Girish Kasaravalli

Girish Kasaravalli was born on 3 December 1950 in Kesalur, near Thirthahalli, in Karnataka; his father loved yakshagana and his uncle K. V. Subbanna had founded a theatre troupe. He gave up pharmacy studies in Manipal for the film institute in Pune, which he left in 1975 with a gold medal. Regarded as the first craftsman of the new wave of Kannada cinema, he has received fourteen national awards and the Padma Shri in 2011.

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• CinemaThe Ritualಘಟಶ್ರಾದ್ಧGirish Kasaravalli · 1977Cinema