Pilikula to host international full-dome film festival

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November 4, 2019

Mangaluru, Nov 4: An international full dome film festival and planetarium conference will be hosted at Swami Vivekananda Planetarium, Regional Science Centre at Pilikula on the outskirts of the city from November 6.

Speaking to newsmen, Dakshin Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Roopesh on Monday said former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, AS Kiran Kumar, will inaugurate the program on November 6.

“Full Dome Film Festival was previously held in Surat, but for the first time it is being held in Mangaluru. 3D and 2D film will be simultaneously screened at the festival,” she added.

BIOGRAPHY OF THE UNIVERSE

Astral Inc, USA presents a Full Dome Show - Biography Of the Universe. The show script is by Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai. 
Biography of the Universe is a story of our Universe. It is an inspirational journey through time and a celebration of life on Earth. Starting with the Big Bang, this show deals with the birth of the Universe, the formation of the stars & galaxies, formation of the solar system, formation of our Earth and the first life on Earth. You will also fly deep into our own Milky Way galaxy and watch few major constellations appear in the night sky. Finally we look at the universe through the eyes of today's scientists and space explorers to experience a spectacular overview of the heavens.

UNSEEN UNIVERSE

Evans & Sutherland in association with ESO and Houston Museum of Natural Science presents Unseen Universe. The first time ever, in the greatest breakthrough since the invention of the telescope, we now have the technology to capture the Universe over an amazing width of the spectrum and beyond. We can even interlink telescopes around the world to capture data on a global scale. Unseen Universe provides a stunning visual treat as we explore the latest splendors of the heavens with a stirring score performed by the Utah Film Orchestra. It is an uplifting look at the new era of astronomy and what has yet to come.

TALES OF A TIME TRAVELER

Evans & Sutherland in association with Houston Museum of Natural Science presents Unseen Universe. Time travel like never imagined! Explore ancient civilizations. Witness the birth of the universe. Journey to the edge of a black hole. In Tales of a Time Traveler, you will discover that time is not so easily defined. Time is illusive, impossible to hold. It can't be owned. It can't be stopped. Time travel surrounds you – from the biological clock in your brain and the changing shadows on a sundial, to the history of life on Earth. Then the story expands to the lives of stars, the time scale of the Big Bang, and the distortion of time by gravity.

BIRTH OF PLANET EARTH

Spitz Creative Media presents - Birth of Planet EARTH. Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own. The film employs advanced, data-driven, cinematic-quality visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today: How did Earth become a living planet in the wake of our solar system's violent birth? What does its history tell us about our chances of finding other worlds that are truly Earth-like?

LIFESTYLES OF THE STARS

Astral Animation - USA in collaboration with Bowen Technovision – USA presents – Lifestyles of the Stars. See the stars and how they live. Learn who's hot and who's not. See the recluse, young and old. Grab your tour map and climb aboard our AstroTours bus driven by a slightly wacky tour guide, who really knows his stellar evolution!

THE MOON

Astral Animation, Ireland presents a full dome show – The Moon. A show Script is written by Mr. Sathya Kumar Prasanna.
The Moon has been an object of amazement to human beings since thousands of years. It has also been associated with mythologies of several cultures. This 8K Resolution Full Dome Show will take you all on a wonderful journey through mythology, through the formation of the moon, human exploration of our natural satellite and also give you an insight into the spacecraft sent by Indian Space Research Organization to study the Moon, as well as future missions.
Duration: 25 Min , Available in Hindi , Marathi, & English

NEW HORIZONS – EXPLORING PLUTO & BEYOND

Astral Animation, Ireland presents a full dome show – New Horizons – Exploring Pluto & Beyond.
“New Horizons” is a spaceship which voyaged beyond our limitations to meet the little draft planet “ Pluto “ and its surroundings. It will unravel  the what was “ unseen “ till now. It’s scientific aspects will take you on ride to wonderful nature of the extreme weather conditions of the space where sun is only just a small shining spot in its sky. In the hunger of knowledge of what’s there ahead of Pluto, the space Ship will go further beyond our Solar System by crossing its border. Surely, it is the beginning of , to know the unknown.
Duration: 28 Min , Available in Hindi , Marathi, & English

