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{{Infobox person
| name = Gangadhar
| birth_name = Rajendra Kumar
| image = Gangadhar-actor-img.jpg
| imagesize = 180px
| birth_place =
| birth_date = 7 September 1938
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2003|12|27}}<ref name="hindu.com">[http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/29/stories/2003122906960400.htm Yesteryear actor Gangadhar dead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109075121/http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/29/stories/2003122906960400.htm |date=9 November 2012 }} [[The Hindu]]</ref>
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]<ref name="hindu.com"/>
| othername =
}}
'''Gangadhar''' (1938 to 2003) was an [[India]]n actor in the [[Kannada film industry]] and one of the lead actor in 1970s. He acted in over 80 films including ''[[Sharapanjara]]''.<ref name="chitraloka.com">[http://www.chitraloka.com/sections/stock_shots/flashback_gangadhar.shtm Gangadhar no more ]</ref>

==Career==
Gangadhar studied Diploma in Mechanical.{{clarify|date=October 2020}}. In HAL, he staged plays like Samsare Nauke, Echamanayaka and Vijayotsava. He met [[G. V. Iyer]] and was selected for ‘Chowkada Deepa’ of Sharada Films in 1969.<ref name="chitraloka.com"/> He shot to fame with ''[[Gejje Pooje]]'' directed by [[Puttanna Kanagal]].<ref name="hindu.com"/> His other notable films were ''Sharapanjara'', ''Nanna Tamma'', ''Bhale Adrushtavo Adrushta'' and ''Aliya Geleya''. He won several awards including the [[Rajyotsava Award]].<ref name="hindu.com"/>

==Death==
Gangadhar died on 27 December 2003 after prolonged illness. He was 65 and is survived by his wife and two sons.<ref name="hindu.com"/>

==Partial filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Lagna Pathrike]]'' ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Gejje Pooje]]'' || Somu ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Seetha (1970 film)|Seetha]]'' || Ramnath ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Nanna Thamma]]'' || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Kalyani (1971 film)|Kalyani]]'' || ||
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sotu Geddavalu]]'' ||
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Sharapanjara]]'' || Sathish ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Bandhavya]]'' ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Yaava Janmada Maitri]]'' || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Bhale Adrustavo Adrusta]]'' ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Subhadra Kalyana]]'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Katha Sangama]]'' || Chennappa ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Baalu Jenu]]'' || Ravi ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Bangarada Gudi]]'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Bhakta Prahlada (1983 film)|Bhakta Prahlada]]'' || [[Indra]] ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Central Rowdy'' || ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Aata Hudugata'' || ||
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm0304309}}
* {{cite web |title=Gangadhar Dead |url=http://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3159-gangadhar-dead.html |website=Chitraloka |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=http://web-old.archive.org/web/20140328042618/http://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3159-gangadhar-dead.html |archive-date=28 March 2014 |date=28 December 2003}}

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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Bangalore]]
[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada theatre]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2003]]

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