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The State Government established Dr. Rajkumar Award in 1993–94 to be given for lifetime achievement towards contributions to Kannada cinema - making him the first Indian actor in whose name a State Government established an award while he was still alive. A 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) road was named Dr. Rajkumar Road [258] on 27 January 1994. [259]
Dr. Rajkumar receives the Kentucky Colonel, the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He remains the only Indian actor to receive the honor. Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), [1] better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema.
The film stars Dr. Rajkumar in dual role and himself in a scene. The music was composed by Rajan–Nagendra , while cinematography and editing were handled by Chittibabu and P. Bhaktavatsalam. Nanobba Kalla was released on 29 November 1979 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.
Rajkumar (transl. Prince) is a 1964 Hindi film directed by K. Shankar. It stars Prithviraj Kapoor , Shammi Kapoor , Sadhana , Pran , Om Prakash . The music is by Shankar–Jaikishan and the lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra .
[1] [2] The film stars Rajkumar, Kalpana and Manjula. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by Rajan–Nagendra considered evergreen hits. They were awarded with the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for 1974–75. The movie saw a theatrical run of 30 weeks. [3]
GKV would insist Dr. Rajkumar to sing regularly, owing to his grooming in the Gubbi Company. Rajkumar, however preferred P. B. Sreenivas, to sing for him. In 1974, P. B. Sreenivas was unwell on the day of recording of song "Yare Koogadali" in the movie Sampathige Saval.GKV proposed Rajkumar to sing the song and Rajkumar reluctantly recorded the ...
[4] [5] It was dubbed in seven languages [6] - including in Telugu under the same name [7] and in Hindi as Durga Maata (lit. ' Mother Durga ', 1960). [8] [9] This was the first movie shot in Vikram Studios, Madras. [10] Rajkumar sang a duet as a playback singer for the first time through the song Thumbithu Manava in this movie. [11] [12]
In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s her duets with P. B. Srinivas, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and with Dr. Rajkumar were some of the most romantic duets in the history of Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film music. [2] Janaki, who is known as "The Nightingale of South India", [3] is a recipient of an honorary doctorate [4]