1. Famous director Mani Ratnam’s directorial debut was a Kannada Film – Pallavi Anu Pallavi, is a critically acclaimed film.
It was his first film, for which he also won a Karnataka State Film Fare Award. It was also Anil Kapoors debut Kannada Movie.
2. Girish Kasaravalli, a director who is well known for art films. He is the only director to have won four golden lotus awards, which is the highest for any director. He has also won fourteen National Awards. He has also won most national awards after Satyajit Ray.
3. Dr. Rajkumar, sought after actor of Kannada Cinema is the only actor to have national awards for both singing and acting. He has won the best playback singing award for a classical song.
4. Shankar Nag, director and actor was the first Indian Director to experiment underwater shooting, with the film ‘Ondu Muttina Kathe’.
5. Legendary actor, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth’s debut movie was a kannada film. He first appeared in ‘Kathasangama’; a film directed by legendary Puttanna Kanagal in the year 1975.
6. ‘Baare Baare’ is the first slow motion song in the Indian Film Industry. The song is from the film ‘Nagarahaavu’ directed by Puttanna Kanagal, starring Vishnuvardhan.
7. 'Om', a Kannada film has the record for highest number of re-release both on national and international level. The film Om is a film directed by Upendra starring Shivaraj Kumar. The film has been re-released over 500 times in 20 years.
Really interesting. Never knew there was so much back story in Sandalwood.
Ohhhh this is really a don't know things...thanks for the information