What key details about puttanna kanagal can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: puttanna kanagal -lrb- born shubraveshti ramaswamiah seetharama sharma , 1 december 1933 -- 5 june 1985 -rrb- , was an indian filmmaker and is considered as one of kannada 's cinema 's greatest filmmakers . he was born in kanagal , a village in the erstwhile kingdom of mysore into a poor family . starting his career as a publicity boy , kanagal was drawn into independent filmmaking after a stint in theatre and working with film director and producer b. r. panthulu as his assistant . kanagal 's assiatants include tamil directors sp . muthuraman and p. bharathiraja , and t. s. nagabharana . although a majority of kanagal 's films were on offbeat or taboo subjects , generally women-centric , he endeared himself to both the critics and ordinary film goers alike making '' bridge films '' between art and commercial cinema . his first film in kannada , '' gejje pooje '' , based on a novel of the same name by m. k. indira is considered a landmark film . he would go on to direct other films such as '' kappu bilupu '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , '' sharapanjara '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , '' naagarahaavu '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , '' edakallu guddada mele '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , '' shubhamangala '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- and '' ranganayaki '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , all of which are seen as milestones in kannada cinema . he also directed a handful of films in malayalam , tamil , telugu and hindi languages . kanagal received three national film awards , three filmfare awards south and multiple karnataka state film awards . karnataka state honours film directors and various personalities with puttanna kanagal award in his memory every year during the karnataka state awards function .
- death place is bangalore , india- other names is s. r. puttanna kanagal , seetharama sharma- years active is 1957 -- 1985- native name is - birth name is shubraveshti ramaswamiah seetharama sharma- death date is 5 june 1985- spouse is nagalakshmi -lrb- -- 1985 -rrb-- children is 5- birth date is 1 december 1933- name is puttanna kanagal- image size is 200px- nationality is indian- image is puttanna_kanagal . jpg- birth place is kanagal , kingdom of mysore , british india- occupation is film director , producer , screenwriter