Kadandale Narayana Tailor (1939 – 18 March 2015)
was an Indian actor, director and producer in
Tulu films.
Early life and career
Tailor was born at
Kadandale of
Karkala
''Karkala'' also known as Karla in Tulu language, is a town and the headquarters of Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka, India. Located about 60 km from Mangalore in the Tulu Nadu region of the state,it lies near the foothill ...
Taluk of
Dakshina Kannada
Dakshina Kannada district is a district of Karnataka state in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangalore. It is part of the larger Tulu Nadu region. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east ...
district in 1939. From his childhood he had an infatuation for acting in dramas. By profession he was a tailor and his aptitude was for stage activities including acting, directing and producer. He became the proprietor of drama troupe. The Ganesh Natak Sabha which he established in 1958 in Mangalore staged as many as 17 dramas all over the country and abroad and earned a name for him in the field of stage activities.
His performance in the field of Tulu cinema also is significant, and he has been described as "the first 'superstar' of Tulu cinema". He provided script, dialogue, direction and himself acted in as many as nine films. Most popular among them are ''Yer Malthina Thappu'' (1974), ''Dareda Bodedi'', ''Pagetha Puge'', ''Bisathi Babu'' and ''Yan Sanyasi Aape''. Tailor was mainly responsible for attracting people towards
Tulu language
Tulu () in Kannada script, ml, തുളു ഭാഷെ in Malayalam script. ''bhāṣe'', , ''bhāśe'', and ''bāśe'' are alternative spellings for the Tulu word ''bāse'' in the Kannada script. The correct spelling for the word ...
, literature and culture through Tulu dramas and cinemas.
Awards and recognition
He has won many regional and state level awards including:
* special state award for Bhagyavanthedi Tulu film in 1982
* Karnataka Natak Academy Award in 1989 and Kannada Rajyotsava Award in 1994
* Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy accorded Taylor its 1996–1997 award
* Lifetime Achievement award in 2014, from the Tulu Film Awards
* Taulava Award from the Tulu Nataka Kalavidara Okkoota, for contributions to Tulu theatre
References
External links
Tulu Actor-Director K N Taylor No More
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1939 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Indian male actors
Male actors from Karnataka
Indian male film actors
Indian male stage actors
People from Dakshina Kannada district
Male actors in Kannada theatre