Mangalore, February 19: Actor and film director Shivadwaj opined that government should provide subsidy for quality films in Tulu too.
Speaking at a discussion on “Rise and fall of Tulu Cinema” organised by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, at its office on Saturday evening, he said that quality films help in making the maximum of the market available for Tulu films.
Mr. Shivadwaj, who has just finished shooting for the new Tulu film Bangarada Kural which is set to be released in May, opined that Tulu film industry had indeed a good potential.
He also suggested that regional film festivals can be organised to generate awareness about Tulu, Konkani and Kodava films. “Tulu language is popular because of the humour-filled theatre and films. Our films will slowly get rights to screen films across satellite channels. Tulu programmes have been getting good TRPs in Mumbai and West Asia”, he said.
Film producer T.A. Srinivas expressed the need for setting up post-production facilities in the district, which will help in giving quality films.
Renowned Tulu theatre personality Vijaykumar Kodialbail, actors Subash Chandra Padiwal and K N Tailor and Academy chief Umanath A Kotyan also spoke on the occasion.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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