Weekend with Ramesh

Weekend with Ramesh is an Indian talk show hosted by actor, film director and inspirational speaker 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. Pradyumna Narahalli was the script writer for season 2 and season 3.[3]

Weekend with Ramesh
GenreTalk show
Based onAchievers of Karnataka
Written byPradyumna Narahalli
Creative directorRaghavendra Hunsur
Presented byRamesh Aravind
Country of originIndia
Original languageKannada
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes104 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsAbbaiah Naidu Studio, Bangalore
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox. 52 minutes
Release
Original networkZee Kannada
Original release2 August 2014 (2014-08-02) –
present
External links
Website

Overview

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 the giants of Sandalwood (cinema) like Vijay Prakash, Rajesh Krishnan, Ambareesh, Darshan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anant Nag, Raghu Dixit, Kiccha Sudeep. Season 3 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 State of India N. Santosh Hegde; Police officer Ravi D. Channannavar; business man Vijay Sankeshwar; litterateur, priest, writer Hiremagaluru Kannan and some politicians.

Currently airing Season 4 from the 20th of April 2019, inspiring people like 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.

List of episodes

Season 1
Episode No. Guest(s) Original air date
Episode 1Puneeth Rajkumar2 August 2014
Episode 23 August 2014
Episode 3V. Ravichandran9 August 2014
Episode 410 August 2014
Episode 5H. R. Ranganath16 August 2014
Episode 6Arjun Sarja17 August 2014
Episode 7Yash23 August 2014
Episode 824 August 2014
Episode 9Yogaraj Bhat30 August 2014
Episode 10T. N. Seetharam31 August 2014
Episode 11Dwarakish6 September 2014
Episode 12Ashwin Karthik7 September 2014
Episode 13Radhika Pandit13 September 2014
Episode 14Gurukiran14 September 2014
Episode 15Upendra20 September 2014
Episode 1621 September 2014
Episode 17Shiva Rajkumar27 September 2014
Episode 1828 September 2014
Episode 19G. R. Gopinath4 October 2014
Episode 20Syed Afsar5 October 2014
Episode 21Umashree11 October 2014
Episode 22Mukhyamantri Chandru12 October 2014
Episode 23Master Hirannaiah18 October 2014
Episode 24Tara19 October 2014
Episode 25Ramesh Aravind25 October 2014
Episode 2626 October 2014

Season 2
Episode No. Guest(s) Original air date
Episode 1Prem26 December 2015
Episode 227 December 2015
Episode 3Vijay Prakash2 January 2016
Episode 43 January 2016
Episode 5Duniya Vijay9 January 2016
Episode 6Rajsh Krishnan10 January 2016
Episode 7Devaraj16 January 2016
Episode 8Rangayana Raghu17 January 2016
Episode 9Ambareesh23 January 2016
Episode 1024 January 2016
Episode 11Darshan30 January 2016
Episode 1231 January 2016
Episode 13Sadhu Kokila6 February 2016
Episode 147 February 2016
Episode 15Srujan Lokesh13 February 2016
Episode 16Doddanna14 February 2016
Episode 17Srinath20 February 2016
Episode 1821 February 2016
Episode 19S. P. Balasubramanyam27 February 2016
Episode 2028 February 2016
Episode 21Anant Nag5 March 2016
Episode 226 March 2016
Episode 23Lakshmi12 March 2016
Episode 2413 March 2016
Episode 25Raghu Dixit19 March 2016
Episode 2620 March 2016
Episode 27Leealavathi26 March 2016
Episode 28Rockline Venkatesh27 March 2016
Episode 29Sudha Rani2 April 2016
Episode 30B. Saroja Devi3 April 2016
Episode 31Saikumar9 April 2016
Episode 32P. Ravi Shankar10 April 2016
Episode 33Kiccha Sudeep16 April 2016
Episode 3417 April 2016

Season 3
Episode No. Guest(s) Original air date
Episode 1Prakash Raj25 March 2017
Episode 226 March 2017
Episode 3Jaggesh1 April 2017
Episode 42 April 2017
Episode 5Arjun Janya8 April 2017
Episode 69 April 2017
Episode 7Gangavathi Pranesh15 April 2017
Episode 816 April 2017
Episode 9Bharathi Vishnuvardhan22 April 2017
Episode 10Jayanth Kaikini23 April 2017
Episode 11Ravi D. Channannavar29 April 2017
Episode 12V. Harikrishna30 April 2017
Episode 13Rakshith Shetty6 May 2017
Episode 14Priyamani7 May 2017
Episode 15Kashinath13 May 2017
Episode 16N. Santosh Hegde14 May 2017
Episode 17Krishnegowda20 May 2017
Episode 18Vijay Raghavendra21 May 2017
Episode 19B. Jayashree3 June 2017
Episode 20Vijay Sankeshwar4 June 2017
Episode 21H. D. Deve Gowda10 June 2017
Episode 2211 June 2017
Episode 23Shruthi17 June 2017
Episode 24Hiremagaluru Kannan18 June 2017
Episode 25Siddaramaiah24 June 2017
Episode 2625 June 2017
Episode 27Ganesh1 July 2017
Episode 282 July 2017

Season 4
Episode No Guest(s) Original air date
Episode 1Veerendra Heggade20 April 2019
Episode 2 21 April 2019
Episode 3Raghavendra Rajkumar27 April 2019
Episode 4 28 April 2019
Episode 5Prema4 May 2019
Episode 6Prakash Belawadi5 May 2019
Episode 7Shashi Kumar11 May 2019
Episode 8Vinaya Prasad12 May 2019
Episode 9Sriimurali18 May 2019
Episode 10 19 May 2019
Episode 11N. R. Narayana Murthy1 June 2019
Episode 12Sudha Murthy2 June 2019
Episode 13Sumalatha8 June 2019
Episode 14T. S. Nagabharana9 June 2019
Episode 15Sharan15 June 2019
Episode 16 16 June 2019
Episode 17 Vaijanath Biradar 21 June 2019
Episode 18 Chikkanna 22 June 2019
Episode 19 Shankar Bidari 29 June 2019
Episode 20 B. B. Ashok Kumar 30 June 2019
Episode 21 Rajendra Singh Babu 6 July 2019
Episode 22 Chandrashekhara Kambara 7 July 2019

References
  1. "What makes Ramesh Aravind a successful anchor?". The Times of India. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. "Weekend With Ramesh Comes To A Superlative End". Filmibeat.com. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. "Weekend With Ramesh Season 3". Zee Kannada ozee.com. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. "Shivarajkumar in Weekend with Ramesh". Chitraloka.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. "Puneeth makes the cut for Ramesh Aravind". The Times of India. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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