Mysore/Mysuru: “Cinema has the power to influence minds; use it to enlighten the audience, never to mislead,” said renowned Kannada film actor Srinivas Prabhu, emphasising the profound social responsibility of young film-makers. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Cinerama 2026, 8th National-level Short- Film Festival organised by the Department of Visual Communication (VISCOM),…
Bengaluru: Jnanpith Award winner Girish Karnad was one of the most noted playwrights in India. He wrote his first play, the critically acclaimed ‘Yayati’ (1961), while still at Oxford. Centred on the story of a mythological king, the play established Karnad’s use of the themes of history and mythology. Karnad’s next play, ‘Tughlaq’ (1964), tells…
Places of worship hosting discourses by seasoned performers of Harikatha before audiences comprising listeners in different age-groups have witnessed a makeover to events marked by glitz and glitter, although reports in the dailies, including those published in the city, unfailingly highlight the devotion and fervour displayed by the large crowds thronging at those places. The…
While the perceived image of the land’s cinema industry, its players, and more so its current output of biopics is none-too-flattering in circles of society who have nostalgic memories of the classical movies of their bygone days, the country has the dubious distinction of world’s highest producer of movies in multiplicity of languages, including Kannada….
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