''Roopatara'' is a

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

monthly film magazine, published in

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, India, which has its headquarters in

Manipal 300px, The house of T. M. A. Pai located in Manipal; it has since been converted to a museum. Manipal is a suburb and university town within Udupi, in coastal Karnataka, India. Manipal is located five kilometres away from the centre of Udupi C ...

, Karnataka. Sandhya Pai is the

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of the magazine.

History

Roopatara was launched in April 1977 in Manipal, by Manipal Media Network Ltd. The first edition's cover page featured Rajkumar.

Sister publications

* '' Taranga'', a Kannada weekly family interest magazine * ''

Tunturu ''Tunturu'' is a major Kannada bi-monthly children's magazine published in Karnataka, India, with its headquarters in Manipal, Karnataka. For the past few years, Sandhya Pai has been the managing editor of the magazine. The magazine has been ...

'', a Kannada bi-monthly children magazine * ''

Tushara The kingdom of Tushara, according to ancient Indian literature, such as the epic ''Mahabharata'', was a land located beyond north-west India. In the ''Mahabharata'', its inhabitants, known as the Tusharas, are depicted as '' mlechchas'' ("barba ...

'', a Kannada monthly literary magazine * ''

Udayavani ''Udayavani'', launched in January 1970 by T. Mohandas Pai and T. Satish U Pai, is a Kannada daily published by Manipal Media Network Ltd. (MMNL). With editions from Manipal, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hubballi, Davanagere, and Gulbarga, it reaches ...

'', a Kannada daily newspaper

References

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History

Sister publications

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