Kannada
actor
and
Central
Minister
ambareesh,
frustrated
at
his
defeat
in
the
Assembly
election,
skipped
his
birthday
party.
ambareesh
is
known
to
have
organized
huge
parties
as
part
of
his
birthday
celebrations.
ambareesh,
Minister
of
State
for
Information
and
Broadcasting,
who
is
called
Ambi
by
his
friends,
became
57
on
Thursday.
The
defeat
in
Srirangapatna
constituency
has
shocked
him.
Just
hours
after
the
results
were
announced,
ambareesh,
accompanied
by
his
wife
and
son,
flew
to
Malaysia.
He
was
elected
to
the
Lok
Sabha
in
the
2004
polls.
This
is
his
second
attempt
to
enter
the
Karanataka
assembly.
Several
leading
film
stars
of
the
Kannada
film
industry
had
campaigned
for
ambareesh,
but
they
failed
to
impress
the
voters.