“It wouldn’t be an exaggeration if I said that ‘ Mayamruga is to post-liberalisation Kannada television what turtle revolution was to the License Raj’. When called upon to talk about the man and his work, Malavika Avinash, the protagonist in one of Seetaram’s initial projects, Mayamruga, expressed her happiness at having been able to come back to the place she started from. The story and screenplay were written by N.Krishnamurthy.

It has the merit of being a TV show with the highest number of episodes telecasted in the afternoon slot. It has completed 3118 episodes on 28th September 2014. It was one of those rare moments when you get to thank your mentor on a public platform and every speaker who came on-stage was full of praise for TNS. Baduku serial is being telecasted on ETV Kannada from Monday to Saturday at 2 PM. All three actresses have been associated with Bhoomika and its productions for over ten years and all three have portrayed the roles of strong female protagonists in his serials.

T N Seetharam speaking during the inaugural of the shooting of Mahaparva Pic: Kedar Nadella Among those who reminisced their times working with ‘TNS Sir’ or ‘Seetaram Sir’ as he is fondly called were Malavika Avinash, Nandini Gowda and Jayashree. Srinivas Prasad, Revenue Minister, A J Sadashiva, retired judge, Janardhana Swamy, MP from Chitradurga, BT Lalitha Nayak, ex-minister, Parameshwar Gundkal, Creative Head of ETV Kannada, Dattanna and Puttannaiah, MLAs and Ramesh Kumar, ex-speaker of Legislative Assembly were the main guests at the event. Many actors who had been a part of Bhoomika Production’s (T N Seetharam’s production house) earlier projects felt it was a homecoming of sorts while for a few others, it was a walk down memory lane.

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