Baraguru Ramachandrappa is famous Kannada writer and film director and is the recipient of several prestigious awards like the Pampa Award in 2011 by the Government of Karnataka. He made his debut with Ondu Oorina Kathe (1978) as a director for which he was conferred the State award for Best story writer. His novel Suntaragali fetched him the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. His film Shanti, was entered in the Guinness World Records in the category Fewest actors in a narrative film.