Meet Prakash Belawadi

Prakash Belawadi is an actor, writer and director for the stage, television and films; also journalist and trainer. He is the founder of Center for Film and Drama, now under Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy, which conducts courses in film making and acting and organises screenings, shows and seminars on aspects of media and issues of current interest.

​He is well-known for his roles in super hit bollywood movies like Airlift, Madras Cafe and Talwar.

He directed the national-award winning feature film Stumble (2002), documentary films and Kannada TV serials (Garva)(2001) and ‘Illiruvudu Summane’ (2008). He has acted in and directed plays in Kannada and English.

His debut feature 'STUMBLE' won the National Award for Best Feature in the English language(2003). He has been a speaker and delegate at conferences in India and abroad, including Harvard Univ., San Francisco State Univ., and in London, Seoul, Gothenburg and Berlin. He has been faculty for film courses in Sweden and Istanbul, Turkey. He has won other awards for his work on the stage and screen and received the Karnataka Nataka Academy award (2012) for his contribution to English and Kannada language theater.

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