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Weekend with Ramesh

Weekend with Ramesh is an Indian talk show hosted by Ramesh Aravind on Zee Kannada.[1] The first season of the show began airing on 2 August 2014, and ended on 26 October 2014, after airing 26 episodes.[2] The second season of the show aired from 26 December 2015 to 16 April 2016. The third season aired from 26 March 2017 and 2 July 2017. Raghavendra Hunsur directed the first Season, Prakash G., seasons 2 and 3, while Anil Kumar J. directed seasons 4 and 5. Pradyumna Narahalli wrote the seasons 2 and 3.[3]

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Weekend with Ramesh
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GenreTalk show
Created byRaghavendra Hunsur
Based onAchievers of Karnataka
Written byPradyumna Narahalli
Presented byRamesh Aravind
Theme music composerVijay Prakash
Country of originIndia
Original languageKannada
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes132 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerAnil Kumar J
ProducerZee Kannada
Production locationsAbbaiah Naidu Studio, Bangaluru
CinematographyInhouse
EditorInhouse
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox. 90 minutes
Production companyZee Entertainment Enterprises
Original release
NetworkZee Kannada
Release2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) ā€“
present
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The format of the show involves achievers on various fields, primarily from Karnataka, being invited and the story of their life being told. It involves appearances of various people associated with the "achiever" who narrate incidents from their association with the person. The show is being taped at Abbaiah Naidu Studio in the Chikkalasandra locality of Bangalore.[4] The first season began airing on 2 August 2014, with actor Puneeth Rajkumar as the first invitee.[5] Season 1 ended on 26 October, with the host Ramesh Aravind on the "achievers' seat", with film director and lyricist Yogaraj Bhat as the host.

The second season saw invitees mostly personalities of Kannada cinema like Vijay Prakash, Rajesh Krishnan, Ambareesh, Darshan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anant Nag, Raghu Dixit, Sudeepa. Season three saw a mix of professions with achievers from entertainment industry like Arjun Janya, Gangavathi Pranesh, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan; poet, writer, lyricist Jayanth Kaikini; former judge of the Supreme Court Of India, former Solicitor General of India and Lokayukta for Karnataka N. Santosh Hegde; police officer Ravi D. Channannavar; businessman Vijay Sankeshwar; litterateur, priest, writer Hiremagaluru Kannan and some politicians. The season 4 was aired starting 20 April 2019. Philanthropist and the Dharmadhikari of the Dharmasthala Temple Veerendra Heggade, industrialist and co-founder of Infosys N. R. Narayana Murthy and an inspirational writer, speaker, philanthropist, chairperson of the Infosys Foundation Sudha Murthy were invited.

The show returned after a three-year gap for its fifth season, in March 2023. It was reported that the makers hoped to have film personalities Rishab Shetty and Dhananjaya, cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty, and former cricketers Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble on the show.[6] Actress Ramya was the first guest on the show, which was aired on 25 March.[7] The deputy chief minister of Karnataka D. K. Shivakumar was the last guest of the season.[8]

List of episodes

Season 1

More information No., Guest(s) ...
No. Guest(s) Original air date
1Puneeth Rajkumar2 August 2014
23 August 2014
3V. Ravichandran9 August 2014
410 August 2014
5H. R. Ranganath16 August 2014
6Arjun Sarja17 August 2014
7Yash23 August 2014
824 August 2014
9Yogaraj Bhat30 August 2014
10T. N. Seetharam31 August 2014
11Dwarakish6 September 2014
12Ashwin Karthik7 September 2014
13Radhika Pandit13 September 2014
14Gurukiran14 September 2014
15Upendra20 September 2014
1621 September 2014
17Shiva Rajkumar27 September 2014
1828 September 2014
19G. R. Gopinath4 October 2014
20Syed Afsar5 October 2014
21Umashree11 October 2014
22Mukhyamantri Chandru12 October 2014
23Master Hirannaiah18 October 2014
24Tara19 October 2014
25Ramesh Aravind25 October 2014
2626 October 2014
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Season 2

