Vijayanagara Empire

Empire in southern India

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2025 Planned production start for Aditya 999 Max sequel, with Mokshagna as the lead actor.
December 2024 Balakrishna confirmed on the show Unstoppable that the sequel Aditya 999 Max will begin production in 2025, with his son Mokshagna set to star.
2023 A song titled 'Jaanavule' in the film Bro is named after the popular track from Aditya 369, further demonstrating the film's cultural impact.
2022 Nandamuri Kalyan Ram cites Aditya 369 as an influential film that inspired the production of his movie Bimbisara.
November 11 2022 The 108-feet bronze statue of 'Nadaprabhu' Kempegowda at Kempegowda International Airport was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
2021 The film Adbhutham references Aditya 369, with its climax drawing direct inspiration from the original movie's storyline.
2020 Director Raghavendra Varma Indukuri credits Aditya 369 as a key inspiration for making an accessible and entertaining science fiction film with Bombhaat.
June 27 2020 On Kempe Gowda's 511th birth anniversary, work began on a 108-feet tall Kempe Gowda Statue and a 23-acre central park at Kempegowda International Airport, inaugurated by Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa.
2019 Remains of a Buddhist stupa dating back to the Satavahana period (1st to 2nd century CE) were discovered under a dilapidated Hindu temple at Kondaveedu fort, pushing back the historical timeline of the site.
2017 The Government of Karnataka began officially recognizing Kempe Gowda's birth anniversary, known as Kempe Gowda Jayanthi.
January 2017 Srinivasa Rao announced intentions to work on a sequel to Aditya 369.
December 14 2013 Bangalore International Airport was renamed Kempegowda International Airport in honor of Kempe Gowda.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Vijayanagara architecture, Aditya 369, Kempe Gowda I, Arunagirinathar & Kondaveedu Fort, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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