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Jayatheertha was born on 8 May, 1977 in Bangalore, India, is an Indian filmmaker. Discover Jayatheertha's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

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Occupation Film director · theatre director · production designer
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 8 May 1977
Birthday 8 May
Birthplace Bangalore, India
Nationality India

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1977

Jayathirtha B. V. (born May 8, 1977) is an Indian theater activist, production designer and filmmaker.

He is known for his movies Olave Mandara, Tony, Beautiful Manasugalu, and Bell Bottom.

He is also known for his work as a director and play writer.

Jayathirtha was born and brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka.

A high school dropout due to financial constraints, he started working as a salesman at 17 and took up theater as a pastime.

He trained at Abhinayataranga under the renowned theatre personality A. S. Murthy and later became a teacher in the same institution.

1996

He penned and directed 65 street plays and ten stage plays from 1996 to 2007.

He organized those plays to spread social awareness among illiterates and the backward classes.

Jayathirtha directed Hathim Thi, an experiment with 500 actors, at the Al-Ameen school building.

Jayathirtha has used street plays as an effective medium to convey philosophical messages, concerning social issues, imbued with the entertaining flow.

His approach is to involve the audience in the flow of the plays.

He scripted six stage plays and 69 street plays/shows.

Jayathirtha directed a 450-episode of educational radio drama for children, Chukki Chinna – Chinnara Chukki, for an NGO Education Development Center under Sarva Shikshana Abhiyana program of Government of India.

1997

Jayathirtha won several awards for his works in theatre including the B. V. Karanth Best Stage Reviewer Award (1997) for his critical review of the play, Maranayak.

2005

This interactive syllabus-based radio program was recorded between 2005-2007, but it continues to play on the radio for first-standard to sixth-standard students in Karnataka government schools.

2007

In 2007, he directed a short film called Hasivu (Hunger).

The movie won the Best Indian Short Film award at Cinerail Film Festival, Paris.

2011

In 2011, he directed a full-fledged Kannada feature film, Olave Mandara which brought several awards including the 59th Filmfare Awards (Best Director).

The sub-plot of Olave Mandara is inspired by the real-life events of Dashrath Manjhi who cut a rocky hill for 22 years to build a road in memory of his wife.

2013

Later he directed Tony (2013) which won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay.

2015

Bullet Basya (2015) was a Kannada comedy film and a commercial entertainer.

2017

Beautiful Manasugalu (2017) was another successful movie, based on the true occurrences that shocked people in 2012.

The movie won Best Dialogues Award at KAFTA Times of India 2017, the only awards given to technicians in Kannada film industry.

2018

Vanilla (2018) is a murder mystery with a message of social concerns.

2019

Bell Bottom (2019) is a comedy crime thriller, a story of a die-hard fan of detective stories.

It became the first Kannada film in 2019 to complete 100 days.

2020

It also won the second best commercial film recognition at Bangalore International Film Festival 2020.

The movie has won Best Director Award in Critics Choice Film Awards 2020.

In November 2020, Jayathirtha along with four other Kannada film directors KM Chaitanya, Shashank (director), Yogaraj Bhat, and Pawan Kumar (director) came together to make a 2-hour film.

In January 2021, Bell Bottom 2, the sequel to the blockbuster Bell Bottom was announced to be directed by Jayathirtha.

Jayathirtha has conducted more than 150 theater training programs, focusing on issues including life skills.