Weekend with Ramesh


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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

No.GuestOriginal air date
1Veerendra Heggade20 April 2019
2Veerendra Heggade21 April 2019
3Raghavendra Rajkumar27 April 2019
4Raghavendra Rajkumar28 April 2019
5Prema4 May 2019
6Prakash Belawadi5 May 2019
7Shashi Kumar11 May 2019
8Vinaya Prasad12 May 2019
9Sriimurali18 May 2019
10Sriimurali19 May 2019
11N. R. Narayana Murthy1 June 2019
12Sudha Murthy2 June 2019
13Sumalatha8 June 2019
14T. S. Nagabharana9 June 2019
15Sharan15 June 2019
16Sharan16 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.GuestOriginal air date
1Ramya25 March 2023
2Ramya26 March 2023
3Prabhu Deva1 April 2023
4Prabhu Deva2 April 2023
5C. N. Manjunath8 April 2023
6H. G. Dattatreya9 April 2023
7Dhananjaya15 April 2023
8Dhananjaya16 April 2023
9Avinash22 April 2023
10Mandya Ramesh23 April 2023
11Sihi Kahi Chandru29 April 2023
12Gururaj Karjagi30 April 2023
13Prem6 May 2023
14Prem7 May 2023
15Chinni Prakash13 May 2023
16N. Someswara14 May 2023
17V. Nagendra Prasad20 May 2023
18-21 May 2023
19Doddarangegowda27 May 2023
20Jai Jagadish28 May 2023
21D. K. Shivakumar10 June 2023
22D. K. Shivakumar11 June 2023