A dubbed version of director Karthik Subbaraj’s Rajinikanth starrer Petta may release in Kannada simultaneously. Discussions are on to dub the film in other languages too.
According to a TNIE report, a spokesperson for the film said, “Dialogues for the Kannada version have already been done, and dubbing is in process. Only an official confirmation from the producers is awaited.”
It was reported yesterday that the film may release on January 10 in the country, as opposed to the earlier speculated Pongal release. There is no official confirmation on this yet.
A spokesperson said, “Talks are on about January 10 or 14. Many speculations are made out of which only one or two might be true. We ask people not to trust news without confirmation.”
Petta is produced by Sun Pictures. The film also stars Trisha Krishnan, M Sasikumar, Simran, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bobby Simha, Megha Akash and Sananth. Music is by Anirudh Ravichander.
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Petta might be the first Tamil film to release simultaneously in Kannada, and other languages. Recently the Kannada film KGF was the first to released simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
Kannada film industry is known for its opposition to dubbing other language films. Since 1960s, from actor Rajkumar’s time, there was an unofficial ban on dubbing.
But a few years ago, Kannada Grahaka Koota, a group in favour of dubbing, took the issue to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which passed a verdict in favour of dubbing.
Following this, in 2017, the Tamil film Yennai Arindhaal released as Sathyadev IPS in Kannada, and Arambam released as Dheera.
Ajith’s films dubbed in Kannada have done well in the state. Ajith’s Vivegam opened at the Karnataka box office last year to gross Rs 6.2 crore in its opening weekend.
It went on to release in Kannada as Commando, and became the first Tamil film in 40 years to be dubbed in the language despite protests from Vatal Nagaraj’s Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha and other pro-Karnataka organisations.