AT A GLANCE
M S Prakash Babu
Professor
Area of Practice: Visual Arts and Filmmaking
OVERVIEW
M S Prakash Babu is an Indian film director, screenwriter and visual artist, known for his work in the Kannada feature film Attihannu mattu Kanaja” (Fig Fruit and The Wasps) which has been officially selected in the Competition and nominated for ‘Tiantan Award’ 2015, 5th Beijing International Film Festival, Completed Post-graduation Diploma in Visual artist from renowned Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, West-Bengal, India. He worked as an illustrator and Graphic designer in Indian National Newspaper The Times of India for more than 17 years. He was awarded the 1994 Bendre-Husain Fellowship for outstanding artists, in Mumbai. 1995 Karnataka State Lalitkala Academy award, 2001-2002 awarded a Fellowship in the field of Visual Art (Film/ Video) in Helsinki, Finland, under the UNESCO-ASCHBERG. 2014, 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival Asian Competition section. Awarded NETPAC Jury special mention. 2019 Karnataka State Award for Book Cover Design, Karnataka Kannada Abhiruddi Pradhikaara. He has written and directed short films, and documentaries, and Attihannu Mattu Kanaja (Fig Fruit and The Wasps) 2014 is his first full-length feature film, co-produced by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Produced by Bhavani Prakash under the banner of Bayalu Chitra Productions, it had been selected for the Work in Progress Lab, NFDC Film Bazaar, 2013, International Film Festival of India, Goa. 5th Beijing International Film Festival, officially selected in the Competition, nominated for “Tiantan Award‟ 2015 16th Mumbai Film Festival 2014, India GOLD Competition section. 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014, Asian Competition section. Awarded NETPAC Jury special mention. Dhaka International Film Festival, officially selected for Asian competition section, 2016 Calgary International Film Festival, Canada 2015, Nominated for Discover award. 16th edition of the ASIATICA, Encounters with Asian Cinema. Rome 2015, Italy. International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto 2016, Canada. Imagineindia, Barcelona, Spain 2017
His new film project “Nigoodha Manushyaru” (Mysterious Men) has been selected for Co-production Market, NFDC Film Bazaar 2015, Goa.
EDUCATION
Post-graduation Diploma in Visual art, Viswa-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. 1989-90 worked as a fellow at Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmadabad. 1995 Participated in Film Appreciation course, FTII, Pune.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1989 – Joined as an Illustrator, Bio-Visual products, Hyderabad.
1993-94 – Worked as a textile designer at Himatsingka Seide Ltd.
1995-97 – worked as an Illustrator and Designer, at Electronics for You, a Monthly magazine, in New Delhi. Worked as a cover page designer for Indian Literature, New Delhi.
1997 – Joined as an Illustrator and graphic designer for an Indian daily The Times of India, Bangalore for 17 years.
2014 – Worked as a visiting faculty at RV College of Architecture, Bengaluru.
2015 – Joined as an associate professor, Department of Graphic Design, Acharya School of Design, Acharya Group of Institutions, Bengaluru in 2015.
2017 – Joined Srishti as faculty
INTEREST AREAS
Film direction, screenwriting and visual art and Photography, writing articles on Art, Cinema and Literature in both Kannada and English language for newspapers and magazines. Writing poetry in Kannada.
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
Visual Art, Filmmaking, Graphic Design and Illustration.
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
Solo shows 1998 Images Art Gallery, Bangalore 1998 Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi 2009 Time and Space Art Gallery, Bengaluru. Selected Group Shows 1993 All India Fine Arts Exhibition, Calcutta 1994 Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay 1995 All India Fine Arts Exhibition, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore 1996 Ravindra Bhavan, New Delhi 1992 Participation in Theatre workshop, Organised by National School of Drama, New Delhi 1993 Participated in Artist’s Camp, CAVA, Mysore 1994 Created a mural at Rangayana (A theatre group), Mysore 1998 Young Artists from Karnataka, New Delhi, 1999 A group Show, Jahangir Art Gallery, Bombay International Film Festival of Kerala, Trivandrum. 1999 “On the Edge of Volume” a group show curated by Marta Jakimowicz 2005 “A Compensation for what has been lost” a group show curated by Johny M L 2009 “Movement Interrupted” a two-men show, Time and space gallery, Bengaluru, curated by Giridhar Khasnis. 2017 “50-50 a photography and digital art show, Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, curated by Johny ML.
FILMOGRAPHY
Madhyaanada Haadu (Afternoon Song) 2001 (Short) Awarded: UNESCO-ASCHBERG 2001-2002
Three Months of Solitude 2002 (Short) As Part of the Artist in Residency program, Helsinki, Finland
Mungaara Mugilu (Monsoon Cloud) 2005 (Short)
Festivals: Tehran International film festival, IRAN (Competition), Mumbai International film festival, MIFF (Competition), Jordan International film festival, (Competition), International İzmir Short Film Festival, TURKEY, Vibgyor Film Festival, Kerala, INDIA, Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival, Kolkata.
Poorva Dikkina Gaali (The East Wind) 2008 (Short) 35mm. Festivals: International Film Festival of Kerala. 35th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2013, France.
Manna Payana (Journey of Earth) 2013 (Short) Festivals: Indian Independent Film Festival 2013, Bengaluru, Vibgyor Film Festival 2015, Kerala, Awarded: Best Short Film, Indian Independent Film Festival, Bangalore.
Attihannu Mattu Kanaja (Fig Fruit and The Wasps) 2014 is his first full-length feature film, it had been selected for the Work in Progress Lab, NFDC Film Bazaar, 2013, International Film Festival of India, Goa. 5th Beijing International Film Festival, officially selected in the Competition, nominated for „Tiantan Award‟ 2015 16th Mumbai Film Festival 2014, India GOLD Competition section. 7th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2014, Asian Competition section. Awarded NETPAC Jury special mention. Dhaka International Film Festival, officially selected for Asian competition section, 2016 Calgary International Film Festival, Canada 2015, Nominated for Discover award. 16th edition of the ASIATICA, Encounters with Asian Cinema. Rome 2015, Italy. International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto 2016, Canada. Imagineindia, Barcelona, Spain 2017.
