Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Course Director, Acting – for – the – Screen
President, Suchitra Trust

Prakash Belawadi is an Indian theater, film, television and media personality, teacher, activist and journalist from Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Born into a family of theatre and cinema artistes, Belawadi obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering in 1983, but has devoted the bulk of his life to the stage, cinema, journalism and teaching.

Belawadi has represented India as a delegate in many seminars, conferences and festivals around the world, including the Beyond Bollywood conference at the Gothenburg International Film Festival, 2010; the Performing Arts Market conference in Seoul, 2011; the 50th Theatertreffen – annual theatre festival meet at Berlin, 2013; and the seminar and exhibition, ‘Nature – A Good Idea’ at Trollhättan, Sweden in 2014. He has been faculty for film courses in Sweden and Istanbul, Turkey. He is a motivational speaker at events and Tedx conferences

Prakash Belawadi’s debut film Stumble, which he wrote and directed, won the National Award for Best Film in the English language, 2003. The film has now been included in the national telecaster Doordarshan’s Best of Indian Cinema series.

Belawadi has acted in many stage plays, web series and over 80 films in five Indian languages and English. He was given the META award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and the Helpmann Award, Australia (2019) for Best Actor, Male in the play ‘Counting and Cracking’, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney.

He was conferred ‘Pratibha Bhushan’ in 2003 by the Government of Karnataka for his contribution to culture and the Karnataka Nataka Academy Award (2011-12) for his contribution to English and Kannada language theatre. He recieved the Government of Karnataka’s ‘Rajytosava award’ in 2021.

He has also been awarded the ‘Pride of Karnataka’ by Bangalore Round Table (2015), ‘Varshada Kannadiga’ (Kannadiga of the Year) (2015) in the field of entertainment, by News 18 Kannada.The serial ‘Garva’, which he wrote and directed in 2001 is still considered a classic among Kannada serials.

Course Director, Filmmaking, (PGD in Film Direction, FTII, Pune)

Post-Graduate in Independent filmmaking at the Film School, University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA
Post-Graduate diploma in Marketing Management from St. Josephs College of Business Administration, Bangalore.

Ex-Faculty at COMMITS (Convergence Institute of Media), Bangalore in filmmaking and media studies.

Ex- Chief Mentor and Academic council member for Broadcast and Film studies at Amrita School of Communications, Amrita University, Coimbatore.

Consulting/Visiting faculty member for filmmaking at the National School of Journalism, Bangalore.

Has produced and directed a feature film in Hindi “Doosra” which was selected and screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala, Trivandrum, 2007 and the Bangalore International Film Festival, 2008.

Has produced and directed numerous TV Commercials and corporate videos for leading Indian brands and companies.

Has directed a TV series in Hindi called Love Stories. One of the telefilms among these, Vapasi, was adapted by Mr. Ashutosh Gowariker and made into a major feature film ‘Swades’ starring Shah Rukh Khan.

Have developed online self-paced courses in filmmaking.

Has acted in several films in the lead in Kannada films. Among them are ‘Mysoora Mallige’ and ‘Devara Kaadu’

Regularly conducts workshops in filmmaking, directing techniques and broadcast histrionics at several institutions in India and abroad.

Jury member for the Indian Radio Awards in 2012.

Head of Jury for the Indian Short Film Festival, Bangalore, 2015.

Direction, PGG ‘Film Direction’ from FTII (2006)

FEATURE FILMS

Gubbachigalu (95 min | 35mm | KAN – EST | 2008)
• Golden Lotus (National Award) for the Best Children’s Film 2008
• Official selection to the Indian Panorama, IFFI 2008
• Official selection to the Toronto Indian Children’s Film Festival 2008
• Official selection to Los Angeles Independent Film Festival 2008
• Best Family Feature Film award at NYIF Festival 2008
• Official Selection to the Kolkatta International Film Festival 2008
• Official selection to the Bangalore IFF 2009
• Official selection to the Lucknow IFF 2009
• Official selection to the Habitat Film Festival, Delhi 2009

Shikari (120 min| 35mm | KAN & Malyalam – EST| 2012)
• Malyalam actor Mammootty acted in this bilingual feature film.
• Official Selection to the Kolkata International Film Festival 2012
• Official selection to the IFF Bangalore 2012

