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Without stepping into politics, the Kannada matinee idol was able to make a mark when he volunteered to lead the Gokak movement, which demanded primacy for the Kannada language in education and employment. He said his participation was necessary and he could make a positive contribution,'' Raghavendra recalled his father as saying. However, when he was asked to join the Gokak movement, he was glad to participate. But the purpose for seeking him was to use him as a weapon. вЂњHe told me that if the intention behind asking him to contest was so that he could make a positive contribution in politics, he would have considered contesting. Sharing his father's words with a section of the media, Raghavendra said the actor had undergone knee surgery and was convalescing when he called him into the hospital room. Years later, Rajkumar is said to have explained to his son Raghavendra as to why he went into hiding in 1978. But GitaвЂ™s decision to join politics was seen as following in her father and former Chief Minister S BangarappaвЂ™s footsteps. The only time the Rajkumar family saw active participation in politics was when the veteran iconвЂ™s daughter-in-law Gita вЂ“ the wife of his son Shiva Rajkumar вЂ“ contested against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa for the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat in 2014. вЂњOnce the deadline for filing nominations was over, Rajkumar came out of hiding,вЂќ the filmmaker said. The owner of the farmhouse wondered what this person would do for food, since the farmhouse was located some distance from Ranipet town.Д«hagavan said that every day, someone from Ranipet would go by bus to the farmhouse with bread and food packets picked up on the way, and deliver it for Rajkumar. вЂњIt was a vacant farmhouse, and the owner was told it was being rented by a person who wanted to write,вЂќ said Bhagavan.

They did not spare the toilets and even looked behind the curtains and searched my theatre on the first floor,'' he said.Д«ut Rajkumar was in another state - he was hiding in a farmhouse near Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, which lies nearly 100 km from Chennai. вЂњThe Janata Party members searched my house from top to bottom in Bengaluru. Noted filmmaker SK Bhagavan (part of the Dorai- Bhagavan duo) and a close associate of Rajkumar told TNM that the Janata Party went looking for him everywhere, including in the filmmaker's home. The Janata Party wanted to field him as a candidate against Congress supremo and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the Chikkamagaluru constituency.

In fact, he went so far to avoid being pulled into politics before the 1978 Lok Sabha bye-polls in Karnataka, that he went into hiding. In the 70s and 80s, when noted film actors like MG Ramachandran in Tamil Nadu, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) in the then united Andhra Pradesh, and even Amitabh Bachchan were entering politics, Rajkumar stood his ground.

He was never swayed, even when political leaders hounded him to get his backing. The humble man always steered clear of politics.

#Kannada old actors movie

The reason behind this may lie in the lessons learned from his father, the Kannada movie icon Dr Rajkumar.