'Yaake' - a film by newcomers features Raghav, Anitha Nair and Divya Gowda

Change is the only constant. But the world does not stand still and the rate of change is only accelerating in all areas year after year! And so is Kannada tinseltown. New producers are venturing in; new technicians are trying their luck. But majority of such entrants face problems in one or the other way. If financial constraints are the bottleneck during shooting phase, the usual theater problem becomes the hurdle during its release! 'Yaake' is one such movie that was mounted almost two years back and now getting ready for the release. Shantharaj Kundapur, Ramesh M and Hrudayraj have produced Yaake under 'Rockwood' banner. Directed by V. Rajendra Kumar, this movie features Raghav, Anitha Nair and Divya Gowda in the lead. Music is by Krupakar while Aradhya handled the camera. Its audiocassettes were released last week by actress Umashree and Tara. Apparently, Tara is no more just an actress but also a producer! Her debut production 'Haseena' directed by seasoned director Girish Kasaravalli is almost ready!

It's a new world for more or less everyone from 'Yaake' team. But there were enough matters for Umashree to talk about! The Karnataka State Award was never excluded from controversies and so was the recently announced list. This year's award

winner Umashree insisted that the award committee should take a serious look at dubbing as one of the mandatory criteria. Her argument was, if someone else dubbed the voice for an award winning actor or actress, even the dubbing artist should be eligible for an award! In fact, this is one of the norms for National Awards. However, lets hope, this will be considered at least for next year's selection! State Award distribution ceremony is scheduled to happen at Gulbarga on Feb. 12, 2005.

After Umashree, it was Divya Gowda who showed her presence that evening. 'Praana' was her debut and that was the only released film of hers. Despite of that, she refused to talk anything about that movie for not getting adequate publicity. Scribes there were curious to know about the aftereffects of her debut film but her answer was somewhat harsh that sounded like 'write whatever you want'! Quickly realizing the blunder, her talks turned towards migration of actresses from neighboring states. "Why cant the producers here encourage local talents instead of going after girls from outside for item number?" asks Divya! Furthermore, she boldly said, "I myself can step for those dances!" Now its our turn to be surprised! 'Yaake' (Why) Divya? Her intention is to become a heroine or an 'item girl'? Only Divya knows!