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Dorai–Bhagavan were an Indian filmmaking duo consisting of directors B. Dorai Raj (died 2000) and S. K. Bhagavan (born 1933), active mainly in Kannada cinema. They directed fifty films, most of which starred Rajkumar and were highly successful at box-office. Twenty-three of those films were based on novels.[1][2] Bhagavan has been principal of Adarsha Film Institute, Bangalore.

Dorai–Bhagavan
Occupation	Film directors
Years active	1961–present

Film career

S.K Bhagavan was born on 5 July 1933.[3] He completed his schooling in Bangalore High school. At a young age, he was acting on stage dramas with Hirannaiah Mithra Mandali. He started his film career as an assistant to Kanagal Prabhakar Shastri in 1956 through the film Bhagyodaya. He then went on to direct his debut movie Sandhya Raga in 1966 though officially its direction was credited to A.C. Narasimha Murthy. However, next year, he was credited as the co-director of Rajadurgada Rahasya (1967) alongside A.C. Narasimha Murthy. He also appeared in the role of the antagonist in the 1968 movie Bangalore Mail.

His official directorial debut happened when he co-directed Jedara Bale (1968) with Dorai Raj under the name Dorai–Bhagavan. Thus becoming the first directors to make James Bond-style movies in Kannada. The duo then directed movies like Kasturi Nivasa, Eradu Kanasu, Bayaludaari, Gaalimaatu, Chandanada Gombe, Hosa Belaku, Benkiya Bale, Jeevana Chaitra and more Bond-style movies such as Goa dalli C.I.D 999, Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 and Operation Diamond Racket. Apart from Rajkumar, the duo directed many movies with actors Ananth Nag and Lakshmi - most of which were based on novels

After the death of Dorai Raj, Bhagavan ceased directing for many years – their last film was Mangalya Bhandana in 1993. In 2019, he made his comeback at the age of 85 with Aduva Gombe, which marks 50th film of his direction.[4]

Awards

Bhagavan has been the principal of Adarsha Film Institute.[5]

Filmography

Dorai–Bhagavan have directed a number of films. Apart from directing movies, Bhagavan has also acted in some movies like Hosabelaku, Bhagyodaya, Mangalasootra, Rowdy Ranganna, Vasantha Geetha, Sootradhaara, Vasantha Geetha, Haalu Jenu, Jeevana Chaithra and Bangalore Mail. He has mostly worked with music director duo Rajan–Nagendra and G. K. Venkatesh for most of his films.

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Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Actors	Notes
1956	Bhagyodaya	UdayKumar	Assistant to Kanagal Prabhakar Shastri
1966	Sandhya Raga	Dr.Rajkumar	Uncredited [6]
1966	Mantralaya Mahatme	Dr.Rajkumar, Jayanthi , Kalpana	Extensive involvement in production and direction department
1967	Rajadurgada Rahasya	Dr.Rajkumar, Bharathi	Bhagwan only credited as co-director with A.C. Narasimha Murthy
1968	Jedara Bale	Dr Rajkumar, Udaykumar	First movie with Dorairaj and first James Bond-style movie in Kannada film industry
1968	Goa Dalli CID 999	Dr Rajkumar, Narasimharaju, Lakshmi	James Bond-style movie 2 - debut movie of Lakshmi
1969	Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999	Dr. Rajkumar, Rekha, K. S. Ashwath, Narasimharaju, Surekha
1971	Kasturi Nivasa	Dr Rajkumar, Aarathi, Jayanthi, Raja Shankar
1971	Pratidwani	Dr Rajkumar, Rajesh, Aarathi
1974	Eradu Kanasu	Dr Rajkumar, Kalpana, Manjula	Novel by Vani
1976	Bayalu Daari	Ananth Nag, Kalpana	Novel by Bharathi sutha
1976	Mugiyada Kathe	Rajesh, Sumitra, Pandari Bai	Directed by Dorai only
1977	Giri Kanye	Dr Rajkumar, Jayamala	Novel by Bharati suta
1978	Operation Diamond Racket	Dr Rajkumar, Padmapriya
1979	Chandanada Gombe	Ananth Nag, Lakshmi, Lokesh	Novel by Ta Ra Su
1979	Nanobba Kalla	Dr Rajkumar, Kanchana, Lakshmi
1980	Vasantha Geetha	Dr Rajkumar, Gayathri	Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar
1981	Gaali Maathu	Lakshmi, Jai Jagadish, Mohan	Novel by Ta Ra Su
1981	Muniyana Madari	Shankar Nag, Mohan, Jayamala	Novel by Ashvatha
1982	Hosa Belaku	Dr Rajkumar, Saritha, K.S. Ashwath	Novel by Vani
1983	Benkiya Bale	Ananth Nag, Lakshmi, Dinesh	Novel by Ta Ra Su
1984	Samayada Gombe	Dr Rajkumar, Roopadevi, Kanchana	Novel by Chitralekha
1984	Yarivanu	Dr. Rajkumar, B. Sarojadevi, Srinath
1985	Bidugadeya Bedi	Ananth Nag, Lakshmi, K. S. Ashwath	Novel by Ta Ra Su
1985	Sedina Hakki	Ananth Nag, Lakshmi, Tiger Prabhakar	Novel by T.K Rama Rao
1986	Hennina Koogu	Saritha, Sridhar	based on Geetha Nagabhushana's 'Hasi maamsa mattu ranahaddugalu'
1987	Vijayothsava	Kumar Bangarappa
1989	Gagana	Ananth Nag, Khushboo	Novel by N.Pankaja
1991	Neenu Nakkare Haalu Sakkare	Vishnuvardhan, Rupini, Rajani, Vinaya Prasad, Chandrika, Anjali Sudhakar, Srinath	Only movie with Vishnuvardhan
1992	Jeevana Chaitra	Dr Rajkumar, Madhavi, Sudharani, Toogudeepa Srinivas	Novel Vyapthi-Prapthi By Vishalakshi Dakshinamurthy
1993	Mangalya Bandhana	Ananth Nag, Malashri, Moon Moon Sen, K.S. Ashwath	Directed by SK Bhagavan only
1994	Odahuttidavaru	Dr Rajkumar, Ambarish, Umashree, Vajramuni
1995	Baalondu Chaduranga	Sai Kumar, Sudha Rani, S.P. Balasubramanyam
2019	Aduva Gombe	Sanchari Vijay, Ananth Nag	[7]

References

External links

• S. K. Bhagavan at IMDb
• B. Dorai Raj at IMDb

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