Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (1891-1986) is a Kannada Writer known for the movies Kakana Kote(1977)

TitlesSrinivasa
Other NamesDr Masthi Venkatesh Iyengar, Maasthi Venkatesa Iyengar
Date Of Birth6 June 1891
Age(Age at Death: 95 years 0 months 0 days)
Place Of BirthMaasti, Hongenahalli, Malur, Kolar, Karnataka
Date Of Death6 June 1986
Occupation District Commissioner, professor, writer
Wiki Pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masti_Venkatesha_Iyengar
Biography
Maasthi Venkatesa Iyengar was a well known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly referred to as Maasti Kannadada Aasti which means Maasti is Kannada's Treasure. He is most renowned for his short stories. He wrote under the pen name Srinivasa. He was honoured with the title Rajasevasakta by then Maharaja of Mysore Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadeyar.

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar: Filmography (1)

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1977 Kakana Kote[Writer (Play),Writer (Lyrics)]