Shashidhar Adapa

Shashidhara MG
Born
Shashidhar Adapa B.

(1955-09-01) 1 September 1955 (age 69)
Mangalore, Mysore State, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Production designer
Set designer
Proprietor of Prathiroopi

Shashidhar Adapa (born 1 September 1955)[1] is an Indian production designer, set designer and puppet designer, known predominantly for his work in Kannada cinema.[2] In 1984, he formed Prathiroopi, a television, film, and stage set design company.

In his career spanning over 30 years, Adapa has worked with theatre personalities such as B. V. Karanth, Shankar Nag, M. S. Sathyu, C. G. Krishnaswamy, B. Jayashree, Prakash Belawadi, and filmmakers T. S. Nagabharana, Girish Karnad, Girish Kasaravalli, T. N. Seetharam, Mani Ratnam and Yogaraj Bhat.[3] He has worked in over 45 Kannada films, in addition to Tamil, Hindi and French films. He is a four-time recipient of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Art Direction and in 2004, was awarded the Chaman Lal Memorial Award for his "outstanding contribution to stagecraft".[4]

  1. ^ "Shashidhar Adapa B." prathiroopi.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (27 December 2012). "By design". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ Vaz, Gabriel (March 2015). "March of Karnataka" (PDF). Channaptna Gets R-Day Honour, Global Acclaim. 52 (3). Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Karnataka: 15–18. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Nationala Award for art director Shashidhar Adapa". Viggy.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2015.