Even earlier than the controversy over Kantara dies down, one other Kannada film Head Bush has stirred a row over allegedly hurting spiritual sentiments.
Head Bush relies on the e-book Dadagiriya Dinagalu (My days within the underworld) by Agni Sridhar on the Bengaluru underworld within the Nineteen Seventies and 80s.
Whereas a piece of the viewers has raised objections to some scenes within the film and illustration of some folks artwork varieties, one other contended that the film was being focused for the political beliefs of the lead actor Dhananjaya. Although Dhananjaya has not recognized himself with any political celebration, he has been recognized for his progressive views.
Some right-wing teams started a social media marketing campaign to boycott the film over the depiction of the folks artwork kind ‘Veeragase’. Representatives of Karaga Utsava Samithi mentioned they’d file a grievance with the Karnataka Movie Chamber of Commerce over the depiction of Karaga Utsava, a well-known annual pageant celebrated in Bengaluru. There have additionally been calls for to chop some scenes and re-release the film.
Karaga Utsava Samithi president Satish mentioned dialogues within the film have been disparaging about Karaga and Shivashankar, who was a priest of the Sri Dharmarayaswamy Temple, which hosts the pageant.
Responding to complaints and calls to boycott the film, Dhananjaya mentioned in a tweet that he’s a devotee of Veerabhadra Swamy and ensured that there was no component of insult to Veeragase (within the film). I request the critics to observe the film after which assessment it,” he mentioned.
ನಾನು ಸ್ವತಃ ವೀರಭದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿಯ ಭಕ್ತನಾಗಿದ್ದು, ವೀರಗಾಸಗೆ ಅವಮಾನಿಸುವ ಯಾವ ಅಂಶವು ಇಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ನೋಡಿಕೆೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ದೂಷಿಸುವವರು ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಸಿನಿಮಾ ನೋಡಿ ಕೂಲಂಕುಷವಾಗಿ ವಿಮರ್ಶಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿ ಕೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅದರ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ವಿವರಣೆ ಈ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಲಿಂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ.https://t.co/af4PYXE9A1#HeadBush
— Dhananjaya (@Dhananjayaka) October 25, 2022
Kannada activist Ganesh Chetan, backing the film, mentioned in a tweet: “Sanghis wish to fully management KFI (Kannada movie trade). All those that are attainable impediments to this takeover are being harassed.”
Social media customers identified scenes from yesteryear Kannada motion pictures wherein religions have been criticised with little outrage over them and mentioned that politics and flicks shouldn’t be blended.
Earlier, A number of complaints have been filed towards actor and activist Chetan over his statements on a cultural observe depicted in Kantara and the Bengaluru police registered a case towards him.