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	'''Kadandale Narayana Tailor''' (1939 – 18 March 2015)<ref name="M. 2015">{{cite web \| last=M. \| first=Raghava \| title=Tributes paid to K.N. Tailor \| website=[[The Hindu]] \| date=25 March 2015 \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/tributes-paid-to-kn-tailor/article7030496.ece \| accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> was an Indian ~~film~~ actor, director and producer in [[Tulu cinema\|Tulu films]].		'''Kadandale Narayana Tailor''' (1939 – 18 March 2015)<ref name="M. 2015">{{cite web \| last=M. \| first=Raghava \| title=Tributes paid to K.N. Tailor \| website=[[The Hindu]] \| date=25 March 2015 \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/tributes-paid-to-kn-tailor/article7030496.ece \| accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> was an Indian actor, director and producer in [[Tulu cinema\|Tulu films]].

	==Early life and career==		==Early life and career==

imported>Mahaveer Indra: Mahaveer Indra moved page K. N. Taylor to K. N. Tailor: He was a tailor by profession. Thus his name became K N Tailor. And name Tailor is more suitable for this article.

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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = 1939
| birth_place = [[Kadandale]], [[Mangalore]]
| death_date = 18 {{death year and age|2015|1939|3}}
| death_place = [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Actor, director, producer
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'''Kadandale Narayana Tailor''' (1939 – 18 March 2015)<ref name="M. 2015">{{cite web | last=M. | first=Raghava | title=Tributes paid to K.N. Tailor | website=[[The Hindu]] | date=25 March 2015 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/tributes-paid-to-kn-tailor/article7030496.ece | accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> was an Indian film actor, director and producer in [[Tulu cinema|Tulu films]].

==Early life and career==
Tailor was born at [[Kadandale]] of [[Karkala]] Taluk of [[Dakshina Kannada]] district in 1939. From his childhood he had an infatuation for acting in dramas. By profession he was a tailor and his aptitude was for stage activities including acting, directing and producer. He became the proprietor of drama troupe. The Ganesh Natak Sabha which he established in 1958 in Mangalore staged as many as 17 dramas all over the country and abroad and earned a name for him in the field of stage activities.

His performance in the field of Tulu cinema also is significant, and he has been described as "the first 'superstar' of Tulu cinema".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tulu-director-k-n-tailor-passes-away-115031800628_1.html | title=Tulu director K N Tailor passes away | newspaper=[[Business Standard]] | date=18 March 2015 | accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> He provided script, dialogue, direction and himself acted in as many as nine films. Most popular among them are ''Yer Malthina Thappu'' (1974), ''Dareda Bodedi'', ''Pagetha Puge'', ''Bisathi Babu'' and ''Yan Sanyasi Aape''. Tailor was mainly responsible for attracting people towards [[Tulu language]], literature and culture through Tulu dramas and cinemas.

==Awards and recognition==
He has won many regional and state level awards including:
* special state award for Bhagyavanthedi Tulu film in 1982
* Karnataka Natak Academy Award in 1989 and Kannada Rajyotsava Award in 1994
* Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy accorded Taylor its 1996–1997 award
* Lifetime Achievement award in 2014, from the Tulu Film Awards<ref>{{cite web | url=http://v4news.com/first-tulu-film-award-tulu-cultural-revolution-held/ | title=First Tulu Film Award Tulu Cultural Revolution held | publisher=V4 News | accessdate=3 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403030919/http://v4news.com/first-tulu-film-award-tulu-cultural-revolution-held/ | archive-date=3 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Taulava Award from the Tulu Nataka Kalavidara Okkoota, for contributions to Tulu theatre<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/taulava-award-for-kn-taylor/article1974187.ece | title=Taulava Award for K.N. Taylor | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec312007/district2007123043994.asp | title=K N Tailor presented Taulava award | newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]] | accessdate=3 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410055510/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec312007/district2007123043994.asp | archive-date=10 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/11727-tulu-actor-director-k-n-taylor-no-more.html Tulu Actor-Director K N Taylor No More]

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[[Category:1939 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:People from Dakshina Kannada district]]
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada theatre]]

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imported>Mahaveer Indra: Mahaveer Indra moved page K. N. Taylor to K. N. Tailor: He was a tailor by profession. Thus his name became K N Tailor. And name Tailor is more suitable for this article.