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{{Infobox person
|name = B. S. Ranga
|image = B.S.RangaPic.jpg
|birth_name = Bindiganavile Srinivas Iyengar Ranga
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1917|11|11}}
|birth_place = [[Magadi]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|12|12|1917|11|11}}
|death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
|occupation = Film director, producer, cinematographer, screenwriter
| nationality= Indian
}}

'''Bindiganavile Srinivas Iyengar Ranga''' (11 November 1917 – 12 December 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinefundas.com/2010/12/15/bidding-obituary-to-bs-ranga |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101205146/http://www.cinefundas.com/2010/12/15/bidding-obituary-to-bs-ranga |archive-date=1 January 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>) was an Indian photographer, actor, producer and director who has made many landmark movies in [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]].
He was also the owner of Vikram Studios.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/ratnapuri-ilavarasi-1960/article6229101.ece
|title=Ratnapuri Ilavarasi (1960)|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 July 2014|access-date=5 April 2018|last=Guy|first=Randor|author-link=Randor Guy|archive-url=https://archive.today/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/ratnapuri-ilavarasi-1960/article6229101.ece| archive-date=31 August 2014}}</ref> He has directed and produced about 87 films in these three languages with a maximum of 18 films in Kannada alone starring matinee idol [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/content/120234/he-brought-colour-kannada-cinema.html|title = He brought colour to Kannada cinema|date = 13 December 2010}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in [[Magadi|Magadi Village]] (near [[Bare, India|Bare]], India) [[Mysore]] (now part of [[Karnataka State]]). After an art-enriched childhood wherein he interacted with many stage personalities, B.S. Ranga entered the field of photography. At the age of 17, the self-trained Ranga sent some of his work to be exhibited at the [[Royal Salon]] in London, and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal Photographic Society]].

Subsequently, he moved to [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]) and apprenticed himself to the cameraman and laboratory technician, [[Krishna Gopal]]. B.S. Ranga then embarked on a film career lasting more than five decades, during which he played the roles of cinematographer, director, producer, laboratory owner, studio owner, exhibitor and script-writer, sometimes all at once for one of his productions. His production company, Vikram Productions, gained prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, and won B.S. Ranga many awards, including two President's Awards. The first was for ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]'' in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] (starring [[N.T. Rama Rao]] and [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]), and the second was for ''Amarshilpi Jakkanachari'', the first colour movie produced in Kannada.

==Filmography==
===As Director===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Language
|-
|1940 || ''Pardesi ''||
|-
|1940 || ''Pyaas'' ||
|-
|1940 || ''Prakash'' ||
|-
|1941 || ''Bhakta Tulsidas'' ||
|-
|1942 || ''Mehman'' ||
|-
|1942 ||''Fox Movietone News'' ||
|-
|1943 || ''Bakta Naradar'' ||
|-
|1945 || ''Dassi Aparanji'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|-
|1947 || ''Baktha Thulasidas'' || Tamil
|-
|1952 || ''Shanthi'' ||
|-
|1954 || ''Maa Gopi'' ||Telugu
|-
|1954 || ''Jaya Gopi'' || Tamil
|-
|1955 || ''Kannavane Kankanda Deivam'' || Tamil
|-
|1955 || ''Baktha Markandeya'' || Telugu
|-
|1956 || ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1956 || ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Raman]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1957 || ''Kutumba Gauravam'' || Telugu
|-
|1957 || ''Kudumba Gauravam'' || Tamil
|-
|1959 || ''[[Mahishasura Mardini (film)|Mahishasura Mardini]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1959 || ''[[Raja Malaya Simha|Raja Malaiya Simman]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1959 || ''[[Raja Malaya Simha]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1959 || ''Mohabbat Ki Jeet'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|-
|1960 || ''Chandrahasa (Gunavathi)'' ||
|-
|1961 || ''[[Nichaya Thaamboolam]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1961 || ''Pelli Thambulam'' || Telugu
|-
|1962 || ''Ashajeevulu'' || Telugu
|-
|1962 || ''Thendral Veesum'' || Tamil
|-
|1963 || ''[[Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963 film)|Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya]]'' || Hindi
|-
|1964 || ''[[Amarashilpi Jakanachari (film)|Amarashilpi Jakanachari]]'' || [[Kannada]]
|-
|1964 || ''[[Amara Silpi Jakkanna]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1964 || ''[[Prathigne]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1965 || ''[[Chandrahasa (1965 film)|Chandrahasa]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1965 || ''Chandrahasa'' || Telugu
|-
|1965 || ''Mahasati Anusuya'' ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[Parvathi Kalyana]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1967 || ''[[Vasantha Sena (1967 film)|Vasantha Sena]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1969 || ''Shiva Bhakta'' || Kannada
|-
|1969 || ''[[Bhale Basava]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1970 || ''[[Mr. Rajkumar]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1971 || ''[[Sidila Mari]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1972 || ''Bhai Behen'' ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Mannina Magalu]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1973 || ''[[Pattikaattu Ponnaiya]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1975 || ''Ganga Ki Kasam'' ||
|-
|1978 || ''[[Suli (1978 film)|Suli]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1981 || ''[[Bhagyavantha]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1982 || ''[[Hasyaratna Ramakrishna]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1984 || ''Huliyada Kala'' ||
|}

===As Cinematographer===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Language
|-
|1944 || ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)|Bala Nagamma]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|-
|1951 || ''[[Stree Sahasam]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1951 || ''[[Sthree Sahasam]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1953 || ''[[Devadasu (1953 film)|Devadasu]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1956 || ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1959 || ''[[Mahishasura Mardini (film)|Mahishasura Mardini]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1961 || ''[[Nichaya Thaamboolam]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1964 || ''[[Prathigne]]'' ||Kannada
|}

===As Producer===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Language
|-
|1955 || ''Baktha Markandeya'' || Telugu
|-
|1956 || ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (1956 film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1959 || ''[[Mahishasura Mardini (film)|Mahishasura Mardini]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1960 || ''[[Dashavathara (film)|Dashavathara]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1961 || ''[[Nichaya Thaamboolam]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1964 || ''[[Amara Silpi Jakkanna]]'' || Telugu
|-
|1964 || ''[[Prathigne]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1965 || ''[[Chandrahasa (1965 film)|Chandrahasa]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1965 || ''Mahasati Anusuya'' ||
|-
|1966 || ''[[Kiladi Ranga]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1967 || ''[[Parvathi Kalyana]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1967 || ''[[Rajashekara]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1969 || ''[[Odahuttidavaru (1969 film)|Odahuttidavaru]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1969 || ''[[Bhale Basava]]'' ||Kannada
|-
|1970 || ''[[Mr. Rajkumar]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1971 || ''[[Sidila Mari]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1973 || ''[[Mannina Magalu]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1973 || ''[[Pattikaattu Ponnaiya]]'' || Tamil
|-
|1978 || ''[[Suli (1978 film)|Suli]]'' || Kannada
|}

===As Screenwriter===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Language
|-
|1959 || ''[[Mahishasura Mardini (film)|Mahishasura Mardini]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1967 || ''[[Rajashekara]]'' || Kannada
|-
|1981 || ''[[Bhagyavantha]]'' || Kannada
|}

==Awards==
[[National Film Awards]]:
*[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards|All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film]] in 1957.<ref name="4thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>
*[[4th National Film Awards|1956]] – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] – ''[[Tenali Ramakrishna (film)|Tenali Ramakrishna]]''<ref name="4thawardPDF"/>

==References==
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==External==
*{{IMDb name|0044609}}

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