Kannada director passes in Raghu of ‘Mandayada Gandu’ fame

Kannada filmmaker in Raghu. , Photo Credit: Chandanavana Critics Academy/X

Kannada filmmaker in Raghu has died at the age of 75. Filmmaker, known for his superhit 1994 action film Mandida Gandu, Was ill with age-relief issues for the last five-six years.

Raghu, from Bettathur village in Kodagu district, Karnataka, were residents of RT Nagar in Bengaluru. He survived his wife Leela Raghu and children’s Biosy Ganpati and Binu Sachin.

Raghu started his journey in the film industry under the mentorship of producer-director B. Vittalacharya. Later he Help YR Swami known for his cooperation with Rajkumar (Devotees Kanakadas, Sipai Ramu, Philanthropkari,

Debut as a director in Raghu Nya Nathi Dharma In 1980. Their Mandidafucker, In which Srishanti, Meghna, Bank Janardan and Vajramuni have acted, are known for their hit songs. Ambareesh got his monkey ‘Mandida Gandu’ for the success of the film. Upendra Kumar composed music for the film.

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Kadina Raja, Shankar-Sundar, Preeti (1986), Hope (1983) and Inspector Kranti Kumar Raghu had other famous films. In another milestone in his career, worked with Rajinikanth in Raghu My adoration, ARemake of his film Hope.