Bollywood actor Gulshan Devaiah is all set to star in the upcoming romantic thriller OTT series ‘Duranga’ along with actress Drashti Dhami. The series is an official adaptation of the Korean show named ‘Flower of Evil’ and has been directed by Pradeep Sarkar and Aijaz Khan.
The series chronicles the love story of Sammit (played by Gulshan Devaiah) and Ira (played by Drashti Dhami), that unfolds in three different timelines. Hiding a twisted past, Sammit maintains the facade of a perfect husband to his Inspector wife – Ira. With a series of twists and turns, Ira begins investigating multiple gory copycat murders by the suspected accomplice of a psychopathic serial killer Bala, twenty years after his suicide.
‘Duranga’ has been produced by Goldie Behl and Shradha Singh and will soon bow down on OTT platform ZEE5.
Talking about the series, Goldie, producer at Rose Audio Visuals, said in a statement: “At Rose Audio Visuals we have always been committed to producing quality, out of the box content which is also entertaining. ‘Duranga’ is a step forward in that direction.”
“It is a special subject because it explores the concept of marriage but through a unique twisted lens, something you have never seen before. The unusual pairing of Drashti Dhami and Gulshan Devaiah has worked very well for us. Their characters in the show come from very varied, distinct backgrounds and they both have divulged completely into it.”
The 9-episode series also stars Rajesh Khattar, Divya Sheth, Zakir Hussain, Barkha Bisht, Abhijit Khandkekar and Hera Mishra in prominent roles.
As the case unfolds, it leads Drashti’s character to some shocking revelations about her husband. The story will show how the protagonists wade through constant problems, despite which, they stand tall.
“‘Duranga’ primarily deals with the subject of how well you know your partner and then explores the story further. We may believe that we know our partner really well, but do we really? That’s what Duranga will explore and answer. Very excited to present the show and we hope the audience totally resonates with it the way we did,” Goldie further mentioned.
–IANS
source: http://www.newsroomodisha.com / Newsroom Odisha / Home> Entertainment / by Newsroom Odhisha / July 25th, 2022
Indian batter Robin Uthappa revealed about his sporting journey from hockey to cricket. Uthappa has played 46 One-Day International matches and 13 T20Is for India since making his ODI debut against England in 2006.
The Karnataka-born player was part of India’s victorious title in the 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa led by MS Dhoni.
Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa. Photo- Getty Images
Uthappa last played in Indian colours in the year 2015 in both the white-ball formats during India’s tour of Zimbabwe. Seven years later he is still playing the game for Kerala on the domestic circuit and Channel Super Kings in the IPL.
Not many might be aware of Uthappa’s early days as a hockey player and why did he switch to cricket?
“My father was an internationally renowned hockey umpire who also represented Karnataka. Once, when I went for the U16 sub-junior selection, I realized the path is going to be very smooth because everyone loved my father.
“In fact, during the selection day, there were very talented people who had come there, however they did not get selected,” Uthappa said on Sharechat’s online show CricChat.
Robin Uthappa (Image Credit: Twitter)
“I felt really bad that day that these players were not selected even though they were better than me. I used to play as a full-back and I was selected as a stand-by, but I felt that these players were so talented, however, they did not get selected. That’s when I realised my journey will be easy,” he added.
Uthappa is someone who wanted to establish his image by his own deeds rather than climbing on his father’s shoulders and doing injustice to the deserved ones.
“I wanted to do something on my own. I loved and enjoyed hockey as it was a game of courage and perseverance but I thought the route would be an easy one and even if I succeed people would believe that has happened because of my father,” the 36-year-old said.
“So I went back to cricket, expecting to become successful through my hard work since my father had no connection with cricket,” he added.
Uthappa claimed the orange cap for the most runs in the 2014 IPL season, which was his debut for Kolkata Knight Riders, scoring 660 runs in 16 innings at 44 and a strike rate of 137.78.
source: http://www.cricketaddictor.com / Cricket Addictor / Home / by CA staff / July 26th, 2022
Kodagu Champ Ankitha Suresh has been selected as Assistant Coach for the Indian Women’s Hockey Team which will take part in the 22nd Common Wealth Games (CWG) to be held at Birmingham in England between July 28 and Aug. 8.
Ankitha, apart from being Assistant Coach, will also be the Manager of the team. Team India, which has already reached England and is practicing, will take on Ghana in the first match.
It may be recalled that the Indian Women’s Team which had trained under Aniktha Suresh had given a good show at Olympic 2021 held in Tokyo.
