Mysuru: With the number of youngsters foraying into the glitzy and glamour world on the rise over past few years, the demand for quality technicians like story and screenplay writers is increasing every year. The Dasara Film Festival Sub Committee to provide an opportunity for the budding technicians is conducting a three-day workshop under the guidance of renowned film director and national award winner P. Sheshadri.

The workshop is being attended by over 200 students from various colleges across the State. Interestingly, about 60 students from Department of Studies in Kannada, Davanagere University and 10 students from Dharwad University are taking part in workshop. Also, students from various colleges in the city like Christ, JSS, Maharaja’s, Yuvaraja’s, Mahajana, Maharani’s, Post Graduate Centre, Manasagangothri, Government First Grade Colleges have also showed keen interest in the art of film making.

The three-day workshop was inaugurated by District Minister V. Somanna at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri, here this morning. Earlier, to the inaugural speech, Workshop Director P. Sheshadri, in his introductory address, said that Karnataka, though producing more number of movies compared to other States in the country, was lagging behind in producing quality cinemas.

“Workshops like these, before creating technicians, will help in creating quality audience which in turn will force people from the industry to produce good quality movies,” he added.

Sheshadri also suggested that Dasara Film Festival must be organised at the international level inviting artistes from across the world to Mysuru.

Later, in his address, District Minister V. Somanna said that if he continued to be the District Minister till next Dasara, the suggestion of organising Mysuru Dasara International Film Festival would be considered positively and he would work towards organising the same.

Stating that, everyone possessed one or the other talent within them, Somanna said that platforms like these would help identifying such talents and to encourage them.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Dasara Film Festival Sub Committee Deputy Special Officer B.N. Girish said that the committee had received a over whelming response from the students across the State.

“With three national award winning technicians like P. Sheshadri, B. Suresh and B.S. Lingadevaru conducting the workshops, it was certain that the hall would be flooded with young and aspiring film makers,” he added.

Kavya, a Kannada literature student, from Davanagere University, said that opportunities like these would help students like them to explore different fields other than teaching and other professions.

Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, MLC K.T. Srikantegowda, ZP President Parimala Shyam, Film Director B.S. Lingadevaru, Dasara Film Festival Sub Committee President Jaya Prakash, Working President B.G. Govindaraju, Secretary R. Raju, Assistant Prof. Govindaraju, Dr. S.G. Raghavendra were present .