Jayanth kaikini........

Dr.Jayant Kaikini was born
in Gokarna . His father,
Gourish Kaikini , a
schoolteacher, was a
Kannada littérateur and
mother Shanta, a social
worker. After a Masters in
Biochemistry from
Karnataka University,
Dharwad , he moved to
Mumbai where he worked
as a chemist for many
years. [1] He now lives in
Bangalore with his wife
Smita and two children,
Srajana (daughter) who is
an Odissi dancer and
architect, and Ritwik (son).
[2] Apart from Kannada
Jayant is fluent in Konkani
(his mother tongue),
Marathi, Hindi and English.
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Career
Dr.Jayant Kaikini is
regarded as one of the
most significant of the
younger writers in
Kannada today. He is a
writer of short stories, film
scripts and poetry, and is
based in Bangalore. His
poetry is characterised by
subtle imagism, a minute
documentation of the
seemingly commonplace, a
colloquial idiom and a
conscientious refusal to
engage in any poeticising.
He has so far published six
anthologies of short
stories, four books of
poetry, three plays and a
collection of essays.
In an introduction to Dots
and Lines, an English
translation of Kaikini’s
short stories, critic C.N.
Ramachandran writes, “To
understand Jayant’s works,
we have to situate him in
the literary context of the
last two decades of the
20th century. During that
period, there arose a
group of writers who
consciously differed from
both the earlier Modernist
writers (called Navya in
Kannada) and those
contemporaneous to them,
the Writers of Protest
(called Bandaya in
Kannada) and Dalit
writers. They did not
subscribe to any particular
philosophical or political
system of thinking – be it
Existentialism of the
Modernists or the Leftist
ideologies of the Dalit and
Protest writers. On the
other hand, what they
wished to do was to select
precise and authentic
details of daily life and
organise them in such a
way as to culminate in a
particular experience . . .
Generally, their style was
comic-ironic; and the
language they used was
the spoken language of
day-to-day life. They were
neither idealists nor cynics;
they just wished to observe
the life around them –
generally mediocre – to
register all the fleeting
details that marked an
ordinary man’s daily
routine, and lead up to an
experience rich in
connotations. Jayant was a
major figure in this group
of writers who, loosely, can
be called ‘post-modernist’.”
Dr.Jayant Kaikini started
writing lyrics to film songs
beginning from movie
Chigurida Kanasu. He is
the credited with
revolutionizing the image
of Kannada film songs,
with the classic touch of
literature and beautiful
imagery. Films like
Mungaaru Male, Gaalipata,
Milana etc. have some
touching and memorable
songs with lyrics penned by
him.
He was hosting a TV Show
"Rasa Rushige Namaskara"
in Etv Kannada which a
biography on Rashtrakavi
Kuvempu. This show was
very popular with a
particular section of
audience. He continued it
with other series' such as
"Kadala Theerada
Bharghava",..etc.Lately he
was seen judging the
reality show "Yede tumbi
Haaduvenu" along with the
legendary singer
S.P.Balasubrahmanyam
and famous Kannada
music director and lyricist
naada brahma
Hamsalekha .
Kaikini received the
Karnataka Sahitya
Academy award for his first
poetry collection at the age
of nineteen in 1974. He
received the same award
again in 1982, 1989 and
1996 for his short story
collections. He has been
awarded the Dinakara
Desai award for his poetry,
the B. H. Sridhar award for
fiction, as well as the
Katha National award and
Rujuwathu trust fellowship
for his creative writing.
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Selected works
Poetry and stories
Rangadindostu doora.
Published by Akshara
Prakashana, Sagar,
Karnataka 1974.
Kotitirtha. Published
by Akshara
Prakashana, Sagar,
Karnataka 1982.
Shravana Madhyahna.
Published by Akshara
Prakashana, Sagar,
Karnataka 1987.
Neelimale. Published
by Patrike Prakashana,
Bangalore 1997.
Theredashte Baagilu,
short stories.
Dagadoo Parabana
Ashwamedha, short
stories.
Amruthaballi Kashaya,
short stories.
Bogaseyalli Male,
collection of reflections
Shabda Theera,
collection of reflections
Bannada Kaalu -
Published by 'Ankita
Pustaka'
Toofan Mail, collection
of short stories.
Ondu jilebi, Released
on December 28, 08 by
'Ankita Pustaka'.
Charminaar, 2012
Published by 'Ankita
Pustaka'
Songs
"We Are OK" ( Prasad
(film) )
"Ee Sanje
Yakaagide" ( Geleya )
"Ninnindale" ( Milana )
"Male nintu hoda
mele" ( Milana )
"Anisutide Yaako
Indu" ( Mungaru Male)
"Kunidhu Kunidhu
Baare" ( Mungaru
Male)
"Male Baruva
Haagide" ( Moggina
Manasu )
"Madhuvana
Karedare" ( Inti Ninna
Preetiya )
"Beladingalante
Minuguta" ( Pyscho )
"Hey Mouna" ( Krishna )
"Minchaagi
Neenu" ( Gaalipata)
"Poorva Para"
"Madhura
Pisumatige" ( Birugali )
"Maleya
Haniyalli" ( Januma
Janumadallu )
"Yaaro Kooda Ninna
Haage" ( Love Guru )
"Yello
Maleyaagide" ( Manasa
are)
"Ondu
Kanasu" ( Manasaare )
"Onde
Ninna" ( Manasaare )
"Chalisuva
Cheluve" ( Ullasa
Utsaha )
"Nee Sanihake
Bandare" ( Maleyali
Jotheyali )
"Kudi
Notave" ( Parichaya)
"Hoovina Baanadanthe
Yaarigu Kaanadanthe
( Birugaali )
"Aaaramage
yiddenaanu ( Gokula )
"neenendare
nannolage ( Junglee )
"Hrudayave Bayaside
Ninnane" ( Krishnan
Love Story)
"Ninna Gungalle" Lifeu
Ishtene
"Paravashanaadenu" ( P
aramathma )
"Yenendu
Hesaridali" ( Anna
Bond )
"neeralli
sanna" ( hudugaru )
He has also written the
scripts of many movies