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Jyothi Venkatesh

Veteran Bollywood reporter Mr. K.A. Venkatesh, popularly known as Jyothi Venkatesh is a complete cinema-phile! He has over forty-five years of experience contributing articles to many publications such as The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Femina and Filmfare to name a few. Jyothi Venkatesh can hold a tune and converse in quite a few languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali. 

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