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{{short description|Indian filmmaker, theatre personality}}
{{Infobox actor
| name = Kemparaj Urs
| image = Kemparaj Urs.jpeg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| birth_name = D. Kemparaj Urs
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1917|02|05}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chiloka.com/celebrity/kemparaj-urs|title=Celebrity Kemparaj Urs|website=chiloka.com}}</ref>
| birth_place = Kallahalli, [[Hunsur]] Taluk, [[Mysore State]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
| alma_mater =
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer|director|}}
| years_active = 1942–1964
| height =
| net_worth =
| spouse = T. N. Lalitha
| children = 3
| father = Devaraj Urs
| mother = Devirammanni
| family = [[D. Devaraj Urs]] (brother)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|5|18|1917|02|05|df=y}}
| awards =
| website =
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}}
'''D. Kemaparaj Urs''' (05 February, 1917 - 18 May, 1982), known as simply '''Kemparaj Urs''', was an Indian freedom fighter, actor, director and producer who worked mainly in the [[Kannada film industry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalkannada.com/2017/02/03/devaraj-urs-kemparaj-urs-birth-century-anniversary/|title=Kemparaj Urs birth anniversary|publisher=Digital Kannada.com|date=Feb 3, 2017}}</ref> His movies in 1940s and 1950s created an impact on the audience. Even before [[Rajkumar (actor)|Dr. Rajkumar]]'s arrival to the industry, Urs was already an established star. His elder brother [[D. Devaraj Urs]], served as the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]].

==Personal life==
Kemparaj Urs was born in Kallahalli, Hunsur taluk in Mysore to Devaraj Urs and Deveerammanni. His elder brother was D. Devaraj Urs.
Kemparaj was an English literature student. He married to his classmate ''Lalitha'' and had three daughters.
Urs aspired to be a doctor but inspired by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and joined freedom struggle and jailed even.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/Glorious-body-of-work/article17251809|title=Glorious body of work|publisher=The Hindu|date=Feb 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Urs met deyon of Kannada theatre [[Gubbi Veeranna]] and started playing in theatre plays in Gubbi company. In 1942, as an independent producer, Gubbi Veeranna made his first film [[Jeevana Nataka]] under his own banner ''Gubbi Films'', casting Kemparaj Urs as the male lead opposite to [[Shanta Hublikar]] and [[M. V. Rajamma]].<ref name="cl">{{cite web|title=History 15 - Jeevana Nataka - Gubbi Veeranna Independent Producer|url=http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3689-jeevana-nataka-gubbi-veeranna-independent-producer.html|publisher=chitraloka.com|accessdate=12 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815234440/http://www.chitraloka.com/history/3689-jeevana-nataka-gubbi-veeranna-independent-producer.html|archivedate=15 August 2013|date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
Then in 1947, he played the role ''Kamsa'' in the film [[Krishnaleela]] which was a hit. His biggest success was [[Raja Vikrama]] in 1951 which completed 25 weeks in single theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.udayavani.com/articles/web-focus/kannada-film-actor-kemparaj-urs|title=Kannada film actor Kemparaj Urs|publisher=Udayavani.com|date=Aug 1, 2019}}</ref>
He produced and directed a number of movies in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.
Urs also chaired the ''"Karnataka Film Development Board"''.

==Autobiography==
Kemparaj Urs has written an autobiography, "Aravattu Varshagalu"(Eng: ''Sixty years''), published in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mythicsociety.org/book/page/1166/|title=Autobiography of Kemparaj Urs|website=mythicsociety.org}}</ref>
==Death==
Kemparaj Urs died on 18 May 1982, surviving his wife and daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naanugauri.com/memoir-of-the-40s-kannada-actor-rajavrikrama-kemparaja-uras-by-shashidhar-chitradurga/|title=ಕೆಂಪರಾಜ ಅರಸ್ ಸ್ಮರಣೆ|publisher=NanuGowri.com|date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Title
! colspan="3" style="width:195px;"| Credited as
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:80px;"| Language
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:250px;" class="unsortable" | Role
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:250px;" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! style="width:65px;" | Director
! width=65 | Producer
! width=65 | Actor
|-
|1942
|''[[Jeevana Nataka]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| Mohan
| Debut film
|-
|1947
|''Mahananda''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
|
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Krishnaleela]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
| Kamsa
|
|-
|1948
|''Bhakta Ramadasa''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
| Badh Shaw
|
|-
|1950
|''Shiva Parvati''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
|
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Raja Vikrama]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada<br>Tamil
| Vikrama
|
|-
|1953
|''Srikrishna''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
|
|
|-
|1954
|''Karkottai''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
|
|-
|1954
|''Jaladurga''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
|
|
|-
|1957
|''Nala Damayanti''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada<br>Telugu<br>Tamil
|
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Azhagarmalai Kalvan]]''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}
| Tamil
|
|
|-
|1964
|''Nava Jeevana''
| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
| Kannada
|
|
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{IMDb Title|0882116}}
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1982 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:People from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Mysore district]]
[[Category:Kannada people]]

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