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Curzon Park-3 to be named after Dr.Raj
The City Corporation has decided to name Curzon Park-3 after the Kannada matinee idol late Dr. Rajkumar. A House Committee will be constituted to decide on a suitable location to install the bust of the actor, informed Mayor Ayub Khan during the Council meet at the City Corporation here yesterday. Presiding over the meeting, Ayub [...]
Protest holds up traffic on Mysore Road
Traffic on Mysore Road was thrown out of gear due to a protest on Monday morning. The Shivarajkumar Fans’ Association organized the protest following damage to Kannada thespian Dr Rajkumar’s bust at Nayandahalli on Sunday. Some shopkeepers at Pantarapalya downed their shutters to express solidarity with the protesters. Actor and Dr Rajkumar’s son Shivarajkumar urged [...]
The name is Kumar, Raj Kumar
In the months immediately preceding and following Dr Rajkumar’s death, If You Come Today a song from his film, Operation Diamond Racket (1978), became an incredibly popular internet meme. In India, it rivalled global favourites like the Star Wars kid and Badger Badger . Opinion on the song was divided between a burgeoning bunch of [...]
Book about Rajkumar in English
An Inimitable Actor with a Golden Voice, a book about Rajkumar, the icon of Kannada cinema, was released on Thursday at the press club of Bangalore by Smt Parvathamma Rajkumar, leading producer and wife of Rajkumar. The book is a translation of Bangaradha Manushya, a Kannada book on the actor by A.N. Prahallada Rao. Smt [...]
Legendary Rajkumar goes global
Dr Rajkumar, The Inimitable Actor With a Golden Voice, the English version of a book covering the life, films and achievements of the legendary Kannada hero will be released on May 10 in New Jersey. uthored by A N Prahalada Rao, who contributes daily to leading Kannada dailies, the book will be released by the [...]
Raaj starts rolling in style
The icon of Kannada cinema Dr.Rajakumar was remembered on April 24, his 80th birth anniversary. One huge idol in standing posture of Dr.Rajakumar was inaugurated prior to the launch of Puneeth Rajakumar’s ‘Raaj – the showman’ at National college grounds. Very near to this place in Chamrajpet Dr.Rajakumar in the get of ‘Lord Raghavendra Swamy’ [...]
Fond memories
Vocalist S Janaki got nostalgic while singing at a function to mark Late Dr Rajkumars birthday. It was an evening to remember and why not, when one had the opportunity to spend it listening to Gana Kogile’ S Janaki singing in person. The event “Geetha SInchana” was organised by Innovative Eye to pay tribute to [...]
Dr Rajkumar stands the Sands of Times at Malpe beach
The students of Chitrakala Mandira School commemorated the birthday of eminent Kannada Idol, the late Dr Rajkumar by designing his sculpture on sand here at the Malpe Beach on Saturday, April 26.
Drunk youths cause trouble
A group of inebriated youth allegedly caused trouble at Kannada cine icon Dr Rajkumar’s samadhi on Thursday morning, during his birth anniversary celebrations. The celebrations began at the samadhi at 1 am on Thursday. The youth are said to have shouted slogans in favour of Dr Rajkumar. It was also alleged that alcohol was consumed [...]
The man who had lunch with the light-boys
Anniversaries of public personalities are rarely associated with any meaningful emotion. But the birth anniversary of Kannada actor Dr Rajkumar, which falls on April 24, will be observed with fervour by his fans. What lingers in public memory today of Rajkumar, as the personification of all virtues vis-à-vis his films, is as much true of [...]
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