Daughter of B.A. Suresh and B.S. Dharmavathi, residents of Madikeri, Ankitha is married to Honnampadi Suresh Kushalappa of Suntikoppa.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / July 26th, 2022
Members of Brahmagiri Kodava Association (BKA), Mysuru, conducted its AGM and get-together function at Kodava Samaja premises in city on Sunday.
Association President Nayakanda Prakash, while addressing the gathering, appealed to them to put across their suggestions to the Association office-bearers to bring bonhomie belongingness among members and serve the society.
He also called upon the members to take part in various activities of the Association.
After discussions during AGM on utilisation of available corpus of the Association, it was decided that the final decision would be taken in due course by the office-bearers and Committee Members, keeping in view the best interest of members and their School and College going children.
Children of members of BKA were felicitated with cash awards for securing distinction/ highest marks in SSLC and PUC during the academic year 2021-2022.
Games were organised separately for ladies and children and prizes were distributed by elderly members.
Mallamada Devaiah, Secretary, read out the activities of the previous year. Mandetira Shakunthala read out the Accounts.
Pandiyanda Pradeep welcomed. Thirodira Dev proposed a vote of thanks. Chananda Jyothi compered the programme.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / July 26th, 2022
Yesterday morning as I sat at my working desk, there sat a brown cover addressed to me on the table.
It came from Palanganda T. Bopanna, a journalist author from Bengaluru. Inside was a thin book with a thick hard cover embellished with the photograph of the author in his ethnic Kodava headgear of a peta adorned with a pattern of golden strap crossing each other as if hugging the peta.
The title of the book is quite revealing and says what it contains:
Round And About With P.T. Bopanna’ with a bottom line: Bopanna looks at the lighter side of Coorg. Himself being a Kodava (Coorg), his writings here are of Kodagu related subjects or about himself with VIPs. I finished reading it in one hour and here I am writing about it. This was possible because each of the 25 pieces inside, including the Foreword by the Kodava iconic Fashion Guru of India Prasad Bidapa and the Epilogue, are no longer than two or three pages in fairly larger font and pictures. Good reading for those familiar with Kodagu (Coorg) and the people written about in the book.
There is a Preface also by the author and I was delighted to find the names of Mr. Boverianda Chinnappa and Mrs. Nanjamma Chinnappa, now residents of Mysuru, being mentioned for their “valuable suggestions” in bringing out this thin book of 68 pages. “The couple has been a source of strength to me in my book and web ventures,” he writes in gratitude.
As a Kodava myself, I know there are any number of Kodavas all over the world engaged in different activities and pursing professions who have become great achievers. Kodava people belong to a microscopic minority as a population who lived in a land of their own known as Kodagu ruled by Nayaks and then Kings and then the British, now a district in Karnataka.
The land area cannot increase but population increases. As a result when the family grew, its land-holding was not sufficient for running the family. Perforce they got themselves educated and some members had to leave Kodagu and then Kodava (Coorg) diaspora became a reality. Fortunately those who went out of Kodagu, a great majority of them, are doing well and very well. Some of them became celebrities and some are recognised by the governments. But there are other achievers who remain without public recognition but doing very well in their given profession, business or industry.
One example for anonymous achievers and distinguished persons among Kodavas is given in the book itself in the person for whom the book is dedicated (page 3). He is Pemanda Monappa Belliappa, a retired IAS Officer of Tamil Nadu.
Acknowledged as an outstanding administrator, Belliappa was decorated with MBE (Member of the British Empire) by the Queen of England. More than this, he established ‘Pemanda Monappa Scholarship’ in Cambridge University in perpetuity, in the name of his father, Pemanda Monappa, former Karnataka Inspector General of Police. Nearer home, he has also made handsome donation to the Coorg Education Fund, Madikeri. People like Belliappa are indeed the pride of Kodagu. There are many such Stars of Kodagu!
Bopanna, who claims to be a chronicler of Kodagu or Kodavas, may also venture to trace all those achievers among them, after independence of our country (1947) and publish a book with their biodata. This would be a great contribution from him to the Kodava people.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Columns > Abracadabra / by K.B. Ganapathy / July 20th, 2022
TRUGlobal, a leading IT services provider having headquarters in Dublin CA, US and multiple offices in other US locations and Bangalore now has expanded its operations in Pune City.
TRUGlobal is a top global IT services firm working with a diverse clientele across the world including many Fortune 500 Companies. TRUGlobal is well renowned to solve complex business challenges for their clients through rich industry knowledge and vast experience of implementing thought leadership enabled end-to-end solution architecture.
The facility was inaugurated at the hands of Ibrahim Sharif, Founder & CEO, TrueGlobal and Famous Cricketer Robin Uthappa. Also present on the occasion was, new operation head for in Pune. Also present was Zaid Mahvi, VP of Global Delivery. TrueGlobal.
