Gowda was born in
Saligrama to Appaji Gowda and Lakshmamma. He married Jayamma and has two sons. Jayamma is also a film producer who produced movies like
sevanthi sevanthi. Both of his sons,
Sri Murali and
Vijay Raghavendra, are film actors. His older sister,
Parvathamma Rajkumar, and his brothers, S. A. Govindaraj and S. A. Srinivas, are also producers in the Kannada film industry. He worked as
treasurer and
vice-president for
Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce - KFCC. ==Filmography==