Bolanthur Krishna Prabhu

Bolantur Krishna Prabhu was a konkani Dramatist and Poet. His musical konkani drama “Chandrahasa” is believed to be first konkani musical drama (1912). Krishna Prabhu was born on 13th November 1882 at Bolanthur, Bantwal Taluk in Konkani speaking Gaud Sarasvata Brahmin family. Govinda and Pommie were his parents. Bolantur Krishna prabhu lost his father when he was 2 yers old child. His maternal uncle, Soukar Shrinivas Prabhu of Bantwal, who had no male issue, brought him to Bantwal where he studied up to 7th standard. He established a publishing company, which was only the second press in Bantwal, after the Basel Mission.
Literary works
Bolantur Krishna Prabhu wrote Chandrahasa Natak in Konkani and it saw four editions. His other famous works include Prahlada charitre, Draupadi Vastrapaharana, Dhruva charitre, Krishna Janmashtami, Nala charitre and Sri Krishna -Satyabhama Samvada. His Kannada work Sannavara Subodha Shataka is a collection of poems to impart ethics and morals to the young, which was prescribed as a school text book under the Madras Government. His other Kannada works include Mruchakatika, Mahasadhu, Kavi Jayadev. He has command over Konkani, Kannada, Tulu, Sanskrit, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam languages.