| 1 | '''Suresh Heblikar''',(b. 1945) |
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| 3 | Kannada director and actor born in Dharwar. |
| 4 | Studied economics at Karnatak University and |
| 5 | advertising in Bombay. Worked in a bank and |
| 6 | performed on the amateur stage in English and |
| 7 | in Kannada. Hired to play the lead in Kankana |
| 8 | (1975) and continued as a screen actor, |
| 9 | appearing in Rushya Shringa (1976), |
| 10 | Khandavideko Mamsavideko (1979), Vatsalya |
| 11 | Patha (1980), Alemane (1981), Amara |
| 12 | Madhura Prema and Jyoti (1982), Matte |
| 13 | Vasantha (1983), Kanoonige Saval (1984), |
| 14 | Chukki Chandramma (1991), Shh...! (1993) |
| 15 | and Murder (1994).Turned director in 1983. |
| 16 | Recent film Aaghata is produced by |
| 17 | psychiatrist Ashok Pai, fictionalising a real-life |
| 18 | case study with the intention of popularising |
| 19 | psychiatry. The producer has made other films |
| 20 | on similar lines, usually featuring Girish |
| 21 | Karnad as the problem-solving doctor. |
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| 24 | '''FILMOGRAPHY''': 1983: Antarala; 1984: |
| 25 | Ecology of the Western Ghats (Doc); Energy |
| 26 | (Doc); Smoking Tuna (Doc); 1985: Agantuka; |
| 27 | 1988: Kadina Benki; 1989: Prathama Usha |
| 28 | Kirana; 1992: Chamatkar; 1994: Aaghata |
| 29 | (also act.). |
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| 31 | [[Director]] |
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| 33 | [[Actor]] |