Shani Mahadevappa (1933 – 3 January 2021) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. His films include ''Shankar Guru'' (1978), '' Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983)'', ''

Sri Srinivasa Kalyana ''Sri Srinivasa Kalyana'' (), is 1974 Kannada-language Hindu mythological film directed by Vijay. The film which is based on lord Venkateswara, stars Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi and Manjula. It also featured the first screen appearances of futur ...

'' (1974), ''

Shivashankar ''Shivashankar'' is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by Bhargava and Rajaram. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Shobhana, Ramesh Bhat and Mukhyamantri Chandru. The film has musical score by Rajan–Nagen ...

'' (1990), '' Guru Brahma'' (1992).

Career

Mahadevappa first became a theatre actor and worked in many theatrical groups including

Gubbi Veeranna Gubbi Hampanna Veeranna (1891 – 1972) was an Indian theatre director. He was one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre. He established the drama company, ''Gubbi Sree Channabasaveshwara Nataka Company'', which pla ...

's company. His role of Lord Shani in the play ''Shani Prabhava'' brought him wider recognition and he became known as ''Shani Mahadevappa''. Mahadevappa has been part of more than 500 movies in Kannada.his native is belakavadi malavalli taluk mandya dist.in his early acting career he played lots of dramas with great legend DR raj kumar all over karnataka

Death

Mahadevappa died from complications of

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on 3 January 2021, at age 88, during the

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. He is survived by his son and daughter.

Selected filmography

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Aathma Bandhana ''Aathma Bandhana'' is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language horror film directed by Srikanth Nahata and produced by M. Rajagopal. The film stars Shashikumar, Jayapradha and Vaishnavi. The film is a revenge drama of a woman, played by Vaishnavi, who ...

'' (1992) # ''

Mana Mecchida Sose ''Mana Mecchida Sose'' is a 1992 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by B. Ramamurthy and written by Ilavarasan. The film stars Malashri, Sunil and Abhijith. The film's music was composed by Upendra Kumar and the audio was launc ...

'' (1992) # ''

'' (1990) # '' Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru'' (1990) # '' Onti Salaga'' (1989) # '' Jayasimha'' (1987) # '' Sathyam Shivam Sundaram'' (1987) # '' Jeevana Jyothi'' (1987) # ''

Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu ''Maduve Madu Thamashe Nodu'' is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Sathya and produced by Dwarakish. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi, Dwarkish, Mahalakshmi and Jai Jagadish. The film has a musical score by Vijayanand. The m ...

'' (1986) # '' Kaviratna Kalidasa'' (1983) # ''

Premada Kanike ''Premada Kanike'' () is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language thriller film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Jayadevi. The film starred Rajkumar, Aarathi and Jayamala. The songs composed by Upendra Kumar were received extremely well and co ...

'' (1976) # ''

Thrimurthy ''Thrimurthy'' is a 1975 Indian Kannada-language thriller film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar and S. P. Nagamma. The film stars Rajkumar, Jayamala, R. Sampath, Balakrishna and Vajramuni. Rajkumar plays 3 diffe ...

'' (1975)

Awards

* ''Varadaraju Award 2009'' * ''Rajkumar Souharda Award''

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