Kalyan Kumar

Kalyan Kumar is a prominent Kannada film actor who has acted in over 200 films. He ruled Kannada cinema for five decades. Kalyan Kumar went on to give memorable and sensitive portrayals in career spanning between 1950’s to 1970’s and his move to character parts was also done with unrivaled grace. In those days, there were three prominent "Kumar's" who ruled the Kannada screen; they are Raj Kumar Actor RajKumar came to limelight as he resembled S >> Read More... , Udaya Kumar, and Kalyan Kumar( Kumar's Trio). The Kumars Trio was as inseparable a part of the silver screen as air to breathing. But it is virtually impossible to imagine Kannada films without all the Kumar's those days. ‘Bhoodana’ was the only film that featured the ‘Three Kumar's’– Raj Kumar, Udaya Kumar and Kalyan Kumar, which was produced by PN Gopalakrishna and GV Iyer in 1962.

He also has acted in three South Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada) films. He even experimented his talent in Tamil cinema and Actor Udayakumar was a multi-talented personality in Kannada cinema. He has been a producer, director, writer and singer in his career in cinema. He was the first actor to act in a color Kannada film named ‘Amarashilpi Jakanachari’, in which he had played the role of Jakanachari, a legendary sculptor. He was a very lavish and sophisticated style of living and was considered to be a style icon. His first film was Natashekhara released in year 1954. Some of his classic films are Sadarame, Subbashastri, Rayara Sose, etc., sent the affable actor shooting towards superstardom. Mavana Magalu (Sasuraal in Hindi) etc.. He acted with almost all leading heroines of his time. In 1975, he acted in ‘ Katha Sangama Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ with Saroja Devi which was directed by Puttanna Kanagal Puttanna Kanagal was known as Chitra Brahma (God o >> Read More... and featured a young actor called Rajinikanth (who later became the biggest star of the South cinema). The actor Kalyan Kumar was born in Chokkanna ( Bengaluru) on 28 July 1928. He passed away on 1 August 1999.