‘Ek Aslyar Ek Na’ Konkani Cinema premier in Dubai and Kuwait in May

[email protected] (Shodhan Prasad)
April 26, 2016

Dubai: The much awaited first big budget Konkani Movie “Ek Aslyar Ek Na” is all set for its premiere and international release on May 20 at Dubai Hyatt Regency Cinema and also on May 27th at American International School, Maidan Haveli, Kuwait as being informed by Producer Frank Fernandes Thottam of Ferns Movie International and Director Pradeep Barboza in a joint press release. Release in other GCC Countries and elsewhere will be finalised soon.

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The entire production of the movie is now completed and recently had released the audio in a grand programme in India, the songs of which is hitting popularity wherever heard.

After long one can watch a Konkani Movie in UAE and that too for the comfort of all Konkani speaking people residing in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi the producer has organized 4 Shows including the premiere show on same day. Producer Frank Fernandes is confident that Konkani speaking people of India living in UAE will surely support their mother tongue along with the non-Konkani speaking Kannadigas too who can get to watch a beautiful Konkani Film for the first time in support to all the amateur artistes in the film. This will boost them for more films in the future.

Grand release of Tickets for UAE and Kuwait shows will released in couple of days and announced soon.

“Events Production” has already taken responsibility to release the film in Kuwait while the preparations are in full swing in releasing "Ek Aslyar Ek Na" in Canada, Australia and Mangalore. The exact dates of release will be announced once the finalisation of Film theatres is done.

"Ek Aslyar Ek Na" will be Pradeep Barboza's first Konkani Film for which he has written the story and dialogues too. A well known personality in Konkani circles he has vast experience in several Konkani successful plays and has also played the lead role in the Movie. Very promising and upcoming beautiful Actress Priya Menezes has played the lead female role. Some of the artistes include “Memory” Fame Richard Sequeira, Jerald Moras and Melwyn D Almeida famous Comedy Trio of Konkani, John D'Silva who is already famous with Goan cinema, Deepak Paladka of 'Nirel' & 'Dhand' Tulu movie fame, Alwyn Danty, Lucy Aranha Kuwait, Lavina Gomes of Dubai, Godwin Castelino lead the comedy part, versatile actors Alphons D'Souza Moodubelle, Claude D Leema Shirva, Andrew Master Paladka , Gladys Hospet, Rons London, Joseph Mathias, Clara Rodrigues Abu Dhabi, Lu, Shawn Mangalore, Rohan, Prafulla and many others amateur aspiring actors. On the whole 'Ek Aslyar Ek Na' is a complete entertainment package for viewers worth watching, ever made in Konkani so far.

The Technical Team comprise of 'Savari 2' Kannada movie fame D. Shashikumar who has provided the Cinematography, Music by Vanil Veigas, Lyrics by Wilson Kateel, Singers Prajoth D'Sa, Ashwin D'Costa, Priya Menezes, Jyothsna Roshan & Anjana Padmanabhan, Asst Direction by Stany Bela and Kishore Moodbidri while Edited is done by awarding winning editor of Chandikori fame Sujith Nayak. Stunts by famous Kannada action director Mass Madha while Choreography by Akul, Girish and Rajesh Brahmavar. Alphonse Moodbelle and Rajesh Kudla has given their best as Production in charge. Deepak Paladka is taking care of all marketing activities of the movie.

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                                                                                          Producer Frank Fernandes Thottam    Writer Director Pradeep Barboza

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

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Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

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May 20,2020

Dubai, May 20: Dubai-based Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club’s humanitarian services in charge Naseer Karaje team have appreciated the efforts of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Mangaluru Airport director, NGOs of Mangaluru, and MLA for extending a royal welcome to second batch of repatriates from Dubai that landed at Mangaluru Airport on May 18.

There was so much of confusions when 1st batch of repatriation flight landed in Mangaluru airport on 12th May due to lack of proper arrangements and co ordination.

This time due to proper arrangements and special supervision by the DC everything was driven smoothly. It has given a confidence to all the Manglurean expats of Dubai in returning to their native places, the KSCC said.

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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months. 

He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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