# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gubbi-veeranna
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:22:19.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gubbi-veeranna"
name: "Gubbi Veeranna"
slug: "gubbi-veeranna"
description: "Gubbi Hampanna Veeranna was an Indian theatre director. He was one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre. He established the drama company, Gubbi Sree Channabasaveshwara Nataka Company, which played a crucial role in promoting the Kannada theatre field. He has been conferred the title Nataka Ratna meaning \"A Precious Jewel\" in the theatre world. Gubbi Veeranna laid the foundation stone for the Kannada film industry. He established a studio, produced silent films in early days of cinema and produced good Kannada short films, He built theaters and introduced many actors including Dr Rajkumar, G.V Iyer, B.V Karanth, Girish Karnad and others to the Kannada film industry."
tagline: "Indian theatre personality"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/GubbiVeeranna.jpg"
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: "1890"
deathDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             1.792250129658442
  historical:           6.245396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1246073/"
    handle:    "nm1246073"
sources:
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    title: "گوبی ویرانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوبى ڤيرانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gubbi Veeranna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ವೀರಣ್ಣ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "गुब्बि वीरण्ण"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "குப்பி வீரண்ணா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A3"
    title: "గుబ్బి వీరణ్ణ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5614430"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3316871"
    title: "Gubbi Veeranna"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump