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THURSDAY 4 | JULY 2013
Meet three young
starlets, Sindhu Rao,
Prarthna Prabhu and
Rachita Ram, who
have made their
Sandalwood debut
Rachita
Ram
Sandal‘wooed’
‘wooed’
debutantes
NAMITA GUPTA
DECCAN CHRONICLE
As Sandalwood welcomes newcomers with open arms, we explore the
scenario for debutantes from the
three new PYTs who’ve taken the
first step to stardom. Meet starlets Sindhu
Rao, Prarthna Prabhu and Rachita Ram,
who are taking the screen by storm and
loving every minute of it.
Television actor Rachita, who has a lead
role opposite the Challenging Star
Darshan in Bulbul, says, “I made my foray
into Sandalwood with Bulbul, but since I
was already working for the small
screen, I had a fair exposure to
the world of glamour and
acting. I am 20-years-old
and am completing my
Continued on
BBM through correspondence. I had great fun
learning on the sets from
stalwarts like Ambareesh
and Darshan who are comPg 19
plete entertainers.”
glam-sham
Today is the American Independence Day and we catch up
with a few US citizens to find out their plans
May the
‘fourth’
be with
you
DC CORRESPONDENT
Think barbeques on the lush greens all day and
fireworks at night. Fourth of July celebrations are
never complete without a breathtaking fireworks display to light up the night sky and spending lazy afternoons for the Americans. Though our city has a large
set of Americans who are missing their homeland, it’s
not stopping them from soaking in the revelry. We find
out the interesting ways in which they are celebrating
the spirit of freedom and independence today.
Camaron Vallapalli, a lawyer, married an Indian software
engineer and moved from Oregon to Bengaluru eight years
ago. Camaron gets nostalgic as she shares, “I miss getting
together with family on this day.
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A file picture of Americans living in Bengaluru celebrating the American
Independence Day at Habanero in style last year
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‘fourth’
Sandal‘wooed’ debutantes
be with...
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Since it falls right in the
middle of summers in the
US and is a holiday, we
would all get together and
do our cookouts. I especially
loved the barbeques. But I
plan to do it my way even
here. I have got some decorations and will put them
up. I will also cook our traditional hot dogs and potato
salad. I might just bring out
my stars and stripes sunglasses to add to my look.”
American
national,
Dianne Cobbpenissi, from
Washington DC who introduced Bengaluru to Zumba,
shares, “Since I go to my
hometown
Washington
every few months, I’m not
really missing home that
much. I used to work with
United Airlines and became
a Zumba trainer and introduced the same in the city at
Attakalari dance studio. I
don’t have family here and
have made many friends in
the city, so I plan to finish
work and head to a party to
celebrate the American
Independence Day.”
We have decorated
our house and our
restaurant in red,
white and blue and
will serve grills...
ELIZABETH BOWDENOWNER, HABANERO
Working with a conflict
resolution
company,
Michael, an American who
lives in the city, is looking
for July 4 celebrations. He
says, “I will be heading to
the new pub 2102 tilt to
party with other Americans
from the city to celebrate
the 4th of Julyin style.” As
an American who has celebrated Independence Day
abroad
for
17
years,
Elizabeth Bowden-David,
who
runs
Habanero
Mexican restaurant with
her husband Griffith David
in the city, likes to keep the
spirit of the celebration
alive. “We have decorated
our house and our restaurant in red, white, and blue
and will be serving barbeques, grills, lemonade, and
beers all day long. Live
bands will play retro
American music,” she says.
— NAMITA GUPTA
Bengaluru Chronicle
Prarthna Prabhu
Continued from Page 17
Talking about how she bagged
the role, she shares, “One of the
technicians had told me that
Dinakar Sir, the director was
looking for a girl to play the lead
with Darshan. Over 200 girls
were auditioned for the role. I
went to meet Dinakar who asked
me to enact a scene. The next day
I was called for a shoot and
immediately afterwards I was
selected. I’m happy with the
was picked up by actor Komal is
Prarthna Prabhu. Prarthna is
excited to have completed shooting for her debut film and says
that it’s good that the Kannada
film industry is now open to cast
fresh faces with talent. “There’s
scope for everyone now and
noone is biased anymore and is
ready to explore new actors. I’m
from the fitness industry and
have worked as a dietician and
also an exercise instructor, taking only personal sessions. I love
Bharatnatyam, belly dancing
and other forms of dance and
once at a dance show I was performing and the director spotted
me and approached me for a
movie.”
So what did she have to
do to prove herself, we
ask and Prarthna confesses, “I was slightly
apprehensive in the
beginning, but when I
was told to watch the
Marathi film Mumbai
Pune Mumbai, the
amazing response from the Kannada remake of
industry and I have already which was being
signed my next project with Ravi made by him, I
Chandran’s son Aryan, who is knew I had found
also making a debut with the my calling. It was a
film Andhu. The shooting will strong female lead
begin next week. Another pro- character and I felt
ject that I have signed on is it was an amazing
Onndoorali Obba Raja and we role for a first
will begin shooting next month. timer, like me, as
I also like watching reality I was very sure
shows and would like to be a part that I didn’t
of it.”
want to be just
Another promising talent that a prop in the
film. We just completed the
entire shooting of Pyaar Ge
Agbuttaithe in Mysore and the
film will release in the beginning of August. There’s a lot of
hard work that goes behind all
the glitz and glamour that we
think it is. I’m fond of Pooja
Gandhi and Ramya and would
like to continue doing womencentric meaningful roles.”
With newbie actors, the new
film Ice Pice, also marks the
debut of producer Suresh
Muthappa and debut director
Shiv Sai Krishna. Mysore hudugi, Sindhu Rao shares, “I have
completed my BBM and I
am happy that I got picked
for a role that requires
me to show both shades
of
traditional and
glam. I was introduced
to the film industry
by Arun. I play a traditional small town
girl from Dharwad in
the film. We are currently shooting outside Bengaluru.”
Learning a lot
from the whole
process, Sindhu
feels, “Though
I’m still learning the ropes,
it is nice to be
around stars
like Neethu
and others.”
Sindhu Rao