Vivek enters Kannada films

October 1st, 2009 Mamta Mohandas was recently the showstopper for her friend Vivek Karunakaran at the Lakme Fashion Week. Vivek is a newbie designer who has designed Tamil actor Ajith’s outfits in his upcoming film.

September 23rd, 2009 Vivek Oberoi is preparing well for his role in Ram Gopal Varma’s upcoming film, Rakta Charitra, which will have Vivek playing Paritala Ravi. The role requires him to grow his hair and beard.

September 22nd, 2009 Popular Hindi television actress, Karishma Tanna, is gearing up to make her Kannada debut opposite Prem. She is learning Kannada for her role and feels that while everything has happened very fast, it is nonetheless for the best.

September 14th, 2009 Vivek Oberoi is no more a risk taker. He can’t trust people around anymore and does not hold a good opinion about industrywallas.

September 11th, 2009 Bollywood movie Aitraaz is being remade in Kannada and Telugu as Srimathi. Directed by debutant director Sampath, the film will star Celina Jaitley who will be making her Kannada debut.

September 5th, 2009 Model Mallika Kapoor debuted in films with Telugu movies and later did three Kannada films– Savi Savi Nenapu, Ganga Kaveri and Hushaar. She then tried her hand at other South Indian films.

August 24th, 2009 Though she hails from Bangalore, Priyamani has taken all these years to make her debut in Kannada. Her debut would be with Puneet Rajkumar and Madesh would direct the film.

August 14th, 2009 Vijayakumar, the distributor of Magadheera, is to be suspended by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) as per the president, Dr. Jayamala’s decision (in consultation with the other members of the KFCC in a meeting held on Wednesday).

July 23rd, 2009 Young actress Pragna wants to experiment with different kind of cinema. After making her name in Kannada industry with films like Ganesha Mathe Banda and Preethse Preethse, the actress has decided to try her luck in Tamil films now.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Govinda's niece Ragini Khanna, who plays the lead role in Sony TV's "Bhaskar Bharti" is the next after his daughter Narmadaa Ahuja to take the plunge into the Hindi film industry. While Ragini has disclosed the banner and name of the film she might get involved in, details of Narmadaa's project are still under wraps.

June 21st, 2009 BANGALORE - Veteran Kannada film producer R. Lakshman, who received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, passed away Saturday night in Bangalore.

June 5th, 2009 Starting his career with comedy roles, talented actor Vivek has now graduated himself in doing lead roles. He has shown to have possessed variety of creative talent in him.

June 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - She has worked in all the four south Indian film industries but veteran actress Suhasini Ratnam says that she got huge fame and popularity by working in Kannada films. "I have been acting for more than 25 years and have worked in all the four Southern languages.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vivek Oberoi says he didn't know what his dream role would be like until filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma asked him to play Paritala Ravi, the lead role of a rebel-turned-politician, in his "Rakta Charitra". "Journalists have often asked me what my 'dream role' would be and I always dismissed the idea thinking a thing like that never existed, until I encountered Paritala Ravi.

May 25th, 2009 BANGALORE - The long standoff between multiplex owners and Bollywood filmmakers has affected the Kannada film industry too, with two big budget Kannada films "Dubai Babu" and "Taakat" failing to reach the multiscreen cinemas here because of the row over revenue sharing. The producers fear they will have to bear heavy losses because of the tiff.