title: Roopatara
text: # Roopatara
  
  Roopatara is a Kannada monthly film magazine, published in Karnataka, India, which has its headquarters in Manipal, Karnataka.
  
  Sandhya Pai is the managing editor of the magazine.
  
  ## History
  
  Roopatara was launched in April 1977 in Manipal, by Manipal Media Network Ltd. The first edition's cover page featured Rajkumar.
  
  ## Sister publications
  
  * Taranga, a Kannada weekly family interest magazine
  * Tunturu, a Kannada bi-monthly children magazine
  * Tushara, a Kannada monthly literary magazine
  * Udayavani, a Kannada daily newspaper
  