Happy Director's Day: From Ravikiran to T N Seetharam, a look at Kannada TV’s finest directors

'Director's Day' is widely observed today (May 4). Kannada television has witnessed some of the finest directors, who have created a new wave in the industry. Here's a look at some of the finest directors of Kannada television.

Be it a film or telly series, S Narayan surely knows how to grab the attention of the viewers with compelling storytelling. He is one of the highly successful directors in Kannada TV with popular shows like Sumati, Bhageerati and Ambika to his credit.

Ace director-actor Ravikiran's contribution to the Kannada television has been remarkable. Although he has been away from the limelight for quite a while now, his daily shows Baduku, Shakti, and others were popular and ruled the TRP charts, too.

Fondly known as ‘CSP’, T N Seetharam's enviable body of work includes shows like Mayamruga, Manvantara, Muktha, and Muktha Muktha which often reflected the lives of the middle class. Soulful title songs and iconic courtroom scenes were embellishments of Seetharam's shows.

Her work in TV as a director includes shows like 'Muthina Torana' and 'Moodala Mane'. Vaishali's shows often managed to grab the eyeballs of the viewers for the traditional costumes, ancient locations and the authentic north Karnataka accent that her characters managed to capture.

Chandru's show 'Paapa Pandu' and ' Silli Lalli' is one of the evergreen shows of Kannada television. The show recently made a comeback with season 2.

Ramji is one of the happening directors of Kannada TV of late. He shot to fame with his mega serial 'Putta Gowri Madve' which is now renamed as 'Mangala Gowri Madve'. His other popular shows include Geeta, Ranganayaki and Naagini 2, Rani, and many others.