TRUGlobal has worked with some of the world’s best companies like Facebook, Twitter, Nvidia, LinkedIn, Penumbra, Symantec, Genentech and more. TRUGlobal has its headquarters in Dublin CA, with offices in Dallas TX, Washington DC, and Global Operations Centre in Bangalore. TRUGlobal is now coming up with a new state-of-the-art office in central India’s IT Hub Pune, to help expand their global footprint.
Ibrahim Shariff, Founder and CEO of TRUGlobal expressed his pleasure in opening and said, “The new Pune office “Coming to Pune will help us expand our operations and aid us in aligning with our client’s goals and objectives for better and efficient delivery.
He further said, “Our teams in Pune will be working on cutting-edge technological solutions involving the very latest and sophisticated applications in the domain of AI/ML, RPA, Immersive virtual reality, while boosting Cloud transformation and mitigating threats by fortifying security solutions. To give a glimpse, we are extremely excited to be working on an autonomous car project which will disrupt the driver-less car space, along with a very intuitive rehabilitation tool utilizing immersive virtual reality. Coming to Pune was a natural choice for us. Pune, being a world renowned industrial and IT hub, the city offered great infrastructure, vibrant culture, while providing access to India’s best academic institutions.”
TRUGlobal has a turnover of INR 200 crores and registered an impressive growth of 215% in the last financial year. TRUGlobal’s operations centre in Pune has 102+ seating capacity, the future plan of the company is to add twice as more seats to their Pune operations in coming years. This will help them scale-up and adapt to solve their customer’s business and technological challenges.
TRUGlobal is a top global IT services firm servicing client across Fortune 500 Companies. A customer centric technology company with a laser focus on delivering excellence with the right blend of skill, competency, and passion, with well-defined processes enabling quality delivery, best suited for global customers.
A young dynamic and energetic entrepreneur, who is a truly techno-business leader. A leader who strongly believes in doing right things with highest morale. He is driven by a passion to build the company on the fundamental principles of commitment, trust, and excellence. Ibrahim is a well-known name in the technology circle of Silicon Valley.
This story is provided by PNN. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/PNN)
source: http://www.theprint.in / The Print / Home / ANI Press Release / by ANI PR / July 18th, 2022
This original series is directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal.
An OTT platform will soon launch ‘Shiksha Mandal’, a hard-hitting narrative inspired by true events that revolve around the biggest scam in the educational system in India.
‘Shiksha Mandal- Power Paise Ka… Scam Shiksha Ka’ will reveal corruption, fraud, cheating and criminal conspiracy that affects vulnerable students in India.
This original series is directed by Syed Ahmad Afzal and stars Gauahar Khan, Gulshan Devaiah and Pavan Malhotra in lead roles.
Gauahar Khan will be seen as a no-nonsense cop, Gulshan Devaiah will enact the role of a simple, hardworking young man running a coaching centre with aspirations for his family and Pavan Malhotra will portray the role of a villain who is behind many illegal activities.
With a socially relevant premise and equally talented cast, audiences can expect to see a riveting storyline inspired by true events.
source: http://www.freepressjournal.in / The Free Press Journal / Home / by FPJ Web Desk / July 19th, 2022
The government has started post and pre matric hostels and residential schools to impart free education to the students.
MLA K G Bopaiah hands over a laptop to a student at the Government First Grade College in Madikeri. Credit: DH Photo
MLA K G Bopaiah said that students should make use of the facilities from the government for their bright future.
He was speaking after distributing free laptops to the SC/ST students who had secured highest marks in the II PUC exam during 2020-21 at the Government First Grade College.
The government has started post and pre matric hostels and residential schools to impart free education to the students, he added. Deputy Director PU department Puttaraju said that laptops have been distributed to 24 students.
“I am happy for receiving the laptop. One of my lecturers has helped me financially to continue with my education,” Aloor Siddapura PU College student K Vijaya said.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State> Karnataka Districts / by DHNS, Madikeri / July 16th, 2022
Through her institute Karaumbiah’s Academy for Learning and Sports, Olympian Ashwini Nachappa is aiming to bring potential athletes from Kodagu on the right track.
After a foray into films in the 90s, Nachappa in 2004 established her own institution, Karaumbiah’s Academy for Learning and Sports or KALS (named after her husband Datha Karumbiah) in Gonikoppal, Kodagu.
While sports enthusiasts around the globe are hooked on to the World Athletics Championships that kicked off in the USA, in Bengaluru, Karnataka’s very own former track and field athlete Ashwini Nachappa is single-mindedly focused on reviving activities at her sports academy in Kodagu after a “difficult two years”.
