C. Basavalingaiah

C. Basavalingaiah (born 29 July 1958, India) is an Indian theatre director and theatre activist.[1] He has been appointed as the first director[2][3][4] of the National School of Drama Bangalore Centre.[5][2] Prior to this Basavalingaiah has worked as Director of ‘Rangayana’ a dramatic academy in Mysore and also with the Regional Research Centre of NSD in Bangalore. He was involved in 'Samudaya' a street theatre movement.[3] He directed several stage plays that received wide attention. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. He has directed many successful plays and has directed notable Kuvempu's Malegalalli madumagalu. In this nine-hour long play, he made attempts to put Kuvempu's 750-page novel, ‘Malegalalli madumagalu’, on stage is in indeed Kannada theatre's most ambitious endeavour in a long time.[6][7] The views expressed by him on challenges faced by theatre in India today are thought provoking[8][9][4] He received many awards including Karnataka State Award Rajyotsava Award in 2001.

C. Basavalingaiah
Born(1958-07-29)29 July 1958
Bangalore, India
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materNational School of Drama
University of Mysore
OccupationTheatre Director
Director National School of Drama, Bangalore Centre
Known forTheatre Direction of Kuvempu's Malegalalli madumagalu
AwardsShivakumara State Level Award (2010)
Sri K.V. Shankaregowda Award (2010)
Karnataka State Award (Rajyotsava Award) (2001)
Karnataka Nataka Academy Honorary Fellowship (1996)

Biography

C. Basavalingaiah was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. After his school and college he was selected for a three-year course in the National School of Drama.

Education

Major contributions

Inspired by B. V. Karanth, his subsequent efforts have significantly contributed to develop theater as a medium of entertainment and a tool for social change[10] Mr. Basavalingaiah studied direction at NSD and directed some landmark plays in Kannada, including Malegalalli madumagalu a nine-hour-long theatrical adaptation of a classic by Kuvempu. Popular Kannada Play Malegalalli madumagalu was directed by C Basavalingaiah[11][12] Kuvempu's Malegalalli madumagalu[13] (The Bride in the Mountains) a popular play was directed by Basavalingiah. This play was staged more than 15 times in Bangalore and Mysore, and this play was showcased to nearly 60,000 audience.

His contributions were featured in Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An Anthology[14]

Plays directed
  • Devanooru Mahadeva's Kusumabale
  • The Road
  • Antigone
  • Andhayuga
  • Gandhi V/S Gandhi
  • Shoodra Thapasvi
  • Tippuvina Kanasugalu
  • King Oedipus
  • Berlge Koral
  • Alamana Adbhuta Nyaya
  • Erobi
  • Shakespeare's A Mid Summer Night's Dreams
  • Agni Mattu Male
  • Hitler V/s. Brecht
  • Malegalalli madumagalu[15] (based on the book by Kuvempu)
  • 2009 and 2014 – Manushya Jati Tanode Valam – a sound and light show for Information Department
  • 2006 - Lankesharige Namaskaara, (stage adaptation of P. Lankesh's one act plays, poetry, short story, teeke-tippani, etc.)
  • 2005 - Directed a mega play JANAPADA MAHABHAARATH for children, in which 400 children performed and was well appreciated by the mass & media.
  • Samaba Shiva Prahasana
  • Pagala Raja
  • Jangamadedege
  • MacBeth
  • Venara Vemana
  • Sewooz Nagarath Shin Shular Brutho
  • Ekalavya's Thumb
  • Edegaarike

Awards
  • 2010 - Shivakumara State Level Award, honoured by Sirigere Bruhanmata, Sanehalli, Karnataka
  • 2010 - Sri K.V. Shankaregowda Award
  • 2001 - Karnataka State Award (Rajyotsava Award)
  • 1996 - Karnataka Nataka Academy, Honorary Fellowship Award

References
  1. Correspondent, Staff (19 April 2012). "Today's youth have no role models, says activist". Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. Khajane, Muralidhara (16 August 2014). "C. Basavalingaiah is the first director of Bangalore NSD". Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "First Director of Bangalore National School of Drama. August 2014 - Karnataka First". karnatakafirst.in. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. "Bengaluru Center". Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. "The TimeOut-Mint Planner - Livemint". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  7. Singh, L. Romal M. (3 June 2013). "Going strong: Nine hours of pure Kuvempu magic". DNA India. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  8. Khajane, Muralidhara (6 January 2017). "People are not consumers in a democracy". Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. "People are not consumers in a democracy". 6 January 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  10. "Setting the stage for change". 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  11. "Kannada Play : Malegalalli Madumagalu directed by C Basavalingaiah, Theatre, Dance, Drama, Mallattahalli, Bangalore". asklaila. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  12. TheKuvempu (29 December 2010). "Malegalalli Madumagalu". Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via YouTube.
  13. Malegalalli madumagalu
  14. Richman, Paula (20 April 2018). Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An Anthology. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253219534. Retrieved 20 April 2018 – via Google Books.
  15. "ಮಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮದುಮಗಳು ನಾಟಕ". ಮಲೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮದುಮಗಳು ನಾಟಕ. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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