# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/master-vinayak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:21:31.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/master-vinayak"
name: "Master Vinayak"
slug: "master-vinayak"
description: "Vinayak Damodar Karnataki, professionally known as Master Vinayak, was an acclaimed Indian actor, director, and producer. Over a cinematic career spanning sixteen years, he directed eighteen films and performed acting roles in the majority of them."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Master_Vinayak.webp?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: "1906-01-19"
deathDate: "1947-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.12
  momentum:             8.314768492521313
  historical:           5.586073333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898521/"
    handle:    "nm0898521"
sources:
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    title: "ماسٹر ونائک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Master Vinayak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماستير ڤيناياك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "विनायक दामोदर कर्नाटकी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "மாஸ்டர் விநாயக்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "మాస్టర్ వినాయక్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19815745"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3757826"
    title: "Vinayak Damodar Karnataki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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