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'Parichaya' fails to live up to hype
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: 'Parichaya'; Director: Sanjay; Cast: Tarun, Rekha, Shobharaj, Avinash, Chidanand, Master Anand and Monisha; Music: Jessie Gift; Rating: **
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'Mooru Guttu...' a laugh riot
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: 'Mooru Guttu Ondhu Sullu Ondhu Nija'; Director: Dinesh Baboo; Cast: Ramesh Arvind, Komal, Nancy, Asha Latha, Sreenivasa Murthy and Sudha Belawadi; Music: Suman Shashtry; Rating: ***
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'Yogi' a predictable fare
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: 'Yogi'; Cast: Yogish, Biyanka Desai, Shirin, Suchayeendra Prasad, Praveen, Harshitha Poonacha and others; Producer: K. Manju; Director: Udaya Prakash; Music Director: Emil; Rating: **
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'Yaaradhu' - a treat for horror film fans
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: "Yaaradhu"; Cast: Vinod Raj, M. Leelavathi, Suman Jadugar and others; Producer: M. Leelavathi; Writer-Director: Sreenivas Kaushik Music Director: G. Akhil; Rating: ***
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Give 'Mad Love' a miss
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: "Mad Love"; Cast: Ramu, Raveena, Dodda Rangegowda, Padmavasanthi, Prameela Joshai and others; Director: Teja; Music Director: Goochi; Cinematographer: Anand; Rating: *
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Kasaravalli ecstatic after receiving Crystal Globe Award
Bangalore, Oct 20: Kannada filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli, who was honoured with the South Asian Cinema Foundation's Excellence in Cinema Crystal Globe Award 2009, says receiving the prestigious award has been the most precious moment in his life.
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'Bellary Naga' - fast-paced likeable entertainer
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: 'Bellary Naga'; Cast: Vishnuvardhan, Shobharaj, Rajesh, Avinash, Ramesh Bhat, Chitra Shenoy, Lakshmi Hegde, Bank Suresh and Karibasavayya; Director: Dinesh Babu; Music Director: L.N. Shashtri; Producer: K. Manju; Camera: P.K.H. Doss; Rating: ***
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'Abhay' just a rehash of earlier Telugu films
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: Abhay; Director: Mahesh Babu; Cast: Darshan, Arati Thakur, Om Prakash Rao, Pradeep Rawat, Sangeetha and Suresh Mangalore; Music: Hari Krishna; Rating: **
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Nana Patekar signs first Kannada film
Bangalore, Sep 24 : National Award winning actor Nana Patekar, who is currently busy shooting 'Rajneeti', is all set to act in a Kannada film for the first time.
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Ramesh Arvind now moves on to village-based films
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Bangalore, Sep 22 : After acting in films set in cities, Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind was keen to work in rural-based scripts and says he accepted 'Crazy Kutumba', a remake of a Marathi film, because it provided him the opportunity.
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Actress Ramya apologises for rude behaviour
Bangalore, Sep 20 : The tiff between actress Ramya and technicians and dancers of the Karnataka film industry has been resolved with the actress apologising for her allegedly abrasive behaviour.
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We will not work with actress Ramya, say dancers
Bangalore, Sep 19 : Angry technicians and dancers of the Karnataka film industry have said they will not work with actress Ramya as she reportedly used abusive language while speaking to them during shoots of recent movies.
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'Rajini' a must-watch for Upendra fans
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: 'Rajini'; Cast: Upendra, Arati Chabria, Mukul Dev, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Ramesh Bhat and Doddanna; Director: Thriller Manju; Music: Hamsalekha; Rating:***
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Kannada film 'Mukhaputa' wins top honours at Ireland film fest
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Bangalore, Sep 17 : Actor-director Roopa Iyer's Kannada film 'Mukhaputa', about children suffering from HIV/AIDS, has won the best feature film award at the recently concluded International Film Festival in Ireland and she says juries chose her film because they could feel the emotion throughout the narrative.
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Actor Umashree escapes unhurt in accident
Bangalore, Sep 12: National award winning Kannada actress Umashree escaped unhurt in a multiple collision at Bidadi, about 60 km from here, while returning to the city last evening.
