Top 10 Film Directors In Sandalwood

Directors are the reason for a movie to come up in theaters. Their ideas get transformed in the form of movies and are accompanied with music and background score to make it presentable. It is the directors’ ideas that we see on the big screen. For this reason, directors should have a creative brain which can think out of the box. Here is a list of successful directors in Kannada Film Industry.

1. Upendra Rao

Upendra being a unique thinker has proved to be an outstanding director as well. According to an online poll conducted by Oneindia for the best film director in Sandalwood, Upendra has won with a huge margin. He continues to entertain us with his acting and directions.

2. Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat is the pride of Sandalwood. He has introduced lyrics which nobody can understand but still everybody is entertained with it. He spurred into fame after his blockbuster movie “ Mungaru Male”.

3. Shankar Nag

Shankar Nag was widely known as an actor rather than a director. He was a theater artist and a writer too. He established himself well in the Industry. But, by the time Sandalwood could make the best of him, he died in a car accident.

4. Puttanna Kanagal

Puttanna ji is considered to be one of the greatest and finest film makers in the Kannada Film Industry. His first film being “Bellimoda”, he has given the Kannada Industry a huge number of movies in which majority of the movies are considered to be milestones in Sandalwood.

5. V. Ravichandran

Ravichandran is a very talented actor as well as a director, lyricist, screenwriter, producer and editor. We can say that he is the definition of versatility. He has given many blockbusters to the Kannada Film Industry both as an actor and a director.

6. ‘Dwarkish’

Dwarkish was mainly famous for his comic roles in the films. He was an outstanding director and has given numerous hit movies to the Kannada audience.

7. ‘ Sudeep’

Sudeep is famous for his voice and his thinking. He is very successful both as an actor and a director. He also hosted the show Bigg Boss on Colors Kannada channel.

8. ‘ Guruprasad’

Guruprasad is a recent director who debuted through the movie “Mata” and further went on to direct another movie “Eddelu Manjunatha”. Both the movies were received by the audience in a good way, and everyone is looking forward to more films from this director.

9. ‘Suri’

Suri came to limelight after the success of his first film “ Duniya”. It was a huge box office hit and from then, Suri has given many hit movies which have attracted a lot of audiences.