Siddakatte Chennappa Shetty (born 8 May 1952 at Rayee village; died 22 March 2014 in Manipal, Mangalore) was a

Yakshagana Yakshagana is a traditional theatre, found in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kasaragod district and Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur district, Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Keral ...

artist from Siddakatte,

Bantwal Bantwal () is a city and taluk centre in Dakshina Kannada Districts of Karnataka, district, Karnataka, India, and the headquarters of Bantwal taluk. It is located East of Mangalore, Mangalore city center. BC Road-Kaikamba of Bantwal is one of ...

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

. Siddakatte was well known for his oratory skills in Yakshagana and Tala-Maddale (form of Yakshagana).

Personal life

Chennappa Shetty was the second son of Vasu Shetty and Lingamma. He resided in Mavinakatte

with his wife Hemalatha and 3 sons Bharath, Bhuvan and Bhushan.

Career

Siddakatte made his

debut in 1965 after being trained at

Kendra Dharmashala under the guidance of Kuriya Vittal Shastri and Padre Chandu. Thereafter, he moved to Dharmastala, Kadri, Bappanadu, Kumble and Madhur Mela. Focusing primarily on his oratory skills, took guidance from Kuthlodi Vasu Shetty, Dr.Prabhakar Joshi, Korgi Venkateshwara Upadhyaya and Dr.Shimanthoor Narayana Shetty. He admired and emulated Agari Shirinivas Bhagawatha's personality and lifestyle. Badaguthittu (northern form) invited based on his popularity in south and oratory skills. He made his entry through Perdoor Mela and after to Saligrama. He learnt badagutittu naatya from Heranjalu Venkataramana. Siddakatte was one of the most successful artists who moved from thenkuthittu to badaguthittu. He came back to theenkuthittu through Yedaneer mela after working several years in badaguthittu. Siddakatte had extraordinary knowledge on Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Bhagavatha and few other Indian literatures. Known for his great voice, clean pronunciation and enunciation, tactical derivation of stories and sub-stories from

Puranas Puranas (Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
(1995 Editio ...

in conversation, and utilization of proverbs and Sanskrit Shloka at appropriate situations in a timely manner.

Awards

Siddakatte was solicited by different firms in India and in gulf countries. He was awarded Karnataka Rajyothsava district award in 2009. He was identified as "Mathina Malla" in

and

Tala-Maddale Tala-Maddale is an ancient form of performance dialogue or debate performance in Southern India in the Karavali and Malnad regions of Karnataka and Kerala. The plot and content of the conversation is drawn from popular mythology but the performa ...

world.

Death

Siddakatte died of a brain stroke on 22 March 2014 at Kasturba hospital Manipal, Mangalore.Yakshagana exponent Chennappa Shetty dies
''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...

'', 23 March 2014

References

Commentary on the death of Siddakatte Chennappa Shetty
by Prabhakar Joshi, 31 March 2014 * Veerendra Heggadebr>Condoles The Death Of Yakshagana Artiste Siddakatte Chennappa Shettyಸಿದ್ಧಕಟ್ಟೆಯವರ ಅರ್ಥಗಾರಿಕೆಯ ಶಿಸ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಬದ್ಧತೆ
by ಟಿ.ಎ.ಎನ್.ಖ೦ಡಿಗೆ {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Siddakatte Chennappa 2014 deaths 1952 births 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male stage actors Male actors from Mangalore Neurological disease deaths in India Yakshagana