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Need for dubbing other language films

Currently I am working for US based company in Hyderabad. Since I am away from Karnataka, I can see and sense what exactly is happening there i.e. being on earth, we can see a complete moon from here but we can't see the entire earth as a whole. I believe this is somewhat appropriate example if not 100%.

According to me, in Karnataka especially in Bangalore and even in other major cities play non-Kannada movies and are making lots money too. Here my concern is not the money or not about future of Kannada film industry nothing. My only concern is about our language.

Yes Kannada language is slowly loosing the grip in Karnataka, lots of people are started learning other languages like Tamil, Telugu and Marathi, listen to songs, movies etc. The reason could be we are geographically in middle, and all neighbors’ state influencing their culture their language etc. If we were strong enough we could have influenced them but we didn't.

Let’s forget influencing others in fact we failed to sustain our culture in our state. There are many examples I can give. In B'lore majority of the people celebrate Pongal instead of Sankranthi, one of my friend has sent Pongal wishes to me (it was so pathetic). Another surprising instance to me at LIC Vijayanagara branch office, which is that I saw Pongal wishes on the premium slip when I paid my premium during January. Such instances are many but I will not explain all of them here.

My suggestion to you all is to take this seriously and should try to consult a political leader who can dedicate his time/money to save Kannada Language. Together you should bring in a law in Karnataka that any non-Kannada films must be dubbed to Kannada language to release in Karnataka state. Like in Hyderabad, here any hit Tamil/Kannada/English movies will be dubbed to Telugu language before releasing it in AP, they will not release directly except national movies and international movies. Why can't we do the same in Karnataka?

If we fail to do so I am sure Kannada will soon loose its aroma and people would also be in a helpless situation where they have to communicate with others in non-Kannada, north Karnataka people would split into few languages Telugu, Marathi, Hindi and even, Tulu and Konkani. Similarly in south Karnataka people will completely or 80% become Tamil speaking. I may be predicting wrong because there are lots of people who would have already started fighting for Kannada.

I do not know for what all issues they have in their list. You can go ahead with your ideas and plan but if you feel above mentioned point is valid and feel like giving it a higher priority then I will be very much happy. Anyway it will always be my first priority and I will try to explore more ways to achieve this. I am confident that many of you would agree with this and fight for it.

Wagesh Kulkarni
Gangavathi
wagesh_75@yahoo.com

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