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Uma Shri, Girish Kasaravalli team up again
Bangalore, Sep 11 : Kannada actress Uma Shri, who has just won the best actress National Award for her performance in 'Gulabi Talkies', teams up again with director Girish Kasaravalli for 'Kanasemba Kudureya Benneri'.
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Male to begin soon
Prem Kahani has finished shooting and will release on the 11th September.
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I thank Girish Kasaravalli for National Award: Uma Shri
By R.G. Vijaysarathy, Bangalore, Sep 7 : Kannada actress Uma Shri, winner of best actress National Award for 'Gulabi Talkies', gives credit to her director Girish Kasaravalli for the honour and says that for her role she had to 'unlearn many things and just submit to the director'.
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Kishore Sarja could have made a better 'Vaayuputhra'
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Film: 'Vaayuputhra'; Cast: Ambareesh, Chiranjeevi Sarja, Aindrita Ray, Ajay, Ramesh Bhat, Mukyamanthri Chandru, Padmaja Rao and others; Director: Kishore Sarja; Music Director: Hari Krishna; Producer: Arjun Sarja; Storywriter: Linguswamy; Camera: Sundaranatha Suvarna; Ratings: ** 1/2
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'Iniya' rides on Balaji's shoulders
By R.G. Vijaysarathy, Film: 'Iniya'; Cast: Balaji, Pooja Gandhi, Urvashi, Lokanath, Jai Jagadish, Sanketh Kashi, Shankar Aswath, Chitra Shenoy and others; Producer: Shylendra Babu; Writer-Director: Mussanje Mahesh; Camera: Sundaranath Suvarna; Music Director: Sreedhar; Ratings: **
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Karnataka CM felicitated
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa was recently felicitated by the Kannada film industry for curbing piracy.
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Iceland new hotspot
Iceland, which was not a location on the radar of South Indian filmmakers, has caught their attention.
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Yeshwant wins award
Actor Yeshwant is exhilarated with his award for the Best Supporting Actor, which he won for his role in Moggina Manasu.
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Here comes the NRI
The Kannada film industry is seeing a lot of NRI's undertaking movie production these days.
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Narayan confident about Cheluvina Chilipili
Cheluvina Chilipili's recently launched music has got a warm response by audiences. Director S. Narayan's film, starring Pankaj and Roopika, will be releasing on 28 August.
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Second schedule of Aithalakadi
Director JG Krishna's Aithalakadi has started shooting for its second schedule. It was a wedding sequence, shot at Rockline Studios.
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The launch of Ellelloo Neene, Nannalloo Neene
The Managing Director of Mosaco Shipping and Forwarding, which has operations in Dubai and UAE- Frank Fernandes, announced on his 58th birthday on August 18 that he is set to produce a Kannada film titled Ellelloo Neene, Nannalloo Neene to launch his son Larry.
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Remake of Josh
Super hit Kannada film Josh Produced by S.V. Babu has recently completed 100 days in seven theatres in Karnataka and now will be soon remade in Tamil and Telugu. The Tamil version is expected to go on floors by October.
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Shruthi's Birthday Gift
Kannada actress Shruthi, who made headlines after filing for divorce from her director husband S. Mahendar at a Bangalore court, is now back in the news.
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Bangalore girls make a splash in Bollywood
By R.G. Vijaysarathy, Bangalore, Aug 22 : After Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma, another actress from this city is all set to conquer the Hindi film industry. Priyamani will make her Bollywood debut with Mani Ratnam's 'Ravan'.
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Remake for Kannada film Circus?
Soundarya Rajinikanth has a lot of things on her mind right now. She is working very hard on her directorial venture, Sultan- The Warrior.
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Kannada remake for Abhiyum Naanum
Abhiyum Naanum (Akasamantha in Telugu), director Radha Mohan's Tamil film, based on the English film, Father of the Bride, is on the brink of getting a Kannada remake.
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Priya Hassan's Petition Plea
Recently, actress and director Priya Hassan approached the Karnataka High Court to question the selection of films for subsidy to eligible films by the state government.
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'Cyanide' director Ramesh to make film on Prabhakaran
By R.G. Vijayasarathy, Bangalore, Aug 21 : Kannada director A.M.R. Ramesh, who has already directed an award-winning movie about LTTE suicide bombers, plans to direct a bilingual film on former Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran who was killed by the Sri Lankan army this May.
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