Throughout his life he was director, actor and musician of modern Indian theatre both in Kannada as well as Hindi, and one of the pioneers of Kannada and Hindi new wave cinema
आयुष्यभर ते कन्नड तसेच हिंदी नाटक व चित्रपटात दिग्दर्शक, अभिनेते आणि संगीतकार होते.