| 1 | '''P.Lankesh (b. 1935)''' |
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| 4 | Kannada director born in Shimoga Dist., |
| 5 | Karnataka. Also major Kannada novelist, poet |
| 6 | and playwright. His novel, Biruku (1967), |
| 7 | ranks with Ananthamurthy’s Samskara (1966) |
| 8 | as the pinnacle of the Navya Movement. |
| 9 | Acted in film version of Samskara (1970). |
| 10 | Other noted works: Kereya Niranu Kerege |
| 11 | Chelli (short stories, 1964), Bitchhu (poems, |
| 12 | 1967), Sankranthi (play, 1973). Films continue |
| 13 | his literary enterprise. Co-scripted Kambhar’s |
| 14 | Sangeetha (1981). Vociferous political |
| 15 | commentator and owner-editor of the downmarket |
| 16 | weekly tabloid Lankesh Patrike (Est: |
| 17 | 1980). Established his own political party to |
| 18 | fight the general elections of 1989. |
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| 21 | '''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also act): 1976: Pallavi*; |
| 22 | 1977: Anurupa; 1979: Khandavideko |
| 23 | Mamsavideko; 1980: Ellindalo Bandavaru. |
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| 25 | [[Director]] |