Enough of this bullshit "ban"/moratorium on non-Kannada movies in Karnataka! X-(
I)Commercial Kannada movies for the last 10-15 years have sucked. They still suck.
The actors can't act. The directors and story writers are retarded. The audience for these has narrowed down incredibly, and truly represents the lowest common denominator amongst Kannadigas.
II) Alternative/Art Kannada movies still kick A**. Sadly, no distributor will risk his/her money on them.
III) This brain-dead "moratorium" will do no good to the Kannada movie industry. The same garbage masquerading as movies will be churned out, the same tiny taste-less fraction among Kannadigas will watch it.
The funniest part of this episode is the Telugu and Tamil film-wallahs et. al. threatening to do the same to Kannada movies in their states. REALITY CHECK! Kannada movies are hardly exhibited in these places anyway. And when nobody watches them in Karnataka, what are the odds of (Kannada)people living in Tamilnadu and AP watching them? (They'll still have Udaya TV!)
One oft-used counter-argument against those Kannadigas opposing the moratorium has been "When Tamilians and Telugus support their movie industries, why can't you people do the same for the Kannada movie industry?" In other words, you're either with us, or you can't call yourself a Kannadiga. What a load of garbage! Who the hell gave the "Kannada film industry" the right to think that they represent Karnataka and Kannadigas? I for one, am ashamed of creatures like Upendra, Ravichandran and other "stars" of Kannada moviedom. We need more Karnads and Kasaravallis, for crying out loud!
Post-Rant Disclaimer: I am a Kannadiga. The last Kannada movie I watched in a theatre was 3 years ago. I fortunately don't remember aything about it. When I am in a particularly masochistic mood, I turn on a Kannada/Hindi/Tamil/Telugu channel and watch movie trailers and songs. I hold most Indian movies in absolute contempt.
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3 comments:
i totally agree. i think we should file A PIL in court. how can the government restrict what we want to see. if you can't beat the competition this is the most cowardly way to do so. i personally feel that there are 3 factors for this:
1. tamil has been declared an international language.
2.they initially wanted to ban only TAMIL movies but fearing a backlash decided to join in all non-kannada films
Kanth, from the Kannada movie industry's viewpoint, Tamil moviedom is in a very enviable situation. Any trash that is dished out is lapped up happily by Tamil audiences. Namma Kannada moviemakers can only pray and hope for such levels of fanaticism.
I dont completely agree.. Ambar as u said, I too detest 99% of all movies(hollywood included). But the ban comes at a time when the kannada film industry is doing very badly. There may be a lot of reasons for that. But still the very best ones too dont run. I dont think the threat is from tamil indutry but from telgu.
In hyderabad, no single theatre shows any tamil movie (let alone kannada) eventhough the tamil population is comparable to bangalore. Tamil CDs are not available!! Why aren't tamilians protesting here?
Still The ban is not the right step. There are other ways to improve kannada film industry.
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