Ashok Pai

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PlacesIndia
wasPsychiatrist Film producer
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio Healthcare
Gender
Male
Birth30 December 1946
Death29 September 2016 (aged 69 years)
ResidenceShivamogga, Shimoga District, Karnataka, India
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Biography

K. A. Ashok Pai (December 30, 1946 – 29 September 2016) was an Indian psychiatrist, writer and film producer based in Shimoga. He was the chairman of Karnataka Mental Health Taskforce.
He started the Manasa Nursing Home and Manasa Educational Foundation in Shimoga.
He died of cardiac arrest on 29 September 2016.

Filmography

Films produced

Pai has produced four films all of which have been directed by Suresh Heblikar:

  • Kadina Benki (1989) - national and state awards winning film
  • Prathama Ushakirana (1990) - state award winning film
  • Aagatha (1995) - also writer
  • Mana Manthana (TBA)

Television

Pai produced a series called Antarala which had ten episodes with Girish Karnad as the lead actor.

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