Top 5 movies of T.S. Nagabharana

T.S. Nagabharana is one of the best directors in both parallel and mainstream cinemas. He is a director, actor, writer and singer who is an expert in every field. In his career, he has won International, National and State awards for more than 20 movies out of 36 movies that he's worked on. T.S. Nagabharana started his career as an actor and director for plays and went on to become a successful filmmaker in Kannada film industry. He is not only known in movies, but he also credits a lot of his success to TV serials. He has produced National and Regional TV serials like ‘An Indian in America’, ‘Stone Boy’, ‘Tenali Rama’ and other serials. Here are top 5 movies in the career of T.S. Nagabharana.

T.S. Nagabharana made his directorial debut with the movie ‘Grahana’ and it won Best Feature Film on National Integrity, Best Screenplay, and other awards. T.S. Nagabharana has picked a social culture from a village near Tumkur and made a movie based on that, and it went off to get National level recognition. Honnarathi, a Brahmin girl, remains unmarried even after attaining puberty. When people consider her a disgrace to the community, her parents abandon her, after which she faces several challenges. The movie got huge recognition across India because it was based on real-life situations in India.

Aasphota is a 1988 movie directed by T.S. Nagabharana, and it is based on the novel ‘Ayana by Manu’ written by P. N. Ranga. The movie starred Sridhar and H.G. Dattatreya in lead roles. This movie has won both Kannada State Film Award and Filmfare Awards South. The movie is based on political issues in society and how people realized the faults done by the politicians. The movie was well received by the audience because it was a youthful movie and based on students.

'Mysore Mallige' is another successful movie in the career of T.S. Nagabharana. It was directed and co-written by T.S. Nagabharana and it is based on the 1942 novel written by K.S. Narasimhaswamy. The movie has won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada, Karnataka State Film Awards and other awards. The plot of the movie features a village girl called Padma, who is in love with a poet, Manju. Her father is a village accountant and opposes her marriage with Manju and marries her to another man. Later, Padma gets married to Chennaiah, when he was involved in a national fight Manju tries to save his and losses. Padma publishes the works written by Chennaiah and Padma and Manju united happily after the book release.

'Kallarali Hoovagi' is a historical-drama romance movie directed by T. S. Nagabharana. The movie is based on the novel written by written by B. L. Venu, on Hindu and Muslim love story in Madakari Nayaka ruling. The movie was starred with Vijay Raghavendra, Umashankari, Anant Nag, Bharathi, Ambareesh, Avinash and others in the major role. The movie was well received by the audience because of the love story and it won awards like National Award for Best Film on National Integration and many state awards.

'Nagamandala' is written by Girish Karnad and directed by T.S. Nagabharana. The movie was released in 1997. This movie won many prestigious awards. The movie has a similar storyline of Hindi movie Duvidha. The movie is starred with Prakash Raj and Vijayalakshmi in the lead roles. The movie has many social sensitive issues of marriage life.