B. C. Patil

Basavanagowda Channabasavanagowda Patil is an Indian Kannada film actor turned politician who is the current Minister of State for Agriculture of Karnataka from 7 February 2020. (He is a three-term MLA from Hirekerur assembly constituency.^[2] B. C. Patil is a former cop, and apart from acting, he has also worked as a producer and director in the Kannada Film Industry.)

B. C. Patil
B. C. Patil in 2020
Minister of Agriculture Department Government of Karnataka
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 February 2020
Chief Minister	B. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded by	Krishna Byre Gowda
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 December 2019
Preceded by	himself
Constituency	Hirekerur
In office 15 May 2018 – 22 July 2019
Personal details
Born	Basavanagowda Channabasavanagowda Patil (1956-11-14) 14 November 1956 (age 66) Yaliwal^[1]
Political party	Bharatiya Janata party (2019–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (till 2019) Janata Dal (Secular) (till 2008)
Spouse	Vanaja
Occupation	Director, MLA, Actor, Producer, former Sub Inspector

Family and early life

B. C. Patil was born on 14 November 1956 to the couple Sri. Channabasavanagowda Patil and Smt. Shivamma. He is married to Smt. Vanaja and has two daughters, Sowmya and Srushti.^[3] After completing B.A., he joined the Karnataka Police department on 1 August 1979 and was trained at Police Training College, Mysore.^[4]

Acting career

B. C. Patil debuted in the Vishnuvardhan hit Nishkarsha. He has acted in the films Premachari, Kaurava, Shivappa Nayaka and Jogula. His performance in Nishkarsha was much appreciated by Vishnu. So far, he has acted in more than 25 films.^[5]

Filmography

• Nishkarsha (1993)
• Mahakshathriya
• Poornasatya
• Jaana
• Kiladigalu
• Curfew
• Maha Chatura
• Nirbandha
• Ellaranthalla Nanna Ganda
• Jai Hind
• Kaurava
• Chennappa Channegowda (1999)
• Premachari
• Hats Off India
• Tiger Padmini
• Astra
• Krishnaarjuna
• Shaapa
• Kanoonu
• Shivappa Nayaka
• Surya IPS
• Hattura Odeya
• Chelvi
• Jogula
• Devasura
• Zabardust
• Dadagiri
• Dalavayi
• Bombugalu Saar Bombugalu(2007)
• Sri Kshetra Adi Chunchanagiri (2012)
• Pungi Daasa (2014)
• Ond Chance Kodi (2015)
• Happy New Year (2017)
• Kaafi Thota (2017)

References

1. myneta
2. "The 15 MLAs who brought down Kumaraswamy government". The New Indian Express. from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
3. . Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
4. . Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
5. . Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.

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