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Shankar Guru is a film of genre Drama with Rajkumar

Shankar Guru (1978)

Shankar Guru
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Length 2h59
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating78% 3.9296053.9296053.9296053.9296053.929605

Shankar Guru (Kannada: ಶಂಕರ್ ಗುರು) is a 1978 Indian Kannada film directed by V. Somashekhar starring Rajkumar, Kanchana and Jaimala in lead roles. The supporting cast features Padmapriya, Balakrishna, Vajramuni, Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Uma Shivakumar.

Rajkumar appeared in a triple role in the film; as a father and his two sons separated in childhood. The film was considered one of the best Kannada films of the 1970s. It was remade in Tamil as Thirisoolam (1979), in Telugu as Kumara Raja and in Hindi as Mahaan (1983) in which, Rajkumar's characters were played by Sivaji Ganesan, Krishna and Amitabh Bachchan respectively.

At the 1977–78 Karnataka State Film Awards, P. Bhaktavatsalam was awarded the Best Editor.

Synopsis

Rajashekhar's (Rajkumar) business partners arrive at his house on his birthday and wedding anniversary with a bouquet of flowers and arrange a meeting that evening. They announce their decision to smuggle idols of deities abroad to which Rajashekhar opposes causing a rift between them killing one of them in the process. Pursued by police, he escapes with his wife Sumathi, only to be stranded at the railway station with his wife going separating from him.

Actors

Rajkumar

(Rajashekhar/Jairaj/Shankar/Guru (Triple Role))T. N. Balakrishna

(Lakshman Rao)Kanchana

(Sumathi)Vajramuni

(Premkumar)Thoogudeepa Srinivas

(Madanlal)
And :
Uma Shivakumar
Vaishali Kasaravalli
Tiger Prabhakar
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