Madan Patel

Madan Patel is an Indian politician film director, producer, writer, actor and music director who works in Kannada-language films and State General secretary for KPCC

Madan Patel worked as an orchestra singer and managed an orchestra group.^[2] He made his debut as a lead actor with Andhra Hendthi (2000) co-starring Ramya Krishna. Regarding his performance, a critic wrote that "Madan Mallu (although a newcomer) has done a decent and good job of playing the role of a hero. His dialogue delivery is neat and pronunciation good. But his make-up is not upto the mark and he needs to improve it in his future movies".^[3] Madan Patel worked as a producer for the unreleased film Crazy Girls (2002), which was supposed to feature Shiva Rajkumar as a choreographer for one of the songs.^[4] He went on to star in Dayal Padmanabhan's Ok Saar Ok (2004).^[5][6] He directed and starred in Heegu Unte (2008), which got embroiled in controversy after he pointed a gun at a news photographer.^[7][8] He also directed Yarivaanu, based on the life of Nithyananda. The film, which was initially titled Satyanandha, also faced with controversy after Nithyananda filed a defamation suit.^[9][10][11] A Telugu remake was also partially shot and a Hindi remake was considered before both were dropped.^[12]

He was also active in politics and was the chief of the cultural cell of the Bharatiya Janatha Party.^[13] He acted in a movie Tamate directed by his son Mayur Patel.^[14][15] The film began production in 2019.^[16]

His brother is composer Shivamayya, who worked with him in Police Officers (2002).^[17] His son Mayur Patel collaborated with him in several films.^[13]

Source^[18][1]

• Madan Patel at IMDb