Agree to mute offending scenes, ‘Girgit’ Tulu film team

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Sep 14, 2019: The Tulu film, ‘Girgit’, makers team agreed to mute the scenes offending advocates and the judiciary and announced it at the Patrika Bhavan  Mangaluru September 13, Friday.   Mangalore Bar Association (MBA), which felt offended by the scenes, had succeeded in bringing a temporary stay order against the screening and exhibiting of the film.

 

The team involved in making of the film succeeded in their last-ditch efforts to  continue screening the film, which was running to packed halls since its release on August 23.

Earlier in the day, Girgit’s debutante Director and lead actor Roopesh Shetty expressed confidence on reaching an amicable solution over the issue with advocates. He held talks with advocates and had explained how the technical glitches prevented the immediate muting of scenes in the film.

Roopesh Shetty, who had written the script for the film, informed media at Patrika Bhavan that after a lot of painstaking efforts they had realised their dream of making a quality family entertainer film in Tulu language. He also tendered an apology on the occasion.

The roles in the script were created with the sole intention to ensure that those watching the film were thoroughly entertained, Shetty said.

“The film was never intended an objective to humiliate the courts or the advocates,” he said and added that he was not keen on confronting the advocates by challenging the lower court’s interim order in a higher court.

On whether the case filed against the film was a good publicity for the film, Roopesh clarified that Girgit was a good film and did not need such publicity.

He said Girgit was being screened in Oman, Qatar and UAE for a record fourth week. Buoyed by the film’s commercial success, they were planning to release the film’s teaser in USA, UK, Sydney and Israel.