The
row
between
Kannada
Film
Producers
Association
(KFPA)
and
theatre
owners
(exhibitor)
in
Karnataka
has
come
to
an
end
after
the
latter
accepted
the
percentage
system.
Karnataka
Film
Chamber
of
Commerce
(KFCC)
mediated
and
held
a
meeting
between
the
two
parties
to
resolve
the
problem
on
Monday
November
16.
Finally,
both
the
parties
agreed
to
release
the
movies
based
on
percentage
system.
Kannada
film
producers
have
been
suffering
huge
losses
for
long
time.
In
order
to
avoid
this
problem,
the
KFPA
had
urged
the
theatre
owners
to
release
the
movies
based
on
percentage
system
last
week.
When
the
theatre
owners
expressed
their
opposition
and
insisted
to
follow
the
present
rental
system,
the
general
body
meeting
of
KFPA
on
Friday
resolved
to
stop
Kannada
film
production
activities
and
new
releases
from
January
1,
2010.
Now,
with
intervention
of
KFCC,
the
problem
has
been
solved
and
percentage
system
will
be
applied
to
release
Kannada
and
non-Kannada
movies
in
the
state.
Both
the
groups
have
bid
good
bye
to
the
rental
system
of
movie
release.
President
Dr.
Jayamala
said
that
the
percentage
system
was
being
followed
some
two
decades
ago.
Now,
the
exhibitors
will
constitute
a
committee
in
a
week's
time
and
decide
on
the
percentage
that
needs
to
be
followed.
However,
the
percentage
will
be
shared
on
the
basis
of
fixed
rates,
which
will
be
finalised
after
a
discussion
with
producers.