{{short description|Indian actor (1927 - 2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Loknath | image = C.H.LokanathImg.jpg | caption = | years_active = 1969–2018 | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|8|14|df=y}} | birth_place =Bengaluru | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|31|1927|8|14|df=y}} | death_place = Bangalore | occupation = Actor | period = | subject = | influences = | influenced = | website = }}
'''C. H. Loknath''' (14 August 1927 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor who made more than 1000 Kannada plays and 650 films. Loknath is affectionately known as "Uncle Loknath" or "Uppinakayi" in the industry. His last performance was in a Star Suvarna Channel's TV series titled ''Priyadarshini''.
== Biography == Some of the characters he has played are Galileo in ''Galileo'', Rajaram in ''Aspota'', Dr. Faustus in ''Dr. Faustus'', Kakaji in ''Tanavu Ninnade Manavu Ninnade'', and Dushtabudhi in ''Chandrahasa''. His most famous films include ''Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu'', ''Collegu Ranga'', ''Naagarahaavu'', ''Katha Sangama'', ''Hosa Neeru'', ''Singapurinalli Raja Kulla'', ''Minchina Ota'' and ''Mane Mane Kathe''. He has also acted in one episode ("Sweets for Angels") of ''Malgudi Days''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-filmography/2875/1/loknath.html|title=Filmography|publisher=Oneindia|access-date=31 December 2018}}{{dead link|date=February 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
C. H. Loknath died after a brief illness on 31 December 2018, aged 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/veteran-kannada-actor-loknath-passes-away-lokanth-death-kannada-actor-dies-789022|title=Kannada actor Loknath passes away at 90; celebs mourn his death|last=Upadhyaya|first=Prakash|date=31 December 2018|website=International Business Times|publisher=IBT Media|language=english|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011162921/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/veteran-kannada-actor-loknath-passes-away-lokanth-death-kannada-actor-dies-789022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/veteran-kannada-actor-ch-loknath-dies-at-91-1420404-2018-12-31|title=Veteran Kannada actor CH Loknath dies at 91|last=Chennai|date=31 December 2018|website=India Today|publisher=Living Media|language=en|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{unreferenced section|date= January 2023}} {{cast listing| * 1970 – ''Samskaara'' * 1969 – ''Gejje Pooje'' * 1972 – ''Hrudaya Sangama'' * 1972 – ''Bangaarada Manushya'' * 1972 – ''Nagara Havu'' * 1974 – ''Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu'' * 1976 – ''Katha Sangama'' * 1977 – ''Kittu Puttu'' * 1978 – ''Kakana Kote'' * 1978 – ''Singaporenalli Raja Kulla'' * 1978 – ''Premayana''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premayana (1978) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/premayana-1978 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=chiloka.com}}</ref>...Colonel Rao * 1980 – ''Minchina Ota'' * 1980 – ''Aruna Raaga'' * 1981 – ''Edeyuru Siddalingeshwara Mahatme'' * 1985 – ''Karthavya'' * 1986 – ''Ee Jeeva Ninagagi'' * 1986 – ''Hosa Neeru'' * 1988 – ''Pushpaka Vimana'' * 1992 – ''Belliyappa Bangarappa'' * 1992 – ''Megha Mandara'' * 1994 – ''Chinna'' * 1995 – ''Thumbida Mane'' * 1995 – ''Beladingala Baale'' * 1997 – ''Ammavra Ganda'' * 1997 – ''Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda'' * 1999 – ''Premachari'' * 2000 – ''Bhoomi''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/kannada/review.php?id=6007573&ctid=5&cid=2427|title=Review: Bhoomi|work=Sify|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050118012538/http://sify.com/movies/kannada/review.php?id=6007573&ctid=5&cid=2427|archive-date=18 January 2005|access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref> * 2002 – ''Dakota Express'' * 2004 – ''Saradara'' * 2006 – ''Aishwarya'' * 2006 – ''Shubham'' * 2007 – ''Kaada Beladingalu'' * 2008 – ''Hani Hani'' * 2008 – ''Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu'' * 2009 – ''Prem Kahani'' * 2009 – ''Iniya'' * 2012 – ''AK 56'' * 2012 – ''Bheema Theeradalli'' * 2013 – ''Mahanadi'' * 2015 - ''Priyadarshini'' * 2016 – ''...Re'' }}
==Television series== *''Malgudi Days''
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|nm1130222}}
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Category:1927 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Indian male film actors Category:Kannada male actors Category:Kannada-language writers Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema Category:20th-century Indian male actors Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Category:21st-century Indian male actors Category:Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2013 Category:Karnataka State Film Award winners