Kanagal is a village in Mysore district, Karnataka.
 It is in periyapatna taluk 30 km from Taluk place.
 It is very close to Coorg and Hassan district.
 It is located on the bank of the Cauvery River.
 It is also birthplace of legendary Kannada film director Puttanna Kanagal, and his brother, lyricist Kanagal Prabhakara Shasthry.
 Villagers are mainly farmers though many of the younger generation are working in other fields such as medical, engineering, teaching, police, army, and industries.
Zehreela Insaan (Toxic Human) is a 1974 Hindi film directed by Puttanna Kanagal and produced by Virendra Sinha.
 The film stars Rishi Kapoor, Moushumi Chatterjee, Neetu Singh, Pran, Nirupa Roy, Dara Singh, Iftekhar, Madan Puri and Paintal.
Masanada Hoovu (Kannada: ಮಸಣದ ಹೂವು ) ("Graveyard Flower") is a 1984 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on T. R. Subba Rao's novel of the same name.
 It stars Jayanthi, Ambarish and Aparna in lead roles.
 It was Puttanna Kanagal's last as a director.
 His friend, director K. S. L. Swamy, completed the film.
 "Masanada Hoove" won multiple awards at the 1985-86 Karnataka State Film Awards including Best Actress (Jayanthi) and Best Supporting Actor.
Runamukthalu (Kannada: ಋಣ ಮುಕ್ತಳು ) is a 1984 Indian Kannada language film directed and co-produced by Puttanna Kanagal starring Bharathi, Padmavasanthi and Ramakrishna.
 The film is based on the novel "Runa" written by Anupama Niranjana.
 The film was produced under the banner "Kanagal Creations".
P. H. Vishwanath (Kannada: ಪಿ.
 ಎಚ್.
 ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್ ) is an Indian film director, writer and a producer who works in Kannada cinema.
 Apart from films, Vishwanath has directed several documentaries and tele-series.
 He started his film career as an assistant director to Puttanna Kanagal with "Dharmasere" (1979) being his first release.
 Following this, he assisted for many films directed by Kanagal, Joe Simon, Hunsur Krishnamurthy and T. S. Nagabharana.
Paduvaaralli Pandavaru is a 1978 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal.
 It stars Ambarish, Ramakrishna, Jai Jagadish in lead roles.
 The film features Dheerendra Gopal and Musuri Krishnamurthy in antagonist roles while Aarathi among others are in the supporting cast.
Kappu Bilupu (Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪು ಬಿಳುಪು, which means Black and White ) is a 1969 Indian Kannada language film directed by Puttanna Kanagal.
 Based on a novel of the same name by Aryambha Pattabhi, this movie revolves around the contrasting behaviors of an identical, yet distinct pair of twins.
 The film starred Kalpana in dual roles.
 Puttanna himself remade the movie in Tamil as "Irulum Oliyum" and in Telugu as "Iddaru Ammayilu".
Joshua Dugdale, FRSA (Birmingham 1974), is a British documentary film-maker.
 He studied economics at the University of Manchester.
The following is the list of Award winners for the Karnataka State Puttanna Kanagal award.
 Kanagal was among the front runners in Kannada cinema's most successful film directors.
 In his memory and honor, this award is presented to the directors every year during the Karnataka State Awards function.
Puttanna Kanagal (born Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma, 1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), fondly called the 'Chitra Bramha' (God of Films, Kannada) was an Indian filmmaker and is considered as one of Kannada's cinema's greatest filmmakers.

Question: Are Puttanna Kanagal and Joshua Dugdale filmmakers?
Answer: yes