CONTRIBUTION OF CHANDRASHEKHAR KAMBAR TO KANNADA LITERATURE- A STUDY

Chandrashekhara Kambara is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. He is known for effective adaptation of the North Karnataka dialect of the Kannada language in his plays, kambaras plays mainly revolves around folk or mythology interlinked with contemporary issues, inculcating modern lifestyle with his hard-hitting poems and has become a pioneer of such literature. His contribution as a playwright is significant not only to Kannada theatre but also to the Indian theatre in general as he achieved a blend of the folk, after his retirement, Kambara was nominated Member of Karnataka Legislative Council, to which he made significant contributions through his interventions.