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Actress Haripriya has now been selected for crazy star V Ravichandran’s ‘Manjina Hani’ the film stalled and re-started by the dream merchant of Kannada cinema. It is this ‘Manjina Hani’ that V Ravichandran took over from producer Sandesh Nagaraj after finalizing the accounts. After taking over V Ravichandran has rewritten the script of his film once again and taking up again. It is because of a young kid observation V Ravichandran took decision to change the script. It was one and half years ago V Ravichandran started ‘Manjina Hani’ at the rainy season in Madikeri hilly region. In addition to Haripriya the four times national award winner Prakash Raj and Bhavana also added to the team. Concentrating mainly on ‘Manjina Hani’ the trailblazer will be taking up ‘Simha Rashi’ remake and ‘Paramashiva’ later on.s

New experiment in his home town Bhadravathi for multifaceted S Narayan! He has completed 20 days shoot for ‘Dushta’ at Bhadra dam near Bhadravathi that is 260 kilometers away from Bangalore. For the story of his life from his home town director S Narayan is completing the shoot in 40 days never moving out from this taluk and surroundings. The 42 direction of stalwart director S Narayan was progressing at Bhadra dam where Dr Rajakumar Premada Kanike and Eradu Kanasu were shot. Pankaj and Surabhi appeared for the song shooting when media from Bangalore visited the spot. It is for this film except his son Pankaj as hero and Mallu girl Surabhi as heroine the rest of the artists are from theatre backdrop and they are new to cinema. Shivaraj, KS Ravikumar, Aparna, K Veerendraiah, Veeresh of Hubli, Jayasri Ganesh, Uday, Ajay, Chandrasekhar, Master Pawan Shimoga, Parvathi Venkatesh, Shashikala Hanagal, Lakshman and others took part in various character roles so far for ‘Du

Another debutant from the family of artists! That is Samyuktha Belawadi in the teenage making debut in ‘Life Ishtena’ opposite handsome hero Diganth. Samyuktha is the daughter of character artist Sudha Belawadi and granddaughter of Bhargavi Narayan and Make Up Naani the two popular contributors to the Kannada cinema. Samyuktha maternal Uncle Prakash Belawadi is a thinker and tutor. He also directed popular television serial ‘Garva’ and then English-Kannada film ‘Stumble’. In the film Samyuktha Belawadi is making debut it is a debut for director Pawan Kumar who was with Yogaraj Bhat in a few films in the script department. Pawan also acted as software guy in ‘Pancharangi’ film brother of protagonist Diganth. Sindhu is another girl making debut in ‘Life Ishtene’. The script work is at the climax stage. Welcome to Samyuktha Belwadi from the reputed family of artists.

The long time production manager Shanthakumar has finally managed his cinema to come out from the cans. Two years of cold storage to ‘Devadas’ Kannada cinema starring Yogish, Janal Pande the wait is over. The film now taken up for post production and marketing by HM Krishnamurthy and Swasthik Muniraju has solved the problems of director Shanthakumar. As a professional in a software Company my mind deviate when I accept a girl. But that is not an easy task. The film has no relevance to the earlier days ‘Devadas’ made in Indian languages says Yogish. For the first time my performance demanded consuming alcohol. The film is shot in Goa, Chickmagalur and some sets in Bangalore he mentioned. Senior production manager of 25 years stint ABCD Shanthakumar says ‘Devadas’ was ready one year ago but the post production of it was stalled. Now the dubbing, rerecording, special effects have been completed and in a short time the first copy would come. To explain the satisfaction of

Many ways introduced to tackle the piracy has at last got demolished from the wrong doers. Now a separate locking system has been planned by hat trick director Prem for hat trick hero Shivarajakumar 100th film ‘Jogaiah’. Ashwini Media Network that holds the rights of ‘Jogaiah’ audio the home banner film of Prem and Rakshita the star couple is deploying the locking system for audio CD and Video. On February 19th very important day hat trick hero Shivarajakumar the audio will be released in the market. February 19 happens to be the day Shivarajakumar faced the camera for the maiden shot of his debut film ‘Anand’ 25 years ago. The audio release rendezvous of ‘Jogaiah’ is at Bangalore Palace. The fans of Shivarajakumar get passes for entry.

Here is one personality of Kannada cinema S Narayan standing in front of his Bhadravathi theatre says he is in to all activities of cinema making. The theatre ‘Manjunatha’ he saw the first half of the film ‘Ibbani Karagithu’ and pushed out for the second half as he missed the counter foil but purchased the same theatre 18 years later. It was three years ago S Narayan took ownership of the theatre. He invested Rs.3.5 crores named it as ‘Bhagyavathi’ Chitramandira. Apparently Bhagyavathi is the name of S Narayan wife but the theatre is well maintained and it is on par with any high class theatres in city. With original DTS equipments and screen from foreign countries S Narayan spruced up the theatre giving priority to cleanliness and loyalty. No one can enter the theatre consuming alcohol. The balcony is priced at Rs.40 while middle class is Rs.30 and lowest class is Rs.20. There are 920 seats and recently ‘Super’ Kannada cinema ran for six week and on demand ‘Jackie

Here is another lady director from Kannada cinema Poornima Mohan who hails from the family of producers, distributors and exhibitors – KCN Movies. Poornima maiden film in Kannada ‘Julie’ a remake of ‘Chattaikari and Julie’ starring Ramya and Dino Morea was not successful in the box office. Poornima Mohan did not stop at it. Now she is taking the audience to the school days from her film in Kannada and Hindi ‘Gurukul’. The film will be dubbed in to Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages later on. The film intends to focus on the child-parent care. The parents working in IT-BT admit the children in the schools where the culture and traditions are not important. Poornima Mohan has completed the shooting for ‘Gurukul’ with some of the boys and girls from Mumbai. Nidhi Subbaiah the charming actress appears in a song sequence. Emil has scored music for six songs. Sudhir Attavar, Kaviraj, Shivananje Gowda, Gaus Peer have penned the songs. The film on school days is releasi

