BIRSE in Tulu means smart/intelligent. 'Birse' got released in Mangalore on 11th April, 2008. I was in Mangalore in the subsequent week, so got to watch the movie in Prabhath Talkies, Mangalore on 18th April, exactly a week after its release. Here is brief review of the movie.
Birse is the story of Sudhama(Naveen D Padil) who lives in a small village, running a small hotel. He is a man who helps the people of the village in many ways. Predictably, his hotel runs on credit rather than cash. Sequence of events lead him to marrying a widow. One of his friends, Sundara is in love with Suguna. But Suguna's father is adamant on marrying his daughter with a Yakshagana artist. So, Sudhama advises Sundara to impress Suguna's father as an Yakshagana artist. Also, he only organises a Yakshagana performance in the village, with him playing the role of Hanumantha. During the performance, Sudhama's house catches fire. In an attempt to douse off the fire and with the shock of the incident, Sudhama's wife becomes mentally ill.
To treat his wife Sudhama heads to Bangalore(why not Mangalore?). With the help of his friend he gets a job in a restaurant. He thinks of treating his wife with the money earned. Restaurant's owner, Krishna who is a drunkard by night happens to meet Sudhama and befriends him. Sudhama is in a dilemma whether to tell his pathetic tale to his owner or not, to get money for his wife's treatment, as in the day his owner does not recognize him. Krishna's wife comes to know about this and insults Sudhama. And when Krishna's daughter is kidnapped blame comes on Sudhama. But later it is discovered that Sudhama had rescued Krishna's daughter from conmen and on the other side, Krishna knowing his wife's behaviour and Sudhama's helplessness, owes to help Sudhama in solving his problems. And from there on, they live happily!
Naveen D Padil, a Tulu drama veteran shines as Sudhama. Music of the film is ok with one song in the lines of Byla songs is nice to hear. Sahanshri, Bank Janardhan fit to their roles neatly. Film is shot mainly in lush green surroundings of Tulu Naadu and second half is set in Bangalore. But film as a whole fails to come out of the shadows of some old Kannada flicks. And some of the dialogues seem direct translation of Kannada versions. Also, the histrionics of Police Inspector Mahabala(Bank Janardhan) keeps you irritating at times. It would have been better if Naveen and team made a film out of their dramas played till now, as the comedy element was missing from the movie and you have the popular Tulu comedian as the hero in the movie!
Regards,
Raveesh
Birse is the story of Sudhama(Naveen D Padil) who lives in a small village, running a small hotel. He is a man who helps the people of the village in many ways. Predictably, his hotel runs on credit rather than cash. Sequence of events lead him to marrying a widow. One of his friends, Sundara is in love with Suguna. But Suguna's father is adamant on marrying his daughter with a Yakshagana artist. So, Sudhama advises Sundara to impress Suguna's father as an Yakshagana artist. Also, he only organises a Yakshagana performance in the village, with him playing the role of Hanumantha. During the performance, Sudhama's house catches fire. In an attempt to douse off the fire and with the shock of the incident, Sudhama's wife becomes mentally ill.
To treat his wife Sudhama heads to Bangalore(why not Mangalore?). With the help of his friend he gets a job in a restaurant. He thinks of treating his wife with the money earned. Restaurant's owner, Krishna who is a drunkard by night happens to meet Sudhama and befriends him. Sudhama is in a dilemma whether to tell his pathetic tale to his owner or not, to get money for his wife's treatment, as in the day his owner does not recognize him. Krishna's wife comes to know about this and insults Sudhama. And when Krishna's daughter is kidnapped blame comes on Sudhama. But later it is discovered that Sudhama had rescued Krishna's daughter from conmen and on the other side, Krishna knowing his wife's behaviour and Sudhama's helplessness, owes to help Sudhama in solving his problems. And from there on, they live happily!Naveen D Padil, a Tulu drama veteran shines as Sudhama. Music of the film is ok with one song in the lines of Byla songs is nice to hear. Sahanshri, Bank Janardhan fit to their roles neatly. Film is shot mainly in lush green surroundings of Tulu Naadu and second half is set in Bangalore. But film as a whole fails to come out of the shadows of some old Kannada flicks. And some of the dialogues seem direct translation of Kannada versions. Also, the histrionics of Police Inspector Mahabala(Bank Janardhan) keeps you irritating at times. It would have been better if Naveen and team made a film out of their dramas played till now, as the comedy element was missing from the movie and you have the popular Tulu comedian as the hero in the movie!
Regards,
Raveesh

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When Sportstar changed the font of its name it also changed its layout from magazine to tabloid. For readers of sports magazine, to see their icons in much bigger pictures, was exciting. It changed the way of presenting the articles too. Also, from a fortnightly, it became a weekly! But there are also cases when a magazine has changed its logo several times, gaining little. One of the cases I have found is
ನ೦ತರದ ಪುಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಧಾನ್ಯತೆ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ. ಅದು ಬಿಟ್ಟರೆ ಕವಿತೆಗಳಿಗೆ. ನನಗಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ಕತೆಯಲ್ಲದ ಎರಡು ಲೇಖನಗಳು - 'ಬ್ಯೂಟಿಫುಲ್ ಯುರ್ಓಪ್' ಹಾಗೂ 'ಚಲಿಸುವ ಅರಮನೆ'. 'ಬ್ಯೂಟಿಫುಲ್ ಯುರ್ಓಪ್' ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಕಥನವಾದರೆ, 'ಚಲಿಸುವ ಅರಮನೆ' ಐಶಾರಾಮಿ ರೈಲುಗಳ ವರ್ಣನೆ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಚಿತ್ರಪುಟಗಳಿ೦ದಲೇ! ಪ್ರೊ. ಸಲವಮ್ಮನಳ್ಳಿ ಸಿದ್ದೇಶ್ ಗೌಡ ರವರು ಬರೆದ 'ಬ್ಯೂಟಿಫುಲ್ ಯುರ್ಓಪ್' ಯುರ್ಓಪ್ ಖ೦ಡವನ್ನು ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿದ೦ತಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿನ ಜನಜೀವನವನ್ನು ಹೋಲಿಸುವ ಲೇಖಕರ ಪರಿ ಓದುಗನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದಿಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಲೇಖನದ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿ ಬಹುಬೇಗ ಮುಗಿಯುವುದರಿ೦ದ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ ನಿರಾಸೆಯೂ ಆಗಬಹುದು! 'ಚಲಿಸುವ ಅರಮನೆ' ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಛಾಯಾಚಿತ್ರಗಳದೇ ಮಾತು. ವಿಶ್ವದ ಹಲವು ಐಶಾರಾಮಿ ರೈಲುಗಳ ಕಿರು ಪರಿಚಯ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ.
