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  • Colors launches finite series on Kannada TV, love triangle blossomed on Bigg Boss

    MUMBAI: Television experience in India is evolving at an exponential pace, so is the need for revolution in the offerings by entertainment providers. With the increasing appreciation of finite series on Indian television, viewers’ have developed an affinity towards the format, leading to a noticeable growth in their popularity and trends.

    Anticipating the need of the audience and catering to their growing demand, Colors Kannada presents the first ever finite series on Kannada Television – Sanju Mattu Naanu. Starting May 27, 2017, the 24-episode show will air every Saturday and Sunday at 9pm.

    Pioneering in general entertainment, Colors Kannada is all set to break away from the traditional format of reality-programming at primetime during weekends. Colors Kannada’s latest offering, is a first of its kind show, that will blend the horizon between fiction and reality, to create a unique hybrid show.

    Picking up where they left off, the participants of Bigg Boss Kannada – Season 4, Pratham, Bhuvan and Sanjana will rekindle their romantic equation on the show. Piquing the curiosity of the viewers until the very finale of Bigg Boss Kannada, Pratham’s proclamation of love for Sanjana was met with mysterious unresponsiveness. Reigniting that flame, Sanju Mattu Naanu, will bring the three hearts at the crossroad of their feelings and decisions of the mind.

    Commenting on the latest show, Ravish Kumar – Head, Regional Entertainment, Viacom18 said, “Colors Kannada has always been ahead of the curve in the Kannada entertainment space. Finite series as a format has become popular world over and across all platforms and we’re proud to be introducing the same to our Kannada viewers through Sanju Mattu Naanu. And, the novelty doesn’t end there. This is a step up in terms of content innovation as well. First time ever a real-life love triangle which was brewing inside the Bigg Boss house will now see its culmination in the form of a fiction show. It has been our constant endeavor to renovate our offerings so that our audiences have the best television experience on our platform.”

    Commenting further Parameshwar Gundkal – Business Head of Colors Kannada and Colors Super, said, “We constantly reinvent our formats to keep up with not only the growing trends but also the emerging content consumption appetite of our viewers. The popularity of finite series has been taking over the rest of the world, and we believe it shall make its place in the Kannada GEC space as well. The genesis of Sanju Mattu Naanu was formed in our reality show Bigg Boss. Going by the popularity that Pratham, Bhuvan and Sanjana gained in the show, we are now extending their chemistry in the form of a fiction show. It’s going to be a short series of 24 episodes airing over the weekend and we hope the viewers appreciate the ingenuity of our content.”

  • Bigg Boss Kannada S4 victor donates winnings

    Bigg Boss Kannada S4 victor donates winnings

    BENGALURU: Bigg Boss Kannada season 4 winner Pratham has said that he will donate his entire winnings’ purse of Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million) to charity. Nicknamed ‘Olle Huduga’ (Good Boy) Pratham, stayed true to the name. Coming a long way, Pratham managed to not only win the title of this season’s Bigg Boss Kannada, but has touched the hearts of millions across the country through this noble gesture. Viacon 18’s Kannada GEC Colors Kannada, the channel that aired season 4 of the popular show says that despite being a common-man amongst a host of celebrated personalities from the Kannada industry, Pratham didn’t lose hope and pursued to follow his aspirations to emerge victorious after four gruelling months. Further, appreciating the never-give- up spirit of the runner-up Keerthi Kumar, host Kichha Sudeep announced a personal gift of Rs 10 lakh from his side. Sudeep applauded efforts of Keerthi, who hails from a humble background, yet pursued humanitarian endeavours and displayed a similar spirit on the show. This year both the versions of Bigg Boss – season 10 of the Hindi edition on Colors and season 4 of Kannada have not only concluded on a very inspiring note, but also portrayed the essence of benevolence, with the Bigg Boss Hindi winner Manveer Gurjar mirroring the act by donating a portion of his prize money to Salman Khan’s philanthropic initiative Being Human.

