K. A. Ashok Pai (30 December 1946 – 29 September 2016) was an Indian

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, writer and film producer based in

Shimoga Shimoga, officially Shivamogga, is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the Karnataka state of India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River. Being the gateway for the hilly region of the Western Ghats, the city ...

. He served as the chairman of Karnataka Mental Health Taskforce. Ashok Pai founded the Manasa Nursing Home and the Manasa Educational Foundation in Shimoga. He died of cardiac arrest on 29 September 2016.

Filmography

Films produced

Pai has produced four films all of which have been directed by

Suresh Heblikar Suresh Heblikar () is a Kannada filmmaker, director, and actor. Life He is also a environmentalist, founding the Eco-Watch NGO in 1998. He has produced many movies in Kannada of which ''Kadina Benki'' won Best Director national award and ''U ...

: * '' Kadina Benki'' (1989) - national and state awards winning film * ''

Prathama Ushakirana ''Prathama Ushakirana'' (; English: ''The First Morning Ray'') is a 1990 Indian Kannada fiction drama film directed by Suresh Heblikar, written by Ashok Pai and produced under Manasa Arts. Besides Heblikar in the lead, the film features Geet ...

'' (1990) - state award-winning film * '' Aagatha'' (1995) - also writer * '' Mana Manthana'' (2017)

Television

Pai produced a series called ''Antarala'' which had ten episodes with

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as the lead actor.

References

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