D. Shankar Singh

D. Shankar Singh
Born
Kingdom of Mysore, British India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
SpousePrathima Devi
RelativesS. V. Rajendra Singh Babu (son)
Vijayalakshmi Singh (daughter)
Jai Jagadish (son-in-law)
Aditya (grandson)
Rishika Singh (grand daughter)

D. Shankar Singh was an Indian film director,[1] producer, screenwriter, exhibitor and a freedom fighter during the British rule in India. Singh, along with B. Vittalacharya co-found the "Mahatma Pictures", a production venture in 1946, that has produced over a hundred Kannada films.[2] The very first film to release under this banner was Krishnaleela in 1947.[3] His first directorial project was Jaganmohini in 1951. The film is recorded in history as one of the first Kannada films to have screened for over 100 days in cinema halls.[2]

Some of the popular films under his production and direction include Bhakta Ramadas (1948), Nagakannika (1949), Dallali (1953), Madiddunno Maraaya (1954), Gandharva Kanya (1955), Bhale Kiladi (1970) and Bangarada Kalla (1973).

  1. ^ "D Shankar Singh biography". Chitraloka.com.
  2. ^ a b "Sepia stories at 60". The Hindu. 16 March 2007.
  3. ^ "History 21 - Birth of Mahatma Pictures". chitraloka.com. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2014.