Bijapur-Yeshwantpur train to resume services from April 10
Train will not have general tickets, seats should be reserved online/offline
Bijapur: Several trains which were suspended owing to lockdown and lack of passengers, are now gradually coming back on track with Indian Railways resuming their services.
South Western Railway (SWR) has now decided to operate another special express train connecting between Bijapur and Bengaluru.
After the lockdown, only fifteen out of twenty-six scheduled trains have been resumed their operations. Among the nine are daily trains, four are weekly and two are biweekly trains. To this list of operating trains, another daily special express train Bijapur -Yeshwantpur (06542/41) will be added from April 11. However, this special express train will start its operations on April 10 from Yeshwantpur.
This train will run from Bijapur via Hosapete and Chikajajur junction to reach Yeshwantpur. The train will depart Bijapur at 7 pm and reach the destination Yeshwantpur at 10:20 am and the same train departs Yeshwantpur at 9:30 pm and reaches Bijapur at 11:40 pm. This train will have one AC-3 tier coach, three sleeper coaches, four-second class coaches, one disabled friendly compartment, and two luggage-cum breakeven coaches.
Railway officials said that the online booking for the special daily express has already started. All the berths will be reserved, that is, the passengers have to either book the tickets online or at the reservation counters in railway stations. The general tickets will not be issued as the train is being operated with limited seats adhering to the Covid-19 norms.
At present two daily special express trains are being operated to Bengaluru via Bijapur, one is Gol Gumbaz Express and another is Basava Express. With the introduction of this new express train (06542/41) the tally will increase to three trains.
It may be noted that the same express train was first introduced in November 2019, where late union minister Suresh Angadi had flagged off. It had failed to receive the expected response from the public because of unfriendly timings. This train was operated in the loss until the train services were discontinued owing to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. After the post-lockdown, the netizens demanded the SWR to continue the special express train. Now, after over a year the railway authorities have decided to resume the Bijapur-Yeshwantpur special express train from the third week of this month.
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AI reshaping music, filmmaking in Kannada cinema
Bengaluru: Artificial Intelligence is slowly changing the way music and creativity are produced in the Kannada film industry, raising concerns among musicians, singers and technicians, The New Indian Express reported on Sunday.
Music composer, actor and director V Manohar reportedly said, AI is being used to write lyrics, especially in low-budget movies. Once lyrics are generated, AI can suggest thousands of tunes. It even asks whether the voice should be male or female. With one click, a complete song is ready.
“If this continues, singers and musicians will have less or no work in the coming days. But it may not succeed either. A few years ago, dubbing was allowed and people could watch movies in any language they preferred. But not many took to it as they wanted to watch a movie in the original,” TNIE quoted him as saying.
According to the report, Filmmaker Avinash U Shetty, a National Award winner, said resistance to new technology is not new. Those who resisted shifting from analogue to digital films years ago have now embraced it. The industry is now using only 10% of the AI potential. If it is scaled up, it can do unimaginable things. What we consider bad now, may not be after five years.
Highlighting the cost advantage, Sangamesh, an independent creator reportedly said, he made a three-minute video using AI for just Rs 4,500. Earlier, the same work would have cost nearly Rs 15 lakh. I finished the entire project in three days. The only expense was the AI software subscription, he said.
These days, it has become difficult to differentiate between the real and AI. AI is creating artistes. Scenes like war, big fights and dance can be shot with a lesser number of artistes. Then with the aid of visual effects and AI, you can achieve what you have in mind, he said.
Actor-director D P Raghuram felt that while AI has made an impact on music, it lacks emotional depth. Cinema earlier involved hard work and strong emotional connections. AI can help improve our work, but creativity should remain human, he reportedly said.
As per the report, earlier, Kannada cinema employed hundreds of junior artistes, who not only earned wages but also shared meals on sets and formed lasting bonds with stars like Dr Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh. Today, filmmakers fear that increasing dependence on AI could reduce such human connections, turning creativity into just another automated process.
