# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/puttanna-kanagal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:37:49.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/puttanna-kanagal"
name: "Puttanna Kanagal"
slug: "puttanna-kanagal"
description: "Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma, known popularly as S. R. Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is often considered one of Indian cinema's most influential filmmakers."
tagline: "Indian filmmaker (1933–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Puttanna_Kanagal.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-12-01"
deathDate: "1985-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             23.97305389221557
  historical:           8.161465333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "S.R. Puttanna Kanagal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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