Sakkare (120 min | 35mm | KAN | 2013)
• Kannada actor Ganesh acted in this film

Paddayi (100 min | DCP | Tulu – EST | 2017)
• National Award for the best Tulu Film – 2017
• State Award for third best feature film – 2017
• Writers Lab Clinik Khatmandu – 2017
• Official Selection to Bangalore International Film Festival – 2018
• Official Selection to New York Indian Film Festival – 2018
• Official Selection to Habitat Film Festival – 2018

FICTION SHORT FILMS
• One Fine Day (17min|DV|ENG|2003)
• Mirch Masala (12 min | DV | HND | 2003)
• Watch Out (12 min | 2004 | Big Mountain International Film Festival, New Zealand
• Sea Side Story (11 min | ENG | 2004 | International Film Festival of India, Goa
• Yakshottama (11 min | 35mm | KAN| 2005)
• Ninad (21 min| 35mm | HND | 2006)

TELEVISION SERIES
• Adadtha Vijnana – 20 Episode science program for DIPR, Karnataka.

IN OTHER ROLES
• Worked as sound engineer for a radio feature on community radio for BBC Radio
• Acted in a Kannada feature film ‘Endendu Ninagagi’

Founder & Creative Head – Kanasu Talkies
Screenwriter | Director | Producer | Post Production Consultant

Arvind is a screenwriter and filmmaker based in Bangalore. He has been deeply involved in the southern film industry for the past 13 years, which includes a seven-year stint in the IT industry. He has produced, written, and directed several short films and two feature films. Among them, his latest feature film, “Arishadvarga” had the honor of its world premiere at the prestigious London Indian Film Festival 2019, followed by a theatrical release in November 2020, and it is currently available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

His expertise encompasses a wide array of skills, including content development, screenwriting, script consulting, direction, end-to-end production, and post-production, which entails editing, VFX supervision, sound design, and color grading. Additionally, he provides technical consultation services for various major film festivals and studios.

Outside the realm of filmmaking, he is an avid reader with diverse interests, ranging from fiction, non-fiction, philosophy, western classics, biographies, mythology/epics, to humanities.

One of his most cherished achievements was being acknowledged and selected for the “Understanding the Other” exchange program, conducted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, in collaboration with SUCHITRA CINE ACADEMY and Centre for Film & Drama. This remarkable program took place in Istanbul, Turkey, under the mentorship of the renowned theater and film practitioner, Prakash Belawadi.

Beyond his work as a filmmaker, Arvind is also actively engaged as a visiting faculty and speaker at esteemed institutions such as NICC, iReboot, Suchitra and IIT Chennai. Additionally, he plays a significant role as a member of the founding committee and serves as a jury member for the BISFF – Bangalore International Short Film Festival.

He was the “Chief Programmer & Curator” and core team member for the FIAPF- accredited BIFFES – Bangalore International Film Festival, which has successfully completed 14 editions and is now heading into its 15th edition, under the auspices of the Government of Karnataka.

(PGD in Sound Recording and Design, FTII)

shreyanknanjappa@gmail.com
www.shreyank.com
www.aurallabsound.com

Institute of India, Shreyank has worked on numerous feature and short films as a Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor, Production Sound Mixer, Dialogue Editor & Foley Supervisor.

Films that he has worked on have been screened at prestigious film festivals around the world, including Cannes Film festival, Berlin Film festival, Busan Film Festival. He was the Production Sound Recordist on ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ that won the Best Documentary Short at The Oscars.

He is the founder of ‘Aural Lab’ Sound Facility in Bangalore along with Suresh Bagali.

SOUND DESIGN
Mithya (2022, Kannada Feature)
Pedro (2021, Kannada Feature)
Shivamma (2022, Kannada Feature)
Paraagan (2022, US, Punjabi Feature)
Koli Esru (2022, Kannada Feature)
Ekam (2021, Multilingual Anthology)
Gantumoote (2019, Kannada Feature)
Bulbul Can Sing (2018, Assamese Feature)
Puta Tirugisi Nodi (2016, Kannada Feature)
The Plan (2015, India, Kannada Feature)

SYNC SOUND
The Elephant Whisperers (2022, Short Documentary)
Kabir Singh (2019, Hindi Feature)
Article 15 (2019, Hindi Feature)
Mithya (2022, Kannada Feature)
Shivamma (2022, Kannada Feature)
Paraagan (2022, US, Punjabi Feature)
Koli Esru (2022, Kannada Feature)
Pedro (2021, Kannada Feature)