BENGALURU LIVE - January 4, 2019

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. Income Tax sleuths continue the raids at the residences of Sandalwood actorsPuneet Rajkumar, Sudeep and Yash on Friday morning.

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. KANNADA

Fortuner

This isdirected by Manjunath J Anivaarya. The film is the first venture by Golecha Films International helmed by Rajesh Golecha, Anand Golecha,SurendarGolecha and Vimal Golecha. Actors Diganth, Sonu Gowda and Swathi Sharma are playing lead roles supported by Rajesh Nataranaga, Kalyani Raju, Vinayak Joshi and Naveen Krishna. The film’s score andthe soundtrackiscomposed by Poornachandra Tejaswi.

Aduva Gombe

This is directed by S K Bhagavan and B Dorairaj. It features actors Anant Nag, Sudha Belawadi and Sanchari Vijay in lead characters. This film is about a woman whose baby brother and two daughters grow up together and their journey.

Best Friends

This movie is written and directed by Teshi Venkatesh and produced by S Venkatesh. The story is based on homosexuals. It features actors Meghana, Dravya Shetty, Asha and Sumati Patil in prominent roles.The cinematography is by Ravi Suvarna and Dhanush Jayan. Music is byArav Rishik.

TAMIL

Maanik

The comedy-drama stars Ma Ka Pa Anand and Suza Kumar as the lead. It’s directed by Martyn. The film is produced by N Subramanian.

ENGLISH

Bumblebee

When on a run in 1987, Bumblebee finds refuse in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Just turned 18, Charlie, takes the car home not knowing what was in store for her. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Lendeborg Jr and John Cena, it’s directed by Travis Knight.

Mary Poppins Returns

Michael Banks is an adult with three children now and he learns that his house will be repossessed in five days unless he pays the loan. Just when everything seemed lost, Michael and his sister receive a surprise as Mary Poppins, their beloved nanny from childhood, came to save the day. Directed by Rob Marshall, the film stars Emily Blunt, Dick Van Dyke, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Angela Lansbury and Meryl Streep.

On the Basis of Sex

Starring Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer and Justin Theroux, it’s a story about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and what she had to do overcome in order to become a US Supreme Court Justice.

. Introducing English at primary level will deny children an opportunity to learn Kannada , says writer Chandrashekhar Kambar in an exclusive interview with Deccan Herald.

. The city is a world that its residents create. The question of what kind of city we want cannot be separated from the question of what kind of people we want to be. Bengaluru has been made and re-made in recent years not by discerning planners or its residents, but by an impersonal process driven by powerful political-economy forces.