S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (born 22 October 1952) is an Indian filmmaker and occasional actor who works primarily in

Kannada cinema 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. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

. He was born and brought up in

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

. His father Shankar Singh produced many films under the banner Mahatma Pictures (Mysore). Babu has written directed movies of different genres in Kannada and in Hindi that include love stories,

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s and comedy movies. Many of his films have been adapted from novels or short stories. Babu has won numerous awards for his films. His sister is producer and actress Vijayalakshmi Singh, and brother-in-law, actor

Jai Jagadish Jai Jagadish (born 29 June 1954) is an Indian actor, producer and director from the Kannada film industry. Starting his career as hero in '' Phalitamsha'' (1976), he went on to feature in over 300 films as an actor. Some of his most notable film ...

Early life

Rajendra Singh Babu born in

in a

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family. His father, the late Shankar Singh, was a producer and director of

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films. His mother, Prathima Devi, was an actress in Kannada cinema. In an interview, Babu mentioned that his father wanted him to become a doctor, but his own passion for the camera propelled him to the film industry. Hailing from a family of movie makers, Babu was fascinated with films such as ''The Great Escape'', ''Guns of Navarone'' and ''The Bridge on the River Kwai.'' He believes that cinema should go near the audience. He apoeared as a child artist in movies like ''

Shivasharane Nambekka ''Shivasharane Nambekka'' ( ) is a List of Kannada films of the 1950s, 1955 Indian Kannada-language film directed by P. Neelakantan. The movie had Rajendra Singh Babu and Ambareesh as child artists. Plot The film depicts the life story of Saint ...

'' (1955) and '' Bhakta Chetha''(1961).

Filmography

Awards

National Film Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards

Filmfare Awards (South)

Books

Rajendra Singh Babu wrote the book ''Nenanpina Muthina Hara'' in memory of the Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan. The book is a tribute to Vishnuvardhan, where Babu shares his numerous experiences with Vishnuvardhan, and describes Babu's drive to work on meaningful cinema.

Organizations /committees

KFDA and KFCC info

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Babu, Rajendra Singh 20th-century Indian male actors Writers from Mysore Kannada film directors Living people Kannada screenwriters Kannada film producers Indian male screenwriters Film directors from Bengaluru 21st-century Indian people Film producers from Bengaluru Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2005 1952 births