Mohammed Zuheir al-Siddiq, a Syrian who used to work for Syrian intelligence in Lebanon , said Sunday that he has recordings that implicate some Syrian officers in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese former prime minister Rafik Hariri. In a telephone call from an unknown location, Siddiq called Lebanese television New TV, which has close links with Hezbollah, and said: 'I have seven recorded phone conversations of people who were involved in the Hariri murder, and (the recordings) will soon be in the possession of the UN tribunal.' Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly demanded that the UN-backed tribunal investigate the backgrounds of discredited witnesses such as Siddiq. Siddiq said that he would 'soon go on foot to the court in The Hague' to deliver all the recordings, which he did not give to the investigators before. Siddiq aired a voice recording, and said many Lebanese 'will recognize his voice, but I will not name

Dubai has set a new record by opening world's highest restaurant. A fine dining establishment called At.mosphere has opened on the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, at a height of 1,350 feet, reports Fox News. The eatery is just three feet lower to the ground than the observation deck of the Willis Tower in Chicago , but perhaps more astonishing is that it is not even half way up the 2,717-foot tower, leaving open the possibility that its claim to fame will be short-lived. The previous record holder was the 360 restaurant in the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which is situated at a height of 1,151 feet. Owners of At.mosphere described its food as eclectic European, and the menu has prices to match the restaurant's lofty perch. A cup of coffee costs 8 dollars.

Even though the nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be announced tomorrow, we won't be surprised if Danny Boyle is anxiously chewing his finger nails. 127 Hours is one of his finest works on celluloid. Back on the home turf, here in Bollywood, there is more of Danny Boyle being talked about and the below breaking story is the reason why... Recall the Anurag Kashyap and Danny Boyle film Bombay Velvet ? Recall Aamir Khan being cast in the film? Well, now the news from one of the 'khufia' sources is that the East - West collaboration is going to be one of the biggest films Bollywood will ever witness on the big screen. The source says, " Bombay Velvet is a grand project. The cost of the sets alone of Bombay Velvet is going to cost Rs. 15 to 17 crores because it's a period film" Now that's some news! On further probing and he tells me, " Bombay Velvet is set in the era of 1960's and Danny Boyle wants

Before another film with Farah, Akshay is being directed by Farah's husband Shirish Kunder. "Why just her husband? I'm doing a second film with her brother Sajid Khan and a second film with Shirish. Shirish and I are producing his Joker . But it has nothing to do with the circus." Akshay co-stars with Sonakshi Sinha in Joker . "I saw her in Dabangg . It didn't look like her first film. She was so confident and complemented Salman perfectly. I hope we look as good together." Defending TMK Akshay says, "No matter what some people have to say the fact is, our film had the biggest opening of the year along with Dabangg and Golmaal 3 . Audiences go to a Farah Khan film to see a Manmohan Desai kind of full-on masala entertainment. To that extent, she hasn't disappointed. I was doing what Austin Powers does in the Hollywood slapsticks. People seem to love that." However, Akshay admits the collections dropped from Monda

As the sun of Monday morning dawned, it took away the 'don' of Hindustani classical music, the 89-year old Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, the legendary man who spent his last days fighting the prolonged illness. He breathed his last at Sahyadri Hospital in Pune around 8.05 am. The news of his death has come in as a rude shock to one and all throughout the world. Readers may recollect that this iconic vocalist was the member of Kirana Gharana and was known for the 'Khayal' form of singing. Born to a father who was a schoolmaster, Panditji, as a child, was deeply moved by a recording of Abdul Karim Khan, who was also the founder father of the ' Kirana Gharana'. Millions of his fans all over the globe, till today, remember his rendition of ' Mile Sur Mera Tumhara ' as well as ' Piya Milan Ki Aas', 'Jo Bhaje Hari Ko Sada '. Besides this, Joshiji had also sung for several films including Basant Bahar (1956), Birbal My Brother

They say that 'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown'. Well, this cannot be truer in the cases of Bollywood's leading heroines. Even as you read this, silver screen's reigning queens Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif's houses are being raided by the Income Tax department, as per ApnaDesi 's reliable sources. The source also added that there have been lots of foreign currencies that have been found at Kat's house. Watch this space for more details.   

Rather than do the Bachchans a gross disservice, their separation from IIFA is a blessing in disguise. Explains Sabbas Joseph of Wizcraft, "Every time a member of one family won an award or presented an event, there would be a hue and cry about one family monopolizing IIFA. This was so unfair. How many awards did Mr. Bachchan and his family win in the ten years of IIFA's existence? He got one for Black which he collected and another for Paa (in Sri Lanka) which he did not attend." Sabbas insists the Bachchans are an integral part of IIFA even now. "We'd like nothing better than to have them attend in Toronto as guests. Mr. Bachchan has added invaluably to IIFA. But now the brand doesn't really need an ambassador." The separation of Amitabh Bachchan from the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has sent shock waves across the film industry. After the Big B tweeted his inability to be part of IIFA any more a young A-lister actor on

Banner Dharma Productions Status Under Production Color C Release Date October 6, 2011 Language Hindi Genre Comedy / Romance Producer Karan Johar Director Shakun Batra Star Cast Imran Khan Kareena Kapoor Story / Writer Ayesha Devitre