D. Shankar Singh is a director, writer and producer in Kannada cinema, credited on Jwala Mohini (1973).
D. Shankar Singh was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, exhibitor and a freedom fighter during the British rule in India. Singh, along with B. Vittalacharya co-founded the "Mahatma Pictures", a production venture in 1946, that has produced over a hundred Kannada films. The very first film to release under this banner was Krishnaleela in 1947. His first directorial project was Jaganmohini in 1951. The film is recorded in history as one of the first Kannada films to have screened for over 100 days in cinema halls.
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Filmography.
| Year | Film | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Jwala Mohini | Writer | Kannada |
| 1962 | Sri Dharmasthala Mahathme | Director · Producer | Kannada |
| 1961 | Bhakta Cheta | Producer | Kannada |
| 1961 | Raja Satyavrata | Director | Kannada |
| 1960 | Shivalinga Sakshi | Director · Producer | Kannada |
| 1955 | Aashadaboothi | Director | Kannada |
| 1955 | Gandarva Kanya | Director | Kannada |
| 1955 | Shivasharane Nambiyakka | Director | Kannada |
| 1954 | Madiddunnu Maharaya | Director | Kannada |
| 1954 | Muttidella Chinna | Director | Kannada |
| 1953 | Chanchal Kumari | Director | Kannada |
| 1953 | Dalalli | Director | Kannada |
| 1952 | Sri Srinivasa Kalyana | Director · Producer | Kannada |
| 1951 | Jaganmohini | Director | Kannada |
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