BENGALURU: Kannada film director, scriptwriter and actor Kunigal Nagabhushan passed away in Bengaluru yesterday morning. Nagabhushan, who had been admitted to hospital on Saturday, last suffered two massive heart attacks. He was 70. Earlier this year, doctors had to amputate his right leg due to gangrene problems brought on by diabetes.
Nagabhushan had obtained a degree in cinematography and entered films in 1961. His tryst with Sandalwood began as an assistant director and has even directed southern cinema icon Rajnikanh in a Kannada film. He won the state award for writing dialogues in the filmGowri Ganesha directed by Phani Ramachandra which had Anant Nag in the lead role.
Nagabhushan`s successful films include Sahodarara Savaal, Simhada Jodi, Oorige Upakari, Sangliana and others.
