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Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth (Kannada: ಬಾಬುಕೋಡಿ ವೆಂಕಟರಮಣ ಕಾರಂತ) (19 September 1929 – 1 September 2002) widely known as B. V. Karanth was an Indian film director, playwright, actor, screenwriter, composer, and dramatist known for his works in the Kannada theatre, Kannada cinema, and Hindi cinema.
Sep 27, 2011 · Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth was awarded the Padma Shri in 1981 in recognition of his yeoman services to theater, both in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. His legacy to the world of performing arts includes premier institutions like the Bharat Bhavan and Rangayana.
Sep 19, 2019 · National Award-winner, former director of the National School of Drama, director, musician, actor, writer and more – B.V. Karanth donned multiple hats in his lifetime and will always be remembered for his invaluable contribution to each of those fields.
Oct 10, 2002 · B.V. Karanth, a giant of contemporary Indian theatre, died in Bangalore on September 1 of complications arising from prostate cancer.
B.V.Karanth was largely responsible for starting the new theatre movement in Madhya Pradesh. As director of the NSD, at the invitation of the Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, he had organised a training-cum-production camp in 1973.
Jun 30, 1986 · Tragically, it was the only show put up by renowned theatre personality, B.V. Karanth, that the city of Bhopal lapped up. As head of Bharat Bhavan, the high-profile government-sponsored centre for the arts, Karanth was considered too avant garde and too intellectual for the small-town audience.
Feb 15, 1987 · Renowned theatre personality B.V. Karanth, charged last May with the attempted murder of his colleague and alleged confidante, actress Vibha Mishra, is back in prison.
