Jayathirtha B. V. (born May 8th, 1977) is an Indian theater activist,

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and filmmaker. He is known for his movies

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, and

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. He is also known for his work as a director and play writer.

Early life

Jayathirtha was born and brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka. A high school dropout due to financial constraints, he started working as a salesman at 17 and took up theater as a pastime. He trained at Abhinayataranga under the renowned theatre personality A. S. Murthy and later became a teacher in the same institution. Jayathirtha won several awards for his works in theatre including the ''B. V. Karanth Best Stage Reviewer Award'' (1997) for his critical review of the play, ''Maranayak''.

Film career

In 2007, he directed a short film called Hasivu (Hunger). The movie won the Best Indian Short Film award at Cinerail Film Festival, Paris. In 2011, he directed a full-fledged Kannada feature film,

which brought several awards including the 59th Filmfare Award (Best Director). The sub-plot of

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