K. M. Chaitanya

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name = K.M. Chaitanya


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birth_date = 1974
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occupation = Director, Writer
spouse = Radhika

K.M. Chaitanya ( Kannada: ಚೈತನ್ಯ) is a documentary film maker and film director. He has made documentaries for several international channels. His first feature film is Aa dinagalu in Kannada.

He is the son of dramatist K. Marulasiddappa [ [http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jan032004/metro17.asp Deccan Herald] ] and grandson of Rashtra Kavi G. S. Shivarudrappa [ [http://www.chitraranga.com/en/news/activenews_view.asp?articleID=374 Chitra Ranga] ] .

Chaitanya has directed several dramas. He has co-directed Kannada drama Odakalu bimba along with Girish Karnad which was also staged in English as A heap of broken images.

Chaitanya has worked as the Bangalore correspondent for a technology show on CNN, titled CNN dotcom and directed a documentary for BBC World’s Business Bizarre programme.

He has worked as associate director for the National award winning film Kaanooru Heggadathi. He got Kanfida award for best associate director. He has done a documentary on cancer for South Asian patients.]

He also directed a TV series Kichchu in ETV Kannada which brought about issues of rural woman and their turbulent lives. [ [http://timecodefilms.net/kichchu.htm Kichchu] ]

Currently he is directing TV series of Mugilu on ETV Kannada and Om Namo on DD Chandana which is based on a Jain family written by Prathiba Nandakumar.

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