AXE ON KANNADA FILMS
Great Hindrance To Collection

Scoop eport by - CNB              Photos   - K.M. VEERESH               Date - 11th April  2004

Off late the release of non Kannada films in Karnataka is not on Friday. Sometime it is Thursday and Wednesday prior to release of a fresh Kannada film. Although there is no rule so and so film should be released on Friday only the release on Friday has become permanent all over.

When non Kannada films appear before Friday this has a strong impact on Kannada films. Look at ‘Nenu Naannu’ starring Nagarjuna and Arathi Agarwal. This was released on Wednesday – 7th April in Karnataka. 

Baffled with this when checked with some of the industry bigwigs it was discovered that such practice has a strong impact on the collection of Kannada films that are releasing two days later that is Friday.

In a place like Bangalore this is quite possible. The good quality films of non Kannada create a talk in just one day and we in Bangalore are so liberal that we see only quality without giving prominence to language. 

On the pretext of good days the films releasing is universal. Chiranjeevi’s ‘Anji’ got special permission to release before Friday. But the Karnataka Film Chamber is not supposed to give very often such permission says former KFCC President K.V.Chandrasekhar. ‘Nennu Naane’ is concerned the proposal was not placed before KFCC. Now that the KFCC is not collecting Rs.25000 for four prints release the rule should be tightened. So far KFCC collected Rs.10 lakhs up to January 2004 from non Kannada at the time of release. The pocket money of the audience definitely not comes to Kannada films agrees Chandrasekhar. He is left with the option of seeing a fresh film of any language even without waiting for the release of Kannada film. Whenever the Kannada films get affected the system has to be put in order vouches Chandrasekhar.

We should not allow such releases at any cost. There is no asker or teller. No discipline for other language film releases. For our problems in Kannada the producers and even the people also should come forward says Basanthkumar Patil the president of Kannada film Producers association. 
 

Thomas D’Souza who represents the exhibitors association firmly says there is no rule for release of films. Some believe on astrology and so they have to come on so and so day. Chiranjeevi’s ‘Anji’ was released on Wednesday and now ‘Nennu Naane’ of Nagarjuna. There is no danger to Kannada films from such earlier releases says Thomas. People see only good films and no one can draw away from good films. When the films are good the audience comes to it irrespective of release day.