Mumbai: Renowned Tulu Actor B K Vamanraj Salian Passes Away
By Rons Bantwal
Daijiworld Media Network—Mumbai (RD/CN)
Mumbai, May 2: Seventy-two-year-old B K Vamanraj Salian, renowned Tulu theatre artiste and movie actor, who was known as ‘Bangar Patler’, passed away in a hospital in Andheri on Monday May 2 following a brief illness.
Vamanraj was a native of Bikarnakatte, Mangalore. He lived in the metro and served as chief artiste with Kalajagattu drama troupe and acted in several Tulu and Kannada plays.
Vamanraj acted as ‘Chennaya’ in the black and white Tulu movie ‘Koti – Chennaya’ besides movies like ‘Maribale’, ‘Mother’ – produced by Vishu Kumar, ‘Kuduremuk’, ‘Akhanda Brahmachari’ (Kannada), as well as Hindi and Marathi movies besides acting in thousands of multi-lingual dramas. He left his legacy in ‘Guddeda Bhoota’ Tulu short movie and bagged several national and international awards for his acting skills.
Vamanraj is survived by his wife, two daughters, and hundreds of fellow artistes and theatre enthusiasts.
The mortal remains of Vamanraj were placed for public viewing at his residence in Juhu–Versova here and cremated at Andheri (West) on Monday evening, informed his long time associate Bhaskar Sarapady.
Kalajagattu theatre troupe promoter Vijay Kumar Shetty, Surendra Kumar Hegde, hundreds of Tulu and Kannada theater artistes, and thousands of theater enthusiasts offered condolences to the bereaved family of Vamanraj.