Mangalore: The inaugural function of ‘Bequest – 2014’, a national level inter-collegiate talent competition on Thursday at Besant Women’s College in the city witnessed the key speaker airing the importance of nurturing the potential talent and developing tastes for different aspects of life.

Encouraging a number of participants, Manohar Prasad, veteran journalist said that the names of Nithin Mukesh, Raj Kumar are immortal only for their achievements in different fields. Work on your potential and develop a taste for other aspects of life, he said.

The key speaker also spoke on the theme of the fest ‘Rasayana’, a cinematic journey. He said, the film industry is the result of ‘persistence of vision’, where each frame and scene is clubbed together to make a movie. He also spoke about the lighting, costumes and said that they are the language of cinema.

Lauding the movies and the songs of yesteryears, he said the songs of most of the contemporary movies are meaningless.

Kudpi Jagadish Shenoy, president of women’s national education society also spoke. Pushpalatha B.K, principal welcomed the gathering and B Mohan Nayak proposed a vote of thanks. Nikitha R Suvarana, student co-ordinator, Dr. Praveen K.C., co-ordinator and Prof. P.P. Gomathi were on the dais.

The organizers said that that there are 11 competitions, and six colleges are taking part in the fest.