Baraguru Ramachandrappa

Baraguru Ramachandrappa (born 18 October 1947) is an Indian essayist, lyricist, screenwriter, film director, socialist, writer, novelist, predominantly works in Kannada language and President of the Textbook Revision Committee, in Karnataka Text Books Society (KTBS) from May 2015. In 2008, he was given an honorary doctorate by the Kuvempu University and Rani Channamma University, Belagavi, Karnataka.

Ramachandrappa won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 2002 for "Baruthe Ve Nav Baruthe Ve" in the film Thaayi and was given the Pampa Award in 2011 by the Government of Karnataka for his contribution to Kannada literature. His directorial debut film, Ondu Oorina Kathe (1978), fetched him the State award for best story writer for the year 1978–79. Since then, he has been the recipient of several awards, both national and international. His novel Suntaragali won the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award.

As director

Year Film Notes 1978 Ondu Oorina Kathe Karnataka State Award for Best Story Writer 1983 Benki Second Best Film / Best Story Writer 1987 Surya Selected for Moscow international film festival Russia 1988 Kote (film created only through songs - no dialogues) 1996 Karadipura Selected for Leeds international film festival Britain 2000 Hagalu Vesha Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story 2003 Kshaama Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film 2005 Shanti Guinness World Records in the category "Single artist film" - Third in the world Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film 2007 Janapada 2008 Thaayi National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist/Second Best Film Ekalavya Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children's Film 2010 Ugragaami Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story Shabari Karnataka State Film Award for Best Social concern 2011 Bhumitayi 2012 Bhagirathi Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist 2013 Angulimala Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story, 3rd Annual Rafi Peer Film Festival Lahore, Pakistan and Kolkata International Film Festival 2015 Marana Dandane Best Director - Jaipur International Film Festival 2016 Bekku Bengaluru International Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival Mooka Nayaka 2019 Bayalatada Bheemanna 2025 Amruthamathi Swapna Mantapa

As writer Year Film Writer Notes1997 Janumada Jodi Also lyricist 1996 Jodi Hakki 1998 Kurubana Rani