Renuka Sharma

{{Short description|Indian film director (1939–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Renuka Sharma | birth_date = 1939 | birth_place = | death_date = 5 May 2021 | death_place = Bangalore, India | occupation = Director }}

'''Renuka Sharma''' (1939 – 5 May 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Kannada filmmaker Renuka Sharma passes away due to Covid-19 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/kannada-filmmaker-renuka-sharma-passes-away-due-to-covid-19-982881.html |access-date=8 May 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=6 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was a director who worked in Kannada cinema. He was known for his mythological and historical films. He debuted as director with the film ''Anupama'' starring Anant Nag and Madhavi.

==Death== He died from COVID-19 on 5 May 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/kaviratna-kalidasa-fame-director-renuka-sharma-dies-of-covid/articleshow/82425795.cms|title = Kaviratna Kalidasa fame director Renuka Sharma dies of COVID|website = The Times of India| last1=Suresh | first1=Sunayana }}</ref>

==Films== *''Anupama'' (1981) *''Kaviratna Kalidasa'' (1983) *''Shabash Vikram'' (1985) *''Satkara'' (1986) *''Namma Ooru Devathe'' (1986) *''Anjada Gandu'' (1988) *''Kindari Jogi'' (1989) *''Sabarimala Sree Ayyappa'' (1990) *''Bharjari Gandu'' (1992) *''Prutviraj'' (1992) *''Hatamari Hennu Kiladi Gandu'' (1992) *''Kollura Sri Mookambika'' (1993) *'' Professor'' (1995) *''Mahasadhvi Mallamma'' (2005)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0788908}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Renuka}} Category:1939 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Indian film directors Category:Kannada film directors Category:20th-century Indian people Category:21st-century Indian people Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India