A Kodava by birth, Nachappa’s drive for athletics picked up when she was just eight years’ old. While her father worked in Kolkata, Nachappa lived with her mother and sister Pushpa, who is also an athlete, near Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Little did Nachappa know that the stadium would be a turning point leading to her accomplishments in the track and field discipline.
“My sister and I used to love running on the tracks of the stadium every morning. The late Mohinder Singh (triple jumper) saw us and bribed us with sweets and wanted to see us more on the field. For every round, he would offer sweets and I ended up taking more sweets. Since then, there was no looking back,” said the Olympian, who bagged her first gold at All Indian Open Nationals in Bengaluru in 1980.
Nachappa began her career in track and field as a hurdler and long jumper, before making the switch to sprints. She participated in two Asian Games, one held in 1986 at South Korea, and the other in 1990 at Beijing, China where she bagged a silver medal in 4 × 100 m relay. She also represented India in two World Championships, one in 1987 in Rome, and the other in 1991 in Tokyo, as a member of the 4 × 400 m relay. She also won the 200 m gold at the 1990 National Open Meet in New Delhi ahead of P T Usha, clocking 24.07 seconds.
After a foray into films in the 90s, Nachappa in 2004 established her own institution, Karaumbiah’s Academy for Learning and Sports or KALS (named after her husband Datha Karumbiah) in Gonikoppal, Kodagu. Later in 2010, Ashwini’s Sports Foundation, a non-profit organisation, was built in the same academy to nurture potential athletes from Kodagu.
“We realised that Kodagu produced some excellent sporting talent but the children either had to travel to Mangalore or Bangalore to pursue their dreams. That is when we decided to blend academics and sports through the foundation and the school to embolden the sporting culture from the grassroots level in Kodagu,” said Nachappa, who is also associated with Parikrma Humanity Foundation, an NGO providing English language education to the poorest from the slums of Bengaluru. In fact, she was also associated with the Special Olympics programme for 12 years, offering year-long sports training to specially abled children.
A venture that started with 25 students has now grown with 850 students who are into athletics, hockey, and air rifle shooting. Some of them have made it to the Indian hockey team in the junior category and have represented the state at National Athletic Championships and National Shooting Championships. The sports academy consists of a synthetic athletic track and an astro turf for hockey.
“It has been a difficult two years for all, financially and emotionally. At our academy, we have re-started sporting activities this year with a new set of athletes across three core sports. Keeping in mind the impact of the pandemic over students, we have also started addressing physical and emotional challenges of children through small initiatives,” said Nachappa, adding that raising funds for the academy remains a challenge.
“Raising funds has been quite a challenge over the years for the sporting academies. However, we are using the revenue generated from the KALS to develop the amenities at our academy. We have also received grants from the national and state’s sports funds,” said Nachappa who believes that the participation of women in sports has increased over the years.
“During my early days as a sportsperson, I never thought gender would be a barrier to achieve your dreams. It’s all about talent and it is important to keep doing what you do. For me, life has been a learning experience, even now. With the pandemic putting a full stop to sports for the last two years, we are going to restart training processes at our academies and go on to produce more young athletes for the country,” said the Arjuna awardee.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by Sanath Prasad, Bengaluru / July 16th, 2022
Nidhi Subbaiah is excited as she finally gets to work with Upendra. There were films that she was supposed to have worked with the Real Star before, but they never materialised. But she is now happy that she not only gets to work alongside him, but it is a pivotal role in his directorial comeback, UI. As she speaks to us, she tells us that she has already finished shooting for a couple days for the film.
The excited actress shares, “I’m finally in a movie that I really want to be in. The roles and scripts that I’ve been listening to so far weren’t fitting the bill.” As for how it all happened, she says, “I was in Goa when I got a call from the team. I cut short my trip to meet Uppi sir. It was nice to know that he was keen on casting me specifically, and I readily agreed after the narration. I am super excited to work with him.”
Nidhi says that she was previously supposed to work with Upendra on a couple of projects, but they didn’t work out due to various reasons. “Uppi sir’s memory is amazing. He recalled all those projects and also reminded me of the couple of times when we had met at different events. I was awestruck,” she says, adding that she immediately began shooting for the film after the narration and has been enjoying her time on the set.
“Uppi sir has a novel way of filmmaking. He is particular about the details and is also a perfectionist. He treats everyone like a child and patiently explains everything. The added bonus of working in this film is that we have a great production house that has delivered cult hits,” explains Nidhi, who adds that they want to keep the details of her character under wraps.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Times of India / Home> E-Times> News> Entertainment?> Kannada> Movies / by TNN / by Sunayna Suresh / July 14th, 2022
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