B. S. Ranga
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Bindinganavale Srinivasiyengar Ranga was born on 11 November 1917, in Magadi Village (near Bangalore, India) in the erstwhile princely state of Mysore (now part of Karnataka State). After an art-enriched childhood wherein he interacted with many stage personalities, B.S.Ranga entered the field of photography. As with most things he attempted, he excelled in this through a combination of raw talent and dogged hard work. At the tender age of 17, the self-trained Ranga sent some of his work to be exhibited at the Royal Salon in London, and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
Subsequently, he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) and apprenticed himself to the famous cameraman / laboratory technician, Krishna Gopal. B.S.Ranga then embarked on an illustrious film career lasting more than five decades, during which he played the roles of cinematographer, director, producer, laboratory owner, studio owner, exhibitor and script-writer, sometimes all at once for one of his productions. His production company, Vikram Productions, gained fame and fortune throughout the 60's and 70's, and won B.S.Ranga many prestigious awards, including two President's Awards. The first was for "Tenali Ramakrishna" in Telugu (starring NTR and Nageswara Rao), and the second was for "Amarshilpi Jakkanna", the first colour movie produced in Kannada.
His (partial) filmography includes: No. Film Year 1 Pardesi 1940 2 Pyaas 1940 3 Prakash 1940 4 Bhakta Tulsidas 1941 5 Mehman 1942 6 Fox Movietone News 1942 (?) 7 Bakta Naradar 1943 8 Bala Nagamma 1944 9 Dassi Aparanji 1945 (?) 10 Devdas 1950 11 Sthri Sahasam 1951 12 Shanthi 1952 13 Maa Gopi (Jaya Gopi) 1954 14 Kannavane Kankanda Deivam 1955 15 Baktha Markandeya 1955 16 Tenali Ramakrishna 1956 17 Tenali Raman 1956 18 Kutumba Gauravam 1957 19 Mahishasura Mardini (Durga Mata) 1959 20 Raja Malaya Simhan (Mohabbat Ki Jeet ) 1959 21 Chandrahasa (Gunavathi) 1960 22 Nichaya Thambulam 1961 23 Pelli Thambulam 1961 24 Ashajeevalu 1962 25 Thendral Veesum 1962 26 Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya 1963 27 Amarshilpi Jakanachari 1964 28 Amarshilpi Jakanna 1964 29 Pratigne 1964 30 Chandrahasa 1965 31 Chandrahasa 1965 32 Mahasati Anusuya 1965 33 Parvathi Kalyanam 1967 34 Vasantsena 1967 35 Bhale Basava 1969 36 Mr. Rajkumar 1970 37 Sidila Mari 1971 38 Bhai Behen 1972 39 Mannina Magalu 1973 40 Pattikatu Ponnaiah 1973 41 Ganga Ki Kasam 1975 42 Suli 1978 43 Bhagyavantha 1981 44 Hasyarathna Ramakrishna 1982 45 Huliyada Kala 1984
