B.V. Karanth

Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth 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 One of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema Karanth was an alumnus of the National School of Drama 1962 and later its director He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1976 six National Film Awards and the civilian honor Padma Shri for his contributions towards the field of art