Ravi
Srivastava
is
known
as
the
controversial
director
of
Kannada
cinema.
His
fourth
film
Maadesha,
featuring
hat
trick
hero
Shivaraj
Kumar,
was
also
locked
in
controversy
with
the
Censor
Board
and
is
finally
cleared
with
a
revised
'A'
certificate.
The
regional
Censor
Board,
unhappy
with
the
violence
and
action
in
the
film,
had
asked
the
producers
to
prune
certain
scenes
which
they
thought
are
not
proper.
The
director
and
producer
have
obliged
the
Censor
Board
by
editing
out
the
controversial
portions
and
Maadesha
is
set
for
release
today,
ie,
29th
of
September.
It
is
heard
that
the
Censor
Board
was
not
only
unhappy
with
the
violence,
but
certain
dialogues
of
Shivaraj
Kumar
in
the
film
were
also
asked
to
be
cut.
Following
this,
Shivaraj
Kumar
re-dubbed
the
portions
in
question
but
still,
the
Censor
Board
awarded
the
film
only
an
'A'
certificate.
Despite
the
setback
it
got
from
the
Censor
Board,
Maadesha
will
be
releasing
in
93
centres
with
372
shows
a
day,
which
is
a
record.
The
film
is
produced
by
Govardhana
Murthy
under
the
banner
of
L.G
Anupam
Film
city.
G.S.V.
Seetharam
is
the
man
behind
the
camera
while
Mano
Murthy
has
set
the
tunes.
Stunts
are
handled
by
Thriller
Manju.
Shivaraj
Kumar,
Sonu
Bhatia,
Ravi
Belegere,
Ravi
Kale,
Ramesh
Pandit,
Harish
Rai,
Padmaja
Rao,
Dattanna,
Bullet
Prakash,
Muni,
Raghu,
Kote
Prabhakar
and
Jaggesh's
son
Yathi
are
in
the
cast.
This
is
not
the
first
time
that
Ravi
Srivastava
is
creating
controversies.
His
earlier
films,
Deadly
Soma,
Ganda
Hendathi
and
Boy
Friend
(a
remake
of
the
Hindi
movie
Murder)
and
Yee
Rajeev...Gandhi
Alla...
all
of
them
rode
piggy-back
on
controversies.