Veteran Kannada theatre and film personality Sadananda Suvarna, 92, passed away at a private hospital in Mangaluru on July 16. He was suffering from age-related ailments. He was best-known for his 13-part television series Guddada Bhoota that he produced and directed for Doordarshan in 1991, and an eight-part documentary on Kannada writer Dr.
K. Shivarama Karanth. His collaboration with noted auteur Girish Kasaravalli resulted in several cinematic masterpieces.
Hailing from Mulki in Dakshina Kannada district, Suvarna spent over five decades of his life in Mumbai. He worked as a teacher and later, for nearly three decades, as a dealer in wall paint. He was one of the leading lights of Kannada theatre in Mumbai.
In later years, he shifted to Mangaluru, where too he was active in theatre. He had directed hundreds of plays, adapted many to the stage, in Kannada and Tulu. ಹಿರಿಯ ರಂಗಕರ್ಮಿ, ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ- ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕ ಸದಾನಂದ ಸುವರ್ಣರ ನಿಧನದ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಕೇಳಿ ದು:ಖವಾಯಿತು.
ಸದಾನಂದ ಸುವರ್ಣರು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದ ''ಘಟಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ'' ಚಿತ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ದೇಶಿಸಿದ್ದ ಕೆ.ಪಿ.ಪೂರ್ಣಚಂದ್ರ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರ ''ಕುಬಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇಯಾಲ'' ಕತೆಯನ್ನಾಧರಿಸಿದ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳೆ.