Location | |
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Owner | Mangalore City Corporation |
Operator | Mangalore City Corporation |
Capacity | 900 |
Construction | |
Built | 29 December 1964 |
Renovated | November 2016 |
Town Hall of Mangalore, inaugurated on 29 December 1964 is a Town Hall situated in Hampankatta locality of Mangalore, Karnataka which is a prominent platform for all major social, political and cultural events in the city. [1]
Yakshagana, Tulu, Kannada, Konkani Dramas are staged in Town Hall. [2] [3] [4] Especially most of the Tulu Drama's maiden show is played here before the teams start their tours. [5]
It was renovated in November 2016 at a cost of Rs 4.58 crore and was inaugurated on Children Day [6]
Tulu (Tulu: ತುಳು ಭಾಷೆ Tulu bāse Tulu can be written in three different scripts: Tulu bāse is written
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Bola Chittaranjan Shetty is a famous Tulu and Kannada writer, who was the president of the 16th Mangalore Taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelan held in year 2010. He died at his residence on 7 August 2016, and his cremation was held at Kuthar Guthu. He was 72.
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Ranjith Kumar, popularly known as Ranjith Bajpe is an Indian film director and Screen Writer known for his work in Tulu cinema. He is best known for directing First International Tulu film Nirel (2014) which won 5 awards including the best movie award at Tulu Cinemotsava 2015. He also written directed Dhand (2015) which is the first Tulu language movie released in Israel Australia and UK. Ranjith Bajpe usually casts new actors for his movies.
Deepak D Silva popularly known as Deepak Paladka, is an Indian film actor and stage artist known for his work in Tulu cinema. He is best known for his role in Tulu film Nirel (2014) which won 5 awards including the best movie award at Tulu Cinemotsava 2015. Later he acted in Dhand (2015) which is the first Tulu language movie released in Australia and UK. Deepak Paladka also acted in Konkani movie Ek Aslyar Ek Na, Zanvoy no 1(2018), Benddkar (2019) was released in UAE, Israel, Kuwait and India. He also acted in Kannada Cinema Asathoma Sadgamaya
Sandeep Shetty is an Indian actor known for his roles in Tulu Cinemas like Dhand, Madime, Ekka Saka and many Dramas and stage performances. He, along with his team, Prashamsa won Bale Telipale, a stand up comedy contest show on Namma TV for three consecutive years in Coastal Karnataka. Sandeep has performed more than 1000 stage shows in international locations such as Muscat, Dubai, Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as locations within India including Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune.
Bhojaraj Vamanjoor is an Indian actor, who predominantly works in Tulu theatre and Tulu film industry. Vamanjoor is also a Yakshagana Artist. He is one of the active members of the Tulu drama troupe "Cha Parka Kalavidher Kudla" along with Devadas Kapikad, Naveen D. Padil and Aravind Bolar. He can be seen in most all of the Tulu play directed by Devadas Kapikad.
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