I’m starting with a disclaimer. When Padmavati Rao made her big screen debut in Girish Karnad’s Kannada film Ondanondu Kaladalli, she was a 15-year-old school girl from erstwhile Bombay and given the screen name Akshatha Rao. Exasperated by the fame the film brought her, she cut her hair to encash the small joys of walking on MG Road in Bangalore, …
As Ganesha Chaturthi, a festivity fondly known as Ganesha Habba in Karnataka, approaches, Pottery Town in Bengaluru is buzzing with activity. From mammoth 12-feet-tall, colourful idols lining the streets to small clay idols inside the homes of artisans, Pottery Town is teeming with Ganesha idols, and artisans are busy giving finishing touches to the works of art. Dwindling numbers Now, …
HYDERABAD: BJP Mahila Morcha state president K. Geetha Murthy demanded a CBI inquiry into the death of Kakatiya Medical College medico Dr D. Preethi last week. Geetha Murthy urged Harish Chouhan, chairperson of the NCST, to meet the family members of Dr Preethi and take cognisance of the offence committed her and do justice to the family members. She said …
It is not always that other characters in a film also become a leading character, despite the film already having a leading character. Perhaps it is the indelible nature of the ‘hamsam’ that is seen in the character of Kalyani in the movie Run Kalyani directed by Geetha J. Portraying repetitive differences Garggi Ananthan, who plays Kalyani in the movie, …