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Prema Karanth
Indian film director (1936-2007) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 71
Prema Karanth was an Indian theatre personality and the first-ever woman film-maker of Kannada cinema. She was the wife of B. V. Karanth and was known for the children's plays that she staged.
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She became the first ever woman director in Kannada cinema when she directed the film Phaniyamma (1983), which was based on a novel by M. K. Indira.
