Bangaarada Panjara [SEP] director
Bangaarada Panjara
Bangaarada Panjara ( English: Golden Cage) is a 1974 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by V. Somashekhar and starring Rajkumar in the lead role. The supporting cast features Aarathi, K. S. Ashwath, Pandari Bai and Lokanath. The movie saw a theatrical run of 25 weeks. 
The core plot of the movie is thematically similar to 1972 Marathi movie "Ekta Jeev Sadashiv" starring Dada Kondke and was later used in the Hindi movie "Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain".
Cast.
- Rajkumar
Rao, N. G. Rajan, Y. R. Swamy, Ramamurthy and Babu Rao.
Somashekhar started out as an independent director with the 1974 film "Bangaarada Panjara" starring Rajkumar in the lead role. The film was a commercial success. Collaborating with Rajkumar, he followed this up with other hit films such as "Premada Kanike" (1976), "Shankar Guru" (1978), "Thayige Thakka Maga" (1978) and "Parashuram" (1989).
He was instrumental in building the career of