B V Karanth

B V Karanth (1929-2002) is a Kannada Music Director, Actor, Writer known for the movies Bannada Vesha(1988), Akramana(1980), Thabbaliyu Neenade Magane(1977)

Name	B V Karanth (ಬಾಬುಕೋಡಿ ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣ ಕಾರಂತ್)
Other Names	Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth
Date Of Birth	19 September 1929
Age	(Age at Death: 72 years 11 months 13 days)
Place Of Birth	Babukodi, Manchi, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
Date Of Death	1 September 2002
Place Of Death	Bangalore, Karnataka
Wife	Prema Karanth(m -2002)
Teacher	Omkarnath Thakur(music)
Biography he was director, actor and musician of modern Indian theatre both in Kannada as well as Hindi. He ran away from home and joined the legendary Gubbi Veeranna drama company where he worked alongside Rajkumar

Interesting Facts and Trivia

He is the recipient of National Film Award for Best Feature Film
He is the recipient of Many Karnataka state awards
In 1989, the Karnataka government invited him to set up a repertory in Mysore, which he named Rangayana and headed until 1995
B V Karanth along with his wife, Prema Karanth, Karanth set up "Benaka", one of Bangalore's oldest theatre groups. It is an acronym for Bengalooru Nagara Kalavidaru

List By:

1999	Kanooru Heggadithi[Music Director]
1991	Nakkala Rajakumari[Music Director]
1988	Bannada Vesha[Music Director]
1987	Avasthe[Actor]
1987	Beralge Koral[Music Director]
1983	Phaniyamma[Music Director]
1983	Adi Shankaracharya[Music Director]
1981	Mooru darigalu[Music Director]
1980	Akramana[Music Director]
1980	Vathsalya patha[Music Director]
1979	Arivu[Music Director]
1978	Geejagana Goodu[Music Director]
1978	Ondu Oorina Kathe[Music Director]
1977	Kakana Kote[Playback Singer]
1977	Kanneshwara Rama[Actor,Music Director]
1977	Rishya Shringa[Music Director]
1977	Thabbaliyu Neenade Magane[Director,Writer (Screenplay)]
1977	Ghatashraddha[Music Director]
1977	Kudure Motte[Music Director]
1975	Chomana Dudi[Director,Music Director]
1975	Hamsageethe[Actor,Background Music]
1973	Kaadu[Music Director,Art Director]
1972	Vamsha Vruksha[Actor,Director,Writer (Screenplay),Writer (Dialogue),]
1968	Chinnari Puttanna[Writer (story)]