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C. R. Simha is a Actor and Director Indian born on 16 june 1942

C. R. Simha

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Birth name Channapatna Ramaswamy Simha
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 june 1942
Death 28 february 2014 (at 71 years)

Channapatna Ramaswami Simha (Kannada: ಚನ್ನಪಟ್ನ ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಸಿಂಹ; 16 June 1942 – 28 February 2014), better known as C. R. Simha (Kannada: ಸಿ. ಆರ್. ಸಿಂಹ), was an Indian actor, director, dramatist and a playwright. He was best known for his work in Kannada films and for his work in stage shows. Starting his career in Prabhat Kalavidaru, a famous theatre group based in Bangalore, he acted in numerous Kannada plays which reached the cult status. He started his own theatre group called "Nataranga" in 1972 and directed many successful plays such as Kakana Kote, Thughlaq and Sankranthi.

Simha also directed and enacted in the Shakespeare's Kannada adaptation of Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello. These plays found a widespread presentation across many states in India. Following this, he directed and acted in many English plays written by eminent personalities such as Moliere, Bernard Shaw, Edward Albee and Neil Simon among others. Apart from theatre, Simha acted in more than 150 feature films in Kannada which include both artistic and commercially viable projects. He also directed about five feature films with the most prominent being his own film adaptation of Kakana Kote.

Simha has been felicitated with many prestigious awards in both cinema and theatre fields. In 2003, he was awarded with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Government of India recognising his contribution to the theatre acting and direction.

Usually with

Vishnuvardhan
Vishnuvardhan
(9 films)
Ramesh Bhat
Ramesh Bhat
(6 films)
Dwarakish
Dwarakish
(4 films)
Bank Janardhan
Bank Janardhan
(6 films)
Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of C. R. Simha (28 films)

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Veera
Veera (2013)
, 2h12
Actors Malashri, Komal Kumar, Rahul Dev, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukul Dev, C. R. Simha
Roles Home Minister Chunchanagatti

Aidondla Aidu
Aidondla Aidu (2011)

Directed by V. K. Prakash
Genres Drama
Actors Devaraj, Shruti, M. D. Pallavi Arun, Harish Raj, Nithya Menen, Padmapriya

Totally, there are four short stories told in the film. The first story is called "Payasa", the second "Kannadi", third is about a veteran actor played by Devaraj and fourth is called "Soruva Mane". All the tales revolve around the relationships between a husband and wife and although each explores different facets of the marital relationship, at their core they involve communication and the consequences of misconception.
Prithvi
Prithvi (2010)
, 2h14
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Parvathy, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy, Ramesh Bhat, John Vijay
Rating81% 4.0790054.0790054.0790054.0790054.079005
Prithvi Kumar is an honest young IAS Officer who works as District Commissioner for Bellary District. His main aim is to eradicate the ongoing corruption in the District and stick to his principles: honesty and corruption-free administration.
Savaari
Savaari (2009)

Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Srinagar Kitty, Raghu Mukherjee, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Suman Ranganathan, Milind Gunaji, C. R. Simha
Rating12% 0.6444150.6444150.6444150.6444150.644415
Abhiram (Raghu) is a rich spoilt brat who believes only in class and hates the company of poor people with low profiles. He is in deep love with Dr. Janaki, an orphan who aims to serve poor people as a doctor and give them proper medication. Though he is in love with her, Abhiram does not like the path traversed by Janaki in helping poor and needy. This breaks their relationship apart and Janaki walks away to remote place on her job. Not able to withstand the agony of separation, Abhiram sets on a journey in finding Janaki again to carry on the relationship. Meanwhile, he meets Gaali Seenu (Kitty), a petty thief who is an expert in robbing the two wheeler vehicles. He strikes a deal with Seenu and further embarks his journey in search of Janaki. En route his search, Abhiram begins to slowly realize the real world and the noble intentions Janaki had in her service. Finally, the lovers meet up and what happens next forms the rest of the story.
Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige
Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige (2007)
, 2h10
Directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Genres Drama
Actors Vishnuvardhan, Suhasini Maniratnam, Sudeep, Rangayana Raghu, Tara, Komal Kumar
Rating70% 3.5479453.5479453.5479453.5479453.547945
The film starts with a happy small family of Hoovaiah (Dr.Vishnuvardhan) and Kanaka (Suhasini) having a small field growing flowers of Mallige, Sampige and other flowers which spread fragrance. The couple have three daughters in a small village of Jenu Koppa. Hoovaiah stands true to his devotion to Gandhi philosophy of Satyagraha come whatever may facing with nonchalance and non-violence. Globalization companies cause problems for the village as there are rich mine deposits nearby. Hoovaiah, zamindar of Jenu Koppa village, is a flower seller.Villagers revere him. When the government gives an MNC the licence to acquire land for mining in Jenukoppa, he strongly opposes it. But Kurupayya (Rangayana Raghu) joins hands with politicians and officials and tries to brainwash people to sell their land for a huge amount. Police atrocities and lathi charges on villagers force Hoovaiah to fight a lone battle against land acquisition. Fed up by the turn of events, all villagers decide to leave the village.But Hoovaiah launches a hunger strike to save the village and finally wins the battle.
Laali
Laali (1996)
, 2h19
Directed by Dinesh Baboo
Actors Vishnuvardhan, Shanthi Krishna, Mohini, Ramakrishna, Harish Kumar, C. R. Simha

Krishna(vishnuvardhan)is a well known architect.his only love is his daughter anju(mohini) and his life is filled with joy and happiness. Anju falls in love with Harish and her father is also happy with this. The film takes a twist when Anju begins to find a perfect bride for her lonely father and she finds her professor Shanthi as a suitable wife for Krishna. She invites the professor home and upon seeing Shanthi, Krishna is shocked. Later it is revealed that Shanthi is Krishna's wife and he left her and her family because of Anju and Anju is not his real daughter. He found her lying on the footpath and brought her home which led to their separation. Now Anju knows that truth, brings Shanthi home and calls her mother, much to chagrin of Krishna. He feels she is stealing his daughter from him and enters into stress and dilemma. Harish feels that he is in stress and needs a psychiatric's help and calls him home. But the situation goes wrong and Anju tells them to leave her father alone and throws them out of their home. Later, knowing her mistake she calls her mother back but in vain. So she writes a letter and leaves the house. Krishna tries to find her everywhere but fails. He comes back, but he sees Anju back home. She tells him that she will never leave him again. Krishna feels he punished Shanthi too much and calls her back. The film ends with all of them united together.
America America
America America (1995)
, 2h33
Directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Genres Drama
Actors Ramesh Aravind, Akshay Anand, Hema Syed, Vaishali Kasaravalli, H. G. Dattatreya, Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Rating83% 4.1712954.1712954.1712954.1712954.171295
Three childhood friends — Surya (Ramesh Aravind), Shashank (Akshay Anand) and Bhoomi (Hema Panchamukhi) are from the coastal region of Karnataka. After finishing their undergraduate studies, Shashank goes to the US for further studies. Surya is extremely patriotic about India and doesn't want to go anywhere and starts his business in his hometown, and Bhoomi stays at home. After three years, Shashank comes back to India. He starts going off on India on his way from the airport, saying how much greater America is. While in India, his family arranges his marriage to Bhoomi. Surya, on the other hand, is the one who truly loves Bhoomi and tries to tell her using recorded audio tape and plants it in Bhoomi's room having no idea that she is to be married to Shashank.