Udaykumar(who is also referred as Uday Kumar/Udaya Kumar) was a Kannada film actor and producer, who is renowned for his quality films. He was exceptional in making movies that which were unusual and odd from other films. He was conferred with titles like 'Pavanasutha, Kala Kesari, Nata Samrat. Udaya Kumar along with Kalyan Kumar

Kalyan Kumar

Kalyan Kumar was a Kannada film actor. During 60s and 70s there were three prominent Kannada Film actors and among them Kalyan Kumar was one; the others being Rajkumar and Udayakumar. He was the protagonist in the first ever full length Kannada film in colour. Kalyan Kumar along with Udaykumar,...

, Rajkumar

Rajkumar

Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...

 were called as “Kumara Thrayaru” of the Kannada Cinema. He acted in 36 films with Rajkumar. His production company was Udaya Productions. His son Vikram Udaykumar is also an Actor.

Unusual about him was that he was also a Freedom Fighter

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, which no other famous actors were. He was a good writer, who had authored many dramas and books.. He differed with various other actors in character and personality. Unlike some other artists, he was a Humanly person with no controversies or allegations throughout his life.

Film Career

His debut movie was Bhagyodhaya. He acted in many films, alongside Rajkumar and also along with Kalyan Kumar. He acted many films in 60's

Kannada films of the 1960s

The list of Kannada feature films released by the Kannada film Industry located in Bangalore, Karnataka in the 1960s. -References:*...

. While Rajkumar kept doing analogous positive roles, Udaykumar experimented in assorted roles and also negative roles.

He acted with both Rajkumar and Kalyan kumar in Bhoodaana, along with Leelavathi

Leelavathi (actress)

Leelavathi is a Kannada film actress who predominantly worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu. She has acted with legends such as Rajkumar, M. G. Ramachandran, N. T. Rama Rao, Sivaji Ganeshan, Shankar Nag, Kamal Hassan, Vishnuvardhan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi and various popular artists in her films...

. He acted in many films from 1956 to 1983.

Filmography

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He has acted in about 153 Kannada Films, 15 Telugu Films, 6 Tamil Films and 1 Hindi Film.

