Veteran Kannada film director S K Bhagawan passes away

Vartha Bharati | 20-02-2023 | 19:45:00 IST

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Veteran Kannada film director S K Bhagawan, who helmed many blockbuster movies with matinee idol Dr Rajkumar, died here on Monday, family sources said. He was 89.

The octogenarian died due to age-related ailments, they added.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, his predecessor B S Yediyurappa, former chief ministers Siddaramaiah, H D Kumaraswamy, Mandya MP Sumalatha, several ministers, MPs and MLAs mourned the director's death.

His film career started in 1956 as an assistant to Kanagal Prabhakara Shastry, and gained prominence when he teamed with Dorairaj (Dorai) and made detective movie 'Jedara Bale' featuring Dr Rajkumar.

Dorai-Bhagawan-directed 'Kasturi Nivasa' starring Dr Rajkumar is counted among movies par excellence.

The Dorai-Bhagawan combination delivered many super hit movies like 'Giri Kanye', 'Odahuttidavaru', 'Eradu Kanasu', 'Jeevana Chaitra', 'Yarivanu' and 'Hosabelaku'.

The duo also directed movies featuring another Kannada film star Ananth Nag such as 'Bayalu Daari', 'Benkiye Bale', 'Sedina Hakki', and 'Chandanada Gombe'.

After the demise of Dorairaj, Bhagawan withdrew himself from making movies only to make a comeback in 2019 when he directed 'Aduva Gombe' starring Ananth Nag and Sanchari Vijay.

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Five killed after being run over by truck in MP's Dindori

12-04-2026 ¦ 12-04-2026 IST

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Dindori (PTI): Five men were killed and one person was injured after being run over by a truck on a highway in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

The incident occurred around 1 am on the Jabalpur-Amarkantak National Highway near Kikratalaab village under Gadasarai police station limits when the victims were returning home in a pickup vehicle, they said.

A tyre of the vehicle got punctured, following which the driver started changing it and the occupants got out of the vehicle.

"A speeding truck ran over them. The driver told us he dozed off and could not see the victims," Dindori Superintendent of Police Vahni Singh told PTI.

The truck driver claimed the victims were standing in the middle of the road, she said.

Five men, including the pickup vehicle's driver, died on the spot, while one person suffered injuries and was admitted to a hospital, the official said.

The truck driver was arrested, the police added.