Kannada News
Jaggesh sure of MLA seat
Once beaten from his home constituency Turuvekere Assembly election famous comedy hero Jaggesh who belongs to Congress-I party is confident of winning the election this time. He is taking three months leave from film acting from the day of announcement of by-election to Karnataka state…
Krishna 100 Ganesha 50
Two Kannada films with popular God names ' 'Krishna' - starring Golden star Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi, Sharmila Mandre directed by M.D.Sridhar for Ramesh Yadav production and 'Ganesha' starring Jaggesh, Ananthnag, Rangayana Raghu, Ranjini in the lead roles directed by Dinesh Baboo for the maiden production…
Chinmai makes debut
The Zee TV Kannada channel 'Saregamapa' top one singer Chinmai Athreyas A has made debut in to film playback singing. He started his career of playback singing from Telugu film 'Andamaina Manasulu' produced by Kannada film producer S.V.Babu that has music by R.P.Patnayak. The song…
Sudeep in a remake
Highly talented actor of Kannada cinema Sudeep is playing what Mohanlal did in 'Spatikam' and Sundaram (Kushboo husband) did in 'Virapu' in the Kannada version that is going on the floor on 18th of this month. 'Spatikam' was made 15 years ago in Malayalam and…
Chandru to direct
The big name in the small screen Sihi Kahi Chandru is taking up direction. His new film starring comedy actor Komal Kumar in the lead is produced by highly disciplined producer S.V.Babu of 'Honeymoon Express, Thenali Rama and Savi Savi Nenapu'.Sihi Kahi Chandru the…
Yadav starts 2 projects
One of the disciplined producers of Kannada cinema Ramesh Yadav (16 films to his credit and Guinness record for 'Shanthi' Kannada cinema with only one artist Bhavana ' directed by Dr.Baraguru Ramachandrappa) has made it a point to launch two films at time in his…
'AVVA' gets 'A'
Pyramid Saimira Productions maiden film in Kannada 'Avva' directed by Kavitha Lankesh has been given 'A' certificate by the regional censor board recently."The trial and tribulations of a widow and her daughter fighting for social cause is the crux of this 'Avva' based on…
Sad series of 2007
There was a series of hard to take events rounding up 2007.Senior supporting actor Shimoga Venkatesh, cameraman Mapakshi, literary giant Poornachandra Tejaswi, script writer and journalist G.S.Sadashiva, L.Vaidhyanathan who scored music for 170 films in Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam, director Maruthi Shivaram of 'Parasangadha…
Controversies: 2007 Part III
The clash between reputed director cum producer S.Narayan and actor Vijay was the major controversy of the year 2007. It was 'Yuga vs Chanda' release issue. Actor Vijay was banned for one year and later the ban was lifted by KFCC.Disturbance to 'Mathad Mathadu…
Events and honors: 2007 Part II
The formation of Dr.Rajakumar Trust to transplant eyes and the government of Karnataka clearing the decks and allocating Rs.10 crores and making the blue print for Dr.Rajakumar memorial at Kanteerava studio is the major development. Other events and honors include:* Dr.Rajakumar was posthumously honored…