# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/b-v-karanth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:13.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/b-v-karanth"
name: "B. V. Karanth"
slug: "b-v-karanth"
description: "Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth widely known as B. V. Karanth was an Indian film director, playwright, actor, screenwriter, composer, and dramatist known for his works in the Kannada theatre, Kannada cinema, and Hindi cinema. One of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema, Karanth was an alumnus of the National School of Drama (1962) and later, its director. He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1976), six National Film Awards, and the civilian honor Padma Shri for his contributions towards the field of art."
tagline: "Indian theatre personality, film director (1929–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B.V.Karanth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-09-19"
deathDate: "2002-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.206764027671022
  historical:           9.519154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump