C. R. Simha
| C. R. Simha | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Channapatna Ramaswamy Simha 16 June 1942 Channapatna, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 28 February 2014 (aged 71) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film actor, director, theatre actor |
| Spouse(s) | Sharada Simha |
| Relatives | Srinath (brother) |
Channapatna Ramaswami Simha (Kannada: ಚನ್ನಪಟ್ನ ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಸಿಂಹ; 16 June 1942 – 28 February 2014), better known as C. R. Simha (Kannada: ಸಿ. ಆರ್. ಸಿಂಹ), was an Indian actor, director, dramatist and a playwright. He was best known for his work in Kannada films and for his work in stage shows. Starting his career in Prabhat Kalavidaru, a famous theatre group based in Bangalore, he acted in numerous Kannada plays which reached the cult status. He started his own theatre group called "Nataranga" in 1972 and directed many successful plays such as Kakana Kote, Thughlaq and Sankranthi.
Simha also directed and enacted in the Shakespeare's Kannada adaptation of Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello. These plays found a widespread presentation across many states in India. Following this, he directed and acted in many English plays written by eminent personalities such as Moliere, Bernard Shaw, Edward Albee and Neil Simon among others. Apart from theatre, Simha acted in more than 150 feature films in Kannada which include both artistic and commercially viable projects. He also directed about five feature films with the most prominent being his own film adaptation of Kakana Kote.
Simha has been felicitated with many prestigious awards in both cinema and theatre fields. In 2003, he was awarded with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Government of India recognising his contribution to the theatre acting and direction.
Simha was born in Karnataka on 16 June 1942 into a Hoysala Karnataka Brahmin family. His younger brother Srinath is a famous film actor who acted in several mainstream Kannada cinema as both the leading actor and supporting actor.
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