The Bangalore Regional Censor Board chief Mr. Chandrasekhar says it is high time the Kannada film producers correct from the routine and violent films. Out of the 127 films the censor has passed in 2007 nearly 24 percent of Kannada films are violent ones to be precise mindless violence films he says giving the example of 4 percent of Tamil and 2.4 percent of Telugu violent films in that period. Till October 14 around 145 Kannada films have been given censor chit and 30 to 40 going to add up in this year. The major dearth is the quality and novelty in Kannada films feels Chandrasekhar.
The censor chief was speaking at the inauguration of 'Samudayadatta Cinema' by Telugu actor and director Madhala Ranga Rao on Sunday evening the concept evolved by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa for his new film 'Ekalavya' Kannada film.
The censor is facing the torture of seeing mindless action films and route films. Such films are said to be minimum guarantee films and would assure returns in the rerun. It is a wrong notion says Chandrasekhar. According to one study the Kannada films have lost the major middle class family audience. Cinema medium today is the third popular medium after television and internet. But why no care is taken to make films with new thoughts that would give a new fillip to society. The Hindi cinema has found out the cross over cinemas and the emergence of multiplexes that is another route for film makers opined Chandrasekhar. Instead of patronizing the violent films such new attempts should be made in Kannada is the advice censor chief passed to Kannada film makers.