The Raghavendra Chitravani Awards were given away in Banalore on Saturday evening. The awards were presented by Dr Baraguru Ramachandrappa along with Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce president Thomas D'Souza and actor Sharan.

While senior producer B N Gangadhar got the Raghavendra Chitravani award for his contribution as a producer, veteran journalist Rajan was present the journalist award for his contribution to film journalism. Apart from that Rakshith Shetty, R N Sudarshan, Shailashri Sudarshan, Geetha Upendrakumar, Ajaneesh Lokanath, Naveen Krishna and others received an award. Lyricist Jayanth Kaikini was not present and Yogaraj Bhatt receoved the award on behalf of him.

Lahari Velu, producer Raghunath, Chamundeshwari Studios Shadagopan and Rajalakshmi and others were present at the occasion.

The Karnataka Film Exhibitors Association delegation represented by its vice president Thomas D'Souza, its secretary R Sundar Raj, KFCC president D R Jairaj,  K C Ashok and others, met Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Revenue Minister R Ashok, Agriculture Minister B C Patil on Friday pleading for State Government's intervention by providing necessary relief and compensation to the losses incurred by the theatres in the State due to lockdown following Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

The Association states that the number of single screen theatres which once stood at 1200 in the 80s has come down to 600 and further 150 more expected to be shut in the coming days due to the influence of Netflix, Amazon, OTT and similar such services.

It says that there are at least 8000 permanent employees working in 600 theatres but no relief or compensation has been announced so far for them or for the exhibitors to cover their losses due to nationwide lockdown and Coronavirus outbreak.

While pressing for relief, the association seeks government to release aid to the employees working in theatres since the exhibitors are in no stage to pay them in these difficult times.

Also, the association seeks relaxation in the minimum demand payment towards electricity bill and water and sanitation department. Further, the exhibitors urge for discount for payment of property tax for the year, and permission to collect Rs.5 per ticket without any tax towards maintenance of theatres.

The association which submitted its representations says that the State Government has assured to look into their requisition.

The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce has decided to urge the state government to increase the subsidy amount to 15 lakhs. Right now the Government has been giving Rs 10 lakhs for 100 films and the KFCC is all set to request an hike by Rs 5 lakhs from next year.

KFCC's new president Thomas D'Souza himself said during his first press conference as the KFCC president.

'We are planning to urge the government to increase in the subsidy amount apart from sanctioning land at hobli and taluk levels for the construction of Janata Chitra Mandira. We also request the government to bring in the Anti-Gooda act in full form and to curb the excess ticket price in multiplexes' said Thomas D'Souza.

KFCC's new office bearers A Ganesh, Ba Ma Harish, B R Keshava, G Venkatesh and others were present at the press conference

Exhibitors (theatre owners) in Karnataka have clarified that the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes are not being accepted at the box office. They will officially clarify the issue on Thursday evening in a press meet after consistent rumours to the contrary.

Former president of KFCC and exhibitor Thomas Dsouza says that though all theatres have put up notices that they are not accepting the notes, some rumours are being spread that single screens will accept them. "Even saying that we will accept banned currency will be an offence. Some reports have appeared that some films will accept these notes. It is not possible. Audience should not be misled. This will have serious problems," Thomas Dsouza said.

Thomas D'Souza the former president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce has been elected as the new vice-president of the Film Federation of India. The general elections of the Film Federation of India was held at Mumbai on Tuesday.Thomas D'Souza had contested for the post of the vice-president and he got elected unanimously.

The term of the post of the vice-president is one year and Thomas will be taking charge soon.

ಆರ್.ಸಿ.ಬಿ. ಐಪಿಎಲ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಅತೀ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಫ್ಯಾನ್ಸ್ ಹೊಂದಿರೋ ತಂಡ ರಾಯಲ್ ಚಾಲೆಂಜರ್ಸ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು. ಈಗ ನಾಯಕನಲ್ಲದೇ ಇದ್ದರೂ, ವಿರಾಟ್ ಕೊಹ್ಲಿಯೇ ತಂಡದ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ಅಟ್ರ್ಯಾಕ್ಷನ್. ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಗೆಲುವಿನ ಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುನ್ನುಗ್ಗುತ್ತಿರೋ ತಂಡ, ಕಪ್ ಗೆಲ್ಲುವ ಭರವಸೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸಿದೆ.

ಹೊಂಬಾಳೆ ಫಿಲಮ್ಸ್. ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಹೌಸ್. ಈಗ ಇಂಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲೇ ಫೇಮಸ್. ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ, ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್, ಯುವರತ್ನ ನಂತರ ಒಂದರ ಹಿಂದೊಂದು ಪ್ರಾಜೆಕ್ಟ್‍ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿರೋ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ. ವಿಜಯ್ ಕಿರಗಂದೂರು ನೇತೃತ್ವ ಚಿತ್ರತಂಡಕ್ಕಿದೆ.

ಈ ಎರಡೂ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಈಗ ಒಂದಾಗಿವೆ. ಹೊಂಬಾಳೆ ಕ್ರೀಡೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ, ಅತ್ತ ಆರ್.ಸಿ.ಬಿ. ಹೊಂಬಾಳೆಯ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿದೆ. ಒಂದು ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ ತಂಡದ ಫ್ರಾಂಚೈಸಿ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಒಂದಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಇದೇ ಮೊದಲು. ಈ ಅಗ್ರಿಮೆಂಟ್ ಅಥವಾ ಪಾಲುದಾರಿಕೆ ಸತತ 3 ವರ್ಷ ಚಾಲ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರಲಿದೆ.

ಅಂದಹಾಗೆ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 14ರಂದು ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಚಾಪ್ಟರ್ 2 ರಿಲೀಸ್ ಆಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆರ್‍ಸಿಬಿ ಟೀಂನ ಆಟಗಾರರು ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಚಾಪ್ಟರ್ 2 ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ಥಿಯೇಟರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿದರೆ, ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಟೀಂ ಆರ್.ಸಿ.ಬಿ. ಮ್ಯಾಚ್ ನೋಡಲಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಆರಂಭ ಯಾವಾಗ ಅನ್ನೋದು ಅಧಿಕೃತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ.

ನಾಳೆ ಐಪಿಎಲ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಆರ್.ಸಿ.ಬಿ. ಮ್ಯಾಚ್ ಇದೆ. ನಾಳೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟರೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಆರ್.ಸಿ.ಬಿ. ಮ್ಯಾಚ್ ಇರೋದು ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 16ಕ್ಕೆ. ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವ ಪಂದ್ಯವನ್ನು ಚಿತ್ರತಂಡ ನೋಡಲಿದೆ ಅನ್ನೋದು ಖಚಿತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಇನ್ನು ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಐಪಿಎಲ್ ಆಟಗಾರರು ಬಯೋಬಬಲ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರು ಹೊರಗೆ ಬರುವಂತಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷ ಸ್ಕ್ರೀನಿಂಗ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯೇ ಆಗಬೇಕು.