A. N. Prahlada Rao

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A. N. Prahlada Rao (born 24 July 1953) is a Kannada crossword writer with the highest number of crosswords in India. He has created 18,000 crosswords in the Kannada language for various Kannada daily newspapers and periodicals. A.N. Prahlada Rao was born at Abbani in the Kolar district of Karnataka in India. He started writing Kannada crosswords in 1984.

A. N. Prahlada Rao is also an author of a book named Bangarada manushya, the chronicle of Dr. Rajakumar, a popular Kannada film actor. His second book, Belliterey Belagidavaru, (Gems of the Silver Screen) contains profiles of 115 film stars of the Kannada silver screen with a foreword by director Girish Kasaravalli, who is also profiled. The first-ever volumes of Kannada crossword puzzles compiled by A.N. Prahlad Rao were launched on 14 February 2008. Out of five Kannada crossword books three books are based on general knowledge, one on Kannada cinema, and another one for children.

The English translation of his book 'Bangarada manushya' named as “Dr. Rajkumar: The Inimitable Actor With A Golden Voice” has been relesed at New Jercy, America on 10th May 2008.

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