Arun
Kumar,
the
proprietor
of
the
Santosh
Theatre,
has
denied
his
plans
to
stop
the
screening
of
film
Harish
Raj's
Gun.
He
states
that
he
had
not
decided
to
take
out
the
movie
from
theatre
for
Sudeep's
Kempe
Gowda.
The
director
had
claimed
that
his
movie
was
being
taken
out
in
just
two
weeks.
So
in
order
to
protest
the
decision
of
the
theatre
management,
he
attempted
to
commit
suicide
by
jumping
off
from
the
roof
of
the
theatre
on
Saturday.
Talking
to
Kannada
news
channel
TV9,
Ajay
Kumar
said,
"Santosh
theatre
is
not
fixed
for
Kempe
Gowda
as
Harish
claimed
it.
I
have
not
told
either
Harish
Raj
or
producer
Murali
about
taking
out
the
movie
Gun
and
screening
Sudeep
directed
movie
Kempe
Gowda.
I
objected
them
about
issuing
gift
coupons.
So
Harish
might
have
mistaken
this
to
that
we
are
going
to
stop
exhibiting
Gun
and
played
the
suicide
drama."
The
bosses
of
the
film
Gun
were
issuing
a
gift
coupon
to
the
people,
who
bought
the
audio
CDs
of
the
film.
The
owners
of
Santosh
theatre
questioned
this
because
hardly
a
few
viewers
were
buying
tickets
from
the
ticket
counter
at
the
theatre.
Arun
Kumar
further
said,
"Gun
producers
are
buying
tickets
and
issuing
them
in
the
name
of
gift
coupon.
I
don't
know
whether
they
are
distributing
them
freely
or
charging
money
for
them.
But
I
requested
Harish
to
stop
issuing
gift
coupons
to
the
viewers."
However,
Arun
Kumar
called
Harish's
suicide
attempt
a
drama.
He
said,
"Harish
might
have
felt
that
we
are
going
to
stop
screening
of
Gun,
when
we
objected
issuing
gift
coupons.
So
he
has
played
the
suicide
drama.
I
haven't
told
him
about
taking
out
the
movie
from
the
theatre." Meanwhile,
he
denied
that
he
had
planned
to
exhibit.
He
added,
"We
have
not
given
confirmation
to
the
producers
of
Kempe
Gowda
to
screen
it.
As
of
now,
we
have
not
planned
to
remove
Gun
and
exhibit
Kempe
Gowda."