personally felt that such notions were wrong. He was the first director of the Kannada Film Directors Association after its inception in 1984. Poonam Theatre in Jayanagar, Bangalore was renamed in his honor after his last film debuted there. In 2004, the theatre closed until reopening after a 2011 campaign supported by Baraguru Ramachandrappa, V. Manohar and the Democratic Youth Federation of India and was scheduled for demolition in July 2012 but later saved and remodeled. In June 2015, the 30th anniversary of his death was honored with an event organized by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy and guests and speakers included Ambareesh, Leelavathi, S. Shivaram, Jai Jagadish, Ashok, K. S. L. Swamy and Rajendra Singh Babu. Awards and honours Kanagal received three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and multiple Karnataka State Film Awards. Karnataka state honours film directors and various personalities with Puttanna Kanagal Award in his memory every year during the Karnataka State Awards function. List of awards and honours Filmfare Awards South National Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards Filmography References External links 1933 births 1985 deaths Hindi-language film directors 20th-century Indian film directors Kannada film directors Writers from Mysore Kannada screenwriters Filmfare Awards South winners Businesspeople from Mysore Film producers from Karnataka Film directors from Karnataka Artists from Mysore 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Kannada film cinematographers 20th-century Indian photographers Cinematographers from Karnataka Screenwriters from Karnataka Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners 20th-century Indian screenwriters