

In 1994 his movie Halunda Tavaru was a blockbuster then same year he appeared in the hit film Zaalim again with Akshay Kumar throughout the 1990s he appeared in successful movies such as Habba and Jeevanadhi. It was a failure in Hindi but a success in Kannada. In 1993 he appeared in Hindi Kannada bilingual movie Vishnu Vijaya (In Hindi Ashant). In 1992 his Malayalam movie Kauravar with Mammootty was critically acclaimed. Next year in 1991 he appeared in Lion Jagapathi Rao by which he received an award. In 1990 his movie Muthina Haara costar with Suhasini Maniratnam (who earlier appeared with Vishnuvardhan in Bandhana) become Vishnuvardhan's one of the best movie. In 1989 his two movies Hrudaya Geethe and Deva were successful. However Qurbani (film) became the highest grosser of the year while Viduthalai (1986 film) was average at the box office. Starring Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Amjad Khan, Zeenat Aman, Shakti Kapoor and Aruna Irani. It was a remake of Bollywood Hindi language film Qurbani (film) released in 1980. Next year he appeared in multi-starrer cult film Viduthalai (1986 film) co-starring with Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Madhavi, Vijayakumar, R. The same year he appeared in Jeevana Chakra which was successful.

In 1985 he appeared again with Rajinikanth in the Tamil film Sri Raghavendrar. And in the same year he appeared in Bandhana. In 1984 he debuted in the Bollywood movie Ek Naya Iittihas which was critically acclaimed. In 1982 his movie Sahasa Simha became another Blockbuster and he also get the title Sahasa Simha. In 1978 he appeared in Hombisilu Later career and success (1981 - 1999) They went on to appear in more movies together. Those movies where Sahodarara Savaal, Kiladi Kittu and Galate Samsara. In 1977 he appeared in many movies but three of it were with Rajinikanth. In 1974 he appeared in Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu. Released in 1973, it was the highest-grossing Kannada movie of the year. Then he appeared along with Rajkumar in Gandhada Gudi. In his 37-year career, he played a variety of roles in more than 200 films. It was the first in Kannada film history to complete 100 days in three main theatres of Bangalore. His first lead role was in Naagarahaavu, directed by Puttanna Kanagal and based on a novel by T. Vishnuvardhan started his career with the National Award-winning movie Vamshavruksha (1972) directed by Girish Karnad based on the novel written by S. Vishnuvardhan along with actor Bhuvan Chandra, on the sets of his film Sirivantha in 2006 Early career and debut (1972 - 1980) They have adopted two children, Keerthi and Chandana. Vishnuvardhan married actress Bharathi on 17 February 1975 in Bangalore. He attended high school and obtained a degree from National College, Basavanagudi, Bangalore.

Vishnuvardhan was educated first in Mysore's Gopalswamy School and then at Bangalore's Kannada Model High School. His sister Rama was a Kathak dancer at the Mysore Palace, and brother Ravi was a child actor who appeared in the 1955 Tamil language and Kannada bilingual film Modala Thedi. His father was an artist, music composer and a screenwriter who was known for his collection of musical instruments. His ancestors are from Hallegere, Mandya district of Karnataka. He was also the story writer of the 1997 movie Ganesha I Love You directed by Phani Ramachandra. He was a martial artist, in an interview with The Hindu, he had said that it was the era of Bruce Lee and it was only Kamal Haasan and himself who had learnt martial arts in his generation. It is the longest road in Asia to be named after a celebrity. A road stretching 14.5 km from Banashankari Temple to Kengeri in Bengaluru was named after him. In 2008, a poll conducted by CNN-IBN listed Vishnuvardhan as the most popular star in the Kannada Film Industry. The last film of vishnuvardan is Aptarakshaka. He has played a variety of roles in different genres. The same year he played the lead role in Puttanna Kanagal's Naagarahaavu, and was recognized as 'The Angry Young Man of Kannada Cinema'. He made his debut in the 1972 film, Vamsha Vriksha, in a supporting role. He was called The Phoenix of Indian Cinema. He appeared in more than 220 films all together in Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu. Vishnuvardhan, was an Indian film actor predominantly in Kannada cinema. Sampath Kumar (18 September 1950 – 30 December 2009), known by his stage name Sahasa Simha Dr.
