Early life of Indrajit Lankesh
Born in Shimoga, Indrajit was raised in Bangalore. He did his schooling at Kumarans and College in ''St. Joseph College'' Bangalore. Indrajit played cricket for Karnataka State Junior Level and South Zone Junior level, moving on to represent 1st division Karnataka League. They were champions then. Indrajit excelled at his sports and was awarded the ''Best Wicket-keeper Award'' by C Nagaraj -the then Secretary of Karnataka State Cricket Association. He as a sportsman and son of an iconic writer, journalist P. Lankesh, started a Kannada sports weekly –All-rounder. It grew to be the highest selling Sports Weekly in Karnataka with a readership of 500,000.Lankesh Patrike
Lankesh Patrike is an Indian vernacular weekly published in Kannada language from Bengaluru, Karnataka. The weekly newspaper was started by his father, P.Lankesh, in 1980—along the lines ofDirector
Lankesh began his career as a director in 2001. His debut film, Thuntata, was an Aniruddh – Rekha Vedavyas- Chaya Singh starrer, which won him the V. Shantaram Award for Best Debutant Director, along with the Shankarnag Award for the same. Following the success of Thuntata, Lankesh came up with a real-life incident based film ''Lankesh Patrike''. Darshan and singer-turned-actor Vasundhara Das featured in this film. In 2004, Lankesh directed the film ''Monalisa'' starring Dhyan and Sadha in the lead roles. This film brought him to the limelight again and he received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director and Best Film. Monalisa had a successful run of 25 weeks across Karnataka. The film was one of the first Kannada films to be screened in the Multiplexes. The film ''Monalisa'' also had a rare distinction of being dubbed in all South Indian languages. In 2006, he directed the filmReligion work and others
Indrajit Lankesh belongs to a majority Veerashaiva Lingayat community in Karnataka. He is very active and committed to Veerashaiva Lingayat united religious movement. He is a role model to a lot of youngsters by inspiring them in his committed effort to keep the Veerashaiva Lingayat Dharma united. He participated in a huge rally under the leadership of the Panchapeeta Sri Jagadguru from Rambapuri, Ujjain, Shreeshaila and Kashi. Indrajit Lankesh gave an inspiring speech in front of 500,000 audience gathered across India. Indrajit Lankesh had also organized a huge function ''"Leaders in the footsteps of Basavanna"'' in Town Hall in Bangalore in 2017. Former chief minister Mr B.S. Yeddiyurappa presided over the function along with Veerashaiva Lingayat pontiffs Sri Sri Sirigere Taralabalu Swamiji. Sri Sri Suttur Swamiji and Sri Sri Siddaganga Swamiji. Ms Shoba Karandlaje was the chief guest. With a packed house filled with people across Karnataka, Indrajit Lankesh spoke and inspired people with the history of Basavanna and Veerashaiva Lingayat culture. In the year 2020, Indrajit Lankesh was single-handedly responsible in exposing and busting the drug racket in Karnataka as-well as in the Kannada film industry. The drug case in Karnataka in 2020 made headlines nationally and internationally and Indrajit Lankesh was a champion in fighting against the eradication of drugs. On the information given by the whistle blower Indrajit Lankesh a lot of celebrities were arrested and sent to jail for the consumption and peddling of drugs in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Indrajit Lankesh helped the CCB KARNATAKA intensively in confiscating hundreds of crores of rupees worth of drugs in Karnataka. Indrajit Lankesh also added that the people who had been proven to be indulging in drug abuse need to be given proper medical help to overcome this problem and the authorities need to look at this in an empathetic way as-well .Philanthropy
Indrajit Lankesh also actively works in helping children of the lesser god, mentally challenged kids. He celebrates his birthday with them in their homes since 2000. He helps them with books, clothes and food every year. Indrajit Lankesh also educates two tribal kids since 2005 by looking after their education and school fees, etc. Indrajit Lankesh also honoured late Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad wife with Rs One Lakh after her husband's sad demise. Indrajit Lankesh has also been condemning murders in Karnataka in the name of religion and caste. He has been actively protesting against politicising the issues, especially of Deepak Rao and Basheer. Lankesh also supported these families of the victims with monetary funds. Indrajit Lankesh also visited Dhanamma's family. Along with condolences message, Lankesh consoled them with financial aid. Dhanamma, a minor Dalit girl was brutally raped and killed in Vijaypura district in north Karnataka. Indrajit Lankesh distributed free food kits for the poor and needy in Bengaluru during COVID-19 in 2020. Also he felicitated the senior actors in the Kannada film industry above 60 years who were struggling to get work during the COVID epidemic. The Indian government had made a rule that the actors above 60 years of age should not work to be safe from the carona virus. Indrajit lankesh also helped the senior actors with monetary funds.Television
Indrajit Lankesh plays the permanent celebrity judge and is a household name with his presence and performance in Majaa Talkies, a family comedy show, is the longest run reality show in the history of Indian television. It has the highest TRP and the most popular show among Kannadigas across the world.Filmography
* '' Thuntata'' (2002) *'' Lankesh Patrike'' (2003) * ''Awards and achievements
2019 Raghavendra chitravani best director Dr Vishnuvardhan award 2020 Bangalore press club journalists awardReferences
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