‘Hero’ Rishab Shetty and Pramod Shetty visit Udayavani’s office

Team Udayavani, Mar 16, 2021, 5:21 PM IST

Manipal: Sandalwood actor, director Rishab Shetty and actor Pramod Shetty visited Udayavani’s head office here on Tuesday and shared their cinematic journey on Udayavani’s Facebook Live program.

Rishab and Pramod were welcomed by Mr Vinod Kumar, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Manipal Media Network Limited.

Director of ‘Hero,’ Mr Bharat Raj, Manipal Digital Network Limited’s head and Executive Assistant to the CEO Mr Harish Bhat, Udayavani’s marketing division head Mr Ramachandra Mijaru, circulation head Mr Satish Shenoy and digital content coordinator Mr Avinash Kamath were present.

Speaking on the occasion, CEO Vinod Kumar said, “‘Sarkari Hiriya Prathamika Shale Kasargodu’ is a movie with a good message. From your efforts and perseverance, you have risen and succeded in the film industry. We hope that you will give us more good films.”

Later both Rishab Shetty and Pramod Shetty spoke on Udayavani.com’s program “Teredide Mane, Baa Athithi,” on Facebook Live and answered a number of fans’ questions.

“Even though we left our hometowns and settled in Bengaluru, our favourite news source has always been Udayavani. Since our childhood days, we have been reading the Udayavani newspaper. We have an emotional relationship with it,” said Pramod Shetty.

“I never missed reading the Friday edition of the newspaper as it had movie reviews, interviews of star actors and even of newcomers in the Kannada cinema. We would decide whether any movie was a hit or a flop by checking the movie’s advertisements in Udayavani newspaper,” expressed Rishab Shetty.