Like any other trade, the trade of cinema runs on supply and demand. Have you seen something similar in any other cinema industry? Has it become a banana republic where unelected feudal people rule the roost? Has Karnataka ceased to be a democratic State any more? Why am I being denied my rightful access to all these in a language of my choice? Like me, there are lakhs of Kannadigas who may want to watch a Disney character speaking in Kannada, or a Discovery, Animal Planet program on Amazon forests being aired in Kannada, or watching Avatar 3D in Kannada. In a democracy, I, as a consumer, have every right to demand all sources of knowledge and entertainment in a language of my choice as long as my demands are within the limits of law. In a civilised democratic society, there is no place for bans of any kind even if it is imposed by an elected government.
This brings us to the question: Who are these organisations to ban anything in a constitutional democracy? Fortunately, this time Suvarna backed off before the associations took law into their hands. The same associations which ransacked the office of Zee Kannada last year protesting its move to air a voice-dubbed program on Jhansi Rani Laxmibai are at it again. Now, this program will be telecasted in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil while Kannada gets dropped from the list, thanks to the ban on dubbing imposed by a few sundry private organisations in the name of protecting Kannada language and culture. In Kannada, Suvarna, the general entertainment channel owned by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, was supposed to air this program from May 6. The program was planned to be aired in several Indian languages including Kannada on Star India’s network channels. VASANT SHETTY writes from Bangalore: Aamir Khan announced his entry into the small screen with “ Satya Meva Jayate” a few days ago.
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