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A. N. Prahlada Rao is a Kannada crossword writer. He has created 16000 crosswords in Indian-Kannada language for various kannada daily Newspapers and periodicals. A.N.Prahlada rao was born on 24 July 1953 at Abbani in kolar district of Karnataka in India. He started writing kannada crosswords in 1984. He has created different crosswords like General, Cinema, Crime, Sports, Mythology, Science and on other subjects. A.N.Prahlada rao is only the highest crossword maker in India. His crosswords are published in Prajavani, Vijayakarnataka, Kannadaprabha, Samyuktakarnataka, Aragini, Mangala, Balamangala, Chitra, Priyanka, Karmaveera, Tharanga, Vijayachitra, Vanita, Janapada, Vignanasangati, Policenews, Policefile, Sanchu, Udayaraga, Dehalivarte, Rangavalli, Hotel patrike, Cheluve, Chitratara, Kandayavarte, Vydyaloka, Kannadamma, Udayakala and some more magazines. A.N.Prahlada rao is an author of a book BANGARADAMANUSHYA which is the chronicle of Dr. Rajakumar, who is a popular kannada Film actor. Email: anprao@gmail.com anapra@rediffmail.com
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A.N.Prahlada Rao is an Crossword composer and writer on Kannada cinema. A.N.Prahlada Rao has worn both hats with élan. And while he was about it, Prahlada Rao has virtually created a new genre of literature on cinema trivia, as his magnum opus, “Bangarada Manushya” a biography of the late thespian Rajakumar, proved in 2005, when it milestoned the actor’s 50 years in cinema. When the actor died April 2006, “Bangarada Manushya” made brisk sales, scarce as the literature on the Kannada filmdom’s icon has been. A.N.Prahlada Rao, born in 1953 in Abbani village, Kolar district of Karnataka, demonstrated very early in life a penchant for wordplay, and gravitated naturally towards jobs in journalism- first as a reporter for Kolara Patrike in 1975, and edited another daily, “Honnudi” from Kolar. In 1983, he joined the State Information Department, and among other assignments, he was in the media section of the Chief Minister’s office, and in the News Section of the Information Department. In many ways, “Bangarada Manushya” is a milestone in Rao’s own journey across crossword grids, collecting trivia , adding to a bank of information that can become quite a nest egg of history. Over 21 years, Rao has composed more than 17,000 crosswords, and today, nearly every Kannada newspaper or magazine sports the puzzles created by him, on scores of themes, that celebrate cinema in a myriad ways. Every puzzle that he creates is a mosaic of information on the theme he chooses- not only in general- cinema, literature, crime, science, mythology, food, sport, and in the process, shown how learning Kannada and appreciating its culture can be a pleasurable experience. If dailies like Kannada Prabha, and Vijaya Karnataka sport the grid-and-clues school of Kannada every day, Weekly magazines like, Karmaveera, Mangala, and the fortnightly Balamangala have Rao’s general knowledge quiz and puzzles. For Prajavani, Aragini and E Sanje, Rao composes film-based crossword puzzles. For a whole year, Managala Weekly carried Rao’s crosswords based on the theme of Kannada’s literary starr The Kannada University in Hampi has been using his specially custom-made puyzzles in its publication, Vignana Sangati for more than three years. Prajavani’s cinema supplement has been featuring his ”filmy” grids for more than 12 years. As for Aragini, Rao’s crosswords on film themes have been a regular feature for over 23 years. There really is no Kannada film journal worth its name that has not featured Rao’s puzzles at one time or another- Vijayachitra of the Chandamama publications , Udayaraga published out of Mumbai, Dehali Varte published from Delhi, Priyanka, Chitra, Rangavalli, Star, Cinema Makaranda…… Rao’s repertoire trespass into the genre of critique and analysis as well- its not all trivia.and pun- intended or otherwise. If “Bangarada Manyshya” is his magnum opus, the intervening years have been for Rao a time to follow the unfolding of drama of Kannada cinema- All the magazines that give him his grid never forget to invite him to write scholarly or informed articles in their special issues – Aragini featured his article on memorable movies, Karmaveera published “Gathavaibhava”, Mangala featured him on the series on cinema history- “chalanachitra itihasa”, and provided inputs for Karnataka University’s publication, “Kiriyara Karnataka (encyclopedia) and Cinema history, cinema articles also published in Sudha- popular kannada weekly, Roopatara- cinema monthly, Chitra- cinema monthly. “Bangarada Manushya” is not merely a biography on the greatest icon of Kannada cinema, it is the synthesis of the essence of Kannada cinema, tracked through the career of Rajkumar. The trivia and titbits that figure dominantly in Rao’s puzzles add colour and interest to the study of an absorbing subject – Rajkumar and Kannada cinema. The revised edition of “Bangarada Manushya” released at AKKA Kannada conference held at Washington D.C, America in September 2006
