K. S. Ashoka known as Ashoka is an Indian
director
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and
writer
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. He became popular in the wake of the success of his debut movie ''
6-5=2''. It was the first
found footage movie in
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
.
with the success of ''
6-5=2'', the movie was remade in Hindi with same title, ''
6-5=2'' and released in 2014 by different director. In Telugu, it was dubbed and released as ''Chitram Kadu Nizam''.
K S Ashoka directed a second movie, ''
Dia'', which was critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
Early life
With an engineering degree from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) in
Mysuru
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, Ashoka was working at Citibank India where he found his colleague D Krishna Chaitanya as his first movie producer. Following the success of ''
6-5=2'' they again collaborated to work together for the next movie ''
Dia''.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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21st-century Indian film directors
Kannada film directors
Film directors from Bangalore
Living people
Screenwriters from Bangalore
1982 births
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