More information No., Guest(s) ...
No. Guest(s) Original air date
1Prem26 December 2015
2Rakshita27 December 2015
3Vijay Prakash2 January 2016
43 January 2016
5Duniya Vijay9 January 2016
6Rajesh Krishnan10 January 2016
7Devaraj16 January 2016
8Rangayana Raghu17 January 2016
9Ambareesh23 January 2016
1024 January 2016
11Darshan30 January 2016
1231 January 2016
13Sadhu Kokila6 February 2016
147 February 2016
15Srujan Lokesh13 February 2016
16Doddanna14 February 2016
17Srinath20 February 2016
1821 February 2016
19S. P. Balasubrahmanyam27 February 2016
2028 February 2016
21Anant Nag5 March 2016
226 March 2016
23Lakshmi12 March 2016
2413 March 2016
25Raghu Dixit19 March 2016
2620 March 2016
27Leealavathi26 March 2016
28Rockline Venkatesh27 March 2016
29Sudha Rani2 April 2016
30B. Saroja Devi3 April 2016
31Saikumar9 April 2016
32P. Ravi Shankar10 April 2016
33Kiccha Sudeepa16 April 2016
3417 April 2016
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Season 3

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No. Guest(s) Original air date
1Prakash Raj25 March 2017
226 March 2017
3Jaggesh1 April 2017
42 April 2017
5Arjun Janya8 April 2017
69 April 2017
7Gangavathi Pranesh15 April 2017
816 April 2017
9Bharathi Vishnuvardhan22 April 2017
10Jayanth Kaikini23 April 2017
11Ravi D. Channannavar29 April 2017
12V. Harikrishna30 April 2017
13Rakshit Shetty6 May 2017
14Priyamani7 May 2017
15Kashinath13 May 2017
16N. Santosh Hegde14 May 2017
17Krishnegowda20 May 2017
18Vijay Raghavendra21 May 2017
19B. Jayashree3 June 2017
20Vijay Sankeshwar4 June 2017
21H. D. Deve Gowda10 June 2017
2211 June 2017
23Shruthi17 June 2017
24Hiremagaluru Kannan18 June 2017
25Siddaramaiah24 June 2017
2625 June 2017
27Ganesh1 July 2017
282 July 2017
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Season 4

More information No., Guest(s) ...
No. Guest(s) Original air date
1Veerendra Heggade20 April 2019
2 21 April 2019
3Raghavendra Rajkumar27 April 2019
4 28 April 2019
5Prema4 May 2019
6Prakash Belawadi5 May 2019
7Shashi Kumar11 May 2019
8Vinaya Prasad12 May 2019
9Sriimurali18 May 2019
10 19 May 2019
11N. R. Narayana Murthy1 June 2019
12Sudha Murthy2 June 2019
13Sumalatha8 June 2019
14T. S. Nagabharana9 June 2019
15Sharan15 June 2019
16 16 June 2019
17 Vaijanath Biradar 21 June 2019
18 Chikkanna 22 June 2019
19 Shankar Bidari 29 June 2019
20 B. B. Ashok Kumar 30 June 2019
21 Rajendra Singh Babu 6 July 2019
22 Chandrashekhara Kambara 7 July 2019
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Season 5

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No. Guest(s) Original air date
1Ramya25 March 2023
2 26 March 2023
3Prabhu Deva1 April 2023
4 2 April 2023
5C. N. Manjunath8 April 2023
6H. G. Dattatreya9 April 2023
7Dhananjaya15 April 2023
816 April 2023
9Avinash22 April 2023
10Mandya Ramesh23 April 2023
11Sihi Kahi Chandru29 April 2023
12Gururaj Karjagi30 April 2023
13Prem6 May 2023
14 7 May 2023
15Chinni Prakash13 May 2023
16N. Someswara14 May 2023
17V. Nagendra Prasad20 May 2023
18None 21 May 2023
19Doddarangegowda27 May 2023
20Jai Jagadish28 May 2023
21D. K. Shivakumar10 June 2023
2211 June 2023
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