1. Girish Kasaravalli was born in Kesalur, a village in the Tirthahalli taluk in Shimoga district on 3 December 1950 to Ganesh Rao, an agriculturist, as well as a freedom fighter, and Lakshmidevi, a homemaker, one of 10 children.
12 Facts About Girish Kasaravalli
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Girish Kasaravalli had his primary education in Kesalur and middle school education in Kammaradi.
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Girish Kasaravalli's father was a patron of Yakshagana, a folk system of dance native to Karnataka.
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Girish Kasaravalli was attracted to the touring talkies which visited his village once in a while to screen popular Kannada films.
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Girish Kasaravalli shifted to Shimoga where he graduated from Sahyadri College.
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Girish Kasaravalli decided to quit the career in Pharmacy and join the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
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Girish Kasaravalli graduated from FTII Pune in 1975, with a specialisation in film direction.
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Girish Kasaravalli passed out of the FTII with a gold medal to his credit.
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Girish Kasaravalli has worked as associate director for T S Nagabharana's Grahana movie during 1981 Girish Kasaravalli won his second Golden Lotus for Tabarana Kathe in 1987.
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Girish Kasaravalli repeated his success with Dweepa in 2002 starring late actress Soundarya.
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Apart from these four films winning Golden Lotus awards, Girish Kasaravalli directed Akramana in 1979, Mooru darigalu in 1981, Bannada Vesha in 1988, Mane in 1990, Kraurya in 1996, Hasina in 2004 and Naayi Neralu in 2006.
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Girish Kasaravalli has finished his Koormavatara which won the National film award for the best Kannada film of 2011.