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Law will be amended to check video piracy: Home Minister

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Government will stand by the film industry, says Acharya

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Bonhomie: Governor Rameshwar Thakur, KFCC president Jaimala, poet G.S. Shivarudrappa and playwright Chandrashekhar Kambar (left) at a function organised by the KFCC in Bangalore on Monday.

Bangalore: The Government will bring in amendments to the law shortly to check video piracy, Minister for Home V.S. Acharya has said.

He speaking at the Krutajnata Samarapana (thanks-giving) function organised by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) on the occasion of the platinum jubilee celebrations of Kannada cinema here on Monday.

Dr. Acharya said the Government was aware of the struggle and plight of Kannada cinema, which was facing the challenge of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films.

Commenting on the declining quality of Kannada films, he said the industry should realise that cultural and literary essence of the land was the root of good cinema. The Government would stand by the industry in all its programmes for the development of Kannada cinema, he said.

Secretary, Kannada and Culture, B. R. Jayaramaraje Urs said the Government had been generous in extending sops to the Kannada cinema industry for over four decades.

Despite this, the industry had not been responding to the public need on the quality front. As a matter of its responsibility, the industry should find solutions to its problems. President of the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber K.S. Rama Rao was present. President of KFCC Jaimala presided over the function.

Newspapers, both Kannada and English, Kannada periodicals, film magazines, Kannada television channels, organisations and individuals who contributed to the cause of Kannada cinema were honoured on the occasion.

75 books released

Earlier, Governor Rameshwar Thakur released 75 books on Kannada film personalities to mark the 75 years of Kannada cinema.

Poet G.S. Shivarudrappa said that Kannada cinema should utilise the opportunity of the platinum jubilee celebrations to chalk out the future programmes. Books on Kannada cinema should have the quality to become reference texts for those interested in research on Kannada cinema. It was unfortunate that film reviews were becoming subjective of late, he said. Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao, playwright and MLC Chandrashekhara Kambara and Baragur Ramachandrappa, chief editor of the books that were released, were present.

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