Veteran Kannada Producer KCN Chandrashekhar Passes Away At 69 Due To Multi-Organ Failure
Karnataka’s legendary film producer KCN Chandrashekhar, whose family banner – KCN Movies – had produced a large number of cult classic movies and delivered blockbusters, passed away due to multi-organ failures. He was 69.
Chandrashekhar, was the son of the legendary producer late KCN Gowda, who had founded the KCN Movies, after successfully building iconic movie theatres projects like – Navarang and Urvashi here.
Carrying forward his family’s tradition started by his father, KCN Chandrashekhar too continued to produce iconic movies including some of the late Kannada thespian’s Dr Rajkumar’s best works like Babruvahana.
The producer was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru where he was undergoing treatment. He died due to multiple organ failure on Sunday, according to family sources. Chandrashekhar’s final rites were conducted at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning.
KCN Chandrashekhar had also served as the https://www.koimoi.com/south-indian-cinema/kgf-star-yash-donates-more-than-1-5-crores-to-kannada-film-fraternity-pens-a-heartfelt-note/president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) and the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC).
Condoling Chandrashekar’s demise, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that the Kannada film industry has lost a great filmmaker and prayed for his soul to rest in peace. Actor and activist Chetan Kumar also condoled the death of the ace producer and wrote, “Producer KCN Chandrashekar had passed away. In 1977 his banner produced popular film ‘Babruvahana’. When I was 4-yers-old, I enacted legendary dialogue between father-son Arjuna & #Babruvahana across US. Chandrashekar was kind, hospitable whenever we spoke. We will miss him.”
