Rons Bantwal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai

Mumbai, Jul 30: Kannadigara Kalavidara Parishat, Maharashtra along with various other metro-based associations paid tribute to prominent theatre artiste, ‘Tuluva Tenali’, ‘Hasya Chakravarti’ Ramesh Karkera who passed away recently.

The programme held at Samarasa Bhavan of Karnataka Sangh Mumbai.

Ramesh Karkera hailing from Chitrapu in Mulky was residing in Mumbai from the past 3 decades and has contributed enormously to Tulu-Kannada-Hindi art. He was a prominent theatre artist in Kalajagattu group.

The condolence programme was presided by Kannadigara Kalavidara Parishat president Surendra Kumar Heggde.

Thonse Vijay Kumar Shetty from Kalajagattu troupe, Bharath Kumar Polipo, vice president of Karnataka Sangh, Mumbai, Polya Laxminarayan Shetty, senior writer B S Kurkal, parishat secretary Karnur Mohan Rai, theatre artist Mohan Marnad, K K Shetty, Narsu Karkera among others shared the dais and paid tribute to late Ramesh Karkera.

Purushottam Kotian from Billawa Jagruti Balaga, Keshava Kotian, theatre director Ramesh Shivapura, Bhaskar Attur, Ashok sasihitlu, Naveen Bengre, Chitrapu K M Kotian among others spoke on the occasion.

Omdas Kannangar from honorary chief secretary, Chandrashekar Palettady from Kannada Patrakartara sangha, other office bearers from Navodaya Kala Ranga, Goregaon Karnataka Sangh offered floral tribute.

Dayanand Salian, Veena Bhaskar Sarapady, Suresh Shetty Yeyyadi, Sudha Shetty, Chandravathi Devadiga, Kojakolli Aravind Shetty, director of Anchor cultural group, Sadanand Suvarna, S K Sundar, Kolyaru Raju Shetty, Nalyaguttu Prakash Shetty, Premanath Suvarna from Veerakesari Kalavranda, Omdas Kannangar, Padmanab Sasihitlu, Sudhesh Shetty, Prakash Shetty Suratkal, Ashok Pakkala, Dr Sunitha M Shetty, Ashok Suvarna, editor of Moghaveera monthly, Harish K Hejamady, sub editor of Akshaya monthly, Hiriyadka Mohandas from Devadiga Sangha, Nithyananda D Kotian, vice president of Billawara association, Dr B R Manjunath, K Manjunathayya, H B L Rao, president of Kannada Parishat, S T Vijaykumar Thingalaya, Mohan Marnad, Arusha N Shetty, Kamalaksha Saraf, B S Kurkal, Shimunje Parari, Surendra Kumar Marnad, Srinath Mulky, Ravi A Shetty, Jagadish D Rai, Ravi R Anchan, Sudha Shetty, Harish Poojary, Naresh Amin, senior writer B S Kurkal, artist Mohan, Bharath Kumar Polipo, Laxman Karkera, Chandravathi Devadiga, S K Sundar among others were present.