Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Ganapathy Venkatramana Iyer

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Jul 3, 2013, 6:06:33 AM (11 years ago)

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UshaR

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Ganapathy Venkatramana Iyer

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 director’. Belongs to family of temple priests in
 old Mysore. Started in theatre in 1928. Career in
-two phases: actor-playwright for Gubbi
-Veeranna, scenarist for several key historicals
-starring Rajkumar, film-maker (usually with
+two phases: actor-playwright for [[Gubbi
+Veeranna]], scenarist for several key historicals
+starring [[Rajkumar]], film-maker (usually with
 co-director T.V. Singh Thakore) and soughtafter
 lyricist-scenarist for c.65 Kannada films;
-then, after Reddy’s Samskara (1970),
+then, after [[Reddy]]’s [[Samskara]] (1970),
 promoter of art-house cinema. Produced
-Karnad and Karanth’s Vamsha Vriksha
-(1971); directed Hamsa Geethe and first
-Sanskrit feature, Adi Shankaracharya. Later
+[[Karnad]] and [[Karanth]]’s [[Vamsha Vriksha]]
+(1971); directed [[Hamsa Geethe]] and first
+Sanskrit feature, [[Adi Shankaracharya]]. Later
 made another, Bhagavad Geeta. Culturally the
 two periods are closely linked: his recent Saint
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 literature, music and theatre under
 royal patronage around the turn of the century.
-Early scripts for Rajkumar (e.g. Ranadheera
-Kanteerava, 1960) were part of a populist
+Early scripts for Rajkumar (e.g. [[Ranadheera
+Kanteerava]], 1960) were part of a populist
 effort to reposition South India’s feudalism in
 terms of Karnataka’s regional-chauvinist
 movements from mid-40s onwards. His wordy
-prose socials, e.g. Bhoodana, and the use of
+prose socials, e.g. [[Bhoodana]], and the use of
 classical Carnatic music in Hamsa Geethe are
 part of an effort to update old Mysore’s
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 achievement in conservative views of
 Karnataka’s cultural history. Also acted in e.g.
-Radha Ramana (1943), Bedara Kannappa
+Radha Ramana (1943), [[Bedara Kannappa]]
 (1954), Bhakta Mallikarjuna, Mahakavi
 Kalidasa, Sodari (all 1955), Sadarame/