KA-GOVT-FILM

Amid political turmoil,Kumaraswamy watches trailer of son's

movie

Bengaluru, Jan 15 (PTI): It was a different battlefield a

'relaxed' Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy watched amid the

political crisis in Karnataka ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Taking time off from the turmoil his government is facing

due to two MLAs withdrawing support to the government,

Kumaraswamywatched a trailer of the movie 'Kurukshetra', the

Kannada periodmovie based on the Mahabharata, based on the

poetic marvel'Gadayuddha' by poet Ranna.

His son Nikhil Gowda has played the role of Abhimanyu.

The movie has been produced by MLA Muniratna.

Enthralled with the trailer, Kumaraswamy said never

before a movie of this scale ever been made inKannada, where

every minute detail was taken care of.

The two Independent MLAs, H Nagesh (Independent) and R

Shankar (KPJP) Tuesday withdrew support to the seven month old

ministry amid turmoil triggered by charges of horse trading

flung at each other by the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition

and BJP.