An Indian award-winning film director, Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharan is a pioneer of the Kannada mainstream and parallel cinema. In a career spanning over forty years, he has received international, national, state and other awards for twenty of his thirty-four Kannada films. Passionate about filmmaking since his college days, Nagabharana has worked with leading theatre personalities like B. V. Karanth, Chandrashekhara Kambara, and Girish Karnad. He has acted and directed several stage plays, including Sangya Balya, Kathale Belaku, Shakarana Sarotu, Jokumaraswamy, Oedipus, Sattavara Neralu, Krishna Parijata, Tingara Buddanna, Mundena Sakhi Mundena, Hayavadana, Neegikonda Samsa, Baka and Blood Wedding.

He has equally achieved success in television and cinema. His credited works include TV series are Sreeman Sreesamanya (1987), Ravana Rajya (1987), Namma Nammali (1987), Tenali Rama (1990), Stone Boy (1991), and films like Grahana (1978), Bangarada Jinke (1980), Praya-Praya-Praya (1981), Anveshane (1983), Sedina Sanchu (1984), Aahuti (1985), Ravana Rajya (1987), Santha Shishunala Sharif (1990), Mysore Mallige (1991), Akasmika (1993), Sagara Deepa (1994), Naviddive Etcharikke (1995), Nagamandala (1996), Chigurida Kanasu (2003), Allama (2007) and Kaanoorayana (2018).