Actors, the Nicknames and the JP Nagar warzone….

Karnataka has this long tradition of giving its actors titles, which range from the extremely creative to the ridiculous. While most of us know these titles, no single database exists which contains this valuable information. I thought that this blog might be a good starting point for collating this information. While my knowledge is limited to the following few, I would be extremely thrilled to have more entries from my esteemed readers. The reader is also encouraged to contribute from any other language.

The list will of course begin with
1) “Rebel Star” Ambareesh and continues with
2) “Golden Star” Ganesh
3) “Hat trick Hero” Shivaraj Kumar
4) “Sahasasimha” Vishnuvardhan
5) “Navarasa Nayaka” Jaggesh
6) “Crazy Star” Ravichandran
7) “Kicchha” Sudeep

On a different note, I had the chance to visit JP Nagar yesterday after a year. Due to the “alleged” construction work, the place looks like a war zone. You can see the remains of a few roads in some places. You can also actually conduct guerrilla warfare in this area with ease. Che Guevera would have been at home here. The other amazing this about this area is you cannot get out of it by using the same “road” (or what used to be one) you used to get in. When I tried finding my way around, the local residents were also were not sure of the exact road to get out. One guy told me that he had heard of someone the previous day who had actually made it out of JP Nagar. (Ok, I am making this last part up, but had to in order to stress the gravity of the situation)

Lastly, there still exists a cyber café in Vijayanagar that uses Windows98 and hence does not allow users to attach USB drives to its computers. Hence, any prospective users wielding USB sticks containing data that they require printouts of are requested to stay away from this place. I would love to know how the owner of this place is still making money with the printing business.