Renuka Sharma (1939 – 5 May 2021) was a director who worked in
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 ...
cinema. He was known for his mythological and historical films. He debuted as director with the film ''
Anupama'' starring
Anant 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 Eng ...
and
Madhavi.
Death
He died from COVID-19 on 5 May 2021.
Films
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Anupama'' (1981)
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Kaviratna Kalidasa
''Kaviratna Kalidasa'' () is a 1983 Kannada-language historical drama film based on the life of Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of the 4th Century A.D. The film was written and directed by Renuka Sharma and produced by V. S. Go ...
'' (1983)
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Shabash Vikram'' (1985)
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Satkara'' (1986)
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Namma Ooru Devathe'' (1986)
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Anjada Gandu
''Anjada Gandu'' () is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film produced by B N Gangadhar under the banner of ANS Productions and written and directed by Renuka Sharma. The film stars Ravichandran and Khushbu in the lead roles along ...
'' (1988)
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Kindari Jogi
''Kindari Jogi'' ( kn, ಕಿಂದರಿಜೋಗಿ) is a 1989 Indian Kannada language fantasy romantic drama film directed, co-written and enacted by V. Ravichandran along with Juhi Chawla pairing together again after the successful previous ...
'' (1989)
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Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa'' (1990)
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Bharjari Gandu
''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language masala film written and directed by Chethan Kumar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram and Haripriya. It also features Sudharani, Srinivasa Murthy and Sai Kumar in the supporting roles. The m ...
'' (1992)
*''Prutviraj'' (1992)
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Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu
''Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu'' is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Renuka Sharma and written by P. Kalaimani. The film stars Malashri, Sridhar and Anjana. The film's music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra and the audio w ...
'' (1992)
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Kollura Sri Mookambika'' (1993)
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1939 births
2021 deaths
Indian film directors
Kannada film directors
20th-century Indian film directors
21st-century Indian film directors
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
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