His historical movies such as "Ranadheera Kanteerava" , "Immadi Pulikeshi" , "Sri Krishnadevaraya" and "Mayura" presented a populist version of Karnataka's history, focusing on the Karnataka kingdoms such as Mysore royalty , The Chalukyas, The Vijayanagara Empire and The Kadambas respectively - thereby making him the only Indian actor to have portrayed the role of four prominent kings of Indian history - Kanthirava Narasaraja I , Pulakeshin II , Krishnadevaraya and Mayurasharma . He also appeared as Bijjala II in "Jagajyothi Basveshwara" and as Raja Mallasarja in "Kittur Chennamma".