| Raavanan count down 15 days to release |
| Thursday, 03 June 2010 10:02 |
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There is big trouble ahead for the release of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan in Hindi, Raavanan in Tamil and Villain in Telugu from releasing in Karnataka and Kerala.
First and foremost Vasant Kumar Patil, president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), on Wednesday night told the media that Raavan and Raavanan in Tamil, cannot be treated as separate films!
The KFCC chief has made it clear that the film will have a restricted release. Says Patil: "A decision has been taken to follow the existing policy of allowing non-Kannada films in a stipulated number of theatres, which means Raavan can be shown in only 24 screens in Bangalore city and it’s up to the distributor to decide whether he wants to screen the Hindi, Tamil or Telugu version."
The film’s distributors Big Cinemas had pleaded with KFCC that both Hindi and Tamil should be treated as separate versions and allowed to release in 48 or more screens, taking into consideration the budget of the film. But KFCC has its own agenda and is unlikely to ease the pressure.
Meanwhile in Kerala, the Film Distributors Association Kerala (FDAK) has issued an “unofficial order” to cinema theatres in the state not to screen Other Language Films (OLF) like Tamil, English and Hindi simultaneously with the rest of the world! Last Friday, they successfully saw to it that Suriya’s Singam was not released simultaneously with Tamil Nadu.
Added to that FDAK has a score to settle with Big Cinemas who released their Hrithik Roshan’s big budget Hindi film Kites simultaneously with the rest of the world. So this time they are hell bent that Big Cinemas Raavanan will not release in Kerala on June 18.
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