Gubbi Hampanna Veeranna was an Indian theatre director.
19 Facts About Gubbi Veeranna
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Gubbi Veeranna was one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre.
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Gubbi Veeranna established the drama company, Gubbi Sree Channabasaveshwara Nataka Company, which played a crucial role in promoting the Kannada theatre field.
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Gubbi Veeranna has been conferred the title Nataka Ratna meaning "A Precious Jewel" in the theatre world.
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Apart from theatre, Gubbi Veeranna has produced films and acted in them as well.
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Gubbi Veeranna was born in the village Gulaganjihalli, Near Gubbi in the Tumkur district of Karnataka in the year 1891.
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Gubbi Veeranna started a drama company called Gubbi Shree Channa Basaveshwara Nataka Company and started producing plays in which he acted sometimes.
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Gubbi Veeranna had four wives, three of them being Sundaramma, Bhadramma and B Jayamma.
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Gubbi Veeranna had a troupe of more than 150 artists and backstage workers.
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However, Gubbi Veeranna's dramas were an exception with people willing to buy tickets to watch them.
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Later Gubbi Veeranna constructed his own theatre in Bangalore on the Subedar Chatram Road in 1924 and the Shivananda Theatre in 1930.
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Probably, the most famous artist to emerge from the Gubbi Veeranna company was Rajkumar.
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Gubbi Veeranna started Karnataka Gubbi Productions which was a company to produce films.
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Gubbi Veeranna first produced Sadarame in 1935, in which he acted in the lead role.
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Gubbi Veeranna then produced Subhadra which had Honnappa Bhagavathar in the lead.
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Gubbi Veeranna again acted in the lead role in the film Hemareddy Mallamma, in 1945.
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Gubbi Veeranna produced Sathya Shodhanai in 1953, which was a Tamil Film and had again starred Honnappa Bhagavathar.
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Karnataka Gubbi Veeranna Productions was later called as The Karnataka Films Ltd.
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Gubbi Veeranna has produced silent movies like His Love Affair which was directed by a foreigner, Raphel Algoet.