Theater owners prefer other movies; screening of Namma Kudla - Tulu movie stalled

- Media Release

Mangaluru, 18 April 2016: Tulu movies have difficulty in screening in theaters of Tulunadu owing to competitions from movies in other languages. Namma Kudla, Tulu movie that was premiered a week ago was stalled to screen a Tamil movie. The owners of cinema theaters in Tulunadu at least allow a few shows of Tulu movie along with other movies, said Harish Nayak, Namma Kudla - Tulu movie director.

 

 

Addressing the media persons at Hotel Woodlands here on Saturday April 16, during the media conference that was jointly organized by the promoters of Namma Kudla – Tulu movie and Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike, Nayak further said, ‘Namma Kudla – Tulu movie was premiered in 13 theaters across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts including multiplexes on April 8. It was run successfully for a week, but owing to the lobby of movie producers in other languages, it was stalled on April 15,’ said Nayak.

 

‘There is no unity among Tulu-native-speakers. The theater owners in Tulunadu prefer movies in other language. It calls for unity of Tulu movie producers,’ said Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike founder president Yogish Shetty Jeppu.

 

Harish Nayak, Prashant Rao Kadaba, Yogish Shetty and others were present at the media conference.