Mangaluru : P. Dayananda Pai and P. Satish Pai Yakshagana Adhyayana Kendra of Mangalore University has announced its Yakshamangala Award for 2022-23 to artistes Sridhara Hande and M.K. Ramesh Acharya. The award carries Rs.25,000 in cash, a citation and a memento. The book titled ‘Peetika Prakarana’ written by Talamaddale artiste Radhakrishna Kalchar has been chosen […]

Mangaluru : Tulu theatre and film artists on Thursday urged the State government to allow re-opening of theatres and permit theatre troupes to stage dramas as artistes are in dire straits. Addressing a joint press conference here, senior artistes Devadas Kapikkad, Vijaya Kumar K odialbail, Kishor D. Shetty and producer Prakash Pandeshwar said that educational […]

Mangaluru : Artistes, sportspersons and representatives from various cultural and social organisations here on Thursday expressed their solidarity with the Chairman of Alva’s Education Foundation M. Mohan Alva and condemned the smear campaign against Mr. Alva following the death of Class 10 student Kavya Poojary in Moodbidri on July 20. Speaking at a meeting at […]

Manipal: A unique exhibition of paintings and clay art on Lord Ganesha has been  organized by the Vraksha Kala Forum at The Gallery Manipal on September 18, Tuesday. Gunavantheshwar Bhat of  Canara Bank, sponsorer of the CE Kamath Institute for Artisans at Miyar  in  Karkala, inaugurated the show. Well known artistes like Srinath  Manipal, Ravi […]

Bangalore: The stand-off between Karnataka Film Producers’ Association and Kannada Film Artistes’ Association ended on a happy note on Thursday. A meeting of film artistes and producers and executive committee members of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce was held at Rebel Star Ambareesh’s residence. Producer A Ganesh who had a tiff with Ramya over her […]