B. N. Subramanya

Badoor N. Subramanya, also known as Banasu or Subbanna, is an Indian film journalist and critic known for his work on Andolana and Viggy.com.

Life and career Subramanya is from Kasaragod. During college, he participated in theatre. As part of the NCC, he participated in an Advanced Leadership Camp and a mountaineering camp at Manali in 1972 and has a C certificate. He did his post-graduate studies at Calicut University in 1976. He worked as a lecturer at JSS College in Dharwad before joining the Chitradeepa film magazine as a journalist. He worked on several publications such as the Chitratara, Janavaahini, Karmaveera, and Samyuktha Karnataka.

Starting in 1992, Subramanya worked as a media representative at the International Film Festival of India. The website featured articles in both English and Kannada. He wrote the Naa Kanda Rajkumar column for Viggy.com. He has also worked in the editorial department on the two volume book series by the Kannada University in Hampi published in 2002 on the history of Kannada cinema titled Kannada Chitrarangada Itihasa. In 2004, he won the Appaji Gowda Memorial award presented by the Karnataka Union of Working Journalists. He sent nine articles from Andolana in both Kannada and English to the National Film Awards and won the Critic Special Mention Award at the 69th National Film Awards later that same year.