Rashmika Mandanna recently shared a reel talking in her native language. When it left fans confused, she explained all about it to fans.

Rashmika Mandanna wore her saree in traditional Kodava style while attending a friend’s wedding recently.

Actor Rashmika Mandanna shared her roots with her fans in a recent video. She took to Instagram to share a reel, speaking in her mother tongue, kodava takk from Karnataka. “To all the kodavas out there..this is for you! Always grateful,” she wrote, sharing the video.

‘Kodagu is where I was brought up’

While some fans could recognise what language she was speaking in, some also sharing their love for the Coorgi language, most couldn’t understand what she was saying.

Sharing the reel on her Instagram stories, Rashmika explained further and wrote, “For all those who are asking what I am saying here or what language am I speaking..this is my mother tongue – it’s called Kodava Takk..Kodagu is where I was born and brought up in. I’ve been speaking kodava takk all my life…and this is how beautiful it sounds..And so as to what I am saying..you’ll only know if you know the language or if you have a Kodava friend.”

A week ago Rashmika attended a childhood friend’s wedding and shared pictures of her dressed in traditional Kogadu style. She wrote, “Kodagu is where my heart and my history is at…Me and my girls who I grew up with. @yathra_dechamma .. it’s your wedding and we didn’t get a picture with you as you were busy but here’s me wishing you a lifetime of happiness and good health with your partner..God!! How I miss home!”

Upcoming work

Rashmika currently has 6 announced projects that are yet to be released. She will reprise her role as Srivalli in Sukumar’s Pushpa 2: The Rule with Allu Arjun playing Pushpa Raj and Fahadh Faasil playing Bhanwar Singh Shekawat. She is also starring in Sekhar Kammula’s bi-lingual film Kubera with Dhanush and Nagarjuna.

Apart from that, Rashmika will also star in projects titled Rainbow and The Girlfriend. In Hindi, Rashmika will star with Vicky Kaushal in Chaava and Salman Khan in Sikandar. She debuted in Hindi with the 2022 film Goodbye with Amitabh Bachchan and was last seen in the 2023 Sandeep Reddy Vanga-directorial Animal with Ranbir Kapoor.

source: http://www.hindustantimes.com / Hindustan Times / Home> HT Entertainment Desk / edited by Neeshita Nyaypati / July 02nd, 2024

Television shows tend to choose female anchors to host shows. We explore this trend…

Swetha Chengappa

With numerous television shows launching regularly, audiences are spoilt for choice. While the content needs to be appealing, it is the beautiful anchor that steers the show, with an idea of holding and keeping the audience’s attention. In rare cases, a smart and handsome male also does the trick but it is mostly female anchors/hosts who have been at the fore in this particular area. Be it singing, dancing, or any other form of reality-based programmes, their presence has become a must and at times, it even decides the popularity of a show.

Bengaluru Chronicle reports on this trend while getting popular TV anchor and noted serial actor Swetha Chengappa to delve into her experience anchoring a kid’s dance reality show — Dance Dance Juniors second season.

“My first venture as a TV anchor/host started with a dance reality show which was followed by a female-oriented reality game show Yariguntu Yarigilla, which lasted three seasons. Then I got busy with Bigg Boss and Maja Talkies. Though I kept getting several offers, I could not pursue them thanks to Maja Talkies. I have finally managed to get back to hosting. This time, it has been even more special as it involves talented children,” says Swetha Chengappa.

“The audience tends to forget a popular film star after a film starts failing. But anchor/hosts enjoy popularity for a long time because they share a special bond with the audience regularly. Earlier, anchors would only present the show but these days anchors play a major role overall. Their lively presence and witty remarks keep the show running. This is why most of the popular shows retain female anchors/hosts. There are even cases wherein the poor performance of a host has led to sudden replacements,” says Suresh, a TV serial director.

Swetha has been in the TV industry for over 12 years, right from her debut serial — Sumathi, thereafter Kadambari, Sukanya, Arundathi, Sangeetha and Soundarya, playing the title roles, most of which crossed at least 1,000 episodes. Apart from being a finalist in the second season of Bigg Boss, she had even played the female lead in Kodava film, Naa Puttna Mann which won the State Film Award in 2010-11. About being an anchor/host, she feels that there is stiff competition. “I started as an actor, and then graduated to anchoring popular shows. I had to work very hard and prove myself. These days, success comes instantly and there is more stress on promotions for new shows. I am glad that I took up Dance Dance Juniors, Season 2, which has been a memorable journey so far. The exposure young talents are getting on TV is a phenomenon. They bring energy, and their hardwork amazes me,” Swetha adds.

