Shani Mahadevappa
Shivaprakash, known by his screen name Shani Mahadevappa (19 March 1933 – 3 January 2021), was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema.
Having made his acting debut on stage in the 1950s, he became popular for his portrayal of deity Shani in Shanishwara Mahatme. His film career began with Sri Dharmasthala Mahathme (1962) and was known for his portrayal of supporting characters, notably the poet Dindima in Kaviratna Kalidasa (1983). He appeared in over 400 films.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1032 |
| Birthday | 1933-03-19 |
| Place of Birth | Mandya, Karnataka, India |
| Also Known As |
1998
Jagath Kiladi
0/0
Despite being a police officer, Vijay is scared of goons, while Bhaskar, his lookalike, is a brave ex-convict. However, when their worlds collide, the...
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Jagath Kiladi
1993
Jana Mecchida Maga
0/0
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Jana Mecchida Maga
1982
Chalisuva Modagalu
7/1
Mohan and his wife, Leela, are the leading lawyers. Trouble brews in their marital life and careers when Mohan defends his past lover who murdered her...
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Chalisuva Modagalu
1993
Suryodaya
0/0
Chandrakanth, a fugitive, makes the police believe that he is dead. However, an intelligent officer, Suresh, is convinced that he is still at large an...
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Suryodaya
1990
Poli Kitty
0/0
Diffident Kitti works for an ad agency. His accidental wedding with Lakshmi remains unconsummated, and he gets implicated in the murder of an aspiring...
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Poli Kitty
1996
Janumada Jodi
7/1
A lovelorn village boy and girl cross all barriers of caste and tradition to unite in a meaningful manner.
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Janumada Jodi
1992
Aathma Bandhana
0/0
The film is a revenge drama of a woman, played by Vaishnavi, who is killed by her in-laws mercilessly and her spirit entering into a doll. The doll ta...
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Aathma Bandhana
1990
Shivashankar
0/0
Shankar earns a living by running a poultry farm. He earns the wrath of a notorious criminal when he helps Moorthi, a police officer, arrest his hench...
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Shivashankar
1968
Bengaluru Mail
9/2
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Bengaluru Mail
1973
Bidugade
9.5/2
The movie is about a reporter who concocts a false case so as to get himself convicted for first degree murder so that he can prove that the death sen...
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Bidugade
1973
Swayamvara
9/2
Vasantha, a feminist, is promised her ancestral inheritance only if she gets married. In order to secure her riches so that she can help women in dist...
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Swayamvara
1973
Doorada Betta
9/2
The film starred Rajkumar and Bharathi Vishnuvardhan. It had Balakrishna, K. S. Ashwath and Sampath playing supporting roles. The film, along with Moo...
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Doorada Betta
1973
Mooruvare Vajragalu
8.7/3
This story is based on the epic of Mahabharatha.
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Mooruvare Vajragalu
1974
Bangarada Panjara
9/2
Janaki leaves her son, Beera, with Kenchi and Jungappa. Years later, Janaki returns to take her son along with her, but Kenchi refuses to let Beera go...
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Bangarada Panjara
1974
Sampatthige Savaal
7.8/4
The movie is based on the play Saahukaara written by B. P. Dhuttharagi. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the tracks composed by G. K. Venk...
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Sampatthige Savaal
1974
Bhaktha Kumbara
9.667/3
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Bhaktha Kumbara
1975
Daari Thappida Maga
8.7/3
Two estranged brothers, who could not be more different from one another, choose different paths in life and are eventually reunited by an unexpected...
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Daari Thappida Maga
1975
Trimurthy
10/2
The film stars Rajkumar, Jayamala, R. Sampath, Balakrishna and Vajramuni. Rajkumar plays 3 different roles in the film- A police inspector Vijay, a hi...
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Trimurthy
1976
Premada Kanike
8.7/3
A tutor hired by a wealthy family witnesses a murder, while travelling by a train. She faces a dilemma when she realizes that the murderer is the patr...
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Premada Kanike
1976
Bahaddur Gandu
9.5/2
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Bahaddur Gandu
1976
Badavara Bandhu
9.5/2
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Badavara Bandhu
1977
Babruvahana
7.643/7
Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts A...
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Babruvahana
1977
Girikanye
10/2
An estate manager sets his eyes on a beautiful girl. When he tries to misbehave with her, a good-hearted man comes to her rescue.
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Girikanye
1977
Sanaadi Appanna
10/2
Based on a novel of same name by K Puranik, which is loosely based on real life events of Appanna, a rural shehnai artist from Karnataka. Appanna, fa...
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Sanaadi Appanna
1977
Olavu Geluvu
9.5/2
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Olavu Geluvu
1978
Shankar Guru
8.7/3
Rajashekhar earns the enmity of his business partners when he opposes their illegal plans. Circumstances force him to run from the police and he is se...
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Shankar Guru
1978
Operation Diamond Racket
9/3
Prakash is called in to investigate the theft of diamonds and the kidnapping of scientists; a trail that takes him to distant Nepal.
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Operation Diamond Racket
1978
Thaayige Thakka Maga
10/2
At his detective wife's request, a young man joins a boxing club to find out about the illegal activities carried out by the head of the establishment...
