Lokesh

Lokesh
Lokesh
Born	Madapura Subbaiah Naidu Lokanatha Naidu; 19 May 1947; Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died	14 October 2004 (aged 57); Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Actor, Director and producer
Spouse	Girija
Children	Srujan Lokesh (Son) ; Pooja Lokesh (Shilpa) (Daughter)
Parent(s)	Subbaiah Naidu (father), Venkatamma (mother)

Lokesh (Kannada pronunciation: [loːkeːʃ]; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada cinema.

Career

Lokesh made his film debut in the 1958 film Bhakta Prahlada. He had thrice won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor during his career, for Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu (1974), for Parasangada Gendethimma (1978) and for Banker Margayya (1984).

Filmography

Films

All films are in Kannada unless otherwise noted.

List of film credits
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Bhakta Prahlada	Prahlada
1968	Adda Dari
1974	Kaadu	Shivaganga
1974	Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu	Ayyu
1975	Ninagagi Nanu
	Devara Kannu	Dr. Ramesh
	Ellorum Nallavare		Tamil film
	Andaroo Manchivare	Seshu	Telugu film
1976	Ek Gaon Ki Kahani	Gangaram	Hindi film
	Punardattha	Lakshmana
	Parivarthane
1977	Kakana Kote	Kaka Nayaka
1978	Vamsha Jyothi	Sharada's boss
	Nanna Prayaschittha	Ramkumar
	Suli
	Parasangada Gendethimma	Gendethimma
1979	Adalu Badalu	Inspector Murali
	Bhoolokadalli Yamaraja
	Muyyi
	Kamala
	Daaha
	Chandanada Gombe	Chinobha
	Mallige Sampige
	Manini
1980	Bhaktha Siriyala
	Haddina Kannu	Rudra
	Hunnimeya Rathriyalli
	Ellindalo Bandavaru
	Jari Bidda Jana
	Pattanakke Banda Pathniyaru
	Nari Swargakke Dari
1981	Sangeetha
	Yava Hoovu Yara Mudigo
	Avali Javali
	Bhoomige Banda Bhagavantha	Ranga
	Yedeyuru Siddalingeshwara
	Rudri
1982	Archana
	Adrushtavantha
	Jimmy Gallu	Ganesha
	Betthale Seve	Thippga
1983	Devara Theerpu
	Banker Margayya	Margayya
	Ibbani Karagithu	Raghu
	Karune Illada Kanoonu
1984	Onti Dhwani
	Hennina Sowbhagya	Anand Rao
	Mooru Janma
1985	Shwetha Gulabi	Govardhan
	Savira Sullu	Na. Ra. Da. Naidu
	Mavano Aliyano
	Shiva Kotta Sowbhagya
1986	Lancha Lancha Lancha
1987	Premaloka	Ravi's father
	Sangrama
	Thayi Kotta Thali
	Surya
1988	Ranadheera	IGP Jagannath
1989	Madhuri
	Sankranthi
	Kindari Jogi	Doddmane Rudrappa
1990	Aasegobba Meesegobba	Bhavanishankar
1990	Anukoolakkobba Ganda
1991	Bhujangayyana Dashavathara	Bhujangayya
	Ramachaari
	Veerappan	Nayakan
	Hosamane Aliya
1992	Chaitrada Premanjali	Seenappa
	Ksheera Sagara
	Gopi Krishna	Kothi Kodanda
	Guru Brahma
	Baa Nanna Preethisu
	Bharjari Gandu
	Mavanige Takka Aliya
1993	Angaili Apsare
	Gundana Maduve
	Alimayya
	Shrungara Raja
	Bevu Bella
1994	Chinna Nee Naguthiru
	Lockup Death	Asha's Father
	Yarigu Helbedi	Rama Rao
	Mahashakthi Maye
	Poorna Sathya
	Panjarada Gili
1995	Putnanja	Roja's Father
	Mojugara Sogasugara	Bhoopathi Rao
	Madhura Maithri
	Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai	Panchakshara Gawai
	Putmalli
1996	Karpoorada Gombe
	Shiva Leele
	Sthree
1997	Ee Hrudaya Ninagagi
	Mavana Magalu
	Kodagina Kaveri
	Halliyadarenu Shiva
	Bhoomigeetha	Lingaiah
	Mungarina Minchu	Indu's Grandfather
	Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi
1998	Kurubana Rani
	Mr. Puttaswamy
	Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga	Kallanna
	Preethsod Thappa	Sathya
	Thayiya Runa
1999	Coolie Raja
1999	Patela
2000	Krishnarjuna
2001	Gatti Mela
	Nanna Preethiya Hudugi	"Maduve" Manjaiah
	Rusthum
2002	Boothayyana Makkalu
	Ninne Preethisuve		Guest appearance
	Punjabi House
2003	Nanjundi
2003	Shravana Sambhrama

Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards

1973–74: Best Actor – Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu
1978–79: Best Actor – Parasangada Gendethimma
1983–84: Best Actor – Banker Margayya

Filmfare Awards South

1974: Best Actor – Kannada – Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu
1980: Best Actor – Kannada – Ellindalo Bandavaru
1991: Best Director – Kannada – Bhujangayyana Dashavathara

Aryabhata Film Awards

1997: Best Supporting actor – Mungarina Minchu

References

↑ "A 'Parasanga' comes to an end". Deccan Herald. 24 October 2004. Archived from the original on 29 November 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
↑ "Legendary actor, director Lokesh passes away".
↑ "Only bitten, not bitter". Deccan herald. 22 November 1998. Archived from the original on 20 April 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
↑ "28th Filmfare Awards South Winners".
↑ "Seven awards for Nagamandala". Deccan Herald. 15 May 1998. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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[1] "A 'Parasanga' comes to an end". Deccan Herald. 24 October 2004. Archived from the original on 29 November 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

[2] "Legendary actor, director Lokesh passes away".

