At Sahitya Samvada (SS) in Dharwad, the century star, director and gentleman Ramesh Aravind stated that the changes in his life – to know himself and become a refined man, the literature played an important role.

Ramesh Aravind was addressing a massive attendance with Gowrish Akki as anchor at this part of the session of Sahitya Sambrama. When I go blank the literature of Da Ra Bendre, Gopalakrishna Adiga, RK Narayan filled the void and supports in ideas. It is only by reading and a bit of knowledge supported me in my professional career.

Picking the word Munda` – very prominent in his first direction Rama Shama Bhama with Dr Kamal Haasan, he said it came from people of Dharwada and Hubballi. The talent of this place is huge. Discover it and go ahead. Do not sit idle he mentioned to the youths especially.

Interesting part of this chat with Ramesh Aravind was that it was available online. He took nearly twenty questions from the public. Reading is like opening the doors of heaven felt Ramesh Aravind to one of the questions earned lot of applaud for him.