Doddarange Gowda to preside over Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Writer and film lyricist Doddarange Gowda will chair the three-day 86th

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

, which will be held in

Haveri

from February 26 to 28.

Doddarange Gowda has penned lyrics for

more

than 500 film songs and has also written over 110 books, dialogues for more than 10

films

and has scripted over 100 television serials. He has penned lyrics for movies like Aalemane, Parasangada Gendethimma, Paduvaralli Pandavaru, Ganeshana Maduve, Aruna Raaga, Kavya, Megha Mandara, Beli Kalungura, Spandana, Thandege Thakka Maga, Premothasva, Allamma and many others. He has won the Karnataka State Film Award for best lyricist thrice, for penning lyrics for the films Kavya, Ganeshana Maduve and Janumada Jodi. He is also a recipient of the

Padmashree

. He has also brought out poetry collections in English, including The Wheel of Time and other poems, voice of the age.

Doddarange Gowda was born on February 7, 1946 to K Range Gowda and Akkamma, in Tumkur. On presiding over the

Kannada

Sahitya Sammelana, Doddarange Gowda said, "It is an honour for me to chair the 86th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana as I have been contributing to Kannada literature since 1960."