Nanban, Businessman put Kannada movies on back foot
News
oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Kannada
film
industry
is
in
crisis
again.
The
non-Kannada
movies
like
Nanban(Tamil),
The
Businessman
(Telugu)
and
other
movies,
which
are
releasing
this
Sankranthi,
have
got
most
number
of
theatres
to
screen
in
Karnataka
and
that
has
left
with
a
very
meagre
number
of
theatres
for
the
Sandalwood
movies.
Srinagara
Kitty's
Ko
Ko
and
and
Yogish
starrer
Sidlingu
are
being
troubled
by
non-Kannada
movies.
In
a
joint
press
meet,
the
producers
of
both
the
movies
expressed
their
anguish
for
not
getting
enough
theatres
for
the
native
films.
They
urged
the
Karnataka
Film
Chamber
of
Commerce
(KFCC)
to
intervene
and
help
them
to
get
theatres
for
Kannada
films.
Apart
from
Nanban
and
The
Businessman,
two
big
movies
like
Vettai
(Tamil)
and
Bodyguard
(Telugu)
are
also
hitting
the
screens.
It
is
said
that
Upendra
postponed
Aarakshaka,
which
was
earlier
announced
to
be
released
on
January
13
to
January
26
due
to
the
unavailability
of
theatres.