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DEVOTION
AND MONEY DIFFERENT
No Dubbing Is Boon To TV Artistes
Report
by - CNB
Photos - K.M. Veeresh, Vajreshwari
Combines, and chitraloka file photos
Date
-19/12/2005
Time - 11.00 PM
Off
late those who do not know anything about the industry
are poking their nose and saying something. In the last
20 years two or three film producers are speaking on subsidy,
award and tax-free.
Why not tax-free
for remakes? Remake films would add to increase in number of films.
Our technicians, artistes and workers get job. Do not take the pain
of giving award and subsidy to such remake films. Give tax-free.
Who are they to say tax-free is not necessary for remake films?
It is not possible to sit quiet and go on losing. Who can supply
films to theatres?
Think about
the danger of no remakes. Dubbing would have come. Dubbing means
no job for all our people. Today television artistes are happily
living with car and bungalow only because the dubbing was avoided.
Years ago we agreed for 'Tippu Sultan' remake the television serial
like 'Rangoli' would have come today. Our people would not have
got the job.
 Rajkumar
avaru stopped the dubbing of famous serial like Sri Ramayana
is what others say. Sri Ramayana does not require any
language. Everyone knows the story of it. If anyone wants
let them see it in Telugu or Tamil. Why in Kannada. Let
them do it again Kannada. In case the dubbed version of
Sri Ramayana had come now it was not possible to say no
to 'Rangoli'.
As for as remakes
are concerned I have fought with many. Those who said no remakes
have picked story and scenes from four to five films and made a
film. I have examples. That's why I say those who come with a beautiful
script I would give them chance to make films. In case the storywriter
is from Tamil or Telugu then it is not a remake.
 Arguing
without proper understanding of the situation is a waste.
If that is the case I would say don't give any facility
to Kannada films. They say subsidy for 20 quality Kannada
films. If there are only 10 good ones another 10 has to
be added although it lack quality. Instead of it distribute
the money to all Kannada films made. Abolish the quality
tag.
'Appu' film
was denied the subsidy. What was shortage in it? It is not a bad
cinema to deny the subsidy. Lakhs of people have seen it. One or
two persons deciding on it is not the right order. The film not
liked by people why do they give awards?
From the beginning
I have been telling do not give awards for the films that have not
been released. How do you gauge it is best when it is not before
the people?
 There
is difficulty in making the novel based films. Good writers
would not give rights to make films. Do not change in
the subject is what the writers say most of the times.
Dr.Shivarama Karanth novel based film we made. Rs.1.80
crore was spent. Rs.1.60 crore was loss to our company.
By giving award and money of Rs.1 lakh what is the use?
Shanker Nag
made 'Ondu Muttina Kathe'. That producer did not even get the award.
When the film is of your own you make exercises to get award. When
someone produces it you would not show interest is what I often
used to tell Shanker Nag. For 'Chiguridha Kanasu' also it happened
like that. For the story there was no award. Then how the Jnanapeeth
award was given to that writer?
 We
asked Dr.S.L.Byrappa's 'Matadana'. He said bluntly that
he would not give it to anyone other than Girish Kasaravalli.
But later he gave it to someone else. Had that come to
me I would have done very well is what I feel even to
this day.
When I talk
about the awards I get angry. I am not talking as wife of Rajkumar
or mother of Shivrajkumar. As a producer and audience I am telling.
Was this Gandhada Gudi not good, what about Bangaradha Manushya,
Bhakta Kumbara, Mayura, do they want a film more than Karivatna
Kalidasa? All these films did not bring awards.
Appu my son
says don't send his films to awards. The people award is more than
that of the four people sitting in one room and deciding it he says.
What is the yardstick for declaration of awards? I tell him the
award committee is not aware of it.
 I
remember an incident at this stage. When G.V.Iyer made
Sri Shakaracharya one of the Swamiji came and asked us
to distribute the film. I said no to it. No you should
not say like that it will be wrong he said. I asked him
why it would be a mistake? It was not possible to make
the film in Kannada I asked. Shringeri founder is born
in Kaladi. Let anyone make a film on them in Kannada.
Sanskrit language will not be understood by large section.
I am also not able to understand. I have kept the CD of
Sankrit film in the cup board. Just because we have devotion
we should not lose money I said.
Upanishad is
very good. There are very good elements. It is interesting to read
also. That does not mean we can make film.
UNFORGETTABLE
- Those who have authenticity should talk. If an unauthentic person
talks it is like squeezing tamarind in river water. It is a waste.
Smt.Parvathamma
Rajkumar
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