Shashidhar Adapa

Shashidhar Adapa
Born Shashidhar Adapa B.
(1955-09-01) 1 September 1955
Mangalore, Mysore State, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Production designer
Set designer
Proprietor of Prathiroopi

Shashidhar Adapa (born 1 September 1955)[1] is an Indian production designer, set designer and puppet designer, known predominantly for his work in Kannada cinema.[2] In 1984, he formed 'Prathiroopi', an outfit for set design and art direction that designs sets of television soaps, films and stage events.

In his career spanning over 30 years, Adapa has worked with theatre personalities such as B. V. Karanth, Shankar Nag, M. S. Sathyu, C. G. Krishnaswamy, B. Jayashree, Prakash Belawadi, and filmmakers T. S. Nagabharana, Girish Karnad, Girish Kasaravalli, T. N. Seetharam, Mani Ratnam and Yogaraj Bhat.[3] He has worked in over 45 Kannada films, in addition to Tamil, Hindi and French films. He is a three-time recipient of Karnataka State Film Award for Best Art Direction and in 2004, was awarded the Chaman Lal Memorial Award for his "outstanding contribution to stagecraft".[4]

Career

Adapa began his career in the early 1980s as a set designer for stage plays. In 1984, he founded 'Prathiroopi', an outfit that has since, designed production sets for theatre, television soaps, films and stage events predominantly mainly in Karnataka.

Adapa also had led teams of artistes in major events that feature showcasing the art, culture and history of Karnataka. It involved designing the sets that hosted the annual Hampi Utsav, in the Hampi region of Karnataka.[5] Adapa led the team that designed Karnataka's tableau vivant at India's Republic Day parade, in 2015. The tableau of the famed toys of Channapatna were showcased. It was fabricated on a multi-layered platform fitted on a tractor trailer. A total of 42 toys including 30 giant sized ones and four fitted with battery for rotation formed part of the tableau.[3]

Films

Having worked in films since the 1980s, Adapa is a frequent collaborator of filmmakers T. S. Nagabharana, Girish Kasaravalli, T. N. Seetharam. His work in Kannada films include Sankranthi (1989), Chinnari Mutha (1993), Nagamandala (1997), Kanooru Heggadithi (1999), Deveeri (1999), Singaaravva (2003), Gaalipata (2008) and Kendasampige (2015). His work in Hindi and Tamil films include Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012) and Kadal (2013). He has also worked in French films Passeur d'enfants à Pondichéry (2000) and Hypochondriac.[2]

Filmography

Kannada

Hindi

Tamil

French

Awards

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Art Direction
Other awards

References

  1. ↑ "Shashidhar Adapa B.". prathiroopi.com. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 Khajane, Muralidhara. "By design". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Vaz, Gabriel (March 2015). "March of Karnataka" (PDF). Channaptna gets R-Day Honour, global acclaim. Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Karnataka. 52 (3): 15–18. Retrieved 14 October 2015. line feed character in |journal= at position 22 (help)
  4. ↑ "Nationala Award for art director Shashidhar Adapa". Viggy.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Jadar, Suresh M. (27 January 2011). "Stage set for Hampi extravaganza". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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