Prakash Belawadi - Back on silver screen
20th Oct 2008 - 10:00am

After seven years of hiatus Prakash Belawadi the journalist turned theatre personality a director in small and big screen is coming back with 'Garv' to small screen. This time he is giving a different path to think for the small screen audience from 'Illiruvudhe Summane' mega television serial based on Smt.Saritha Kusmakar Desai novel.

'I don't want to talk about 'Garva' but I am happy it is still in the minds of the people' said Prakash Belawadi outlining the contents of his new venture for Zee TV Kannada. The mega television serial is not because of the cooperation of person like Parameshwar of Zee TV but the interest shown it is made for the channel. In the globalization the reality cannot be forgotten. The idea of doing 'Illiruvudhu Summane' came up from veteran KSL Swamy. Like how it is not accidental that Manirathnam made his first film in Kannada and because of the taste of the audience similar in the case of this project. This is an attempt to correct ourselves said Prakash Belawadi on his return to small screen.

Mr Parameshwar Gundakal the Zee TV fiction head who was formerly a film journalist feels Prakash Belawadi is not just good but he is brilliant. I have seen the 10 episodes done so far. It is relevant to the present day context and the novel has been updated. In what kind of world we are living is explained here in this 'Illiruvudhu Summane' that is hitting the screen from 30th of October at 8 pm in Zee TV say Parameshwar. It is different from the 57 television serials on air strongly feels Parameshwar.

The main force behind 'Illiruvudhu Summane' is KSL Swamy. With this subject he has run from pillar to post selecting some of the big actors to play the vital role. The destiny is so that today he is asked to do the pivotal role. The patience, perseverance and power of Prakash Belawadi is very good complimented Swamy. Even how I should take breath he taught me said Swamy.

After screening of clippings of 'Illiruvudhu Summane' (Sri Purandaradasa Dasa Keerthana) it was a powerful five minutes brush with the serial KSL Swami had live. His non stop continuous delivery of dialogue collecting tears and modulating the voice accordingly had the spontaneous applaud from the journalists was something unique.

A Miditech Production based on 'Kashiyalli Kandaddenu' by Saritha Kusmakar Desai 'Illiruvudhu Summane' stars KSL Swami, BV Radha, Pallavi, Sumeru, Nanda Kumar, choodamani Shivaram, Harish Seshadri, Veena Appaiay, Prakash Iyengar, Smitha chakravarthy, Gauri Dathu, Ravi Kumar, Anand S, NC Anand, Sneha Koppanna, Aishika Hegde and Swathi Adiga.