Prakash Belawadi is a journalist and a theatre person from Bangalore, India. He is a co-founder of Centre of Film and Drama which is set to launch Suchitra School of Cinema and Dramatic Arts at the Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy campus in Bangalore.
He directed the national-award winning feature film Stumble, documentary films and Kannada TV serials and 'Illiruvudu Summane'. He has acted in and directed plays in Kannada, Marathi and English. He played the main character along with Mohan Agashe in Marathi film Ghashiram Kotwal, which was directed by K. Hariharan and Mani Kaul in cooperation with 16 graduates of the FTII. This Marathi film was based on the play of the same name by Vijay Tendulkar.
He has worked for leading English dailies like Indian Express, The Asian Age and the weekly magazine Sunday.
He is the son of famous Kannada theatre personalities - Makeup Nani and Bhargavi Narayan.
Prakash has acted in Shoojit Sircar's film Madras Cafe, a political action thriller starring John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri in lead roles.
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