Festival Organising Committee
Chief Patron
Mr D V Sadananda Gowda
Hon’ble Chief Minister
Govt. of Karnataka
Patron
Mr Basavaraju, IAS
Secretary, Information, Kannada & Culture
Govt. of Karnataka
Festival Director
Mr T S Nagabharana
Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
+91 98452 77408
Executive Director
Dr Muddumohan
Director, Information Govt. of Karnataka
+91 94489 90304
Festival Advisor
Mr Girish Kasaravalli
+91 94484 66810
Artistic Director
Mr H N Narahari Rao
+91 94484 76681
FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Mr Basavaraju, IAS, Secretary,Information & Kannada and Culture
Chairman,
Festival Organising Committee
Dr Muddumohan, Director, Information Department
Mr T S Nagabharana, Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
Mr K V Chandrashekar, President, KFCC
Mr Basant Kumar Patil, Film Producer
Mr H N Narahari Rao, President, FFSI
Mr K C N Chandrashekhar, Film Producer
Mr Munirathna, President, Karnataka Film Producers’ Association
Mr M S Ramesh, President, Karnataka Film Directors’ Association
Mr V N Subba Rao, Senior Journalist
Mr Girish Kasaravalli, Film Director
Mr D P Parameshwar, Chairman, Karnataka Madhyama Academy
Mr M Rudresh, Chairman, Kanteerava Studio
Mr Ashok, Chairman, Karnataka Film Workers’ Federation
Mr K Nagaraj, CBFC
Ms Jayanthi, Veteran Actress
Ms K H Savithri, Member, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
Mr N Vidyashankar, Suchitra Film Society
Mr N R Nanjunde Gowda, President, Childrens’ India
Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy members
Mr Prakash Belawadi, Deputy Director
Mr Jagannatha Prakash, Registrar
Mr Venkataram, Finance
Mr Anand Varadaraj, Coordinator
FILM SELECTION COMMITTEE
Mr Chiranjeevi Singh, IAS Dr Srinath, MLC Mr N Shashidhara Mr Chindodi Bangaresh Mr K Nagaraj Mr M K Raghavendra Mr Kesari Haravu Mr N Madhusudhan Reddy Mr George Kutty Mr B Gopalakrishna Pai Mr S Vishwanath Mr A N Prasanna
FILM THEATRE COMMITTEE
Dist. Commr., B'lore City Commr., Commercial Tax Dept. Commr., of Police, B'lore Mr M S Gunasheelan Mr Suresh Mr G S Bhaskar Mr V Hanumantharaya Mr Narasimhulu
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
Commr., Dept. of Tourism Commr., BBMP Commr., BDA Mr Basant Kumar Patil Mr S A Chinne Gowda Mr B R Gopinath Mr G Tulasiram Naidu
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Director, All India Radio Mr Hamsalekha Mr K S Ravindranath Ms Tushita Patel Mr Naresh Narasimhan Mr Lakshman Kodse Mr D Mahadevappa
SEMINAR ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Baraguru Ramachandrappa Prof Manu Chakravarthy Dr K Puttaswamy Mr Abdul Rehaman Pasha Mr B N Subramanya Dr Venkatesh M Rao Mr Yogesh Hunsur
REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
Commr., Commercial Tax Dept. Mr Ashok Mr Rockline Venkatesh Mr K Manju Mr N Vidya Shankar Mr M S Ramesh Mr A Ganesh Mr Manohar Mr N R Nanjunde Gowda
BIFFES INAUGURATION & VALEDICTORY
Co-ordination Committee Chairman, Nataka Academy Chairman, Sangeetha-Nritya Academy President, Karnataka Janapada Academy President, Karnataka Lalithakala Academy Mr V N Subba Rao Mr G Srinivas Kappanna Mr Kalyan K Mr Gurukiran Mr Ananth Kumar Mr Y K Muddukrishna Mr H S Neelakanta
DOORDARSHAN COMMITTEE
Dr Mahesh Joshi Mr Sridhar K S Mr Ravikiran Ms K H Savithri Mr S R Govindu
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
Chairman, Kannada Sahitya Parishat Dr Doddarangegowda Mr M N Vyasa Rao Mr Gangadhara Mudaliar Dr Prasad Swamy Mr G S Kumar
MEDIA COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Mr D P Parameshwar Mr Indudhar Honnapura Mr B M Haneef Mr P Seshadri Ms Deepa Ganesh Mr Mysore Harish Mr Sanjeev Mr Thomas D Souza
FILM PRINTS CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE
Mr H N Maruthi Mr Basavaraj Urs Mr K T Ramanna (Ramu) Mr D R Jairaj
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
Mr Ambarish Mr Mukhyamantri Chandru Ms Jayanti Dr Jayamala Mr Jai Jagadish Mr Raghavendra Rajkumar Mr Doddanna Mr Ramesh Aravind Mr Sridhar Ms Tara Venu
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Mr K C N Chandrashekhar Mr Rudresh M Mr S N Ravishankar Mr K V Venkatesh