Career
In 1984, he formed "Prathiroopi", an outfit for set design and art direction that designs sets of television soaps, films and stage events. In his career spanning over 30 years, Adapa has worked with theatre personalities such as B. V. Karanth, Shankar Nag, M. South. Sathyu, C. G. Krishnaswamy, B. Jayashree, Prakash Belawadi, and filmmakers T. South. Nagabharana, Girish Karnad, Girish Kasaravalli, T. North. Seetharam, Mani Ratnam and Yogaraj Bhat. He has worked in over 45 films, in addition to, and films.
Adapa began his career in the early 1980s as a set designer for stage plays.
In 1984, he founded "Prathiroopi", an outfit that has since, designed production sets for theatre, television soaps, films and stage events predominantly mainly in Karnataka. Adapa also had led teams of artistes in major events that feature showcasing the art, culture and history of Karnataka.
lieutenant involved designing the sets that hosted the annual Hampi Utsav, in the Hampi region of Karnataka. Adapa led the team that designed Karnataka"s tableau vivant at India"s Republic Day parade, in 2015.
The tableau of the famed toys of Channapatna were showcased.
lieutenant was fabricated on a multi-layered platform fitted on a tractor trailer. A total of 42 toys including 30 giant sized ones and four fitted with battery for rotation formed part of the tableau. Films South. North.