COSMIC LIFE

Astral Inc, USA presents a Full Dome Show – Cosmic Life. The show script is by Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai. 
This show is a story of a boy who wants to be an astronomer, dreams about an unbelievable Space Mission. The aim of this Space Mission is to contact a Cosmic Civilization. In the Spaceship – Chandragupta – the 123 astronaut men & women go on a journey of no return. Long before the spaceship reaches its destination, the heroes would have spent all their lives in the space and the mission will be complete only by their descendants after many generations.
Duration: 28 Min , Available in Hindi , Marathi, Guajarati & English

MARS 1001

Mirage3D in collaboration with Evans & Sutherlsnd Presents – MARS 1001
An international crew of astronauts is about to embark on the first interplanetary journey in history, the first manned mission to the surface of Mars. Reporter Miles O'Brien is reporting live from his Space Headquarters TV Studio in New York while events unfold for the crew on their 1001 day long mission.
We will witness firsthand their brave attempts to put human footprints on Mars and return safely to Earth. This journey is made possible by the biggest engineering feat ever and loaded with scientific experiments. The explorers will be extending our knowledge of Mars and will be learning whether or not mankind has a future among the stars. Experience the thrill of the grandest mission of exploration ever undertaken!
Running time 45 mins

SPACE NEXT

Big Digital & Afterglow Studio presents – Space Next.
The journey to reach the stars began with our earliest dreams of flying, and led to landing on the moon and sending a probe to Pluto. But that's only the beginning. Space Next offers a glimpse into tomorrow, and the possibilities of what is to come by way of private space developments and national space programs. The result is an exhilarating vision of our future, based on real science, sure to inspire a generation of explorers, scientists, and dreamers.

SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE

National Geographic Presents – Sea Monsters. Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when ferocious prehistoric creatures swarm, hunt, and fight for survival beneath the vast, mysterious seas. Stunning, realistic imagery recreates the perilous underwater realm of two young, dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops, and their journey among the most awesome predators ever to prowl the oceans. Interweaving ground-breaking fossil finds with cutting-edge computer-generated animation, National Geographic's powerful. storytelling immerses you in the age when monsters ruled the seas! Narrated by Liev Schreiber.

DINOSAURS AT DUSK: THE ORIGINS OF FLIGHT

Take to the skies and discover the origins of flight in Mirage3D's latest fulldome production. Dinosaurs at Dusk is a learning adventure of a father and his teenage daughter Lucy who share a fascination for all things that fly. You'll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modern day birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father will navigate from continent to continent to look for clues for the origins of flight until time runs out and they experience first-hand the cataclysmic last day of the dinosaurs. Science content includes topics such as continental drift, proper motion of stars, asteroids and impacts, extinctions and the convergent development of flight among species.

DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE

Mirage3D presents – Dawn Of the Space Age. 
Relive the excitement of the early days of space exploration, from the launch of the first artificial satellite Sputnik, to the magnificent lunar landings and privately operated space flights. Be immersed and overwhelmed with this most accurate historic reconstruction of man's first steps into space. Who were the men and women who took part in these death-defying days? Witness their drive, their passion, and their perseverance to explore in Dawn of the Space Age.

WILDEST WEATHER IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Join National Geographic on a spectacular journey to witness the most beautiful, powerful, and mysterious weather phenomena in the solar system. From a storm the size of a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb, to a 400-year-old hurricane, to a dust tempest that could engulf entire planets, you'll be glad you live on Earth!

NATURAL SELECTION

Mirage 3D Presents Natural Selection. 
Natural Selection celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. In Natural Selection we will join Darwin on his voyage with the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands where he was inspired to develop his later theory of transmutation by natural selection. From the comfort of Down House in Kent, Darwin himself will explain the mechanism of natural selection to the audience, and support it by showing many beautiful examples in nature. The thrill of a scientific discovery, the adventure of science and the beauty of nature are central in this show.

