Mysore/Mysuru: Activist and filmmaker Prakash Belawadi has said Mysuru should be developed as a model city while preserving its unique aesthetics. He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long symposium on ‘Sustainable Development Vision for Greater Mysuru’, organised by the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce…
‘Sustainable Development Vision for Greater Mysuru’
March 5, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and Centre for Sustainability, Chanakya University, Bengaluru, is organising a one-day symposium on “Sustainable Development Vision for Greater Mysuru” at NIE Diamond Jubilee Complex Hall in city tomorrow (Mar. 6) from 9 am to…
S.L. Bhyrappa Sahitya Pratisthana Prashasti to Prakash Belawadi
February 20, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Actor, Director and screen writer Prakash Belawadi has been selected for the prestigious S.L. Bhyrappa Sahitya Pratisthana Prashasti for the year 2026. The award will be presented to him by renowned Kannada writer, translator and former Chairman of the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Dr. Pradhan Gurudatta. S. N. Sethuram, Kannada TV serial director and playwright…
Mysuru has potential to be a hub for moving image media, opines Prakash Belawadi
February 2, 2025Mysuru: Mysuru has immense potential of becoming a hub for trade and vocation of moving image media (a broad term for visual media that appears to move, such as films, videos and animated images), said noted actor, theatre person and director Prakash Belawadi, here yesterday. He was speaking during the inaugural session of Paridrishya, the…
‘Belaku-Holapu: Ambedkar Krantikari Vicharagala Chintana Manthana’ held
October 30, 2024‘Value of rupee would not have declined had there were leaders like Dr. Ambedkar today’ Mysuru: Actor Prakash Belawadi observed that the value of Rupee would not have declined against the Dollar had great leaders like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar been alive today. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Belaku-Holapu: Ambedkar Krantikari Vicharagala Chintana Manthana’ programme organised…
Film institutes suffer from poor patronage: Prakash Belawadi
February 3, 2024Paridrishya second international festival of short films and documentaries Karnataka Mysore/Mysuru: Noted film director and actor Prakash Belawadi bemoaned over how Film Training Institutes suffer from patronage, with the people getting carried over by misleading information about film institutes. Speaking on the topic ‘An Approach to Film Making’ during the opening of two-day Paridrishya second…
After ‘The Kashmir Files,’ Vivek Agnihotri to make film on Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s ‘Parva’
October 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Having given some of the most influential and impactful films that have ignited the minds of the connoisseurs of Indian cinema with his films like ‘The Tashkent Files’, ‘The Kashmir Files’ and ‘The Vaccine War,’ now the ace Film Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has made a big announcement of his next big project, titled…
India has become a global leader: Acclaimed writer Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa
December 2, 2021Prakash Belawadi conferred ‘Dakshina Kesari’ Award Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the society cannot be corrected or transformed by staging plays and dramas, acclaimed writer and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa said that arts were meant for mental peace, entertainment and happiness. He was speaking at the Kannada Rajyotsava programme organised by Lions Club of Mysore…
Dr. Bhyrappa’s Parva dramatised
March 12, 2021Good response for first day, first show at Kalamandira Mysore/Mysuru: It was a dream come true for thousands of theatre-buffs as the first show of the theatrical form of ‘Parva’, written by noted Kannada novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, was successfully staged at Kalamandira in city this morning. “I hereby declare the play open.” This one…
“My life will change, if I win”
March 10, 2021Prakash Belawadi has carved a niche in the field of theatre. Being a most seasoned drama director, even he too is developing cold feet till the first show of ‘Parva’ is staged at Kalamandira. Taking a break from the busy rehearsal, he spoke to Star of Mysore on his preparations and experience of bringing Dr….














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