The 49th birthday of hat trick hero and century hero Shivarajkumar on 12th of July is special because of the launch is scheduled at 3 pm today at Kanteerava stadium in the presence of Telugu mega star Chiranjeevi and Tamil superstars Sooriya and Vijay.

The Karnataka chief minister Dr BS Yediyurappa is switching on the camera for the first shot on ‘Jogaiah’ played by Shivarajkumar in the presence of Smt Parvathamma Rajakumar, Member Parliament Ananthkumar, former MP and rebel star Ambarish, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy is expected to grace the occasion.

Shivarajkumar 49th birthday was celebrated at the dot of 12 and it went on till 3 am. The television channels and a few film photographers had to get in to the Nagavara residence of Shivarajakumar from backdoor.

In the house Sri Muthu Cine Service Unit cake was cut first and the fans of Shivarajkumar despite rain thronged near the gate early in the morning. There was no police and Shivarajkumar arrived at right time to avoid gate crashing. At the gate of his house Shivarajkumar cut 15 cakes brought by his fans.

In the morning on July 12th, Homa was conducted in the residence of Shivarajkumar as the day happened to be the beginning of ‘Ashada Masa’.

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