 1967 Bengali film ''Nayika Sangbad''. The film was released on 14 ...

'' (1971) *''

Maria My Darling ''Maria My Darling'' is a 1980 Indian action thriller film directed by Durai and starring Kamal Haasan and Sripriya. The film, a bilingual, was shot in Tamil and Kannada languages. Plot Maria, a bold woman, searches for and seeks revenge a ...

'' (1980) *''Oomai Ullangal'' (1981) - "Thulir Vidum Kalam" - as a singer with Janaki *''

Pagadai Panirendu ''Pagadai Panirendu'' is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Dhamodharan N., starring Kamal Haasan, Sripriya and Y. G. Mahendran. Kanchana plays as guest role. Plot The film is the story of Anand (Kamal Haasan), a journali ...

'' (1982) *'' Theerpu'' (1982) *''

Neethibathi ''Neethibathi'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by Suresh Balaji. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. The film had musical score by Gangai Amaran. It is a remake of th ...

'' (1983) *''

Sandhippu ''Sandhippu'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language masala film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Santhi Narayanasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sridevi, Sujatha, M. N. Nambiar and Prabhu. It is a remake of the 1981 Hindi film '' ...

'' (1983) *'' Paayum Puli'' (1983) *'' Punnagai Mannan'' (1986) *'' Nayakan'' (1987) *'' Velaikaaran'' (1987) *''

Ulle Veliye ''Ulle Veliye'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by Parthiban and produced by Seetha. The film stars Parthiban, Aishwarya and Shenbagam. It was released on 16 April 1993. The film proved to be a successful venture at the ...

'' (1993) *'' Ramanaa'' (2002) *'' Paarijatham'' (2006) *''

'' (2012)

Malayalam

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'' (1993) *'' Rudraksham'' (1994)

Television

*'' Marmadesam -Ragasiyam'' as Rungarajan *''Maya Machindra'' *''Velan'' as Brahmarakshasan *'' Maragatha Veenai'' *'' Agnisakshi'' *''My Dear Bhootham'' as Li Swan (Main Antagonist)

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