Nataka Academy award for H K Ranganath, Sadanad Suvarna

bellary: karnataka nataka academy president r. nageswararao on thursday released the list of 25 persons who have been selected for the nataka academy awards. the award will carry rs 5,000 as cash prize, a statue of nataraj, a citation and felicitation. the awards will be presented in february in a programme that will be organised in mangalore, rao said.the artistes selected for the award are: g. ravindra, mangalore (for stage performance), dr ramakrishna marathe, belgaum (for his research and stage critique), sadananda shanbhogue, sirsi, (for background performance), shivappa goolappa kallannavar, mugalkhod (stage performance), dr h.k.ramanath, mysore (stage performance), a.shankar, hiremannapura (stage performance), n.s.murthy, tumkur (makeup and stage arrangement), sreedhar hegde, bijapur (stage performance), basappa dandina kallura, haveri (stage performance), ganagacharana, holenarsipur (stage performance and music direction), h.r.ramesh, saanehalli (stage performance and lighting), g.venkatesh, tumkur (professional stage performance), vani saraswathi naidu, hubli (stage performance), h.t. kasturamma, davanagere (stage performance), c.m. thimmaiah, bangalore (stage performance, direction and organising plays) kotagaanahalli ramaiah, kolar (stage performance), murigeppa, dharwad (stage performance and direction), professor b.jayaprakash gowda, mandya (direction), anantharangachar a.v, bangalore (direction and stage performance), varalakshmi, bellary (stage performance), s.thimmappa, bellary (background music), k.sivarudraiah, bangalore (direction and photography), richard lewis, bangalore (direction and stage performance), s.k.ramakrishna, bangalore (make up) and sadananda suvarna, bombay (direction).