Vishnuvardhan and B Saroja Devi to receive Karnataka Ratna awards
Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will present the posthumous awards at a ceremony in front of Vidhana Soudha on November 19.
The Karnataka state government will posthumously confer the Karnataka Ratna award on veteran actors Dr Vishnuvardhan and B Saroja Devi on November 19, Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj S Tangadagi said on Friday.
Minister Tangadagi stated that Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will present the awards during a ceremony held in front of the steps of Vidhana Soudha.
The government intends to invite Superstar Rajinikanth to the event, as the minister noted that Rajinikanth shared a close bond with Dr Vishnuvardhan.
Tangadagi added that the government also plans to invite actresses Suhasini or Lakshmi, who acted in many films with Vishnuvardhan.
B Saroja Devi is known as ‘Abhinaya Saraswathi’ and Vishnuvardhan is called ‘Sahasa Simha’. Both are celebrated figures of Kannada cinema.