Sadashiv salian
Sadashiv salian was born on November 17 1950 to Padmanabha and Laxmi Salian, residents of Tenka Yermal, in Udupi. He migrated to Mumbai at an early age, where he pursued initial studies and graduated from Chinmaya College, Andheri. He was employed in Central Bank of India in Mumbai in 1989 and married Susheela. They have two children Shweta and Vijeta. Along with his bank job, Salian pursued his interest in directing plays with significant contributions from veterans K K Suvarna, Sadanand Suvarna, K J Rao, Imtiaz Hussain, and others. He has directed over 500 Tulu, Hindi, and Marati plays in the metro. He has participated in inter-bank drama competitions along with colleagues and bagged several awards over many years. Salian got a major break in acting after he worked with Tulu dramatist and actor K N Tailor in 1980. He acted in Tailor’s Tulu film ‘Bhagyavantedi’, Ram Shetty’s ‘Badkere Budle’ and ‘Dareda Seere’ as well as ‘Satya Olundu’ directe...