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1956	Bhagyodaya	P. V. Babu
1956	Daiva Sankalpa	M. B. Ganesh
1956	Panchrathna	K. Vembu
1957	Varadakshine	Chandramohan
1957	Bettada Kalla	S. M. Sreeramulu Naidu
1957	Tangamalai Rahasyam	B. R. Panthulu
1957	Premada Puthri	R. Nagendra Rao
1958	Badi Pantulu	B. R. Panthulu
1958	Bhakta Prahlada	H. S. Krishnaswamy
1958	Mane Thumbida Hennu	B. Vittalacharya
1958	School Master School Master School Master is a Kannada language film, which was simultaneously dubbed as Tamil language film. It was released in 1958.. It was later remade into various other languages including Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Movie is classic film starring Dikki Madhavrao, Udaykumar, Sivaji Ganeshan, B. Saroja...	B. R. Panthulu	First Film to celebrate Silver Jubilee
1959	Mahishasura Mardini	B. S. Ranga	First Film with Rajkumar
1959	Veer Bhaskaradu	Kadaru Nagabhushanam
1960	Yanai Pagan	M. A. Thirumugham
1960	Dashavtara	P. G. Mohan	With Rajkumar
1960	Ivan Avanethan	T. G. Raj
1960	Ranadheera Kanteerava	N.C. Rajan	With Rajkumar,Narasimharaju
1960	Bhakta Kanakadasa	Y. R. Swamy	With Rajkumar
1960	Shivalinga Sakshi	Chandramohan
1961	Mahavat	M. A. Thirumugham
1961	Vijayanagarada Veeraputra	R. Nagendra Rao
1961	Mahout	M. A. Thirumugham
1961	Raja Satya Vrata	D. Shankar Singh
1962	Ratnamanjari	Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1962	Vidhi Vilasa	S. V. Mahesh
1962	Thayi Karulu	G. V. Iyer
1962	Bhoodana	G. V. Iyer	With Rajkumar Rajkumar Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry... ,Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar was a Kannada film actor. During 60s and 70s there were three prominent Kannada Film actors and among them Kalyan Kumar was one; the others being Rajkumar and Udayakumar. He was the protagonist in the first ever full length Kannada film in colour. Kalyan Kumar along with Udaykumar,...
1962	Nanda-Deepa	M. R. Vittal	With Harini, Leelavathi(Super Hit)
1963	Sant Tukaram	Sundarao Nadkarni	As Shivaji Maharaj
1963	Amarashilpi Jakanachari	B. S. Ranga
1963	Chandrakumara	N. S. Varma
1963	Veera Kesari	B. Vittalacharya
1963	Shri Ramanjaneya Yuddha	M. S. Nayak
1963	Bevu Bella	Jambulingam
1963	Mana Mechhida Madadi	K. R. Seetarama Sastry
1963	Malli Madhuve	G. R. Nathan
1964	Amarashilpi Jakanna	B. S. Ranga	Source:IMDb
1964	Chandavalliya Tota	T. V. Singh Thakur
1964	Kalavati	T. V. Singh Thakore
1964	Nandi	N. Lakshminarayan
1965	Miss Leelavati	M. R. Vittal
1965	Veera Vikrama	S. R. Rajan
1965	Chandrahasa	B. S. Ranga
1965	Kavaleradu Kulavondu	T. V. Singh Thakore
1965	Ide Mahasudina	B. C. Srinivas
1965	Madhuve Madi Nodu	Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1965	Bettada Huli	A. V. Sheshgiri Rao
1965	Sati Savitri	P. R. Kaundinya
1965	Satya Harishchandra	Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1965	Pativrata	P. S. Murthy
1965	Vatsalya	Y. R. Swamy
1966	Deva Manava	Jambu
1966	Madhu Malathi	S. K. Ananthachari
1966	Sandhyaraaga	A. C. Narasimhamurthy
1966	Kathari Veera	Y. R. Swamy	With Honnappa Bhagavatar
1966	Mohini Bhasmasura	N. S. Varma
1966	Badukuva Daari	K. S. Prakash Rao
1966	Mane Katti Nodu	Shri Sadguru
1966	Mantralaya Mahatme	T. V. Singh Thakore
1967	Rajadurgada Rahasya	A. C. Narasimhamurthy
1967	Padavidhara	C. V. Shivashankar
1967	Immadi Pulakesi	N. C. Rajan
1967	Parvathi Kalyanam	B. S. Ranga
1967	Bangarada Hoovu	Arasukumar
1967	Sati Sukanya	Y. R. Swamy
1967	Rajashekhara	G. V. Iyer
1967	Chakra Teertha	Pekati Shivram
1968	Hoovu Mullu	A. V. Seshagiri Rao
1968	Arunodhayam	C. Srinivasan
1968	Simha Swapna	W. R. Subba Rao
1968	Anna Thamma	Ravi
1968	Dhumketu	R. N. Jayagopal
1968	Mysore Tonga	G. V. Iyer
1968	Matheye Maha Mandira	B. C. Srinivas
1968	Namma Ooru	C. V. Shivashankar
1968	Jedara Bale	Dorairaj-Bhagavan
1968	Mahasati Arundhati	Aruru Pattabhi
1968	Nane Bhagyavathi	G. V. Iyer
1969	Chaduranga	N. C. Rajan
