As gueseed by us, Superstar took part on second day of Kannada film industry's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Amrutha Mahotsava and delivered a riveting speech.The legendary star no doubt was the cynosure of all eyes yesterday at the event. When the news broke out about the star's presence in the event, the fans went berserk and couldn't be controlled and it was a tough time for the police to manage them. One could here, whistles and claps and catcalls "thalaivaaaaa" spelt from the hear and soul.
Over to media reports on the same:
Deccan Herald's complete report on Superstar's speech
Times of India, Bangalore edition has given a fantastic report on the same with audience's arousing response for Superstar and his speech. Pls read between lines....
KEEP POLITICS OUTTimes News Network
Bangalore: “Please don’t divide us. We are living like brothers. Please don’t bring politics into cinema,’’ this was the fervent appeal by superstar Rajnikant.
His words were welcomed with thunderous applause and shouts by the crowd on Monday, the second day of the platinum jubilee celebrations of Kannada cinema. As many as 108 personalities from various segments of the industry were felicitated.
The amity and effervescence of personalities from the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil industries sent a collective message — art transcends boundaries, languages and cultures. Rajnikant, Dasari Narayana Rao, Jayaprada, Prakash Rai, Prabhudeva and Rama Naidu shared the dais with the Kannada film fraternity and spoke in one voice against politicization of cinema.
“Politics is like an ocean, while film industry is a pond. If the ocean can’t solve its problems, how can a small pond do it?’’ asked Rajnikant. On Sunday, Kamal Haasan had appealed to keep politics away from cinema.
One person was sorely missed during the celebrations: Rajkumar. Every speaker remembered and praised him, from Jayaprada to Prakash Raj to ministers Shobha Karandlaje and Katta Subramanya Naidu.
Rajnikant, who was present till the end of the three-hour programme, advised Kannada film-makers to make films based on novels and stories available in Kannada. “The industry has produced monumental films based on novels of writers like Ta Ra Su and Indira. There are so many great works by Kuvempu, Shivaram Karanth and Bendre. I don’t know why they are not being utilized. It makes me sad.’’
RAJNI’S WISH: The Tamil superstar expressed his desire to work in a Kannada film. “I want to act in Dalawayi Muddanna. It suits my character. I love that character. I don’t know when I will be able to do it. I don’t know when God wills,’’ said Rajnikant.
Rare photo tribute: An exhibition of over 3,000 rare Kannada film stills taken by K M Veeresh, at the Palace Grounds on Monday, marked the ‘Photo tribute’ to the 75th year of the Kannada film industry. Photos dating back to the first talkie Sati Sulochana to the latest Namyajmanru took the visitors to a different world.
Remembering the icons: To mark the platinum jubilee celebrations, 75 books were released on 75 late cinema icons, including Gubbi Veeranna, Subbaiah Naidu, B R Panthalu, R Nagendra Rao, Rajkumar and Balakrishna. Their family members were felicitated.