EGYPT: SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES

Journey to the royal tombs of Egypt and explore the history of ancient Egyptian society as told through the mummies of the past. The film follows explorers and scientists as they piece together the archeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies, and provides audiences with a window into the fascinating and mysterious world of the pharaohs. To unwrap the secrets of the mummies is to perhaps glimpse the future of our own civilization. Narrated by Christopher Lee.

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Dr Parinitha
January 17,2020

We came on foot, we came on boats, shouting slogans of Azadi.

We stood on roof tops and sat on walls under the burning midday sun,

Listening to the words that we had longed to hear for so long.

Words that had been scripted through the lonely fears of our hearts.

Words that were spoken now with the clarity of courage.

Words that were spoken now with the suppressed strength of pent up anger.

Words that were spoken now with the certainty of belonging to the soil 

Which had become one with the dust of our ancestors.

We stood there in the waves of heat

Feeling the surge and press  of countless bodies around us.

Bodies meshed through the odour of sweat 

And the shared fear of a common persecution.

And hanging from the roof tops,

And tied to the poles,

And clutched in hands slippery with sweat,

And wrapped round the pillars,

And spreading into our blood,

Were three strips of colour with a wheel of spokes,

Sewn together into the shape of our being.

Woven into the folds of our future and the creases of our past. 

Stitched to the seams of the earth, the water, the air and the sky 

That belonged to us and to which we belonged. 

And we stood there from noon to evening,

We the people of India.

Raising our clenched fists like signposts to the future.

Chanting slogans like a new anthem.

Kin to each other through the ties of community.

Born to live and die 

In a nation that was ours to hold on to

And ours to belong to.

Dr Parinitha is a professor of English in Mangalore University. She penned the poem soon after participating in the historic protest against CAA, NPR and NRC at Shah Garden, Adyar, Mangaluru on 15th January, 2020.

Also Read: 

‘The more you try to divide us, the stronger and united we’ll be’: Record turnout in Mangaluru’s anti-NRC protest

Anti-NRC protest in Mangaluru brings ‘media bias’ to the fore

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Abdullah
 - 
Wednesday, 29 Jan 2020

Salute to you siter for your meaningful poem.  This is reality.  However, the enmy is blind/deaf/dumb.   May God give right way of thinking to enmy and in case he is unlucky, let God finish him and let him beg for death.  

Indian
 - 
Thursday, 23 Jan 2020

Waav..What a Heart Touching poetry...

 

Hats off to you ma'am....

 

Love from all Indians...

 

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, June 14: Private schools under the aegis of Association of English Medium Schools in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi urged the State government to reimburse the arrears of the fee related to admission of students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday association president Y. Mohammed Beary said the State government has not cleared the arrears for the last two years. “The 400 private schools in two districts have to get around Rs 2 crore,” he said and added that the overall arrears that the government has to pay to schools in the State are around Rs1,200 crore.

Mr. Beary said arrears have made the school managements like his, who collect annual fees of about Rs 20,000 from a student, hard to function. Due to lockdown from March the schools could not conduct annual examinations and hence they could not collect pending fees from parents.

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January 16,2020

Madikeri, Jan 16: Income Tax Department officials on Thursday raided the residence of Kannada actress Rashmika Mandanna at Virajpet in Kodagu District on Thursday.

About 10 IT officials arrived at the residence on Thursday at about 1930 hrs and started searching. The officials have been busy conducting the raid for more than three hours now.

I-T sources said that the search and seizure operations were conducted on suspicion that Rashmika Mandanna had evaded taxes.

Mandanna, 23, is a leading heroine and has acted in several Kannada and Telugu films over the last four years. Her most recent film Sarileru Neekevvaru opposite Mahesh Babu is in the theatres now.

She made her debut in Sandalwood with the film Kirik Party, which was a huge success at the box office. She went on to act in several Kannada and Telugu films in the last two years and has become a huge success in the industry. She has acted in Dear Comrade, Sarileru Neekevvaru, Chalo, Geeta Govindam, Chamak, Yajamana, Anjani Putra and Vritra.

She is currently working in the film Pogaru alongside Dhruva Sarja. She has acted in nine movies in the last two years and has also signed several advertising contracts.

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