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| name = Dr. K. A. Ashok Pai<br />
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| occupation = [[Psychiatrist]], writer and [[film producer]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1946|12|30}}<ref>{{cite web|title=DR K.A. ASHOK PAI's PROFILE |url=http://www.manasadhara.com/profile-apai.html |website=manasadhara.com |access-date=17 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212210119/http://manasadhara.com/profile-apai.html |archive-date=12 February 2016 }}</ref><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|09|29|1946|12|29}}<br />
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'''K. A. Ashok Pai''' (30 December 1946 &ndash; 29 September 2016) was an [[India]]n [[psychiatrist]], writer and [[film producer]] based in [[Shimoga]]. He was the chairman of Karnataka Mental Health Taskforce.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doctor: Treating depression in women is a challenging task|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Doctor-Treating-depression-in-women-is-a-challenging-task/articleshow/49299916.cms|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=The Times of India|date=10 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Not much happening on mental health front in State|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/not-much-happening-on-mental-health-front-in-state/article7755176.ece|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Day-care centres for psychiatric patients|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/daycare-centres-for-psychiatric-patients/article7266357.ece|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=31 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Karnataka moves towards becoming a model in mental health services|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Karnataka-moves-towards-becoming-a-model-in-mental-health-services/articleshow/17912466.cms|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=The Times of India|ref=6 January 2013}}</ref><br />
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Ashok Pai started the Manasa Nursing Home and Manasa Educational Foundation in Shimoga.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/09/stories/2005070911970300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125092928/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/09/stories/2005070911970300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-25|title=Ashok Pai laments dearth of experienced psychiatrists | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shimoga.nic.in/pai.htm|title=Dr. Ashok Pai|publisher=NIC}}</ref><br />
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He died of cardiac arrest on 29 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Renowned-psychiatrist-Ashok-Pai-no-more/article15007714.ece | title=Renowned psychiatrist Ashok Pai no more | date=30 September 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=6 September 2018 }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography ==<br />
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===Films produced===<br />
Pai has produced four films all of which have been directed by [[Suresh Heblikar]]:<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|title=Foray into psychiatry|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/foray-into-psychiatry/article8115685.ece|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=17 January 2016}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Kadina Benki]]'' (1989) - national and state awards winning film<br />
* ''[[Prathama Ushakirana]]'' (1990) - state award-winning film<br />
* ''[[Aagatha]]'' (1995) - also writer<br />
* ''[[Mana Manthana]]'' (2017)<br />
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===Television===<br />
Pai produced a series called ''Antarala'' which had ten episodes with [[Girish Karnad]] as the lead actor.<ref name="hindu"/><br />
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[[Category:1946 births]]<br />
[[Category:2016 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian psychiatrists]]<br />
[[Category:Film producers from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Indian medical writers]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Shimoga]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu film producers]]<br />
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