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B. V. Karanth
Shaping Kannada theatre and parallel cinema.
Vamsha Vriksha · Chomana Dudi
- Born
- 19 September 1929
- Birthplace
- Dakshina Kannada district
- Died
- 1 September 2002
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B. V. Karanth
B. V. Karanth was an Indian theatre practitioner, film director and composer. His career connected travelling drama companies, institutional theatre and cinema.
Early life
Training
Joined Gubbi Veeranna’s theatre company, studied in Banaras and graduated from the National School of Drama in 1962.
Career
- 1969–1972
Drama teaching
Taught at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Delhi.
- 1977
NSD director
Returned to lead the National School of Drama.
- 1989
Rangayana
Established the Mysore repertory.
Selected work
Vamsha Vriksha
Co-directed the film with Girish Karnad.
Chomana Dudi
A Kannada drama about caste and landlessness.
Rangayana
Led the Mysore theatre repertory’s early development.
Beyond work
Music
Trained in Hindustani music under Omkarnath Thakur.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Anirudh.k.varma. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.