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B.V. Karanth dead

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE SEPT. 1. The septuagenarian "missionary'' director, actor and musician of modern Indian theatre and Kannada and Hindi new wave cinema, B.V. Karanth, died at a private hospital here today after a prolonged illness.

Dr. Karanth has won several awards, including the Padmashri (1981), the Kalidas Samman (Madhya Pradesh) and the prestigious Gubbi Veeranna award (instituted by the Karnataka Government).

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