Documentary - Long
BV KARANTH: BABA
93 minutes / Kannada / EST / Documentary / India / 2012
Production Details
Producer : Films Division
Screenplay / Director / Editor / Executive Producer : Ramchandra PN
Camera : Sameer Mahajan
Sound : Santosh Kumar
Associate Director: Suresh Gujar
Production: Sushma PN, Ahalya Ballal.

Based on BV Karanth's Autobiography 'Illiralaare Allige Hogalaare' - complied by Vaidehi

Synopsis
From a tiny village in Babukodi near Mangalore in South India to the annals of the professional theatre in Mysore under the famous Gubbi Theatre Company to the musical tutelage in the Hindi speaking belt of North India of Benaras and then on to the national arena in New Delhi at the National School of Drama; and then hopping on tot he cultural bandwagon of Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal and returning back tot he roots in Mysore as the head of the Rangayana Theatre Repertory - a peep into the mind and journey through his own autobiography complied by well known Kannada language writer Vaidehi. 
Production Notes
This film has been made thanks to the efforts of a numerous students and admirers of BV Karanth who have been spread all over India. This film has been made with the active cooperation of The Babukodi Venkataramana Karnath Ranga Prathistana, a trust started by BV Karanth himself when he was alive. 
Film Festivals
Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2013
Screenings in drama venues all over India
Other Links
1. IMDB BVK - Page
2. A Promo - BVK
3. Buy DVD here. 
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