The
Okkoota
has
also
decided
to
start
a
production
company
to
make
good
quality
films
in
this
Suvarana
Karnataka
year.
We
are
bent
upon
making
good
films.
We
will
raise
finance
through
NFDC
or
other
commercial
organizations
to
make
quality
films'
declared
Actor
Ashok,
President
of
the
Okkoota
and
Krishna,
Secretary.
The
immediate
fall
out
of
this
decision
is
that
the
production
activities
of
the
remaining
portions
of
the
big
budget
films
like
"Maathaad
Maathaad
Mallige',
"Hari
Hara'
and
"Ugadi'
with
Vishnuvardhan,
Upendra
and
Ravichandran
respectively
will
be
affected.
Rajendra
Kumar
Arya
Ashok
said
the
producers
who
have
been
banned
by
their
organisation
have
shown
their
anti
Kannada
stance
by
encouraging
the
dubbing
culture
and
have
even
warned
that
cut
outs
of
non
Kannada
stars
would
be
put
in
the
theatres.
"Some
of
them
are
acting
like
rowdy
elements
and
abusing
and
assaulting
cine
workers'
he
said.
Ashok
and
Krishna
came
down
heavily
against
Praveen
Kumar
who
has
dared
to
threaten
a
big
star
like
Ravichandran
in
Ootacamund
during
the
shooting
of
the
film
"Ugadi.
"If
a
person
of
the
stature
of
Ravichandran
is
threatened
then
you
can
just
imagine
how
these
people
will
behave
with
defenseless
workers.
Munirathnam
Ashok
also
said
that
the
Kannada
producers
association
has
to
take
action
against
producer
Mohan
who
has
assaulted
film
director
outside
the
"Janardhan
Hotel'
in
presence
of
some
senior
producers
for
speaking
against
the
Dubbing
culture
in
an
interview
with
the
Zee
TV
Channel.
He
said
that
the
producers
association
is
keeping
silent
over
the
matter
though
the
Kannada
film
directors
association
has
written
two
letters
to
the
producers
association
urging
for
action
against
the
erring
producer.
They
also
speak
badly
of
all
veteran
film
stars
who
have
been
the
backbone
of
the
industry'
said
Krishna.
Meanwhile,
Actor
Ravichandran
confirmed
that
he
was
indeed
threatened
by
Praveen
Kumar,
but
he
did
not
care
about
it.
Talking
to
film
reporters
in
his
residence,
Ravidhandran
who
was
busy
doing
the
re-recording
work
of
his
next
film
"Neelakanta'
recounted
the
incident
that
had
happened
in
Ooty
while
shooting
for
Ugadi.
"Even
before
working
for
the
song
schedule
of
the
film
in
Ooty,
I
had
informed
the
producers
that
I
had
to
come
to
Bangalore
to
attend
some
marriage
engagement
function.
They
had
agreed
to
give
a
day's
break..
When
I
was
just
about
to
leave
the
shooting
spot
to
catch
a
flight
from
Coimbatore.
Praveen
Kumar
tried
came
menacingly
towards
me
and
told
that
he
will
not
allow
me
to
proceed.
I
was
aghast
at
his
behavior,
but
other
producers
like
Ganesh
and
Banakar
came
to
me
to
offer
apologies
and
they
sent
Praveen
out
of
the
spot'
he
said.
He
said
that
he
has
decided
not
to
accept
films
from
producers
who
have
shown
their
pronounced
anti
Kannada
stature
by
encouraging
dubbing
culture.
Ravichandran
said
that
he
will
be
speaking
to
other
Kannada
stars
about
this
particular
incident
and
seek
their
support
in
his
mission
to
eliminate
the
rowdy
culture
in
the
Kannada
film
industry.