.Kamal Haasan Kannada born out of Tamil remark is threatening to spill over to a larger movement against Tamil cinema screening in Karnataka. On the cards is a formula by which the Actor endorses the historian view that .
Both
Kannada and Tamil evolved from Proto-Dravidian. Because of this shared
ancestry, both the languages have similar grammar structures, word formation,
and words with common etymology.
Kamal had
already said that he was not qualified to talk about language history and on
these lines a reply drafted in such a way that it got resolved.
Apart from
Thug Life, many forthcoming Tamil biggies that are going to release will not
find theatres in Karnataka. It means a loss of Rs 10- 20 crores. Yet another
fall out would be that Karnataka based Production houses also cannot release
any Tamil films in home State. A counter
move by Tamil filmdom will not
hurt the Karnataka filmdom as except for Yash’s KGF, no Kannada film has done
anything worthwhile at Tamil box office.
After the
anti Tamil riots that followed Dr Rajkumar abduction by Veerappan, everything
has been normal. except for the yearly Cauvery dispute,,, on film front
everything was normal. With Shivara Kumar called Shivanna and son of Late Dr
Rajkumar doing cameo in Tamil films, all seemed rosy.
At the
Karnataka Film Chamber meet, the unanimous view was that Shivanna s should have
corrected Kamal on stage itself/ Some give him an excuse for not reacting - Veteran
actress and former KFCC chief Jayamala also spoke up in Shivarajkumar's
defense. "Shivanna is Dr Rajkumar's son. He was emotional and focussed on
the event which was why he could not have understood the intensity of the
comments made by Kamal. Also, he is still recovering after the surgery,"
she explained.
film producer Chinne Gowda said, "He was a guest at the event and possibly
he might have not understood why the Tamil star said [those things]."
Shivanna has
a question to those protesting Kamal’s remark at Chennai function where he was
the guest and blaming him for not speaking up at the stage itself – He asks - "It's
a matter of pride for all of us that he invited me as the chief guest for his
event. He was here just yesterday, among us. If anyone had concerns, they could
have asked him directly - but no one did. I don’t know why people chose to remain
silent then," . This was directed at the Bengaluru media who met Kamal. He
had a word of advice -"Love for Kannada shouldn’t just appear when someone
speaks up. It should be consistent - from the heart, always. I say this to all
the media channels too: don’t just cheer for Kannada at events. Show that same
passion all the time.". It all began at the audio launch of
'Thug Life' in Chennai on May 24, where Haasan, while complimenting Shiva
Rajkumar, who was invited as a chief guest, said "Kannada was born out of
Tamil". His statement faced huge backlash.
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