C. Basavalingaiah

C. Basavalingaiah (born 29 July 1958, India) is an Indian theatre director and theatre activist. He has been appointed as the first director of the National School of Drama Bangalore Centre. He directed several stage plays that received wide attention. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. The views expressed by him on challenges faced by theatre in India today are thought provoking Kuvempu's Malegalalli madumagalu (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

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 (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

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