Kannada Movie Chatrapathi In Title Trouble

It's not new for Kannada movie makers to face title issue. After Superstar Upendra starrer Basavanna, now it's the makers of Sandalwood's forthcoming movie Chatrapathi's turn to face title issue.

Several Maratha organisations (Marathi Community) in Karnataka, has objected the tag-line of Sandalwood's forthcoming movie Chatrapahti, which reads 'Underworld ge adipathi (King of underworld)'. Karnataka Kshatriya Maratha Parishat (KKMP), the leading organisation of the community in Karnataka, have demanded the filmmaker to change the tag-line.

It is said that Chatrapathi is referred to the King Chatrapathi Shivaji, and the Maratha community is upset over linking it to the underworld. The movie is the remake of Telugu hit Chatrapathi, which was directed by SS Rajamouli.

Talking to a leading daily, Dinesh Gandhi, director of Kannada movie Chatrapathi quoted, "The film is not about any historical person. A film with the same name was made in Telugu and it is about a person in the underworld. It has no reference to Shivaji Maharaj for whom I have great respect. I have used this caption from the beginning, but only now there are some objections. These things are somehow raked up. I have not decided on anything."

Now, KKMP have approached Karnataka Film Chamber Of Commerce (KFCC), to order director Dinesh Gandhi to remove the tag-line, which is an attempt at character assassination of an eminent historical ruler.