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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]
Kalahasti Mahatyam is a 1954 Indian Telugu-language film directed by H. L. N. Simha starring Dr. Rajkumar. This is the only non-Kannada film starring Dr. Rajkumar. It is a musical hit film with some melodious Bhakti songs written by Tholeti Venkata Reddy. The music score is provided by R. Sudarshanam and R. Goverdhanam as Associate.
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.
[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]
Apoorva Sangama (transl. Rare Rendezvous) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. R. Swamy.It stars Rajkumar, Shankar Nag and Ambika.The music for the film was composed by Upendra Kumar.
The movie is famous for its evergreen songs, which were composed by G. K. Venkatesh. [3] The movie was remade in Telugu in 1985 as Illale Devata. Parvathamma Rajkumar paid ₹1 lakhs for the story when a movie based on that story which was supposed to star Anant Nag failed to go on floors. [4]
Based on lord Venkateswara, the film stars Rajkumar, B. Saroja Devi and Manjula in key roles. It also featured the first screen appearances of Rajkumar's sons, Shiva Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar as child actors. [1] [2] The movie was dubbed in Tamil as Ezhumalaiyan Dharisanam [3] and in Telugu as Sri Tirupatikshetra Mahatyam (1977). [4]
Satya Harischandra is a 1965 Indian Kannada epic film directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy and produced by K. V. Reddy.It stars Dr. Rajkumar in the lead role, as Harishchandra, an Indian mythological king, who was renowned for upholding truth and justice under any circumstance.