[3] "Only bitten, not bitter". Deccan herald. 22 November 1998. Archived from the original on 20 April 1999. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[4] "28th Filmfare Awards South Winners".

[5] "Seven awards for Nagamandala". Deccan Herald. 15 May 1998. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor
1967–1980	Rajkumar (1967) R. Nagendra Rao (1968) B. R. Panthulu (1969) Rajkumar (1970) Venkata Rao Thalegeri (1971) Vishnuvardhan (1972) Lokesh (1973) Rajkumar (1974) M. V. Vasudeva Rao (1975) Rajkumar (1976) Vishnuvardhan (1977) Lokesh (1978) Anant Nag (1979) Srinath (1980)
1981–2000	Rajkumar (1981) Rajkumar (1982) Lokesh (1983) Vishnuvardhan (1984) Anant Nag (1985) Charuhasan (1986) Anant Nag (1987) Rajkumar (1988) Sridhar (1989) Vishnuvardhan (1990) Devaraj (1991) Rajkumar (1992) Rajkumar (1993) Anant Nag (1994) Shiva Rajkumar (1995) Ramesh Aravind (1996) Vishnuvardhan (1997) Vishnuvardhan & Ramesh Aravind (1998) Shiva Rajkumar (1999) H. G. Dattatreya (2000)
2001–2020	V. Ravichandran (2001) Sudeepa (2002) Shiva Rajkumar (2003) Sri Murali (2004) Shiva Rajkumar (2005) Duniya Vijay (2006) Puneeth Rajkumar (2007) Yogesh (2008) Vishnuvardhan (2009) Puneeth Rajkumar (2010) Arjun Sarja (2011) Darshan (2012) Nikhil Manju (2013) Sanchari Vijay (2014) Vijay Raghavendra (2015) Achyuth Kumar (2016) Vishruth Naik (2017) Raghavendra Rajkumar (2018) Sudeepa (2019) Prajwal Devaraj (2020)
2021–present	Rakshit Shetty (2021)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actor
1972–1989	Venkata Rao Talegiri (1972) Dr. Rajkumar (1973) Lokesh (1974) Dr. Rajkumar (1975) Srinath (1976) Maanu (1977) Dr. Rajkumar (1978) Anant Nag (1979) Lokesh (1980) Dr. Rajkumar (1981) Anant Nag (1982) Girish Karnad (1983) Dr. Rajkumar (1984) Dr. Rajkumar (1985) Dr. Rajkumar (1986) Kamal Haasan (1987) Vishnuvardhan (1988) Anant Nag (1989)
1990–2009	Anant Nag (1990) Anant Nag (1991) Charuhasan (1992) Dr. Rajkumar (1993) Unknown (1994) Shiva Rajkumar (1995) Shiva Rajkumar (1996) Ramesh Aravind (1997) Ramesh Aravind (1998) Shiva Rajkumar (1999) Vishnuvardhan (2000) Sudeepa (2001) Sudeepa (2002) Sudeepa (2003) Vishnuvardhan (2004) Prem Kumar (2005) Puneeth Rajkumar (2006) Duniya Vijay (2007) Ganesh (2008) Ganesh (2009)
2010–present	Shiva Rajkumar (2010) Puneeth Rajkumar (2011) Darshan (2012) Prem Kumar (2013) Yash (2014) Puneeth Rajkumar (2015) Anant Nag (2016) Puneeth Rajkumar (2017) Yash (2018) Dhananjaya (2020–2021) Rishab Shetty (2022) Rakshit Shetty (2023) Sriimurali (2024)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Director
1972–1990	B. V. Karanth & Girish Karnad (1972) Puttanna Kanagal (1973) Girish Karnad (1974) B. V. Karanth (1975) G. V. Iyer (1976) K. S. Prakash Rao (1977) Girish Karnad (1978) Puttanna Kanagal (1979) Shankar Nag (1980) Puttanna Kanagal (1981) M. S. Sathyu (1982) Prema Karanth (1983) Kashinath (1984) N. Lakshmi Narayan (1985) K. V. Jayaram (1986) Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1987) Dinesh Baboo (1988) Sunil Kumar Desai (1989) Suresh Heblikar (1990)
1991–2010	Lokesh (1991) T. S. Nagabharana (1992) Rajendra Singh Babu (1993) Rajendra Singh Babu (1994) Sunil Kumar Desai (1995) T. S. Nagabharana (1996) T. S. Nagabharana (1997) Girish Kasaravalli (1998) Upendra (1999) Sunil Kumar Desai (2000) Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar (2001) Girish Kasaravalli (2002) P. A. Arun Prasad (2003) P. Vasu (2004) Ratnaja (2005) Indrajit Lankesh (2006) K. M. Chaitanya (2007) Shashank (2008) Guruprasad (2009) Girish Kasaravalli (2010)
2011–present	Jayathirtha (2011) Vijaya Prasad (2012) Pawan Kumar (2013) Rakshit Shetty (2014) Anup Bhandari (2015) Rishab Shetty (2016) Tharun Sudhir (2017) Mansore (2018) Raj B. Shetty (2020–2021) Kiranraj K. (2022) Hemanth M. Rao (2023) Prithvi Konanur (2024)

Lokesh

Born	Madapura Subbaiah Naidu Lokanatha Naidu (1947-05-19)19 May 1947 Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died	14 October 2004(2004-10-14) (aged 57) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Actor, Director and producer
Spouse	Girija
Children	Srujan Lokesh (Son) Pooja Lokesh (Shilpa) (Daughter)
Parent(s)	Subbaiah Naidu (father), Venkatamma (mother)