Yashwant Sardeshpande is a popular theatre

Theatre

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 actor

Actor

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, director, playwright

Playwright

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, and conducts Kannada plays

Play (theatre)

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 under the name of his troupe Guru Samsthe, Hubli across Karnataka state, various parts of India

India

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 and the world. Sardeshpande was the scriptwriter for Kamal Hassan's dialogues in the North-Karnataka Kannada dialect in the Kannada feature film Rama Shama Bama. He has also acted in many Kannada tele-serials and Kannada films, including Amrithadhare

Amrithadhare

Amrithadhare is a Kannada film directed and produced by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. The film was released on 7 October 2005 starring Dhyan and Ramya in lead roles. The music was composed by Mano Murthy....

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A popular theatre personality, most of Sardeshpande's plays have run for over 500 shows, and include the Kannada plays All The Best, Rashichakra, Olave jeevana Shakshatkara, Neenaanaadre Naaneenena, Sahi Ri Sahi and Hingadre.

Sardeshpande has used his plays for propagating the Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

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 election campaign and manifesto

Manifesto

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 in Karnataka during the State elections. and also recently during the 2008 State Elections.

Sardeshpande is currently based in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

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, busy with his latest project—producing a Kannada feature film Idea Madyara.

External links

• The Hindu
  The Hindu
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   - June 6, 2008 Lights, camera, action!
• The Hindu - August 9, 2007: ‘Ranga sambhrama’ back in Hubli
• The Hindu - February 2, 2007: Laughing all the way
• The Hindu - September 23, 2005: Cultural activities shape students' personality
• Deccan Herald
  Deccan Herald
  The Deccan Herald is a leading English-language daily newspaper distributed in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is published by the Printers Private Limited and has a number of editions in Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Mangalore and Gulbarga....
  
   - December 12, 2004: Wishing you ‘All the best’
• The Hindu - April 26, 2004: Using the stage to convey a message
• The Indian Express
  The Indian Express
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  - April 5, 2004: Culture gloss to BJP campaign