# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/honnappa-bhagavathar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:27:00.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/honnappa-bhagavathar"
name: "Honnappa Bhagavathar"
slug: "honnappa-bhagavathar"
description: "Chowdasandra Honnappa Bhagavathar was an Indian theatre and film actor, producer, musician and singer. He was best known as a singer and as one of the pioneers of Kannada cinema. He was also active in Tamil cinema. Bhagvathar is known for bringing actress Saroja Devi into the industry. His son Bharath was also an actor who worked in Kannada films and serials."
tagline: "Actor, singer and composer (1915-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Honnappa_Bhagavathar_1948.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1915-01-14"
deathDate: "1992-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.549425333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1201989/"
    handle:    "nm1201989"
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xonappa_Bhagavatar"
    title: "Xonappa Bhagavatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هوناپا بهاجايڤاثار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honnappa_Bhagavathar"
    title: "Honnappa Bhagavathar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಹೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಭಾಗವತರ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கொன்னப்ப பாகவதர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "ہوناپا بھاگوتھر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16013801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147192"
    title: "Honnappa Bhagavathar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump