Minister Munirathna drops plans of biopic on Urigowda-Nanjegowda
Bengaluru: Karnataka Horticulture Minister Munirathna has declared that he has withdrawn the idea of making a movie on legendary heroes Urigowda and Nanjegowda, following a political and also societal difference in opinion.
Munirathna, who spoke to reporters on Monday morning, said that he had visited the Adichunchanagiri Mutt and met the seer Sri Nirmalananda Swami. “I would not like to make statements that hurt people’s sentiments. Behaving in such a lowly manner is also not my nature. I have, therefore, dropped the idea of not only making a biopic on Urigowda and Nanjegowda but also speaking on the matter from now,” he clarified.
The minister, who owns the ‘Vrushabhadri Productions’ studio, had earlier said that he wished to make a biopic the legendary Vokkaliga heroes, who killed Tipu Sultan, as claimed by the BJP. He had also gotten the name of the biopic registered following the arguments on the chieftains and declared the date of launch of shooting.
Following the advice by the Adichunchanagiri Mutt seer, however, Munirathna has withdrawn his plans of the biopic.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
