A. N. Prahlada Rao is an author of a book named 'Bangarada manushya ', the chronicle of Dr. Rajakumar, a popular Kannada film actor. The book Bangarada Manushya surmises the achievements of Rajkumar both on and off the screen. This book is a referral volume on Kannada film industry, for it is rich in details of the growth and evolution of the Kannada Film Industry. The book released by Dharmasingh, Chief Minister of Karnataka at the presence of Dr.Rajakumar in 2005 at SARTAKA SUVARNA function organized by the Govt of Karnataka. The book was also relesed at Washington D.C., New Jersey, London, Dubai.
The Hindu: Literature on the "Bangarada Manushya" who strode the field of Kannada cinema like a colossus, exploring the impact of Rajkumar on an industry that he dominated for 50 years, is surprisingly scarce for a man who has achieved the status of a demi-god when alive and has come too be deified after he is no more.
Though the thespian has a fan following that knows the trivia about him and there is an entire generation of Dr. Rajkumar fans that knows him mostly through television, serious students of cinema and researchers have missed out on him.
Dr. Rajkumar as the subject of serious study, or the protagonist of a biographical sketch, or a critical analysis of the Dr. Rajkumar phenomenon has not engaged as many researchers as it ought to have done.
But it is a daunting task to sift "Rajkumarayana" from Kannada cinema to find enough to document any aspect of filmdom without a reference to the thespian cropping up, says A.N. Prahlada Rao, who authored "Bangarada Manushya" a biography, in 2005 to mark 50 years of Dr. Rajkumar in Kannada cinema.
Mr. Prahlada Rao, an officer in the State Information Department, is a veritable encyclopedia on Kannada cinema, has been collecting trivia and all information on Dr. Rajkumar for over 30 years.
He had hoped to publish "Bangarada Manushya" in 2003, when Dr. Rajkumar turned 75, as a series for film magazines, but the media overkill on the star in the aftermath of his kidnapping by Veerappan had still not waned, and Mr. Rao's tome remained unpublished.
The 50-year milestone in Dr. Rajkumar's acting career then provided an opportunity as the Government decided to celebrate the occasion in 2005, and Mr. Rao's book became a commemorative volume for "Sarthaka Suvarna".
21 окт 2024
