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Weekend with Ramesh
Indian talk show From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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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]
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Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
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