Chitraloka.com
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| Founded | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Founder | K. M. Veeresh |
| Website | chitraloka |
Chitraloka.com is an Indian online portal for the Kannada film industry. The website was launched in 1999 by K. M. Veeresh and was the first website to be solely focused on Kannada cinema. The website is available both in English and Kannada.[1] This website and Viggy.com were the only two websites that gave frequent updates regarding Kannada cinema in the first half of the early 2000s.[2]
History
While on vacation in Singapore, photographer and journalist K. M. Veeresh realised that he could not get regular updates on Kannada cinema easily and had to call his friends to be up to date. After getting a PC, he decided to start his own website for news pertaining to Kannada cinema with the target audience primarily being Kannadigas overseas in the Gulf and the United States. Veeresh found it tough to get software to run the website in Kannada. The website was launched in 1999 with Parvathamma Rajkumar in attendance.[3][4] After the launch of the website, it was run as a one-man show with Veeresh running the website of his own money and gets help when needed from his journalist friends.[1] One year after launch, the Veeresh reported about the kidnapping of Rajkumar in full detail on the website.[5] The website was updated once every fifteen days at that time, but as of 2009, it is updated frequently.[3] In 2009, the website entered the Limca Book of Records for showcasing three-thousand stills of Kannada films from Sati Sulochana (1935) and Namyajamanru (2009).[6]
References
- ^ a b Riti, M. D. (1 July 2000). "Kannada film industry goes online". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Shivu Adda: Promoting Kannada films since a decade". NewsKarnataka.com. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Sandalwood in web maze". Bangalore Mirror. 3 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "2528 KANNADA FILM STILLS EXHIBITED AT KARNATAKA FILM". The Hindu. 14 August 2006. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅಪಹರಣದ ರೋಚಕ ಕಥೆ;ಅಂತೆ ಕಂತೆಗಳಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ತೆರೆ ಬೀಳಲಿದೆ!". Asianet News (in Kannada). 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Bangalore: Chitraloka.com Website Enters Limca Book of Records Again". Daijiworld Media. 1 December 2009.