K. S. Ashoka

K. S. Ashoka known as Ashoka is an Indian director and writer. He became popular after his debut movie 6-5=2. It was the first found footage movie in Kannada. With the success of 6-5=2, the movie was remade in Hindi  with same title and released in 2014 by different director. In Telugu, it was dubbed and released as Chitram Kadu Nizam. K S Ashoka directed a second movie, Dia, which was critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

Early life
With an engineering degree from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) in Mysuru, Ashoka was working at Citi Bank India where he found his colleague D Krishna Chaitanya as his first movie producer. Following the success of 6-5=2 they again collaborated to work together for the next movie Dia.