# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kashinath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:00:36.480Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kashinath"
name: "Kashinath"
slug: "kashinath"
description: "Kashinatha Hathwara  was an Indian actor and filmmaker who primarily worked in Kannada films. He also worked in Bollywood remakes of his films. With a career spanning over three decades, Kashinath acted in or directed over 40 films, usually comedies. He is credited for introducing new talents such as actor Upendra, musician V. Manohar, and director Sunil Kumar Desai, alongside many other technicians who went on to become successful in the Kannada film industry."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/95/Kashinath-actor-pic.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-05-08"
deathDate: "2018-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.17
  momentum:             5.062589043926523
  historical:           6.031037333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1134580/"
    handle:    "nm1134580"
sources:
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "காசிநாத் (நடிகர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AB"
    title: "كاشيناث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashinath_(actor)"
    title: "Kashinath (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "کاشینات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A5%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಕಾಶೀನಾಥ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%85"
    title: "Кашинатх"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6374328"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4333557"
    title: "Kashinath"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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