Even because the row over not too long ago launched Kannada movie Kantara goes on, a recent row was triggered by one other movie from the business, Head Bush, which has allegedly harm non secular sentiments via its depiction of folks artwork type Veeraghase and the Karaga utsava that occurs in Bengaluru yearly.
Members of the Karaga Utsava Samithi within the Karnataka capital stated the film had derogatory dialogues in regards to the Karaga competition and the priest of Sri Dharmarayaswamy Temple, Shivashankar, The Indian Specific reported. Whereas demanding that some scenes of the film be re-shot, they stated they’d additionally file a criticism with the Karnataka Movie Chamber of Commerce on this regard.
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Netizens flooded Twitter with a name to boycott the film, whereas many got here in help of the movie’s lead actor Dhananjaya, who was focused for his supposedly liberal views. After back-to-back controversies with Kantara and Head Bush, a Twitter consumer recalled a scene from Rakshit Shetty’s Ulidavaru Kandante, which featured the tradition and practices of Tulu Nadu, and stated a film ought to be watched for leisure functions and never be seen via political lens.
“In #UlidavaruKandante film there is a scene the place Christian is seen beating a person who’s in Hulivesha, which is a part of Hindu tradition. I’m wondering why nobody questioned, is not this disrespectful to our faith,” he tweeted.
Others questioned the shortage of help coming in from the Kannada movie business. “No prizes for guessing the rationale behind KFI’s high stars conspicuous silence over the #HeadBush fiasco. Effectively, the stakes are fairly excessive for them to tackle the eco system that’s on a rampage to decimate individuals who don’t fall in line. What a sorry state of affairs #Anarchy,” a netizen wrote.
Actor Dhananjaya additionally put out a press release clarifying his stand on the problem. “I personally am a devotee of Veerabhadraswamy and have ensured that there isn’t any component of insult to Viragasa. I request the detractors to please watch the film and evaluate it totally. #HeadBush,” he posted.
Followers of the actor additionally began a development, #WeStandWithDhananjaya, and posted supportive messages.
Fellow actor Chetan Kumar, who was caught up in his personal controversy after his remarks in regards to the custom of ‘Bhoota Kola’, spoke in favour of inventive liberties, tweeting, “Having seen ‘Head Bush’, present calls for to chop parts of film as they might be so-called ‘offensive’ to sure sections goes towards inventive liberties. A movie—after receiving censor board permission—have to be given freedom to painting Disagreement is democratic; threats should not.”
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Head Bush‘s lead, Dhananjaya was quoted as saying that he must suppose twice about being a part of scripts that will create controversies sooner or later. “As artists, we at all times attempt to keep away from controversies, so we can even consciously attempt to keep away from such movies,” Dhananjaya advised the Bangalore Occasions.