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Thaayige Thakka Maga
1979
Naa Ninna Bidalaare
9/1
Krishna refuses to accept Kamini's love for him. But when Kamini dies and her ghost possesses Krishna, his wife, Gayatri, tries to save him from this...
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Naa Ninna Bidalaare
1979
Asadhya Aliya
8/1
Aruna, a bride, finds her wedding to Vishwa interrupted by Ashok, a man who claims to be her husband. As the situation evolves, she discovers that Ash...
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Asadhya Aliya
1979
Huliya Halina Mevu
10/2
Chengumani is commander-in-chief in the 18th-century Coorg region of present-day Karnataka. He becomes the king's commander-in-chief after saving his...
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Huliya Halina Mevu
1980
Point Parimala
8/1
A gangster agrees to pay Rajesh and his friends INR one crore in exchange for a bicycle that contains diamonds. However, things take a turn when Rajes...
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Point Parimala
1990
Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru
0/0
Surya, a newspaper editor, exposes the scams of a corrupt contractor who is later arrested by his brother, Chandra. Soon, the contractor seeks revenge...
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Ramarajyadalli Rakshasaru
1987
Jayasimha
0/0
Jayasimha, a forest officer, endeavours to stop animal poaching in a village he is transferred to. However, his efforts land him and his family in tro...
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Jayasimha
1984
Maduve Maadu Thamashe Nodu
0/0
Ganesh arranges his sister Gauri's marriage but faces humiliation by her in-laws. His misunderstanding with his childhood friend and neighbour, Raja,...
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Maduve Maadu Thamashe Nodu
1996
Dhani
0/0
Two despicable brothers cheat their employer, steal his wealth, kill him and throw his son into the river. When the boy survives and grows up, he deci...
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Dhani
1993
Bhagavan Sri Saibaba
0/0
The movie portrays Sai Baba as a child abandoned by his Hindu parents and raised by a Muslim couple, who later returns to Shirdi, preaches communal ha...
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Bhagavan Sri Saibaba
1995
Bal Nan Maga
0/0
Jagdeesh, who does menial jobs, loves Sangeetha and tries to win her father's approval. However, her father asks him to arrange INR 1 lakh in order to...
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Bal Nan Maga
1998
Maathina Malla
0/0
Krishna is falsely accused of murdering Alisha, a singer. When her sister, Monisha, falls for the lie and tries to kill him, he must protect his life...
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Maathina Malla
1992
Guru Brahma
0/0
Guru and Bramha, two brothers belonging to a lineage of twins on their paternal side, deliberate upon marriage as their family insists.
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Guru Brahma
1985
Nee Thanda Kanike
0/0
A young boy, who is never loved by his father, grows up to become a spoilt and alcoholic man. However, he turns his life around when he falls in love...
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Nee Thanda Kanike
1987
Jeevana Jyothi
9/1
Radha, a village girl, comes to the city in search of her brother Venkatesh Murthy. Soon, she meets a Samaritan, Ravi, who decides to help her find he...
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Jeevana Jyothi
1971
Baala Bandhana
0/0
Orphaned as an infant, Ranga (played by Rajkumar) is brought up by his distant relative Chandrashekhar Rao Bahadur (Sampath) and his compassionate wif...
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Baala Bandhana
1991
Halli Rambhe Belli Bombe
0/0
In order to resolve her sister's marital problems, a young woman decides to marry her sister's brother-in-law. Things take a turn when she marries him...
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Halli Rambhe Belli Bombe
1989
Mutthinantha Manushya
0/0
Shivu, an honest man, lives a simple life with his family. However, years later, Shivu's old rival and the enmity between his two sons threaten to cre...
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Mutthinantha Manushya
1992
Chithralekha
0/0
A young woman is accused of being possessed as all her marriage prospects ended up dead
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Chithralekha
1994
Swathi
0/0
A love story that goes wrong creates a rivalry between two villages. Years later, a couple from the warring villages, unaware of the past, sets out on...
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Swathi
1994
Odahuttidavaru
0/0
Two brothers live in harmony until the younger brother's wife creates misunderstandings between the brothers.
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Odahuttidavaru
1985
Aahuthi
10/1
A young woman is married against her will. After she delivers a baby, the child grows up to become a fine girl, who fights to ensure that her mother g...
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Aahuthi
1990
Mathsara
0/0
A son seeking revenge for his father's death at the hands of a rich businessman.
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Mathsara
1990
Nammoora Hammeera
0/0
The film is a remake of the 1986 Tamil film Amman Kovil Kizhakale. The plot centers on a harmonium player and a rich man's daughter who fall in love,...
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Nammoora Hammeera
1990
Chakravarthy
0/0
It is a remake of the 1988 Malayalam film Aryan.
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Chakravarthy
1988
Thayigobba Karna
0/0
Thayigobba Karna is a 1988 Kannada-language film directed by Raj Kishor.
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Thayigobba Karna
1997
Shivaranjani
0/0
The son of a miser and the daughter of a wealthy man get married. However, their parents try to separate them as they oppose their union.
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Shivaranjani
1993
Akasmika
4/3
Murthy saves Indira from Vyasaraya, who plans to sell her, but on the way to her home, Murthy is hit by Vyasaraya's car and Indira gets kidnapped. Mur...
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Akasmika
1991
Navathare
0/0
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Navathare
1991
Modada Maneyalli
0/0
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