S. Narayan


S. Narayan is an Indian filmmaker of Kannada films. He is called "Kalasamrat S. Narayan" for his works. He has been successful in most of his works in his career, is committed timely to his work and also is very humanistic in his life-style.
After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct all the actor sons of Dr. Rajkumar family — Dr. Rajkumar and his 3 sons.
He has given many hits with Dr. Vishnuvardhan and also worked with many actors of Sandalwood.
He has directed Tamil movie Jai.

Career

After assisting Raj Kishore and A. T. Raghu, Narayan made his directorial debut with the romantic drama Chaitrada Premanjali, with newcomers, the film, which featured a successful soundtrack by Hamsalekha became a musical hit at the box office. He then went on to direct similar themed romantic films such as Meghamale, Anuragada Alegalu and also successful family dramas like Thavarina Thottilu and Bevu Bella. Throughout the 2000s, he directed mostly remakes, such as Simhadriya Simha, Cheluvina Chittara and Suryavamsha. In 2015, he directed Daksha, starring Duniya Vijay, which was completely shot in single takes. In 2016, he was supposed to direct a project called JD, starring Jagadish Gowda and Dictator with Huccha Venkat; both got shelved after launch. He has currently directed Na Panta Kano and Manasu Mallige, a remake of Marathi film Sairat.

Filmography

As director

As actor

This list is of films Narayan has acted to other directors.
YearTitleRoleNotes
1995OhoKrishnamurthy
1999Tarikere Erimele
2001Kurigalu Saar KurigaluNani
2001Mr Harishchandra
2001Vishalakshammana GandaVijay Prakash
2001Kothigalu Saar KothigaluNani
2002Balagaalittu Olage BaaMadan Mohan Desai
2003Katthegalu Saar KatthegaluNani
2006Honeymoon ExpressNani
2009Chickpete SachagaluNaniAlso producer, screenwriter, composer
2010Thipparalli TharlegaluAlso producer, screenwriter, composer, lyricist
2016Kiragoorina GayyaligaluDr. Annappa

As composer