# 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

| No. | Guest(s) | Original air date |
| 1 | Puneeth Rajkumar | 2 August 2014 |
| 2 | Puneeth Rajkumar | 3 August 2014 |
| 3 | V. Ravichandran | 9 August 2014 |
| 4 | V. Ravichandran | 10 August 2014 |
| 5 | H. R. Ranganath | 16 August 2014 |
| 6 | Arjun Sarja | 17 August 2014 |
| 7 | Yash | 23 August 2014 |
| 8 | Yash | 24 August 2014 |
| 9 | Yogaraj Bhat | 30 August 2014 |
| 10 | T. N. Seetharam | 31 August 2014 |
| 11 | Dwarakish | 6 September 2014 |
| 12 | Ashwin Karthik | 7 September 2014 |
| 13 | Radhika Pandit | 13 September 2014 |
| 14 | Gurukiran | 14 September 2014 |
| 15 | Upendra | 20 September 2014 |
| 16 | Upendra | 21 September 2014 |
| 17 | Shiva Rajkumar | 27 September 2014 |
| 18 | Shiva Rajkumar | 28 September 2014 |
| 19 | G. R. Gopinath | 4 October 2014 |
| 20 | Syed Afsar | 5 October 2014 |
| 21 | Umashree | 11 October 2014 |
| 22 | Mukhyamantri Chandru | 12 October 2014 |
| 23 | Master Hirannaiah | 18 October 2014 |
| 24 | Tara | 19 October 2014 |
| 25 | Ramesh Aravind | 25 October 2014 |
| 26 | Ramesh Aravind | 26 October 2014 |

### Season 2

| No. | Guest(s) | Original air date |
| 1 | Prem | 26 December 2015 |
| 2 | Rakshita | 27 December 2015 |
| 3 | Vijay Prakash | 2 January 2016 |
| 4 | Vijay Prakash | 3 January 2016 |
| 5 | Duniya Vijay | 9 January 2016 |
| 6 | Rajesh Krishnan | 10 January 2016 |
| 7 | Devaraj | 16 January 2016 |
| 8 | Rangayana Raghu | 17 January 2016 |
| 9 | Ambareesh | 23 January 2016 |
| 10 | Ambareesh | 24 January 2016 |
| 11 | Darshan | 30 January 2016 |
| 12 | Darshan | 31 January 2016 |
| 13 | Sadhu Kokila | 6 February 2016 |
| 14 | Sadhu Kokila | 7 February 2016 |
| 15 | Srujan Lokesh | 13 February 2016 |
| 16 | Doddanna | 14 February 2016 |
| 17 | Srinath | 20 February 2016 |
| 18 | Srinath | 21 February 2016 |
| 19 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 27 February 2016 |
| 20 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 28 February 2016 |
| 21 | Anant Nag | 5 March 2016 |
| 22 | Anant Nag | 6 March 2016 |
| 23 | Lakshmi | 12 March 2016 |
| 24 | Lakshmi | 13 March 2016 |
| 25 | Raghu Dixit | 19 March 2016 |
| 26 | Raghu Dixit | 20 March 2016 |
| 27 | Leealavathi | 26 March 2016 |
| 28 | Rockline Venkatesh | 27 March 2016 |
| 29 | Sudha Rani | 2 April 2016 |
| 30 | B. Saroja Devi | 3 April 2016 |
| 31 | Saikumar | 9 April 2016 |
| 32 | P. Ravi Shankar | 10 April 2016 |
| 33 | Kiccha Sudeepa | 16 April 2016 |
| 34 | Kiccha Sudeepa | 17 April 2016 |

