India, June 11 -- Theatre and film actor and activist Prakash Belawadi has quite the pan-India presence with his work across languages, but the kind of roles he's been doing both in and outside of Kannada have given him a certain image, he says. Discussing how audiences, especially those outside of Karnataka view him, on the Just Curious podcast, Prakash cited a recent encounter with a Telugu cab driver in Bengaluru who drove him to the airport and recognised him, but couldn't immediately place him. Once he heard the actor speak, though, it was a different story.

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"He described the roles I do, having seen the Telugu-dubbed versions of many of m...