24% violent films in Kannada in 2007
19th Oct 2008 - 10:50am

Out of the 127 films censored by the Bangalore Regional Censor the 24 percent of films are violent films. They are mindless and inconsequential films. When one Jogi is made 15 films follow and get ditched. Like that one Mungaru Male is made 15 similar films fall flat. This is Chandrasekhar Regional Censor Head speaking to the packed audience at Rejoyz Digital Auditorium in Malleswaram on Sunday evening at the 'Samudayadatta Cinema' – the Ekalavya Sanchara of Baraguru Ramachandrappa concept.

The Bele and Kale is good in Kannada. Till October 14th 2008 we have censored 145 films (around 10 might be other languages) and 30 films more would add up to 175 films in 2008. I have heard about the project of 14 days for first copy and one director three films were censored.

There are two kinds of torture the censor members are facing – the Machchu and Longu weapons doing major role in cinemas and how to sit for two and half hours to watch poor quality of Kannada films is the major handicap we are facing said Chandrasekhar. There is no originality and novelty in Kannada films is a fact to be accepted. This is the time for cross over cinemas and high time the producers think in this direction informed the censor chief Chandrasekhar.