Occupation film director Name A. Seshagiri | Role Film director | |
Movies Bahaddur Gandu, Bettada Huli, Raja Nanna Raja, Sampathige Savaal, Ravichandra Similar People Chi Udayashankar, Balakrishna, Vajramuni, Bungle Shama Rao Dwa, K S Ashwath | ||
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A.V.Seshagiri Rao (1926 – 17 June 2007) was a Kannada film director.
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Film career
He started his film career at a young age and directed about 50 films including in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil. He made his directorial debut in Telugu film Pelli Pilipu starring N. T. Rama Rao and Devika in 1962. He gave blockbusters like Rajkumar-starrer Sampath Ge Sawal, Bahadur Gandu and Bettadha Huli to the Kannada film industry. His last film was Bahadura Hennu in which actress Roopa Ganguly had played the lead role.
Death
He died following a fall at his house in Chennai, India, where died of brain haemorrhage.
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