Remembering Vishnuvardhan on His Birth Anniversary
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 18-09-2014
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Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009), known mononymously by his screen name Vishnuvardhan was a prominent Indian film actor. He was called The Phoenix of Indian Cinema.He has acted in over 220 films including 200 Kannada, five Hindi, five Telugu, nine Malayalam and three Tamil films. He was very instrumental in shaping the Kannada identity. He adopted the name Vishnuvardhan at the insistence of Puttanna Kanagal, who directed his maiden film, Naagarahaavu that gave him the recognition of the 'angry young man of Kannada cinema'.He proved to be extremely versatile by playing variety of roles, be it the character of an action star or the romantic hero, comedy roles or the serious ones, name it and he has done it all. He could handle all the roles with great ease.