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DeathPrathima Devi entered the film industry at the age of 15 and was presented with Dr Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award by the Karnataka Government.Tnm StaffInstagramVeteran Kannada film actor Prathima Devi, who featured in more than 60 films, passed away on Tuesday. In her decades-long career, the actor worked in several movies of different genres like comedy and drama. She was last seen in the 2005 film Rama Shama Bhama. According to her family members, the 88-year-old actress was rushed to hospital after she was found unresponsive; where she was declared brought dead. The actor is survived by four children including notable film director Sv Rajendra Singh Babu and actor-producer Vijayalakshmi Singh. She was married to eminent Kannada film actor, director and producer, late Shankar Singh. Born as Mohini, she left home at the age of 11 to pursue her dream of being an actor. She adopted a stage name — Prathima Devi — when she...

SandalwoodThe story is fairly simple, but what makes the movie watchable are the fresh faces – Vaibhavi, Vainidhi and Vaisiri.Aravind ShwethaIn an industry where women-centric commercial films are a rarity, Yaana, the makers claim, is here to fill this gap. The icing on the cake – the film is also directed by a woman. Yaana, meaning journey, is said to be the first Kannada film directed by a mother for her daughters and produced by the father. It’s all in the family. However, the film’s journey has been a little bumpy from the beginning, as it was in the making for 3 long years. Three years is a long time and trends change every year. Has Yaana managed to hold the interest of the audience? Let’s find out. The film opens in a college and shows the routine life of the three female protagonists – Maya – an aspiring DJ, Anjali...

Three heroines from a well-known film family in Sandalwood – Vainidi, Vysri and Vybhavi – will be making their acting debut with Yaana. Daughters of noted star couple Vijayalakshmi Singh and Jai Jagadish, they belong to the family of Shanker Singh and Prathima Devi and are third-gen actors from the family to don the greasepaint. The film is directed by Vijayalakshmi Singh. Recently, a song from the album was released by Kiccha Sudeep at the Chamundeswari Studio. The song has been penned and sung by Siddharth, who happens to be Vainidhi’s classmate.