Veteran Kannada film director S.K Bhagavan is no more.

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He was suffering from some health issue quite a long time.

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The ace director of Kannada was born on 5 July 1933.

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He started his career as an assistant to Kanagal Prabhakar Shastri.

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He assisted him in 1956 for the film Bhagyodaya.

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He then went on to direct his debut movie Sandhya Raga in 1966.

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Then, He directed many movie with Dorai Raj.

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After Dorai Raj's death, Bhagavan stopped directing for many years.

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In 2019, he made his comeback at 85 with Aduva Gombe.

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Apart from the directing movies, he also acted in several movies.

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