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Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Varadaraju (1935 – 8 February 2006), also spelt Singanallor Puttaswamaiah Varadaraj and popularly known as Varadappa or S. P. Varadappa, was a Kannada actor and producer, who produced movies such as Bhootayyana Maga Aiyyu starring Vishnuvardhan and ''Hemavathi'' starring Udaykumar. He was an architect in shaping up ''Vajreshwari Combines'', one of the most successful banners in Kannada film industry, under which Parvathamma Rajkumar produced movies with Rajkumar, Shiv RajKumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, and Puneeth Rajkumar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Movies Produced – Vajreshwari Combines productions include the following movies )〕 ==Biography== He was born at Gajanur – situated in the Karnataka–Tamil Nadu border – to Singanalluru Puttaswamayya, a theatre-artist, and Lakshmamma as a second child; Rajkumar, a Kannada film icon, is his elder brother while Sharadamma (Nagamma) is his younger sister. He began his career as an actor part of ''Gubbi company'' (drama troupe) along with his father, elder brother – S.P. Muthuraj – popularly known as Rajkumar – and his younger sister. Later, he acted in couple of movies as a child artist in ''Makaranda'' and ''Krishnaleela''. As an adult, he played minor roles in Kannada movies such as ''Sarvagnamoorthy'' released in 1965, ''Satishakti'', and ''Dharma Vijaya'' released in 1959, in which his brother Rajkumar played a lead role. He produced ''Bhootayyana Maga Aiyyu'' and ''Hemavathi'' movies along with his friend – Chandulal Jain.〔 Varadappa(), after the success of Bedara Kannappa – starring Rajkumar – he stood behind his brother and his family when they settled in Chennai – then Madras; He remained a most trusted guide and friend to Rajkumar to the extent of his involvement in selection of stories for home productions – ''Vajreshwari Combines''. It is believed that without the efforts of Varadappa, Kannada filmdom would have missed out a great actor – Rajkumar.〔〔〔 It is said that, he was an integral part of Rajkumar and his family, and was responsible for the success of Rajkumar's films along with his sister-in-law Parvathamma Rajkumar.〔 He died at an age of 71 in Bangalore due to heart ailment on 8 February 2006.〔 An award on his name ''S.P. Varadaraju Awards'' has been instituted to honour the theatre personalities annually. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S. P. Varadappa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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