Cinemaazi remembers Bellave Narahari Shastri on his birth anniversary

Bellave Narahari Shastri worked as a teacher, education inspector and headmaster in government schools for a span of 40 years. During 1910 to 1950, he wrote over 30 plays with 10 remaining unpublished and set standards for professional playwriting in Kannada theatre. Apart from writing plays that were later picturised, he also wrote scripts and screenplays for certain Kannada films. He is credited for having the written the script for the first Kannada movie, Sati Sulochana (1934).

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