Girish Kasaravalli

Girish Kasaravalli is an Indian film director in the Kannada cinema and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema Known internationally for his works Kasaravalli has garnered fourteen National Film Awards including four Best Feature Films Ghatashraddha 1977 Tabarana Kathe 1986 Thaayi Saheba 1997 and Dweepa 2002 In 2011 he was awarded Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian award by Government of India