S. Narayan
S. Narayan in 2000 filmNannavalu Nannavalu
Born	(1962-06-05)5 June 1962 (age 63)
Occupation(s)	Film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, composer, lyricist,
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Bhagyavati Narayan
Children	3, including Pankaj Narayan

S. Narayan (born 5 June 1962)^[1] is an Indian filmmaker, actor and lyricist ofKannada films.^[2][3] AfterSingeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to directDr. Rajkumar and all his three sons.^[4] He has given many hits withDr. Vishnuvardhan, some of which were remake films.

After assisting H. R. Bharghava, Raj Kishore and A. T. Raghu, Narayan made his directorial debut with the romantic dramaChaitrada Premanjali (1992), with newcomers. The film, which featured a successful soundtrack by Hamsalekha became a musical hit at the box office. He then went on to direct similar themed romantic films such asAnuragada Alegalu (1992),Megha Maale (1994), and also successful family dramas likeThavarina Thottilu andBevu Bella. Throughout the 2000s, he directed mostly remakes, such asSurya Vamsha,Simhadriya Simha, andCheluvina Chittara. In 2015, he directedDaksha, starring Duniya Vijay, which was completely shot in single takes.^[5] In 2016, he was supposed to direct a project calledJD, starring Jagadish Gowda andDictator with Huccha Venkat; both got shelved after launch.^[6][7] He directedNa Panta Kano andManasu Mallige, a remake of the Marathi filmSairat.

Year	Title	Credited as				Notes	Ref.
		Director	Producer	Writer	Music director
1992	Chaitrada Premanjali
	Nanjunda			Screenplay
1993	Anuragada Alegalu
	Bevu Bella
	Captain
1994	Megha Maale
	Kaveri Teeradalli
1995	Nighaata
1996	Thavarina Thottilu			Screenplay
	Vasanta Kavya			Screenplay
	Gulabi			Screenplay
1997	Taayi Kotta Seere			Screenplay
	Kalyani
	Mahabharata			Screenplay
1998	Bhama Satyabhama
1999	Veerappa Nayaka
	Ravimama			Screenplay
	Surya Vamsha			Screenplay
2000	Shabdavedhi			Screenplay
	Galate Aliyandru			Screenplay
	Nannavalu Nannavalu
2001	Anjali Geetanjali
	Baanallu Neene Bhuviyallu Neene			Screenplay			[8]
2002	Vamshakobba
	Jamindarru
	Simhadriya Simha			Screenplay
2003	Pakka Chukka				Songs
	Chandra Chakori					Won –Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
2004	Jai					Tamil film
	Maurya			Screenplay
2005	Varsha			Screenplay
2006	Veeru						[9]
	Sevanthi Sevanthi
	Sirivantha			Screenplay			[10]
2007	Thayiya Madilu
	Cheluvina Chittara			Screenplay
	Chanda						[11]
2008	Chaitrada Chandrama
2009	Chickpete Sachagalu
	Chellidharu Sampigeya			Screenplay
	Cheluvina Chilipili						[12]
2010	Thipparalli Tharlegalu
	Veera Parampare			Screenplay	Songs		[13]
2011	Dushtaa						[14]
	Shyloo			Screenplay
2012	Munjane						[15]
2013	Chathrigalu Saar Chathrigalu			Screenplay			[16]
	Appayya						[17]
2015	Daksha
2017	Manasu Mallige					One song only
	Naa Panta Kano
2024	5D
2025	Marutha

• Parvathi^[18]
• Ambika^[18]
• Durga^[18]

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