Dwarakish

Dwarakesh is a popular Kannada producer and comedy actor. Dwarakesh started his production company; "Dwarakesh Chitra" in 1969. His first production was "Mayor Muthanna" with the Kannada cine icon Rajkumar as the hero; which was a silver jubilee hit. Thereafter he produced 47 movies under his banner. He made a dozen movies with Kannada superstar Vishnuvardhan during the 1974-1986 period; most of them being huge hits.

However, since then, he could not get even one hit till Apthamithra (2004) had arrived. True to the movie's name, it turned out to be a friend in need, as it made a huge amount of money at the box office that helped him clear all the debts which he had incurred due to those loss-making movies. It also marked the re-arrival of the successful team of Vishnuvardhan and Dwarakesh and it was late...