Mangalore, Dec 11: Sri Mangala Ganesh Combines held the muhurat of its new Tulu movie ‘Oriyan Thoonda Oriyag Aapuji’, produced by Gangadhar Shetty and Ashok Kumar at Managaldevi Temple premises here on Wednesday, December 11.
State forest minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge B Ramanath Rai clapped for the movie and officially inaugurated the muhurat ceremony.
After inaugurating the event, Rai said that we must support Tulu movies and encourage their production, because Tulunadu is their only market.
Remembering his college days he said I had enacted in various dramas in my college days. The producer of this movie Ganghdhar and I used to get husband and wife role most of the times.”
The chief guest of the program Dr Shivasharan Shetty, director of Namma Tv, said people have been responding well to Tulu movies. Tulu movies have good market these days. May the Tulu movie industry become as successful as the Tulu drama industry, and many more movies be produced,” he wished.
Other guests also spoke on the occasion and conveyed wishes to the success of the movie and the team.
The administrator of Mangaladevi temple, Ramanath Hegde, marketing chief of Udayavani Anand K, Rtn Suryaprakash Bhat, president of Bantara Yaane Nadavara Mathr Sangha Ajith Kumar Rai Maladi, Premanath Shetty, corporator, Girija, Ha Su Rajashekar, Kishore D Shetty, Suresh Mangaluru, Arjun Kapikad, Prajwal Pooviah, Nagesh Achar, Gangadhra Shetty Ashok Kumar, former mayor Shashidhar Hegde, Naresh Sasihithlu and others were present.
