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Time of India
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Gundamma Katha: Here's everything about the Pooja Moorthy starrer
Gundamma Katha is a long-running family drama that continues to win hearts with its inspiring narrative. The show centers around , a plus-size woman who defies societal prejudice with her strength and kindness. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The serial follows Geetha, an overweight young woman who faces constant taunts about her appearance but remains strong and optimistic. A series of unexpected events forces her to marry Ram, who initially dreams of marrying a traditionally beautiful woman. Geetha's efforts to win Ram's heart and earn respect from her in-laws—particularly her disapproving mother-in-law, Bhuvana—form the crux of the story. Pooja Moorthy delivers an exceptional performance as Geetha, whose journey of self-acceptance continues to inspire viewers. portrays Ram, whose initial prejudice gradually transforms into admiration and respect for Geetha. The supporting cast, including Charishma Naidu, Sushma Kiran, Nata Kumari, and Pravallika, adds depth to the family drama. Recent episodes have introduced new characters and storylines, including Charan, whose musical ambitions bring a fresh dynamic to the show. The latest episodes feature high-stakes drama, with Charan's dreams and Pallavi's ongoing clashes with Bhuvana taking center stage. Exploring themes such as self-love, acceptance, and challenging stereotypes, Gundamma Katha stands out for its powerful message of valuing inner beauty over societal norms. Now in its seventh year, the show's emotional depth and evolving plotlines continue to keep viewers engaged.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Disney Beats Profit Estimates on Streaming, Parks
00:00 Why are shares lower after what Geetha just described was a pretty blowout report. I mean, I think you've got to sort of step back, first of all. I think blowout might be a strong word. I think the reality is Disney stock has obviously had a nice little run over the course of the last six months. I think the company definitely I don't want to say was sandbagging. But, you know, if you listen to Hugh Johnson, Disney's CFO, he certainly was keeping you know, he didn't raise expectations after last quarter's pretty meaningful, you know, upside in the first several quarters of the year. So I think there was sort of an expectation that this was going to be good, that they were going to exceed expectations and raise the guidance. And so I think it was sort of in the stock. So I again, I think this has been a very widely owned stock. People were sort of knew that the outperformance was coming. And I think the reality is I think the thing that surprises me is that there isn't more excitement around the WWE deal this morning or the NFL deal. But I think just sort of the, you know, sort of hitting what people have thought and you're sort of seeing sell on the news more than anything else. Well, the market initially really did like that deal when it comes to ESPN in the NFL media. What does this say to you about the direction of travel for Disney and the company writ large? Is that going to be a spinoff, Rich? Well, look, I think that you got to step back. And so, you know, the stock is trading. You know, you've got it up on the screen right now, 15. If you go back ten years ago, Disney reported their fiscal, you know, Q3 earnings. The same week, ten years ago, the stock was trading at this exact same level. So this has been sort of a lost decade for Disney in terms of the stock. Yes, it's been up and down in between. But, you know, ten years it hasn't performed. I think it's really setting the stage for a strategic transformation. And, you know, Iger's last year is 2026. And I think when you look at how they're positioning ESPN, you know, if you think about sort of launching the direct to consumer service, having it stand on its own, adding in the NFL content, doing the big NBA deal this morning, doing the WWE WrestleMania deal, they are putting all of the pieces together to separate ESPN and probably ESPN and ABC from the rest of the Walt Disney Company at some point over the next 12 to 18 months. And I think that is going to be the next strategic catalyst for Disney. I don't know. I don't think they'll talk about it this morning, but it feels like they're setting the stage for that.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Gold jewellery worth Rs 8.5 lakh missing from locked safe
