Weekend with Ramesh is an Indian talk show hosted by Ramesh Aravind on Zee Kannada. The first season of the show began airing on 2 August 2014, and ended on 26 October 2014, after airing 26 episodes. 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. Raghavendra Hunsur directed the first Season, Prakash G., seasons 2 and 3, while Anil Kumar J. directed seasons 4 and 5. Pradyumna Narahalli wrote the seasons 2 and 3.
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. The first season began airing on 2 August 2014, with actor Puneeth Rajkumar as the first invitee. 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 personalities of Kannada cinema like Vijay Prakash, Rajesh Krishnan, Ambareesh, Darshan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anant Nag, Raghu Dixit, Sudeepa. Season three 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 N. Santosh Hegde; police officer Ravi D. Channannavar; businessman Vijay Sankeshwar; litterateur, priest, writer Hiremagaluru Kannan and some politicians. The season 4 was aired starting 20 April 2019. 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 were invited.
The show returned after a three-year gap for its fifth season, in March 2023. It was reported that the makers hoped to have film personalities Rishab Shetty and Dhananjaya, cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty, and former cricketers Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble on the show. Actress Ramya was the first guest on the show, which was aired on 25 March. The deputy chief minister of Karnataka D. K. Shivakumar was the last guest of the season.
List of episodes
Season 1 No. Guest(s) Original air date 1 Puneeth Rajkumar 2 August 2014 2 3 August 2014 3 V. Ravichandran 9 August 2014 4 10 August 2014 5 H. R. Ranganath 16 August 2014 6 Arjun Sarja 17 August 2014 7 Yash 23 August 2014 8 24 August 2014 9 Yogaraj Bhat 30 August 2014 10 T. N. Seetharam 31 August 2014 11 Dwarakish 6 September 2014 12 Ashwin Karthik 7 September 2014 13 Radhika Pandit 13 September 2014 14 Gurukiran 14 September 2014 15 Upendra 20 September 2014 16 21 September 2014 17 Shiva Rajkumar 27 September 2014 18 28 September 2014 19 G. R. Gopinath 4 October 2014 20 Syed Afsar 5 October 2014 21 Umashree 11 October 2014 22 Mukhyamantri Chandru 12 October 2014 23 Master Hirannaiah 18 October 2014 24 Tara 19 October 2014 25 Ramesh Aravind 25 October 2014 26 26 October 2014
Season 2 No. Guest(s) Original air date 1 Prem 26 December 2015 2 Rakshita 27 December 2015 3 Vijay Prakash 2 January 2016 4 3 January 2016 5 Duniya Vijay 9 January 2016 6 Rajesh Krishnan 10 January 2016 7 Devaraj 16 January 2016 8 Rangayana Raghu 17 January 2016 9 Ambareesh 23 January 2016 10 24 January 2016 11 Darshan 30 January 2016 12 31 January 2016 13 Sadhu Kokila 6 February 2016 14 7 February 2016 15 Srujan Lokesh 13 February 2016 16 Doddanna 14 February 2016 17 Srinath 20 February 2016 18 21 February 2016 19 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 27 February 2016 20 28 February 2016 21 Anant Nag 5 March 2016 22 6 March 2016 23 Lakshmi 12 March 2016 24 13 March 2016 25 Raghu Dixit 19 March 2016 26 20 March 2016 27 Leealavathi 26 March 2016 28 Rockline Venkatesh 27 March 2016 29 Sudha Rani 2 April 2016 30 B. Saroja Devi 3 April 2016 31 Saikumar 9 April 2016 32 P. Ravi Shankar 10 April 2016 33 Kiccha Sudeepa 16 April 2016 34 17 April 2016
Season 3 No. Guest(s) Original air date 1 Prakash Raj 25 March 2017 2 26 March 2017 3 Jaggesh 1 April 2017 4 2 April 2017 5 Arjun Janya 8 April 2017 6 9 April 2017 7 Gangavathi Pranesh 15 April 2017 8 16 April 2017 9 Bharathi Vishnuvardhan 22 April 2017 10 Jayanth Kaikini 23 April 2017 11Ravi D. Channannavar 29 April 2017 12 V. Harikrishna 30 April 2017 13 Rakshit Shetty 6 May 2017 14 Priyamani 7 May 2017 15 Kashinath 13 May 2017 16 N. Santosh Hegde 14 May 2017 17 Krishnegowda 20 May 2017 18 Vijay Raghavendra 21 May 2017 19 B. Jayashree 3 June 2017 20 Vijay Sankeshwar 4 June 2017 21H. D. Deve Gowda 10 June 2017 22 11 June 2017 23 Shruthi 17 June 2017 24 Hiremagaluru Kannan 18 June 2017 25 Siddaramaiah 24 June 2017 26 25 June 2017 27 Ganesh 1 July 2017 28 2 July 2017
Season 4
No. Guest(s) Original air date 1 Veerendra Heggade 20 April 2019 221 April 2019 3 Raghavendra Rajkumar 27 April 2019 428 April 2019 5 Prema 4 May 2019 6 Prakash Belawadi 5 May 2019 7 Shashi Kumar 11 May 2019 8 Vinaya Prasad 12 May 2019 9 Sriimurali 18 May 2019 10 19 May 2019 11 N. R. Narayana Murthy 1 June 2019 12 Sudha Murthy 2 June 2019 13 Sumalatha 8 June 2019 14 T. S. Nagabharana 9 June 2019 15 Sharan 15 June 2019 16 16 June 2019 17Vaijanath Biradar21 June 2019 18Chikkanna22 June 2019 19Shankar Bidari29 June 2019 20B. B. Ashok Kumar30 June 2019 21Rajendra Singh Babu6 July 2019 22Chandrashekhara Kambara7 July 2019
Season 5
No. Guest(s) Original air date 1 Ramya 25 March 2023 2 26 March 2023 3 Prabhu Deva 1 April 2023 4 2 April 2023 5 C. N. Manjunath 8 April 2023 6 H. G. Dattatreya 9 April 2023 7 Dhananjaya15 April 2023 8 16 April 2023 9 Avinash22 April 2023 10 Mandya Ramesh23 April 2023 11 Sihi Kahi Chandru29 April 2023 12 Gururaj Karjagi30 April 2023 13 Prem 6 May 2023 14 7 May 2023 15 Chinni Prakash 13 May 2023 16 N. Someswara 14 May 2023 17 V. Nagendra Prasad 20 May 2023 18 S K Umesh21 May 2023 19 Doddarangegowda 27 May 2023 20 Jai Jagadish 28 May 2023 21 D. K. Shivakumar10 June 2023 22 11 June 2023
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