### Season 3

| No. | Guest(s) | Original air date |
| 1 | Prakash Raj | 25 March 2017 |
| 2 | Prakash Raj | 26 March 2017 |
| 3 | Jaggesh | 1 April 2017 |
| 4 | Jaggesh | 2 April 2017 |
| 5 | Arjun Janya | 8 April 2017 |
| 6 | Arjun Janya | 9 April 2017 |
| 7 | Gangavathi Pranesh | 15 April 2017 |
| 8 | Gangavathi Pranesh | 16 April 2017 |
| 9 | Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | 22 April 2017 |
| 10 | Jayanth Kaikini | 23 April 2017 |
| 11 | Ravi D. Channannavar | 29 April 2017 |
| 12 | V. Harikrishna | 30 April 2017 |
| 13 | Rakshit Shetty | 6 May 2017 |
| 14 | Priyamani | 7 May 2017 |
| 15 | Kashinath | 13 May 2017 |
| 16 | N. Santosh Hegde | 14 May 2017 |
| 17 | Krishnegowda | 20 May 2017 |
| 18 | Vijay Raghavendra | 21 May 2017 |
| 19 | B. Jayashree | 3 June 2017 |
| 20 | Vijay Sankeshwar | 4 June 2017 |
| 21 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 10 June 2017 |
| 22 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 11 June 2017 |
| 23 | Shruthi | 17 June 2017 |
| 24 | Hiremagaluru Kannan | 18 June 2017 |
| 25 | Siddaramaiah | 24 June 2017 |
| 26 | Siddaramaiah | 25 June 2017 |
| 27 | Ganesh | 1 July 2017 |
| 28 | Ganesh | 2 July 2017 |

### Season 4

| No. | Guest(s) | Original air date |
| 1 | Veerendra Heggade | 20 April 2019 |
| 2 | Veerendra Heggade | 21 April 2019 |
| 3 | Raghavendra Rajkumar | 27 April 2019 |
| 4 | Raghavendra Rajkumar | 28 April 2019 |
| 5 | Prema | 4 May 2019 |
| 6 | Prakash Belawadi | 5 May 2019 |
| 7 | Shashi Kumar | 11 May 2019 |
| 8 | Vinaya Prasad | 12 May 2019 |
| 9 | Sriimurali | 18 May 2019 |
| 10 | Sriimurali | 19 May 2019 |
| 11 | N. R. Narayana Murthy | 1 June 2019 |
| 12 | Sudha Murthy | 2 June 2019 |
| 13 | Sumalatha | 8 June 2019 |
| 14 | T. S. Nagabharana | 9 June 2019 |
| 15 | Sharan | 15 June 2019 |
| 16 | Sharan | 16 June 2019 |
| 17 | Vaijanath Biradar | 21 June 2019 |
| 18 | Chikkanna | 22 June 2019 |
| 19 | Shankar Bidari | 29 June 2019 |
| 20 | B. B. Ashok Kumar | 30 June 2019 |
| 21 | Rajendra Singh Babu | 6 July 2019 |
| 22 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | 7 July 2019 |

### Season 5

| No. | Guest(s) | Original air date |
| 1 | Ramya | 25 March 2023 |
| 2 | Ramya | 26 March 2023 |
| 3 | Prabhu Deva | 1 April 2023 |
| 4 | Prabhu Deva | 2 April 2023 |
| 5 | C. N. Manjunath | 8 April 2023 |
| 6 | H. G. Dattatreya | 9 April 2023 |
| 7 | Dhananjaya | 15 April 2023 |
| 8 | Dhananjaya | 16 April 2023 |
| 9 | Avinash | 22 April 2023 |
| 10 | Mandya Ramesh | 23 April 2023 |
| 11 | Sihi Kahi Chandru | 29 April 2023 |
| 12 | Gururaj Karjagi | 30 April 2023 |
| 13 | Prem | 6 May 2023 |
| 14 | Prem | 7 May 2023 |
| 15 | Chinni Prakash | 13 May 2023 |
| 16 | N. Someswara | 14 May 2023 |
| 17 | V. Nagendra Prasad | 20 May 2023 |
| 18 | None | 21 May 2023 |
| 19 | Doddarangegowda | 27 May 2023 |
| 20 | Jai Jagadish | 28 May 2023 |
| 21 | D. K. Shivakumar | 10 June 2023 |
| 22 | D. K. Shivakumar | 11 June 2023 |