Mangaluru: A theft case was reported at Barke police station limits after a woman alleged that gold jewellery weighing around 171g and valued at approximately Rs 8.5 lakh was stolen from her home. The complainant, Pooja P, stated that her husband, who works abroad, returned home on July 19. The couple lives in a joint family, and due to the poor health of her husband's grandmother, Ratna, a woman named Geetha from Karwar was hired as a daytime caregiver. On July 20, Pooja, along with her husband, children, and other relatives, visited the Polali temple. Before leaving, she wore a gold bangle from a jewellery box stored inside a safe locker in a bedroom cupboard. The next day, she returned the bangle to the box, placed it back in the locker, locked it, and kept the key under some papers inside the cupboard shelf. The cupboard door was shut but not locked. Later that evening, when she went to retrieve the key, it was missing. Despite an extensive search, the key could not be located, and she assumed it was misplaced. On July 22, her husband, mother-in-law, children, and another family member visited the Mangaluru One centre at Lalbagh and returned in the evening. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like This Could Be the Best Time to Trade Gold in 5 Years IC Markets Learn More Undo During that time, only Geetha and the elderly grandmother were at home. On July 23, Pooja and her family left for her mother's house in Kodaje, Mani. Her husband returned home on July 25, while Pooja and the children came back on July 26. Once again, they searched for the missing key, but it was still nowhere to be found. On July 28, her husband called a locksmith, who, in Pooja's presence, opened the safe and installed a new lock and key. The next morning, when the safe was opened using the new key, several gold ornaments from the jewellery box were found missing. After discussing the matter with family members, Pooja filed a complaint on Aug 3.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Geetha LLB: Neethu Maya's courtroom drama gains attention
One of the popular Telugu television shows, Geetha LLB, continues to enthrall audiences with its unique blend of courtroom drama, romance, and empowerment. Centered around Geetha , the show quickly gained popularity, with recent episodes introducing new challenges and adding emotional depth. The story follows Geetha, a passionate law student determined to make her mark in a male-dominated legal world, inspired by her idol, lawyer Maharadhi. Her journey takes a dramatic turn when she takes on a challenging case to save Padmavathi from her abusive husband, Viraj. She soon discovers that her opponent in court is none other than Maharadhi, represented by his son Akhil . The show expertly weaves together Geetha's professional ambitions, personal relationships, and moral dilemmas. Neethu Maya delivers a compelling performance as Geetha, while Bhavish Gowda impresses as Akhil. Shwetha Vijaykumar plays Padmavathi, and Imran Khan portrays Viraj, adding further depth to the drama. In recent episodes, Geetha faces a moral conflict when pressured by her family to withdraw the case against Viraj. A surprising twist reveals Akhil's growing feelings for Geetha, complicating their professional rivalry. With the introduction of a cunning lawyer named Vikram, tensions rise in Geetha's courtroom battles. The serial has solidified its place in Telugu television by blending legal drama with emotional storytelling. As Geetha navigates new challenges in her fight for justice, fans eagerly await the next twists.
The Hindu
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Centre for Revival of Indigenous Art's coffee table book documents Chittara art from Karnataka's Malenadu
In the quiet villages of rain-soaked Malenadu region in Karnataka, walls become storytellers. Art in geometrical patterns bloom in natural hues. This is Deevaru Chittara, the traditional art form of Deevaru community, an agrarian and matrifocal group living in the region. For generations, their women have adorned walls, doors, fabric and ceremonial objects with symbols that speak of life, lineage and Nature. In their homes, Chittara survives not as a display, but as a living language. Now, through the pages of a 200-page coffee table book, it reaches a new audience. Deevara Chittara: the artform, the people, their culture (published by Prism Books), is the result of two-years of fieldwork and collaborations by three women: cultural researcher Geetha Bhat, documentary photographer Smitha Tumuluru and textile designer Namrata Cavale. The trio travelled through Malenadu, covering many villages. 'Every trip gave us something new,' says Geetha. 'Sometimes, we felt we had missed asking a critical question and would go back.' She recalls an impromptu trip to document Kere Bete, a mass fishing festival, when the river Varada recedes. 'We were informed the night before and all of us hopped onto a train at dawn.' Smitha adds, 'It was thrilling and terrifying to shoot in knee-deep waters with heavy cameras.' Chittara is more than just a visual art. It is a cultural documentation in pigments and patterns. Traditionally drawn during weddings, festivals and auspicious milestones, the motifs are geometric, delicate and symbolic. The ele or thread motif denotes familial ties. Nili kocchu, a criss-cross design represents the tatti (bamboo-strip walls) or the light filtering through the tatti. Poppali, a checkerboard pattern evokes the joints of the house rafters and the stars, believed to be ancestors watching over the living! 