Jhaverchand Meghani biography: born in 1896, the Gujarati poet and folklorist collected the tales and songs of Saurashtra and was called 'Rashtriya…
Vijay Tendulkar biography: born in 1928, the Marathi playwright of Ghashiram Kotwal and Sakharam Binder changed Indian theatre with plays about violence…
Viswanatha Satyanarayana biography: born in 1895, the 'Kavi Samrat' wrote Veyi Padagalu and Ramayana Kalpavruksham and was the first Telugu writer to…
Sri Sri biography: born in 1910, the Telugu poet Srirangam Srinivasa Rao wrote Maha Prasthanam, the collection that began modern revolutionary poetry…
Gurajada Apparao biography: born in 1862, the Telugu playwright of Kanyasulkam brought the spoken language and social reform into modern Telugu literature.
D. R. Bendre biography: born in Dharwad in 1896, the lyric poet known as Ambikatanayadatta is regarded as the greatest Kannada poet…
Shivaram Karanth biography: born in 1902, the Kannada novelist of Mookajjiya Kanasugalu also revived Yakshagana, wrote encyclopaedias and campaigned for the environment.
Kuvempu biography: born in 1904, the Kannada poet and novelist wrote the epic Sri Ramayana Darshanam and was the first Kannada writer…
Girish Karnad biography: born in 1938, the Kannada playwright of Tughlaq and Hayavadana was also an actor and film-maker, and won the…
Kunchacko Boban biography: born 2 November 1976 in Alappuzha, the star of Aniyathipraavu reinvented himself from romantic hero to acclaimed character actor.
Jayaram biography: born 10 December 1964 at Perumbavoor, the mimicry artist turned actor has starred in more than 200 films in Malayalam,…
Lokesh Kanagaraj biography: born 14 March 1986 near Coimbatore, the former bank employee directed Kaithi, Vikram and Leo and created Tamil cinema's…
