DON’T MAKE ME WILD
Sudeep attacks ‘Lankesh Patrike’

Report by - CNB                     Photos - K.M. VEERESH                  Date - 19th March  2003

The pent up frustration of reputed actor of Kannada cinema Sudeep was made open on Wednesday at Bangalore City Institute. The complete frustration Sudeep leveled against popular tabloid ‘Lankesh Patrike’ for damaging his reputation and attacking the family in its column. After a public meeting in Chamarajanagar a few days ago Sudeep once again made severe attack on Indrajit, the publisher of ‘Lankesh Patrike’. 

Don’t make me bad. I too can confront in my own style by taking a brief break from films on that person. The evening on Wednesday Sudeep was invited to release the audio cassette of ‘Mise Chiguridaga’ Kannada film by director Praveen Naik. Soon after the release Sudeep spent most of his time on the tabloid that perturbed him and his family.

I have come here to stand on ‘Kale’ not on ‘Kole’. Because I had not given dates for Indrajit he has been leveling very cheap charges on me. He has written nasty on my family too. Just in the first year of my marriage the tabloid wrote that my wife had run away from my house. She is very much in tact in our family Sudeep clarified. The tabloid ‘Lankesh Patrike’ has spoiled the peace of our family for no mistake. My parents are affected with this. I am not a don. To sell the tabloids persons like me have been targeted. My Paapa sold firewood and rose to this situation. I am a pure Kannadiga and am here to work in Kannada film. I speak Kannada in my home and not Tamil or Telugu.

In life to grow the effort and a person like Indrajit are enough. Hadidde Hadthaiddine Ankobedi. In this world those who have name only remain in limelight. Whether it is a journalist or a Businessman. Even the enmity has reached to the level of holding collar and fighting that should not come in print media. I too can expose the shady deals of this Indrajit added Sudeep.

Sudeep is so deeply hurt from that particular tabloid column that is already a few months old now. Sudeep waited for a long and vomited his opinions. He has also agreed that he has spoken enough and put full stop on this issue.

We are giving this particular information in Chitraloka because a star like Sudeep who is public property speaking from his agitated mind has the news value to reach the same public that reads newspapers and surf portals like Chitraloka.

SAREE EPISODE – I have lot of good friends in the film media. Journalists are also among them. I don’t have to feel sorry for having given Saree to senior journalist Ganesh Kasargod of Vijaya Karnataka. One day I found Kasargod and his wife going to temple. He asked me when I can drop in to his house for a cup of coffee. I said it is my privilege to come to such senior journalist house. When I was invited my mother told me that it is a practice to carry a Saree to give it to Smt.Kasargod. I obeyed my mother and maintained my family tradition. This is what happened. But this episode has made rounds and appeared in that tabloid too. Veteran journalist and theatre personality A.S.Murthy with whom I had difference of opinion cleared it out in a media meet and he was dragged in to that controversy. Why such things should happen Sudeep questioned.