T. S. Nagabharana

Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 23 January 1953), commonly known as T. S. Nagabharana, is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of parallel cinema. He is one of the few film directors to have straddled the mainstream and parallel cinema worlds. Early life T S Nagabharana was born on 23 January 1953 at Talakadu, Mysuru district, Karnataka. He completed his education at a corporation school in Chamarajpet. He has been an administrator for several theatre repertories, especially Rangayana, Mysuru and Benaka Theatre Group, Bengaluru. He has produced and directed number of serials and other programs for Doordarshan and other channels. His movie Mysore Mallige was an inspiration for 1942: A Love Story. The core plot of Chigurida Kanasu was an inspiration for Swades. The movie Nagamandala was an inspiration for Paheli. The core plot of Kallarali Hoovagi was an inspiration for the storyline of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.