M. S. Rajashekar

M. S. Rajashekar (died 29 October 2018) was an Indian Kannada film director based in Bangalore.[2] He made his directorial debut with Dhruva Thare starring Dr. Rajkumar which earned the Karnataka State Award for Second Best Film. His second movie Anuraga Aralithu was remade in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. He went on to make successful films like Ratha Sapthami and Nanjundi Kalyana.

M. S. Rajashekar
Died	29 October 2018 (aged 75)[1] Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	film director
Years active	1986-2006

Most of his films were either remakes or adapted from novels. He is credited to have brought nativity element in remakes since he is known only to retain the core storyline in the remakes. He is the second director after Singeetam Srinivasa Rao to direct matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar and his two sons. He also has the distinction of having directed Shiva Rajkumar in highest no. of movies - 14 - including his second and third movie (which earned him the title Hat-trick Hero) and also Raghavendra Rajkumar in highest no. of movies -8 (including his second and third movie). His movie Kanasina Rani earned Malashri a title of same name.

Personal life

He is the son of make up artist Subbanna.[3] Rajasekhar's son Raghavendra (Dharani) made his directorial debut with Baalashiva (2003) and went on to direct Dhool (2011).[4]

Career

After assisting director Vijay, Rajasekhar made his directorial debut with Dhruva Thare starring Dr. Rajkumar which became super hit. His second film Anuraga Aralithu was also successful. He directed Rajkumar's son Shivarajkumar in Ratha Sapthami and Mana Mecchida Hudugi.[5] Both films alongside Anand became successful and earned Shivrajkumar the tag of "Hat Trick Hero". Rajasekhar again directed him in films during 1980s like Ade Raaga Ade Haadu and Aasegobba Meesegobba with former being average grosser and latter being a super hit. He introduced Rajkumar's second son in the leading role in family comedy Nanjundi Kalyana which also marked the debut of actress Malashree. The film became a successful venture which led the cast and crew to collaborate with Gajapathi Garvabhanga in a similar genre. Hrudaya Haadithu and Mannina Doni both films starred Ambareesh and were adapted from novels was successful. Both films featured Ambareesh in a soft natured character as opposed to action roles which he was playing up to that part of career.[6] Midida Shruti and Muthanna which he again directed with Shivaraj did well. After the average success of Mana midiyuthu, Rajasekhar after four years sabbatical returned with Hrudaya Hrudaya, a romantic film with Shivarajkumar and Ramesh Aravind was an average grosser but was well known for the song "O Premada". However, in the later part of Rajasekhar's career in 2000s, he directed mostly remakes with Yaarige Saluthe Sambala and Dakota Express being only successful ventures while his subsequent ventures like Vijayasimha, Pakkadmane Hudugi and Ravi Shastri becoming failures. Ravi Shastri was the last film he had directed before his retirement.[7]

Death

Rajasekhar died on 29 October 2018 at the age of 75 due to breathing problems.[8][9]

Filmography

Year	Film	Cast	Writer	Notes
2006	Ravi Shastri	V. Ravichandran Sneha	K. Bhagyaraj	Remake of Idhu Namma Aalu
2004	Pakkadmane Hudugi	Raghavendra Rajkumar		Remake of Hindi film Padosan which itself is based on a Bengali film Pasher Bari
2003	Nanna Hendthi Maduve	Sa. Ra. Govindu
2003	Vijayasimha	Vijay Raghavendra, Rakshitha
2002	Dakota Express	Rockline Venkatesh, Om Prakash Rao	Govind Padman, Mahesh Mithran	Remake of Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika
2002	Manase O Manase	Ramkumar
2002	Bahala Chennagide	Shivaraj Kumar	E. V. V. Satyanarayana	Remake of Telugu film Chala Bagundi
2001	Sundarakanda	Shivarajkumar	K. Bhagyaraj	Remake of Tamil film Sundara Kandam
2000	Yaarige Saluthe Sambala	Shashikumar, Suhasini	V. Sekhar	Remake of Viralukketha Veekkam
1999	Hrudaya Hrudaya	Ramesh Aravind, Shivaraj Kumar
199[	Shivaranjani	Raghavendra Rajkumar		Remake of Dil
1995	Mana Midiyithu	Shivarajkumar		Based on a novel written by Sai Suthe
1995	Savyasachi	Shivarajkumar		Based on a novel of same name by Vijay Sasanur
1994	Mutthanna	Shivaraj Kumar		Remake of Sachcha Jhutha
1993	Navibbaru Namagibbaru	Raghavendra Rajkumar, Malashri
1993	Kalyana Rekhe	Shashikumar, Malashri		Based on the novel written by Sai Suthe
1993	Chirabandhavya	Shivarajkumar		Based on the novel of the same name written by Sai Suthe
1992	Purushottama	Shivaraj Kumar
1992	Midida Shruthi	Shivarajkumar, Sudharani		Based on the novel written by Sai Suthe
1992	Kanasina Rani	Malashri, Shashi Kumar
1992	Mannina Doni	Ambarish, Sudharani		Based on the novel of the same name written by T. K. Rama Rao
1991	Sutradhara	Raghavendra Rajkumar	Story by T. S. Nagabharana and screenplay-dialogues by Pal Sudarshan	Based on Happy Go Lovely
1991	Halli Rambhe Belli Bombe	Malashri, Chi. Guru Dutt
1991	Gandu Sidigundu	Ambarish, Malashri
1991	Hrudaya Haadithu	Ambarish, Malashri		Based on the novel Himada Hoo written by Vamshi
1991	Modada Mareyalli	Shivrajkumar	A. K. Lohithadas	Remake of Kireedam
1990	Anukoolakkobba Ganda	Raghavendra Rajkumar		Remake of Joroo Ka Ghulam
1990	Aasegobba Meesegobba	Shivrajkumar	Sachin Bhowmick	Remake of Gol Maal
1989	Ade Raaga Ade Haadu	Shivrajkumar
1989	Gajapathi Garvabhanga	Raghavendra Rajkumar
1989	Nanjundi Kalyana	Raghavendra Rajkumar, Malashri	Chi. Udaya Shankar	Based on William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew[10] Remade as Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla
1987	Manamecchida Hudugi	Shivrajkumar		Based on the novel Bete by Kum. Veerabhadrappa
1986	Ratha Sapthami	Shivarajkumar		Based on Kannada novel of same name by Vidyullatha Sasanoor Inspiration for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
1986	Anuraga Aralithu	Rajkumar		Based on a Kannada Novel Anuragada Anthapura written by H. G. Radhadevi Remade as Mannan, Gharana Mogudu and Laadla
1985	Dhruva Thare	Rajkumar, Geetha		Debut movie based on the novel Aparanji written by Vijay Sasanur

References

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10. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/shakespeare-influenced-kannada-films-too/article8510212.ece