Daisy Bopanna is a familiar face in regional films in all four South Indian languages, and she has also acted in a host of commercials and in one Hindi movie.
Bellave Narahari Sastri – The Dramatist of Yore
Bellave Narahari Sastri was a great dramatist and musician who defined and set the standards for professional playwriting in Kannada theatre.
The Social Activist and Actor – Bellary Raghava
Bellary Raghava was a gifted actor whose face and voice were well suited to the stage. He was a versatile performer and was involved in English, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi theatre.
The Actress of Yore – B Jayamma
B Jayamma was born in 1915 in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka. She started off as an artiste at a very young age, acting in the plays produced by Gubbi Veeranna Nataka Company which was also based in Karnataka.
A Designer With a Difference – Arati Monappa
Arati Monappa started her career as a designer from Ahmedabad. Thoroughly natural and instinctive is how one can identify Arati Monappa’s designs
The Swashbuckling Superstar – Aiyudda Robin Uthappa
Robin Uthappa is a versatile cricketer. with his hard hitting aggressive style of batting, has won the hearts of cricket fans in the Indian subcontinent.
Adya Rangacharya – An Eminent Theatre Personality
Adya Rangacharya, a novelist, scholar, actor, dramatist, director and a renowned scholar contributed his entire life to Kannada theatre, becoming a cultural icon of his times.
A. V. Varadachar – The Doyen of Kannada Theatre
A. V. Varadachar, a contemporary of Bellave Narahari Sastri, was one of the foremost playwrights in the gestation period of Kannada literature. His Early Life Born in 1869 to a family of Brahmin civil servants, A. V. Varadachar was a person with an attractive physique and a good voice. He never had any formal training […]
The King of Good Times – Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is one of the most recognized Indian businessmen in the world, and he’s well known for his flamboyant persona and his penchant for doing everything in a supremely glamorous way. The stylish business tycoon and liquor baron is one of India’s billionaires, and he has tested his feet in every possible field and […]
An Actor and Visionary – Shankar Nag
Shankar Nag was a famous Kannada actor and director, who acted in around 90 Kannada movies, in a career spanning 12 years from 1978 to 1990. A Short Biography Shankar Nagarkatte, better known as Shankar Nag, was born to a Konkan speaking Brahmin family on November 9, 1954, to Sadanand and Anandi Nagarkatte. After finishing […]