User talk:Deepak Thimaya

Deepak Thimaya is a well-known television personality with more than fifteen years of experience in the medium. Starting his association with tv in 1993 as an actor in Kannada tele-serials, he moved on to become a presenter, anchor, host, quizmaster, and now, an established and respected interviewer on television.

His 'Jedara Bale', the only political interview on Udaya TV, is a very popular program in which he has questioned every important politician worth his name, and associated with the state of Karnataka. This has attracted a lot of critical acclaim for Thimaya’s unique interviewing style and skills.

His English talk show 'Time to Talk' on Udaya News Channel is recognized as the only mainstream English interview across bands on tv in South India. Time to Talk has been successfully running for more than five years and Thimaya has had hundreds of guests baring their hearts out and recounting their successes, on the show. He has interviewed personalities from various streams of public life like BJP leader Arun Jaitley, maverick politician Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Congress party leader S. M. Krishna, former Prime Minister H. D. Devegowda, father of Indian Atom Bomb, Dr. Rajaramanna to people from other attractive fields like Captain Gopinath, Lucky Ali, Prasad Bidapa, Charu Sharma, Pankaj Advani, Syed Kirmani and hundreds of others from dozens of different areas of specialization.

He is the concept creator and director of Sanjeevini, the only health show on Udaya TV. Thimaya has also hosted numerous PR shows in the program titled REACHOUT, produced by T V House.

Deepak Thimaya is also well-known in the area of teacher education and has made a name for himself as an educationist. He has established a unique school Prathama, in Bangalore, where the emphasis is on imparting the basics of knowledge in the process of education.

Thimaya has worked as a columnist for Mid-day Bangalore, and as an interview-columnist with Vijaya Karnataka, the largest Kannada daily with the popular ‘Nera-nera’.

He has written serious articles for Agni, the English Tabloid, on various issues attracting critical acclaim.

As a script writer and voice over he has been involved in the making of hundreds of informational documentary films.

He tried his talent at performing as a quiz master in the first ever quiz show on Udaya TV called Explore, which was also produced and directed by him. His quizzing talents were put to use on Udaya TV with him conducting over hundred episodes of live quiz show of one hour each, called Quiz Time on Udaya TV. He was successful as the anchor for one season of the quiz based game show Master Genius of Karnataka.

Thimaya was engaged as a cricket analyst by SFM 93.5 FM station, in a show called Cricket Guru during the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

He is a rare personality who has dabbled his fingers in almost every stream of mass media including radio and films. Having started his creative life as a stage actor, his irrepressible interest in theatre and acting prompted him to start The Academy for Child Theatre (The ACT), in 1992.

Deepak Thimaya is a recognized name in the field of communication and with his belief that good communication is the breath of a healthy democracy. He has been inspiring and training youngsters and other interested groups to become better communicators. In this regard, he has been associated with numerous institutions and organizations.

In the world of business too, Thimaya has not stayed behind. He has been actively associated in business activities and also runs his own business enterprise. Deepak Thimaya, is the managing director of T V House Network (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd., a well known media company.

Verbattle, projected and promoted as the biggest intellectual platform for school children and college youth, is the biggest debate tournament in India. Verbattle Club is the largest children's association is Karnataka. Verbattle aims at nurturing values of democracy and civic society and motivating children and youth to participate in the opinion making process and develop into leaders. Verbattle is Thimaya's pet concept and as its founder he expects Verbattle to reach the hearts and minds of every thinking and feeling individual, young and old alike.

An ambitious documentary film about the learned and legendary seer of Sri Siddaganga Mutt, Sri Sri Dr. Shivakumara Swamiji was directed by him and telecast resulting in much praise and acclaim. Currently he is working on three more bio pics. He has also worked as the creative director for a few musical projects.

As a well known speaker with knowledge of many fields Thimaya has been invited to various prestigious forums to address the gathering on topical issues. He was a speaker in Kannada Sahitya Sammelana 2008 and Alva’s Nudisiri 2008 to mention a prominent few such occasions. He has moderated numerous panel discussions on various topics ranging from traffic problems, right to information to good governance.

Deepak Thimaya has received widespread recognition and respect for his work in various fields. Dr. U. R. Anathamurthy, renowned litterateur and Jnanpith Awardee has called him ‘the best on tv in English and in Kannada.’ He has a great interest in human behavior and is in the process of writing a book about the same in the light of his experience in mass response to tv shows.

He is also a painter who has displayed his works in exhibitions and sold, a published poet, choreographer, counselor and brand consultant.

Deepak Thimaya's journey has been continuous and now, he expects to only gain more speed, as his dreams are many and vision is clear.