White and elegant design of Vishnuvardan sir's imageThis theme is to remember Dr.Vishnuvardan's death on 30th December 2009. We miss the legend of Kannada Film Industry.
Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009) popularly known as Dr. Vishnuvardhan, was a prominent Indian film actor. He was more than just an actor in Karnataka and was called The Phoenix Of Indian Cinema [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. He has acted in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in over 220 movies in total that includes 200 Kannada movies, 5 Hindi movies, 5 Telugu movies, 3 Malayalam movies and 6 Tamil movies.[7] He adopted the name Vishnuvardhan at the insistence of Puttanna Kanagal, who directed his maiden film, Naagarahaavu. This movie gave him the recognition of the 'angry young man of Kannada cinema'.