  • Bigg Boss Kannada S4 victor donates winnings

    Bigg Boss Kannada S4 victor donates winnings

    BENGALURU: Bigg Boss Kannada season 4 winner Pratham has said that he will donate his entire winnings’ purse of Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million) to charity. Nicknamed ‘Olle Huduga’ (Good Boy) Pratham, stayed true to the name. Coming a long way, Pratham managed to not only win the title of this season’s Bigg Boss Kannada, but has touched the hearts of millions across the country through this noble gesture. Viacon 18’s Kannada GEC Colors Kannada, the channel that aired season 4 of the popular show says that despite being a common-man amongst a host of celebrated personalities from the Kannada industry, Pratham didn’t lose hope and pursued to follow his aspirations to emerge victorious after four gruelling months. Further, appreciating the never-give- up spirit of the runner-up Keerthi Kumar, host Kichha Sudeep announced a personal gift of Rs 10 lakh from his side. Sudeep applauded efforts of Keerthi, who hails from a humble background, yet pursued humanitarian endeavours and displayed a similar spirit on the show. This year both the versions of Bigg Boss – season 10 of the Hindi edition on Colors and season 4 of Kannada have not only concluded on a very inspiring note, but also portrayed the essence of benevolence, with the Bigg Boss Hindi winner Manveer Gurjar mirroring the act by donating a portion of his prize money to Salman Khan’s philanthropic initiative Being Human.

  • ISRO to launch eight satellites using PSLV on 26 September

    ISRO to launch eight satellites using PSLV on 26 September

    MUMBAI: It will be the second satellite launch this month for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). On 26 September 2016 at exactly 9:12 am the PSLV C35 will blast off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It will mark the 37th mission and 15 th flight of the PSLV in ‘XL’ configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors) which will put eight satellites into orbit.

    ISRO will, with the PSLV C35, be undertaking its longest launch and probably most complicated mission ever attempted as it is using the same rocket to launch satellites into two different orbits. The Scatsat-1 satellite, weighing 371 kg for ocean and weather related studies, will be hurled into polar sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of 730 km 17 minutes after liftoff.

    Two Indian universities/ academic institute satellites (Pratham-10kg, IIT – Bombay and Pisat-5.25 kg, PES University, Bengaluru and its consortium) and five foreign satellites will be placed into a 670 km polar orbit. The five co-passenger satellites are from Algeria (three of them – Alsat-1B 103kg, Alsat-2B 117kg, Alsat-1N 7kg), Canada (NLS-19, 8kg) and the US (Pathfinder-44kg).

    What makes the mission complicated is that once Scatscat-1 is launched, the fourth stage engine of the PSLV-C35 will come to a halt. India’s space agency will then keep a tab on the engine health from the ground and will restart it after about 60 minutes for another 20 seconds which will give it the required thrust to take the rocket into the next orbit and release the payload of seven satellites. ISRO has planned to attempt ‘multiple burn technology’ as it is an effective method in cutting costs during satellite launches.

    Earlier this month on 8 September, IISRO had successfully launched its weather satellite INSAT-3DR, a two tonner, using the GSLV-F05, the tenth flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), The launch took place from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. It was significant because it was the first operational flight of GSLV carrying Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS). The indigenously developed CUS was carried on-board for the fourth time during a GSLV flight in the GSLV-F05 flight.

  • ISRO to launch eight satellites using PSLV on 26 September

    ISRO to launch eight satellites using PSLV on 26 September

    MUMBAI: It will be the second satellite launch this month for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). On 26 September 2016 at exactly 9:12 am the PSLV C35 will blast off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It will mark the 37th mission and 15 th flight of the PSLV in ‘XL’ configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors) which will put eight satellites into orbit.

    ISRO will, with the PSLV C35, be undertaking its longest launch and probably most complicated mission ever attempted as it is using the same rocket to launch satellites into two different orbits. The Scatsat-1 satellite, weighing 371 kg for ocean and weather related studies, will be hurled into polar sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of 730 km 17 minutes after liftoff.

    Two Indian universities/ academic institute satellites (Pratham-10kg, IIT – Bombay and Pisat-5.25 kg, PES University, Bengaluru and its consortium) and five foreign satellites will be placed into a 670 km polar orbit. The five co-passenger satellites are from Algeria (three of them – Alsat-1B 103kg, Alsat-2B 117kg, Alsat-1N 7kg), Canada (NLS-19, 8kg) and the US (Pathfinder-44kg).

    What makes the mission complicated is that once Scatscat-1 is launched, the fourth stage engine of the PSLV-C35 will come to a halt. India’s space agency will then keep a tab on the engine health from the ground and will restart it after about 60 minutes for another 20 seconds which will give it the required thrust to take the rocket into the next orbit and release the payload of seven satellites. ISRO has planned to attempt ‘multiple burn technology’ as it is an effective method in cutting costs during satellite launches.

    Earlier this month on 8 September, IISRO had successfully launched its weather satellite INSAT-3DR, a two tonner, using the GSLV-F05, the tenth flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), The launch took place from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. It was significant because it was the first operational flight of GSLV carrying Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS). The indigenously developed CUS was carried on-board for the fourth time during a GSLV flight in the GSLV-F05 flight.