Shani Mahadevappa (1933 – 3 January 2021) was an Indian actor in the

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...

. His films include ''Shankar Guru'' (1978), ''

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(1983)'', '' Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (1974), '' Shivashankar'' (1990), ''

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'' (1992).

Career

Mahadevappa first became a theatre actor and worked in many theatrical groups including

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's company. His role of Lord Shani in the play ''Shani Prabhava'' brought him wider recognition and he became known as ''Shani Mahadevappa''. Mahadevappa has been part of more than 500 movies in Kannada.his native is belakavadi malavalli taluk mandya dist.in his early acting career he played lots of dramas with great legend DR raj kumar all over karnataka

Death

Mahadevappa died from complications of

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on 3 January 2021, at age 88, during the

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. He is survived by his son and daughter.

Selected filmography

# '' Aathma Bandhana'' (1992) # '' Mana Mecchida Sose'' (1992) # '' Shivashankar'' (1990) # ''

Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru ''Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru'' (Kannada: ರಾಮರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಕ್ಷಸರು) is a 1990 Indian Kannada film, directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by K. C. N. Mohan. The film stars Shankar Nag, Anant Nag, Sonik ...

'' (1990) # ''

Onti Salaga ''Onti Salaga'' () is a 1989 Indian Kannada film, directed by V. Somashekar and produced by Halaguru Venkatesh. The film stars Ambarish, Tiger Prabhakar, Khushbu and Vajramuni in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Hamsalekha. Plo ...

'' (1989) # '' Jayasimha'' (1987) # '' Sathyam Shivam Sundaram'' (1987) # '' Jeevana Jyothi'' (1987) # '' Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu'' (1986) # ''

'' (1983) # ''

Premada Kanike ''Premada Kanike'' () is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language thriller film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Jayadevi. The film starred Rajkumar, Aarathi and Jayamala. The songs composed by Upendra Kumar were received extremely well and ...

'' (1976) # '' Thrimurthy'' (1975)

Awards

* ''Varadaraju Award 2009'' * ''Rajkumar Souharda Award''

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