She feels that anchors/hosts shoulder a huge responsibility — to keep the shows lively and attractive. Known as Karnatakada Sose, for playing more than half-a-dozen characters relentlessly as the daughter-in-law, Swetha recollects how she missed many film offers. “It is mostly due to my commitments and popularity that kept me away from films. When I look back, I sometimes feel the pinch. Many a times, producers of shows would request me to not quit shows as it would mean a loss in popularity. The 13 year journey has been wonderful and I still get appreciation and love and that keeps me satisfied,” shares Swetha Chengappa, who has bagged at least 28 awards for her TV ventures, both as a TV anchor and artiste.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Entertainment / by DC Correspondent / August 03rd, 2017

Coffee country visits just got more exciting as we discover the Ama Trails & Stays experience in Pollibetta, Coorg…

Taneerhulla Bungalow

Coffee was the mood that reigned in the last few weeks — what with the World Coffee Conference & Expo 2023 that just concluded in Bengaluru and World Coffee Day or International Coffee Day observed on October 1 — the cuppa was everywhere and we coffee-holics weren’t complaining one bit! This was also the perfect time for us to head to Coorg or Kodagu — the hill-station where the commercial story of coffee in India began.

Know-it-alls will now feel the need to correct us and say coffee was first cultivated in the nearby Chikkamagaluru district and how Baba Budan Giri was where it all began and we will fully agree; Coorg, however, was where commercial plantations began and that is why even today, South Indian coffee is synonymous with this district — that is the proud homeland of the Kodava or Coorgi people.

Now, most trips to this cool, elevated coffee country would take the preferred route through the capital, Madikeri or Mercara, and would involve a mandatory visit to a coffee plantation, a processing plant and maybe, some shopping along the way. We, however, decided to go deeper into this verdant paradise — to the Polibetta area — home to several of the Tata-owned coffee plantations in Karnataka.

We were there for a curated experience at the estates and also to check out the plethora of offerings from Tata Consumer Products’ wide coffee portfolio. Puneet Das (president, Packaged Beverages, India & South Asia, TCPL) introduced us to several of the new formats, including the delectable chukku coffee decoction variants that we are sure will take over the market very soon.

Our stay, however, was organised at one of the many bungalows strewn across these estates that are now a part of the Ama Plantation Trails. One of the newest product offerings from Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL).

We were assigned the Surgi Bungalow, a 40-year-old property in its current avatar, but probably around 150-years old, that is just across the road from Tata Coffee’s picturesque nine-hole golf course in Pollibetta. The bungalow’s three bedrooms can occupy two individuals each, thus making it a comfortable stay for a family or group of six.

Food is cooked in the bungalow and is catered to by IHCL, so expect high quality and standards, as well as a menu that can be altered for even the fussiest of eaters. We were welcomed that evening with hot cups of jaggery coffee, aloo bondas and an assortment of bajjis and pakodas — perfect eats for the now dropping mercury as the evening chill set in. Dinner was served almost immediately after and was a surprisingly large spread.

It didn’t take much of an effort to head to bed early that night. Cold weather and full tummies make the best combination for peaceful sleep and the next thing we remember was it was 6 am and our alarms had gone off simultaneously — quite the cacophony to be honest.

We chugged down mug-fulls of coffee and headed out for an estate walk that lasted for over two hours. Picking ripe avocados and smelling a gazillion flowers along the way, this is the perfect time to discover plantations and estates on foot. The air still has a chill and the humidity of the afternoon is far away. There’s also a sense of childlike amusement with the symphony of bird-calls and animal chitterings that give you quite the jocund company throughout the walk.

Building up quite the appetite, breakfast was an elaborate affair and thankfully so. Post breakfast, we advise you to do what we did — relax in the well-kempt gardens, read a book or take a quick snooze. Checkout is only at noon and so you have quite a few hours to make the most of this romantic bungalow experience.

The Ama Trails & Stays offer several other bungalow stay options here, including but not limited to Taneerhulla Bungalow & Cottage, Woshully Bungalow, Cottabetta Bungalow and Polibetta Bungalow.

₹28,000 onwards.
Nearest railhead and airhead: Mysuru. Five hour drive from Bengaluru and three hour drive from Mysuru.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Xplore / by Romal Laisram / October 05th, 2023