Kanta Prasad Kothiyal: A Multi Talented Garhwali-Kumauni Film Activist

Review of Development of Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) Films, Music Albums, Documentary films -15

                                                Bhishma Kukreti

[ Notes on multitalented film personality, multitalented Hillywood film personality, multitalented Uttarakhandi film personality, multitalented Garhwali film personality, multitalented Kumauni film personality, multitalented Mid Himalayan film personality, multitalented Himalayan film personality, multitalented regional language film personality, multitalented north Indian regional language film personality, multitalented  Indian regional language film personality, multitalented Asian  regional language film personality, multitalented Oriental  regional language film personality]

             Kanta Prasad Kothiyal is multitalented Hillywood personality of Garhwali-Kumauni (Uttarakhandi) film industry.

               Born on 8/10/1975 in Narayan Bagad, Chamoli, Garhwal, Kanta Prasad Kothiyal completed diploma in Drama from NSD Delhi and diploma in music from Sangeet Academy Delhi after passing M.A degree. The attraction for music and drama by Kothiyal was from his child hood.

                    After completing professional training in film, drama and music Kanta Prasad entered in Hillywood or Garhwali Kumauni film industry.    

Kanta Prasad is screen playwright, actor, and director in film industry.

Kanta Prasad Kothiyal was assistant director to Pradeep Bhandari for films as Bata ki Byoli and Pativrta rami Garhwali films.

Kanta Prasad was full time director of films as ‘ Kalchakra’  ‘Meru Kalya’ (2009), ‘Shyam Dhaleni ch’) and he is screen playwright too.

 Kanta Prasad acted films as Kaiko Bana (direction- Pradeep Bhandari), Fyunli Javan hwe ge (direction- Mahesh Prakash) , Myaru Kalya and Kalchakra. Kanta Prasad Kothiyal also acted in well discussed Hindi film ‘Akhari Munadi’.

   Kanta Prasad acted in about 100 Garhwali Music albums and directed more than 30/thirty Garhwali music albums.

      Fully dependent on Hillywood for his earning, Kanta Prasad is of opinion that unless there is unity among Hillywood film activists the state government will not act upon the development of Kumauni-Garhwali film industry.

The drama culture creates future film activists. Kanta Prasad is sad that there is no Drama culture in modern Kumauni-Garhwali society.

[Based on telephonic talk with film, music album – Director, script writer and actor Kanta Prasad Kothiyal 09997777899, kantaprasad999@gmail.com]

Reference: Bhishma Kukreti, 2013, उत्तराखंडी फिल्मों का संक्षिप्त इतिहास

Copyright@   Bhishma Kukreti 11/3/2013

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Notes on multitalented film personality, multitalented Hillywood film personality, multitalented Uttarakhandi film personality, multitalented Garhwali film personality, multitalented Kumauni film personality, multitalented Mid Himalayan film personality, multitalented Himalayan film personality, multitalented regional language film personality, multitalented north Indian regional language film personality, multitalented  Indian regional language film personality, multitalented Asian  regional language film personality, multitalented Oriental  regional language film personality to be continued..