Jayatheertha

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Jayathirtha
Jayathirta (Director).jpg
Born (1977-05-08) 8 May 1977 (age 47)
Bangalore, India
Occupations
  • Film director
  • Theatre director
  • Production designer
Known for Olave Mandara
Tony
Beautiful Manasugalu
Bell Bottom
SpousePoornima H. D.
Children1

Jayathirtha B. V. (born May 8, 1977) is an Indian theater activist, production designer and filmmaker. [1] He is known for his movies Olave Mandara, Tony, Beautiful Manasugalu, and Bell Bottom.

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

Early life

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.[ citation needed ] He trained at Abhinayataranga under the renowned theatre personality A. S. Murthy [2] and later became a teacher in the same institution.

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.[ citation needed ]

Film career

Early beginnings

In 2007, he directed a short film called Hasivu (Hunger). The movie won the Best Indian Short Film award at Cinerail Film Festival, Paris.[ citation needed ]

2011–2013: Directorial debut and breakthrough

In 2011, he directed a full-fledged Kannada feature film, Olave Mandara which brought several awards including the 59th Filmfare Awards (Best Director). [3] 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. Later he directed Tony (2013) which won him the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay. [4]

2015–2018: Career fluctuations

He wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film Endendigu. His next was Bullet Basya (2015) starring Sharan and Haripriya which opened to mixed reviews towards its sexist jokes. [5] He made a comeback with the movie Beautiful Manasugalu (2017) which was based on the true occurrences that shocked people in 2012. [6] [7] [8] The movie won Best Dialogues Award at KAFTA Times of India 2017, the only awards given to technicians in Kannada film industry. [9] His next movie was Vanilla (2018), [10] a murder mystery with a message of social concerns.

2019–Present: Commercial success and Fluctuations

Bell Bottom (2019) [11] 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. [12] It also won the second best commercial film recognition at Bangalore International Film Festival 2020. [13] The movie has won Best Director Award in Critics Choice Film Awards 2020. [14]

Director Jayathirtha during the shooting of Banaras, on the banks of river Ganga. Jayathirtha - Banaras.jpg
Director Jayathirtha during the shooting of Banaras, on the banks of river Ganga.

In November 2020, It was reported that Jayathirtha along with four other Kannada film directors KM Chaitanya, Shashank (director), Yogaraj Bhat, and Pawan Kumar (director) would team up to make a 2-hour film. [15] However it did not materialise. His next directorial was Banaras which starred newcomer Zaid Khan alongside Sonal Monteiro which opened to mixed revies and ended as box office failure. [16] [17] He then directed the action drama Kaiva with Dhanveerah and Megha Shetty in the lead roles and released in 2023, which also opened to mixed reviews and ended as box office disappointment.

In January 2021, Bell Bottom 2, the sequel to the blockbuster Bell Bottom was announced to be directed by Jayathirtha. [18] However the shooting of the film is currently has been paused owing to Rishab's further commitments. [19] [20]

Theatre Activities

Jayathirtha has conducted more than 150 theater training programs, focusing on issues including life skills.[ citation needed ] 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. [21]

Radio

Jayathirtha directed a 450-episode[ when? ] 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. [22] 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.[ citation needed ]

Recognition

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2007HasivuCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgShort Film
2011 Olave Mandara Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
2013 Tony Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgalso Lyricist
2015 Endendigu Check-green.svg
Bullet Basya Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
2017 Beautiful Manasugalu Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
2018 Vanilla Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
2019 Bell Bottom Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
2022 Banaras Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg [23]
2023 Kaiva Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
TBABell Bottom 2 [24] Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgAnnounced

Awards

MovieAwardCategoryResultRef.
HasivuCinerail Film Festival, ParisBest short film (Indian)Won
Olave Mandara 59th Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Kannada Won [25]
Raghavendra Chitravaani AwardBest DirectorWon
'Big FM – ETV' awardBest DirectorWon
Santosham AwardBest Director - KannadaWon
1st SIIMA Awards Best DirectorNominated [26]
Tony 2013 Karnataka State Film Awards Best Screenplay Won [27]
Lalitha Kala Academy AwardBest DirectorWon
Beautiful Manasugalu 65th Filmfare Awards South Best DirectorNominated [28]
KAFTA Times of India 2017Best DialoguesWon [29]
Bell Bottom Zee Comedy Awards 2020Best DirectorWon [30]
Chandanavana Critics' Academy AwardBest ScreenplayWon
Critics’ Choice Film Awards 2020Best DirectorWon [31]
9th SIIMA Awards Best DirectorNominated

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