Mangaluru : Noted Tulu drama and cinema artiste and director, K.N. Tailor died at a private hospital here at about 9 a.m. on Wednesday. He was 75 and is survived by his wife Jayanthi, three daughters and a son.

He was ailing for sometime and was admitted to Vinaya Nursing Home a few days ago.

He has acted, produced and directed more than 10 Tulu cinemas and wrote scripts for about 20 Tulu dramas.

’’Kaasdaye Kandane’’ ,‘Yer Mathini Thappu’ ‘Daareda Budedi’, ‘Pagetha Pugge’, ‘Bisathi Babu’, ‘Yaan Sanyasi Aape’, ‘Tulunada Siri’, ‘Savirodorthi Savitri’, ‘Bhagyavantedi Tailor’“Aaer Maltina Tappu”. were his movies.

Mr. Tailor was the founder of Tulu cinema. He first produced the Tulu film “Dareda Budedi” in 1971. He produced and played double characters in “Saviradorthi Savithri”. The cinema “Bhagyavanthedi” in which he played a major character was a hit. He directed “Tulunada Siri” cinema for others. Mr. Tailor had acted in other cinemas like “Bisatti Babu”, “Pagetta Puge”.

His popular dramas are: ‘Bombayi Kandane’, ‘Pudar Kenade’, ‘Dr Shankar’, ‘Thammale Aruvattana Kola’, ‘Yer Malthini Thappu’, ‘Shanthi’, ‘Kallda Dever’, ‘Yaan Sanyasi Aape’, ‘Kaasdaye Kandane’, ‘Badayida Bangar’, ‘Kandane Budedi’, ‘Indrana Aasti’, ‘Kaljigada Vishwamitra Menake’, ‘Yerenla Nambodchi’, ‘Dever Korper’, ‘Sainagandala Sathya Panle’, ‘Dasuna Madme’.

Mr. Tailor was the first to take his Ganesh Nataka Sabha to various places within and outside Karnataka.