T. S. Nagabharana
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. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled the mainstream and parallel cinema worlds. He has made thirty-six films in Kannada which have earned him ten national awards, twenty-three state awards, and eight films have entered into Indian Panorama in International Film Festivals. Being a student of legendary theatre personality Padmasri B V Karanth, Nagabharana has been active in theatre in capacities as  actor, director and writer. He has directed 36 plays. He has been an administrator for several theatre repertories, especially Rangayana, Mysuru and Benaka Theatre Group, Bengaluru. He has produced and directed number of serials and other programs for Doordarshan and other channels. His movies were noted to be a major inspiration for some of the popular Hindi movies. His movie "Mysore Mallige" was an inspiration for "". The core plot of "Chigurida Kanasu" was an inspiration for "Swades". The movie "Nagamandala" was an inspiration for "Paheli". The core plot of "Kallarali Hoovagi" was an inspiration for the storyline of "Bajrangi Bhaijaan . He has been the recipient of international, national, state and other awards for 20 of his 34 Kannada movies in the last 40 years. He was nominated as the chairman of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), Bangalore [Government of Karnataka] (State Film Academy). Currently he is the Chairman of Kannada Development Authority of Govt of Karnataka. Early life. T S Nagabharana was born on 23 January 1953 to A Srinivasaiah and Rudramma at Talakadu, Mysuru district, Karnataka. He is the second of the total five siblings. His grandfathers on both paternal and maternal side, Maddale Girigowda and Tippegowda, were agriculturists but 	T. S. Nagabharana
21690266	also Yakshagana exponents. Their influence on young Nagabharana was immense. His father Srinivasaiah served as deputy director in Agriculture Department, Bengaluru. After primary education in Talakadu, Nagabharana's further education was at Bengaluru. During his college days, Nagabharana came under the indelible influence of the great playwright Adya Rangacharya. As a student he directed two plays Evam Indrajit and Shoka Chakra. He got involved with amateur theatre and initially worked backstage and as a technician and eventually became an actor, singer and director. During his theatre days he met Nagini, who was also involved with theatre. They fell in love 	T. S. Nagabharana
21690267	and got married on 10 December 1979. They continue to work together in films, TV and theatre till date. Nagini Bharana has won National Award for Best Children's Film, State award for Best Costume for Kallarali Hoovaagi, directed by Nagabharana. The couple have a son Pannaga Bharana, who is also a film director and a daughter Shrutha Bharana, who takes care of BAPA as faculty. Career. By the time he completed his BSc degree, Nagabharana had established himself as a serious actor-director. 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". Nagabharana joined an LLB course at Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College of Law. As a student he worked as assistant director in the films "Kaadu", directed by Girish Karnad, which won the national award, and as associate to B V Karanth for "Chomana Dudi". As a student he directed his first film, "Grahana", which won the National Award 1979 – Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, National Film Award for Best Screenplay – T S Nagabharana & T S Ranga, Karnataka State Film Awards 1978 -79 – First Best Film, and Best Cinematographer (B&W) – S. Ramachandra. The film was also selected for Internationales Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany. He also worked as a backstage worker, actor, singer and director. He associated with leading theatre personalities like B. V. Karanth, Chandrashekhara Kambara and Girish Karnad. He received a gold medal from the Government of India for his achievement in theatre. He is the founder of a theatre organisation called Benaka. He also started Shruthalaya, an organisation for organising, writing, composing, camera work, lighting, art, acting, editing and directing. Theatre. He is a fan of Akira Kurosawa and  Ingmar Bergman. TV serial list. National Network Regional Network Filmography. As actor. Nagabharana has also acted in few movies. Some of them are: Achievements. Nagabharana has won nine National and 14 State awards.