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BANGALORE:
Pyramid Saimira Group, the world’s fastest growing entertainment
conglomerate has announced the Pyramid Saimira Cine Gandha Awards
2007, in recognition of outstanding contributions that have been
made to the Kannada film industry.
The
Awards that were presented included various categories, including
Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor in Lead Role, Best Actress
in Lead Role, Best Actor in Supporting Role, Best Actress in Supporting
Role, Best Debut Director, Best Editor, Best Music Director and
Best Choreographer, to name a few. Along with the fore-mentioned
awards, other special awards were also presented on this occasion.
These include the Saptaswara Award for the seven music directors,
Snehajeevi Awards to Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Mr. Ambarish, Mr. Srinath
and Mr. Ravichandran and the Dr. Rajkumar Trinetra awards to his
sons Shivraj kumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar.
The
audiences were further enthralled by glittering performances by
various artistes like Sharmila, Jenifar Kotwal, Guru Kiran, Anirudh,
Prajwal Devraj, Deepak Singh, Pooja Gandhi, Puneet Rajkumar from
the Kannada film industry. Renowned celebrities like Srinath, Shylaja,
Sanjeev Kulkarni, Lakshmi, Dhilip, Jayashree, Harsha, Preethi and
Anushree anchored the ceremony, constantly engaging with the audiences
in lively and friendly banter.
The
jury that examined the nominations in the various categories comprised
of actor Srinath; senior journalist P. G. Srinivasa Murthy; Thomas
D’souza, Secretary, Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerce; Shivram
Christ, Member, Censor Board Panel and Dr. Girija Mahesh. The Awards
are an embodiment of the world’s fastest growing entertainment
group, under the Kannada channel, Kasturi TV’s aegis. Airtel,
Shashi Detergent and Venkateshwara Silks were some of the other
sponsors for the Awards, while Big FM 92.7 was the official radio
partner. The Awards ceremony was held at the Bangalore Palace, on
Sunday, March 2.
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