Vishnuvardhan profile
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Vishnuvardhan

18th September 1950 Mysore, Karnataka, India Acting

Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009), known by his stage name Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Kannada cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam language films. Vishnuvardhan has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 220 films. A popular cultural icon of Karnataka, and holds the status of a matinée idol among the Kannada diaspora. He is popularly called as Sahasa Simha, Dada and The Angry Young Man of Kannada Cinema. Vishnuvardhan's contributions to Kannada cinema have been praised by his contemporaries in the Indian film industry. The Government of Karnataka honoured him with the highest civilian awards of Karnataka State, the Karnataka Ratna Award in 2025, Rajyothsava Prashasthi in 1990 and the Dr. Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 for his contributions to Kannada cinema. He was called The Phoenix of Indian Cinema. In 2008, a poll conducted by CNN-IBN listed Vishnuvardhan as the most popular star in the Kannada film industry.

148 Movies 0 TV Shows 154 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Nagarahavu poster
Nagarahavu 16th October 2016 as King Nagaraja (created with CGI)
Sahukara poster
Sahukara 24th September 2004 as Sahukara Raja Mahendra Varma
Malla poster
Malla 27th February 2004 as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kadamba poster
Kadamba 16th January 2004 as Madhukeshawara Kadamba
Yajamana poster
Yajamana 1st December 2000 as Shankar/Ganesha (Dual Role)
Suryavamsha poster
Suryavamsha 1st September 1999 as Sathyamurthy/Kanakamurthy (Dual Role)
Habba poster
Habba 16th April 1999 as Vishnu
Zaalim poster
Zaalim 9th December 1994 as Inspector Mohan
Kauravar poster
Kauravar 11th February 1992 as Haridas I.P.S.
Daada poster
Daada 7th November 1988 as Daada
Kalinga poster
Kalinga 11th March 1980 as Prabhakar/ Ranga
Amarnath poster
Amarnath 27th October 1978 as Guest Appearance
Alaigal poster
Alaigal 1st January 1973 as Inspector Raju

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