<div>The members of the Kannada film fraternity too joined the protest bandwagon. The who’s who of Kannada film industry expressed their support to the statewide bandh called by the pro-Kannada bodies over Cauvery water issue by staging a sit-in in front of the office of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce on Friday.<br /><br />Miffed at the fans cheering the actors, actor Shivarajkumar told them that the actors and technicians are there for a serious issue and that they should extend their support for the cause rather than cheering their heroes. <br /><br />Actor-director Upendra said that he has been witnessing the Cauvery river water dispute since his childhood days. “A solution for the Cauvery river water sharing dispute has been highlighted in my film H2O. We can get justice only if we protest in front of the houses of the elected representatives.” Leelavathi, Devaraj, Jaggesh, Puneeth Rajkumar, Ganesh, Sharan, Vinod Raj, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Tara, Sudharani among others took part. <br /><br />A cultural jatha from Ravindra Kalakshetra here to KRS dam in Srirangapatna was held on Friday by city-based artistes. A streetplay highlighting the Cauvery dispute and sufferings of farmers was staged at various places between Bengaluru and Mysuru. About 50 artistes from Hashmi Theatre Forum took part. <br /></div>
<div>The members of the Kannada film fraternity too joined the protest bandwagon. The who’s who of Kannada film industry expressed their support to the statewide bandh called by the pro-Kannada bodies over Cauvery water issue by staging a sit-in in front of the office of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce on Friday.<br /><br />Miffed at the fans cheering the actors, actor Shivarajkumar told them that the actors and technicians are there for a serious issue and that they should extend their support for the cause rather than cheering their heroes. <br /><br />Actor-director Upendra said that he has been witnessing the Cauvery river water dispute since his childhood days. “A solution for the Cauvery river water sharing dispute has been highlighted in my film H2O. We can get justice only if we protest in front of the houses of the elected representatives.” Leelavathi, Devaraj, Jaggesh, Puneeth Rajkumar, Ganesh, Sharan, Vinod Raj, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Tara, Sudharani among others took part. <br /><br />A cultural jatha from Ravindra Kalakshetra here to KRS dam in Srirangapatna was held on Friday by city-based artistes. A streetplay highlighting the Cauvery dispute and sufferings of farmers was staged at various places between Bengaluru and Mysuru. About 50 artistes from Hashmi Theatre Forum took part. <br /></div>
