K Shivaramu: On a comeback trail
In the annals of Kannada film history of 67 years, K Shivaramu is the first Kannada IAS officer to appear on screen, while maintaining good relations and rapport with the common people, too. With a high-paid governmental post, K. Shivaramu is not in tinsel town as an aspirant for monetary gains. Acting is his hobby and he wants to use it in the service of the people.



Marathi Diary: Maratha Battalion
Brisk advance
Pranjali Films’ Maratha Battalion, which is said to have the backdrop of the Kargil battle, is making brisk progress. According to its producer, Jajiraj Vaswani, who has also written the story, 50 per cent filming of this drama with the war backdrop, has been completed.

Kumaran Asan’s ‘Karuna’ to become vasavadatta on celluloid
As one of the romantic poets of Malayalam, Kumaran Asan’s name is familiar to almost every Malayalee, and now ‘Karuna’, one of the great poems by this Mahakavi of Malayalam is to be adapted for the silver screen.