Sandalwood King Ragvendra Rajkumar and another big kannada producer Suresh are loggerheads over the release of Punnet Rajkumar starrer Anna Bond in the first week of may. Govindaya Namaha, a box-office (BO) hit from Suresh is doing a whopping business in all territories, is about to be withdrawn from the theaters bowing down to the pressure of Sandalwood.
In the days since the release of Puneet Rajkumar‘s home production was announced, media attention was on an impending clash at the BO with another big Kannada film. But what has also been transpiring is that the Komal-starrer Govindaya Namaha, which has been having a good run at the BO for over four weeks, now has to make way for Puneet’s film, despite continuing to be profitable.
Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) rules stipulate that a movie can be removed from a theatre only if it does not bring in a share for the producer or fails to even recover the rental for the theatre. According to the producer of Govindaya Namaha, Suresh, several theatre’s showing his movie, have arbitrarily decided for a change of cinema. Suresh says:
“I am forced to remove my film from theatres even though it has been doing well. I have been told that cinema owners are bowing to pressure from the distributor of the Puneet-starrer and refusing to play my film anymore. In Gandhinagar, releasing your film at Santosh Theatre is a big deal. My film has been playing there over the past few weeks and I have been getting a share of 4 lakh every week, after all overheads, including theatre rental, are taken care of.”
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