'Even Patanga or peeti motif illustrates a butterfly perched on intersecting beams, hinting at the connection between Nature and art,' says Geetha. It was Geetha's first encounter with Chittara at an exhibition in Bengaluru's Chitrakala Parishath 20 years ago that planted the seed. The conversations with the artists led her to research on the art, culture and lifestyle of this community. She later founded the Centre for Revival of Indigenous Art (CFRIA) in 2008. Her fieldwork took her deep into the villages of Sagara, Sirsi, Soraba and Shivamogga (Shimoga) taluks, where she got to see how the women returned from the fields, completed household chores and gathered to joyfully sketch the Chittara. Smitha, whose work explores arts, culture, livelihood and gender, joined Geetha to photograph and co-write the book. 'I told her I would not be able to pay a big fee,' Geetha recalls. 'Smitha instantly agreed for pay-as-we-go. I could see her passion for the work.' Moved by the aesthetic and symbolic depth of Chittara at a CIFRIA workshop, Namrata began designing projects for CFRIA and came on board in 2018. 'This book was Geetha's dream,' Namrata says. 'Though I had designed scarves and murals for CFRIA earlier, this was my first experience at designing a book and every part of it felt meaningful. As a team, we aligned on core values and aesthetics,' shares. The most prominent expression is the Hase Gode Chittara, painted on the eastern or northern walls of homes. 'It is considered auspicious,' says Geetha. Its beauty is enhanced by enclosing it within a three-sided border, the fourth is left bare, to convey visitors are always welcome to their homes. Tiny figurines of musicians often mark the bottom of this composition. The three-sided borders are also drawn at the entry door as Bagilu Chittara. The drawings are architectural in their essence, documenting the structure of the home and life. Metthina Chittara, for instance, features in two-storied houses. While Namrata's architect-mother could verify the drawings representing the structural elements of the house in Chittara patterns for the book, Smitha's mathematician-father decoded the underlying geometry and symmetry in the motifs, highlighting the community's intuitive brilliance. The floral motifs — Chendu hoovu — appear as a single flower or torans (festive garland), while malli hoovu shows up as a saalu (linear pattern). A nesting bird, Goodina hakki, represents a female bird waiting for her mate. 'The madanakai (L-shaped wall brackets) on either side of the hase gode chittara not only represent the beams, but metamorphically indicate extension of families,' explains Smitha. Chittara also documents ceremonial objects such as basinga and tondla, headgears for the bride and groom, painted as ornamental motifs, while the Vastra Chittara, drawn on a cloth is used to wrap and store these objects post-wedding. The Tiruge mane, a carved pedestal used for placing offerings, has its own chittara representation. The moole aarathi is drawn on the eechalu chaape (grass mat) during weddings. This pattern is drawn as small as an 8-moole (8 corner) aarathi chittara to as big as 64 or 160 cornered-patterns. 'How these corners are connected is left to each artist's creative interpretation,' says Namrata. The four colours used in Chittara are rooted in ecology. Red is drawn from kemmannu (red earth) or raja kallu (red stone); white from soaked and ground rice or jedi mannu (white clay); black from roasted rice grains and yellow from the seasonal fruit of Guruge tree, a species of Garcinia. 'Since yellow pigment comes from a specific seasonal fruit, it is used sparingly,' reveals Smitha, while the brush – pundi naaru, is made from a variety of jute fibre. The book is a careful-curation of all these layers. Each section walks the reader through the history, motifs, rituals and evolving social landscapes of Deevaru community. 'We have used colloquial Kannada for Chittara motifs such as ele, patanga, moole, poppali, but catalogued all in the glossary section,' says Geetha. Namrata's design philosophy was to create breathing space for the art. 'This was not just about layout, but about reverence,' she says. The festive fairs in the villages are adapted into therina chittara. The painting of theru (chariot) depicts the devaru (deity), placed in the centre and people pulling the chariot. Among the most interesting rituals of the community is Bhoomi Hunnime Habba, a festival that celebrates mother earth. Held on the full moon before Deepavali, this resembles a seemantha or baby shower for the earth. Deevaru women prepare charaga (rice porridge with greens and vegetables), carry many delicacies in a Chittara-painted basket called Bhoomanni Butti and offer portions not just to each other, but also to birds, rodents, snakes — everything that share the field's ecosystem. 'For them, nature is god,' says Geetha. CFRIA's mission goes beyond the book. It conducts exhibitions, workshops and invites women from the community to paint walls of varied institutions. I wish to take this beautiful artform and living tradition and culture of the Deevaru community to the outside world,' says Geetha.
