Amid political turmoil, Kumaraswamy watches trailer of son's movie
Bengaluru, Jan 16: It was a different battlefield a 'relaxed' Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy watched amid the political crisis in Karnataka ahead of Lok Sabha polls.
Taking time off from the turmoil his government is facing due to two MLAs withdrawing support to the government, Kumaraswamy Watched a trailer of the movie 'Kurukshetra', the Kannada period movie based on the Mahabharata, based on the poetic marvel ‘Gadayuddha' by poet Ranna.
His son Nikhil Gowda has played the role of Abhimanyu.
The movie has been produced by MLA Munirathna.
Enthralled with the trailer, Kumaraswamy said never before a movie of this scale ever been made in Kannada, where every minute detail was taken care of.
The two Independent MLAs, H Nagesh (Independent) and R Shankar (KPJP) Tuesday withdrew support to the seven month old ministry amid turmoil triggered by charges of horse trading flung at each other by the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition and BJP.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
