Lakshmi Solo Release on 18th Jan

Shivarajkumar, Priyamani

Discussion around the table by the concerned parties in an atmosphere of  give and take and good intention to maintain a cordial relationship has now helped the resolution of a problem related to release of two big budget starrers "Lakshmi' and "Varadanayaka'.  Now, the  status of release of these two films is that "Lakshmi' is getting released on 18th January in Kapali and other theatres in Karnataka and Varadanaayaka will not release on the 25th January.
 Though the bigwigs of the industry were also concerned about the competition, they did not venuture out to solve the problem as it surfaced.  Even Kannada film producers association was not directly involved in the negotiations.  The initial discussion held between Basha, the distributor of  Lakshmi  and Jayanna and Bhogeendra the distributors of  Varadanayaka was extended to include a larger panel with Shankare Gowda and Lakshmi director Raghava Loki also joining the discussion.  Later Basha and Jayanna personally spoke to  Kiccha Sudeep (who is also the producer partner of  Varadanaayaka)  to thrash out a solution.
Earlier this week, Shankare Gowda had told Chitraloka that since Lakshmi got censored in the last week of December, they had though the film to be released on 4th January as was announced earlier.  'That is the reason we had planned to release the film on 18th January.  But there was a big rush of films to be censored before December 31 and even Janunary first week.  The censor officer had gone to Mumbai for official work which delayed the censor.  But we are ready for release the film on January 18' Shankare Gowda said. .
But the secret confabulations have paid off and now both the star studded  films are getting released on January 18 and 25th respectively The development once again shows that  it is better to sink the differences and start negotiations to thrust out solution to the problems for the benefit of the industry.
Both Basha and Jayanna however refuse to reveal the contents of discussions regarding the matter.  Varadanaayaka is releasing in Triveni on 25th Jan.