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Phani Ramachandra

Place of birth
Karnataka, India
Gender
Male
Movie credits
3
TV credits
0
Directing credits
8
Also known as (3)
  • H. S. Phani Ramachandra
  • H.S. Phani Ramchandra
  • H.S. Phani Ramachandra

Biography

**Phani Ramachandra** is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Kannada cinema and television. Widely celebrated as the master of clean, middle-class situational comedy, he played a defining role in shaping the family-entertainer landscape of Sandalwood during the late 1980s and 1990s. He made his directorial debut with the Vishnuvardhan-starrer *Doctor Krishna* (1989), which was both a critical and commercial triumph, winning the Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film. Ramachandra gained legendary status through his long and fruitful collaboration with actor…