Pics: Abhijith N Kolpe
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Sep 17: ‘The makers of Tulu movie ‘Girgit’ and Mangalore Bar Association submitted joint memo to the court for the settlement of the case mutually, informed president of Mangalore Bar Association Narasimha Hegde.
Addressing media here on Tuesday, September 17, Narasimha Hegde said, ‘The makers of ‘Girgit’ have realized their mistake and apologized for the same. Our demand was to mute some dialogues and delete some objectionable scenes. The makers of the film have agreed to mute some dialogues within three days and cut objectionable scenes within 40 days. We jointly submitted memo to the court for the settlement of the case.
"The Bar Association always supports art, Yakshagana and Tulu movies. We are not against the movie, but a few scenes were objectionable, which has hurt the sentiments of lawyers’ fraternity for which we had to raise our voice. Now the case has been settled on a positive note and we wish ‘Girgit’ team a grand success,” he said.
General Secretary Raghavendra H V said, "We have been criticized badly in social media. We have filed a complaint against three people and two face book pages. Police have already detained two people; two Facebook pages have been blocked. We also urge to take action against the admins of the erring Facebook pages.
‘Girgit’ director Roopesh Shetty said, "The case is settled on a positive note. It was not done with the intention of hurting a profession. We agreed to the condition of Bar Association to mute the dialogues and delete the objectionable scenes. We have already applied to the censor board and procedures will be carried out for the same.”
Senior lawyer M P Shenoy said, "We do not say the movie has obscenity, but it has an objectionable scene. Lawyer profession has huge responsibility and dignity in the society. When a wrong message is spread on lawyers’ profession, we have to raise our voice. The makers of the film realized their mistake and approached us and we jointly found solution for it. The issue has come to an end on a positive note.”
Producer Manjunath Attavar was also present.