'ಜಾಗತೀಕರಣದ ಲೋಕಲ್ ಕ್ರಾ೦ತಿ ಎಫ್.ಎ೦.ರೇಡಿಯೋ' ಎ೦ಬ ಲೇಖನಮಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲೂ ಮೇಲಿನ ಜಾಗಾತೀಕರಣದ ನಕಾರಾತ್ಮಕ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯವೇ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಕ೦ಡು ಬರುತ್ತದೆ. 'ಮ೦ತ್ರಕ್ಕಿ೦ತ ಉಗುಳೇ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದು' ಹಾಗೂ 'ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ರೇಡಿಯೋ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದಿ೦ದಾಗಬೇಕು' ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಹಲವು ನಿಲಯ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ. ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಎಫ್.ಎ೦. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಕೇಳುಗನಿಗೆ ಹಲವಾರು ವಾಹಿನಿಗಳಿರುವ ಟಿ.ವಿ ಯ ಹಾಗೆ ಮನರ೦ಜನೆಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ. ಬಹುತೇಕ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಹಾಡುಗಳಿಗೇ ಹಲವರ ರೇಡಿಯೊ ಮೀಸಲು. ಎಫ್.ಎ೦ ನಿ೦ದ ಬದಲಾವಣೆ ತರಬೇಕೆನ್ನುವ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆ ತುಸು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅನಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲವೇ? ಈ ಲೇಖನಮಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನುರಿತ ಆರ್.ಜೆ ಗಳಾದ ವಸ೦ತಿ ಹರಿಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಚೈತನ್ಯ ಹೆಗ್ಡೆ ಸ೦ದರ್ಶನಗಳು ಮುದ ನೀಡುತ್ತವೆ.
ರೋಹಿತ್ ರವರು ಕೈಗೆತ್ತಿಕ್ಕೊ೦ಡಿರುವ ಈ ಉತ್ತಮ ಕಾಯಕದ ಮು೦ದಿನ ಹ೦ತವಾಗಿ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಹೆಸರುಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಆ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಗಳ ವಿವರಣೆಯನ್ನೂ ಕೊಟ್ಟರೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಇನ್ನೂ ಉಪಯೋಗವಾದೀತು. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಪಾರ ಶ್ರಮ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಮಯದ ಅಗತ್ಯವೂ ಇದೆ. ಹಾಗೇ ನೋಡಿದರೆ ಹಲವು ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಗಳ ಹೆಸರು ಗಮನಿಸಿದರೆ, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಲೇಖನಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒ೦ದು ಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಸಹಜವಾಗೇ ಮೂಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಬಹುತೇಕ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಗಳು ವೈಯುಕ್ತಿಕ ಲೇಖನಗಳಿ೦ದ ತು೦ಬಿಕೊ೦ಡಿರುವುದರಿ೦ದ ಹಲವಾರು ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ ಗಳ ಹೆಸರುಗಳು ಒ೦ದನ್ನೊ೦ದು ಹೋಲುತ್ತಿವೆ.
April 2, 2008 is a very special day for coastal Karnataka in general and Malpe in particular. New chapter in Karnataka’s coastal tourism was written when Paradise Isles of Malpe in association with Dept. of Tourism, Karnataka launched the House boat cruise programme(called ‘Paradise Lagoon’) in Hoode backwaters(Kemmannu Hoode) near Malpe, for the first time in Karnataka, which most of us till now would have heard/ seen only in backwaters of Kerala or Goa. These house boats have been designed in the lines of the ones conceptualized by Jungle Lodges of India. Presently you can choose from either 2 rooms or one room facility in the house boats here. Also you will be provided with one cook and two oarsmen. Houseboat is devoid of any engine to avoid engine noise and it is lit by hurricane lantern rather than electricity. You will even find resemblance to the traditional house of Dakshina Kannada if you observe the interior design of the boat. Well, it would surely be a tourist’s delight to have a cruise in this house boat.
Speaking at the launch of ‘Paradise Lagoon’ in Malpe, C. Somashekhara, Director, Department of Tourism, Karnataka, announced the sanction of Rs.6.4 crores by the Union Government for the development of beach tourism along the 320 km coastal belt of Karnataka. Also, he hinted at the development of 8 beach spots in this region. This should send right signals to the private firms to chip in to make tourism in this part of Karnataka a success story as in Kerala.
People of undivided Dakshina Kannada district have always been known for their spirit of enterprise. Tourism is one potential area where the entrepreneurial capabilities of the people of coastal Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts) have not been put into good use. Let us hope with the launch of house boat cruise here, we would see many more such developments in the future.