1969	Bhale Basava	B. S. Ranga	With Rajesh Rajesh (Kannada Actor) Rajesh was a popular hero of Kannada films in the yesteryears. Known as ‘Kala Thapswi’ Rajesh five feet 10 inches is an ardent fan of literature. Vidyasagar is the original name of Rajesh. He acted in many movies as a hero in the late 60's and 70's but later on started acting in character roles....
1969	Madhuve! Madhuve!! Madhuve!!!	Geethapriya
1969	Ade Hridaya Ade Mamathe	M. N. Prasad
1969	Mathru Bhoomi	M. S. Gopinath
1969	Madhura Milana	S. K. Ananthachari
1969	Kalpa Vruksha	K. R. Seetarama Sastry
1969	Mukunda Chandra	S. K. Ananthachari
1969	Odahuttidavaru	B. N. Haridas
1969	Shiva Bhakta	K. V. Srinivas
1969	Makkale Manege Manikya	A. V. Sheshgiri Rao
1969	Bhagirathi	T. V. Singh Thakore
1970	Takka! Bitre Sikka!!	A. M. Samiulla
1970	Kallara Kala	M. P. Shankar
1970	Hasiru Thorana	T. V. Singh Thakore
1970	Aaru Mooru Ombattu	Ravi
1970	Mrityu Panjaradalli Goodarachari 555	Sunand
1970	Sedige Sedu	A. V. Sheshgiri Rao
1970	Mukhti	N. Lakshminarayan
1970	Rangamahal Rahasya	Vijay
1970	Pratikara	M. S. Gopinath
1970	Modala Rathri	Vijay
1971	Sidila Mari	B. S. Ranga
1971	Bhale Rani	Vijaya Satyam
1971	Jatakarathna Gunda Joisa	B. Padmanabham
1971	Bhale Bhaskar	R. Ramamurthy
1971	Samshayaphala	A. M. Samiulla
1971	Kasidre Kailasa	Janakiram	Last Film with Rajkumar
1971	Purnima	R. Dayanandsagar
1971	Signalman Siddappa	Tekkatte Nagaraj
1971	Mahadimane	C. V. Shivashankar
1972	Kulla Agent 000	Ravi
1972	Kaanch Aur Heera	Charandas Shokh
1972	Nari Munidare Mari	Geethapriya
1973	Bettada Bhairava	M. N. Srinivas
1973	Mannina Magalu	B. S. Ranga
1973	Cowboy Kulla	Vijay Reddy
1973	Bharathada Rathna	T. V. Singh Thakore
1973	Triveni	M. N. Prasad
1973	Premapasha	Aruru Pattabhi
1974	Chamundeshwari Mahime	Addala Narayana Rao
1974	Nanu Baalabeku	K. S. Satyanara
1975	Sarpa Kavalu	S. N. Singh
1975	Ashirwada	Kunigal Nagabhushan
1975	Bili Hendthi	S. R. Puttana Kanagal
1975	Jagruthi	C. V. Sridhar
1975	Mantra Shakti	Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1976	Sutrada Bombe	Pekati Shivram
1976	Rajanarthakiya Rahasya	B. Harinarayana
1977	Banashankari	K. S. L. Swamy
1977	Shani Prabhava	Ratnakar-Madhu
1977	Girikanye	Dorairaj-Bhagavan
1977	Hemavathi	Siddalingaiah
1977	Shri Renukadavi Mahatme	C. S. Rao
1977	Srimanthana Magalu	A. V. Sheshgiri Rao
1978	Matu Tappada Maga	Pekati Shivram
1978	Madhura Sangama	T. P. Venugopal
1978	Parasuraman	C. S. Rao
1978	Bhale Huduga	T. R. Ramanna
1978	Devadasi	C. V. Raju
1979	Agent 1-2-3	Geethapriya
1980	Vajrada Jalapata	Bhandaru Giribabu
1980	Maria My Darling	Durai
1980	Mugana Sedu	B. Subba Rao
1981	Kulaputra	T. R. Ramanna
1981	Garjanai	C. V. Rajendran
1981	Thayiya Madilalli	B. Subba Rao
1982	Sahasa Simha	Joe Simon
1982	Mava Sose Saval	Amrutham
1982	Kempu Hori	B. M. Madhavaiah
1983	Nodi Swamy Navirodu Hige	Shankar Nag	With Shankar Nag Shankar Nag Shankar Nagarkatte , 9 November 1954 - 30 September 1990) popularly known as Shankar Nag was a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days, based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved...
1983	Maha Maharaju	Vijaya Bapineedu
1983	Bhayankara Bhasmasura	C. S. Rao
1983	Devara Tirpu	B. S. Badrinath
1983	Kalluveene Nudiyitu	Tiptur Raghu
1984	Agni Gundam	Kranthi Kumar
1984	Bharyamani	Vijaya Bapineedu
1984	Maryade Mahalu	A. V. Sheshgiri Rao
1985	Pitamah	Ravi	With Rajesh Rajesh (Kannada Actor) Rajesh was a popular hero of Kannada films in the yesteryears. Known as ‘Kala Thapswi’ Rajesh five feet 10 inches is an ardent fan of literature. Vidyasagar is the original name of Rajesh. He acted in many movies as a hero in the late 60's and 70's but later on started acting in character roles....
1985	Vish Kanya	Vijaya Bapineedu

Reference: Kannada films of the 1950s, Kannada films of the 1960s

Kannada films of the 1960s

The list of Kannada feature films released by the Kannada film Industry located in Bangalore, Karnataka in the 1960s. -References:*...