Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 23 January 1953), commonly known as T. S. Nagabharana, is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of

parallel cinema Parallel cinema, or New Indian Cinema, is a film movement in Cinema of India, Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema. Inspired by Italian Neorealism, ...

. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled the mainstream and parallel cinema worlds.

Early life

T. S. Nagabharana was born on 23 January 1953 at Talakadu, Mysuru district,

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. He completed his education at a corporation school in Chamarajpet. He has been an administrator for several theatre repertories, especially Rangayana, Mysore, and the Benaka Theatre Group, Bengaluru. He has also produced and directed a number of serials and other programs for

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and other television channels.

Career

His 1992 film '' Mysore Mallige'' (transl. *Jasmine of Mysuru*) was directed and co-written by Nagabharana, and produced by Srihari Khoday. The story is based on the 1942 poetry collection of the same name by K. S. Narasimhaswamy. His film '' Chigurida Kanasu'' (2003) was inspired by the 1951 novel of the same name by Jnanpith Award-winning writer K. Shivaram Karanth. The film starred

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, Anant Nag, and others. He also directed notable films like '' Nagamandala'' and '' Kallarali Hoovagi'', both of which received critical acclaim. Over the past 40 years, Nagabharana has directed 34 Kannada films, with 20 of them receiving various international, national, and state-level awards. He served as the chairman of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), the State Film Academy of the Government of Karnataka. As of October 2019, he serves as the Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority of the Government of Karnataka.

ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕ ಜೀವನ

ಟಿ. ಎಸ್. ನಾಗಭರಣ ಅವರು 1953ರ ಜನವರಿ 23 ರಂದು ತಲಕಾಡು, ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದರು. ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಚಾಮರಾಜಪೇಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಒಂದು ಕಾರ್ಪೊರೇಶನ್ ಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿದರು. ಅವರು ಹಲವಾರು ನಾಟಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಗೆ ನಿರ್ವಾಹಕರಾಗಿ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ರಂಗಾಯಣ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು Benaka ನಾಟಕ ತಂಡದಲ್ಲಿ. ಅವರು ದೂರದರ್ಶನ ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರ ಟಿವಿ ಚಾನೆಲ್‌ಗಳಿಗೆ ಅನೇಕ ಧಾರಾವಾಹಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ವೃತ್ತಿಜೀವನ

ಅವರು 1992ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ ಮತ್ತು ಸಹಲೇಖನ ಮಾಡಿರುವ '' ಮೈಸೂರು ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ'' ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರವು ಶ್ರೀಹರಿ ಖೋಡಾಯ್ ಅವರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂಡಿಬಂದಿತು. ಈ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕವಿ ಕೆ. ಎಸ್. ನರಸಿಂಹಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರ 1942ರ ಈ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಕವನ ಸಂಕಲನ ಆಧಾರಿತವಾಗಿತ್ತು. 2003ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ '' ಚಿಗುರುವ ಕನಸು'' ಚಿತ್ರವು ಜಯನಪೀಠ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ವಿಜೇತೆ ಶಿವರಾಮ ಕಾರಂತ್ ಅವರ 1951ರ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯನ್ನು ಆಧಾರವಾಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವರಾಜ್ ಕುಮಾರ್, ಅನಂತ್ ನಾಗ್ ಮೊದಲಾದವರು ನಟಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರು '' ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ'' ಮತ್ತು '' ಕಲ್ಲರಳಿ ಹೂವಾಗಿ'' ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆಪತ್ರಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕಳೆದ 40 ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ನಾಗಭರಣ ಅವರು ಒಟ್ಟು 34 ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ 20 ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ, ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಬಹುಮಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಗಳಿಸಿವೆ. ಅವರು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 2019ರಿಂದ ಅವರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

Filmography

He directed and acted in plays like ''Sangya Balya, Kathale Belaku, Shakarana Sarotu, Jokumaraswamy, Oedipus, Sattavara Neralu, Krishna Parijata, Tingara Buddanna, Mundena Sakhi Mundena, Hayavadana, Neegikonda Samsa, Baka'' and ''Blood Wedding''. He received a gold medal from the Government of India for his achievement in theater. He is the founder of a theater organisation called Benaka. He also started Shruthalaya, an organisation for organising, writing, composing, camera work, lighting, art, acting, editing and directing.

As director

As actor

Achievements

Nagabharana has won nine National and 14 State awards.

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards

Karnataka State Awards

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Filmfare Awards South

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Others

* ''Dhwani- Sriranga'' international Kannada theatre award for 2009 by Dhwani Pratishthana * 2023 – Jury Chairperson at the 54th International Film Festival of India for Indian Panorama Feature Films section.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagabharana, T. S. Kannada film directors 1953 births Living people Indian documentary filmmakers Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Filmfare Awards South winners Film directors from Bengaluru Male actors from Bengaluru 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian people Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners Directors who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2003