Cultural procession of Karavali Utsav officially inaugurated
Mangaluru, Dec 21: Mayor Bhaskar K Moily officially inaugurated the cultural procession of Karavali Utsav of the district at Nehru Stadium here on Friday.
Speaking on the occasion, the mayor said that the city corporation has initiated the cultural procession in order to protect the coastal district culture and traditional buildings and adopt novelty.
Deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, City police commissioner TR Suresh, ZP CEO Dr ADC Kumar, City corporation Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer, Selvamani and procession Committee president S Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, Information officer Khader Shaw, Harikrishna Punaroor and others were present.
The procession which started from the Nehru Stadium passed through AB Shetty circle, Clock tower, UP Mallya road, Hampankatta circle, Karnad Sadashiva Rao road, Bishop House, Manjeshwar Govinda Pai circle, PVS junction, MG Road, Ballalbagh, Lalbagh and will converge at Nehru Stadium.
More than 80 various art troupes from Chikmagaluru, Shivamogga, Sagar, Haveri, Dharwad, Magadi, Tumkur, Ramanagar, Mysore, Karwar, Raichur, Chakravarthy, Belagavi, Hassan, Badiyadka, Kasaragod, Madikeri, and other places participated in the procession.
Teams from various education institutions, religious centres, NCC, Scouts, Bharat Sevadal, banks and post offices participated. More than 5,000 students participated in it.
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Karnataka film awards 2019 announced; Kiccha Sudeep, Anupama Gowda bag best Actor, Actress title
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday issued an order announcing the State Annual Film Awards for the calendar year 2019. Popular Actor Kiccha Sudeep and Anupama Gowda were selected for the Best Actor and Actress awards for their roles in Pailwaan and Thrayambakam respectively.
The prestigious first best film award went to Mohanadas, followed by Love Mocktail and Arghyam as second and third Best films, respectively. Kanneri received the special concern award for addressing significant social issues, while India V/S England was honored as the best popular entertainment film. The title of best children’s film was bestowed upon Ella Aadodu Navu Elli Aadodu.
In the supporting roles category, Tabala Nani won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in Chemistry of Kariyappa, while Anusha Krishna earned the Best Supporting Actress title for her performance in Brahmi.
In the music section, V. Harikrishna was recognized as the Best Music Director for his work in Yajamana. Raghu Dixit won the Best Playback Singer (Male) for his song in Love Mocktail, and Dr. Jayadevi Jingama Shetty was awarded Best Playback Singer (Female) for her rendition in Ragabhairavi.
