Prabhat Kalavidaru

[3][4] Prabhath Kalavidaru is a creative assemblage of highly talented and well-trained dancers, actors, singers, choreographers and technicians.

Gopinath Dasaru, regarded as the de facto leader of the group, incorporated new technologies in the performances and this helped draw large audiences.

Some of the well-known artists of Kannada cinema like C. R. Simha, Srinath, Manjula, and Lokesh started their careers with Prabhath Kalavidaru.

[1] (in minutes) (Sri Krishnadevaraya) Prabhat Kalavidaru also rents out the costumes, audio equipment and stage sets to other theatre groups and this is another source of income for them.

[5] They also run a dance school which is headed by Hema Panchamukhi, a famous actress in Kannada Cinema and the granddaughter of the founder Gopinath Dasa.

The group still stages Dance Dramas and despite more outsiders getting involved in the production of the plays, the overall management is looked after by Harish Prabhath, the grandson of Gopinath Dasaru.