Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, better known as Dwarakish or Dwarakesh (born 19 August 1942), is an actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by the well known Kannada film maker C.V. Shivashankar.^{[citation needed]}

He is an actor, producer and director, who has given opportunities to artists, who were in dire straits. He is a good speaker and has appeared on debates organized by Udaya TV.^{[citation needed]}

Dwarakish was born on 19 Aug 1942. Shri. Bungle Shama Rao and Smt. Jayamma were his parents. Dwarakish was born in Hunusuru, grew up in Ittigegud, Mysore. He got his primary education in Sharada Vilas and Banumaiah's school, and he graduated from CPC Polytechnic with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. After completing his education, Dwarakish and his brother started an automotive spare parts business called "Bharath Auto Spares". You can still see this shop in Gandhi Square, Mysore. He was strongly attracted to acting and often asked his maternal uncle, a famous cinema director Hunusur Krishnamurthy, to give him a chance to act in movies. In 1963 he decided to quit business and start acting in movies.^{[citation needed]}