Kannada actors oppose dubbing other language films

Indian cinema has embraced dubbed versions of movies and we often get to see a dubbed movie on TV. Dubbing is very common in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. However, Sandalwood has remained an exception to this.

The Kannada film industry is very much against dubbing of other language movies into Kannada. There is a logic behind this.

We all know that Karnataka or at least Bangalore is very cosmopolitan. There are equal number of people from all the states residing in Bangalore.

Interestingly, it is said that Telugu and Tamil movies rake in more moolah in Bangalore than anywhere else. So there's no need to dub movies into kannada considering the fact that people anyway watch the original version.

However, renowned Kannada producer Rajendra Singh Babu has proposed that Kannada industry too allow dubbing which has been strongly opposed by actor Shivarajkumar son of thespian Dr Rajkumar.

Actor Shivarajkumar and director-producer Rajendra Singh Babu are at loggerheads over dubbing.

Babu's move to propose dubbing has not gone down well with Shivanna (Shivrajkumar) who has slammed the producer over the issue. The actor along with several members from the fraternity are expected to join a rally led by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj. To oppose the dubbing of other language movies into kannada, several Kannada artistes including Shivarajkumar, senior actress Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Jaggesh, Ravichandran, Radhika Pandit, Pooja Gandhi, Sa Ra Govindu, TS Nagabharana met at the Press Club in Bangalore.

To know what happens next, keep an eye on this column.