Bangalore: The Karnataka government will make a film city in the memory of Kannada film icons Raj Kumar and Vishnuvardhan, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has announced.
He was speaking at a condolence meeting organised by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday in the memory of four stalwarts - actor Vishnuvardhan, singer C. Ashwath, producer Chandu Lal Jain and stuntman Circus Boranna - who had died recently.
Yeddyurappa said that the film city would be designed after taking suggestions from the film fraternity.
The meeting was also attended by the Congress leader Siddaramaiah and Bangalore South Lok Sabha member HN Ananth Kumar.
Actor-politician Ambareesh, who was also there, said he had spoken to Vishnuvardhan just two hours before his death Dec 30 and was expecting him to come back to Bangalore in a few days.
"But I was able to see his dead body the next day in the early hours of the morning. I am still to cope up with the loss," he added.
Ambareesh, also the president of the Kannada Film Artists Association, thanked the government for its support.
"The void created by Vishnu is too big. He cannot be replaced. Vishnu was a great artist who could have essayed any type of role. His death is a huge loss to the industry. We could have made some more films if we had not fought," said actor-producer Dwarakish who had a love-hate relationship with the actor.
A majority of the film fraternity including Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce president Jayamala, Leelavathi, Jayanthi, KCN Chandrashekara, Srinath, Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Darshan, Hamsalekaha and others were present at the meeting.
He was speaking at a condolence meeting organised by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday in the memory of four stalwarts - actor Vishnuvardhan, singer C. Ashwath, producer Chandu Lal Jain and stuntman Circus Boranna - who had died recently.
Yeddyurappa said that the film city would be designed after taking suggestions from the film fraternity.
Actor-politician Ambareesh, who was also there, said he had spoken to Vishnuvardhan just two hours before his death Dec 30 and was expecting him to come back to Bangalore in a few days.
"But I was able to see his dead body the next day in the early hours of the morning. I am still to cope up with the loss," he added.
Advertisement
"The void created by Vishnu is too big. He cannot be replaced. Vishnu was a great artist who could have essayed any type of role. His death is a huge loss to the industry. We could have made some more films if we had not fought," said actor-producer Dwarakish who had a love-hate relationship with the actor.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
13 Killed After Mini-Bus Hits Parked Truck On Karnataka Highway IIM Bangalore See Significant Increase In Female Student Enrollment 10 Cosy Cafes And Restaurants In Bengaluru For A Dreamy Date Night Windows Computers Lead To 'Blue Screen Of Death' Due To CrowdStrike Error In 1st Statement After Outage, CrowdStrike CEO Says... Massive Worldwide Microsoft Outage: Flights, Markets, Stock Exchange Down "Unavoidable Circumstances": India Cancels 2 Trains To Bangladesh In Pics: Bangladesh On Fire, Buildings, Vehicles Burnt Amid Ongoing Clashes Microsoft Power Outage Caused "Minor Disruptions" In 10 Banks: RBI Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.