Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth (d. 1 September2002) was a famous theatre personality from India. He was an alumnus of the National School of Drama (1962 batch) and much later, its director. He has directed many successful plays and has directed award winning Kannada movies. His movie Chomana Dudi won many national and international awards including National Award for "Best Film". The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National School of Drama (popularly shortened to NSD) is a training institute for theatre, located in New Delhi, India. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kannada - aptly described as sirigannada (known to few as Kanarese) is one of the oldest Dravidian languages and is spoken in its various dialects by roughly 45 million people. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...