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  • Karnataka HC relieves theaters from moratorium obligation

    Karnataka HC relieves theaters from moratorium obligation

    BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court ruled on Wednesday, 3 November that theater owners need not abide by moratorium on release of other language (non-Kannada films) as no order has been passed by the government, after the government advocate informed the HC that that it has neither prohibited theatres from exhibiting non-Kannada films nor imposed any condition in this regard.

    This interim ruling was given by the court while hearing a petition filed by owners of two theaters – Cauvery and Vybhav. Notices have been issued to State Government, Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerece (KFCC), respective associations of Karnataka Film Producers (KFPA), Karnataka Film Directors Association (KFDA), theater owners, the Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV) and the city police.

    The High Court said that the petitioner-exhibitors need not abide by the Clause (4) of the resolution passed by the government-headed panel, to solve issues related to the Kannada film industry. The committee had imposed a seven-week moratorium for releasing non-Kannada films. The Clause (4) says the KFCC would implement the agreement reached with the exhibitors in 1994 for not releasing new non-Kannada films for seven weeks after their release, in their respective states.

    The theater owners had approached the HC asking it to quash the order imposing the seven-week moratorium on the release of other language films in the state issued on 3 September. The petitioners contention is that there are not enough releases of Kannada language films in the state and if they were to wait for seven weeks before release of other language films, they would have no audiences to see the films as pirated CD’s and DVD’s would be available by then. The petitioners have also asked the court to direct the police to give protection to theaters screening non-Kannada films in the state and also to instruct the KRV not to cause any damage to the petitioners’ interest.

    Theater owners have in the mean time decided to adhere to the new three-week moratorium until the Film Federation of India-CM meeting scheduled to be held on 9 November. No Non-Kannada films are scheduled for release on Friday, November 5, 2004.

    In spite of the SC and the HC decisions against the moratorium, the KFPA still hopes that the other language film theater owners will abide by what they term as an out-of-court settlement of a three week moratorium for the benefit of the Kannada film industry.

  • Tinseltown TV’s Hasan crowned global ambassador by YHRI

    Tinseltown TV’s Hasan crowned global ambassador by YHRI

    MUMBAI: International media personality and Tinseltown TV founder CEO Sheeraz Hasan was named Global Ambassador for humanitarian interest group – Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) in a ceremony attended by numerous entertainment industry figures and international dignitaries.

    Hasan joined a pool of roughly 2000 nominees, and was personally selected by YHRI director Mary Shuttleworth on the basis of his global reach to an audience of over 500 million viewers, and his dedication to the cause of universal human rights.

    In announcing the appointment, Shuttleworth said, “Since establishing Tinseltown TV, Sheeraz has used his weekly television broadcast as a voice box for a variety of humanitarian and charitable organisations dedicated to improving the well-being of people of all ethnicities in all walks of life. His personal statements on the show stress the importance of inter-cultural awareness and acceptance, and he promotes peace and harmony among people of different nations by stressing the importance of spirituality and finding strength in what we have in common. It is amazing to see a person so young achieve such unprecedented success in the arena of international broadcasting and entertainment. With a global following from his hit TV show Tinseltown and many awards to his credit, Sheeraz truly is the ‘American Dream’. Youth for Human Rights International is honored to have a person of his caliber as our Global Ambassador.”

    During his tenure as ambassador, Hasan will be traveling to countries around the world and speaking on the importance of global human rights initiatives. At home in Hollywood, he will use his celebrity status to bring publicity and support to the efforts of YHRI, and feature the organisation in regular segments on his Tinseltown TV series.

    Hasan said, “Those of us who have the fortune of living in affluent nations have an obligation to remember the poor, hungry, and disenfranchised populations of the third world, and to use our advantages to help them achieve a quality of life in line with the United Nations human rights declaration, which is the birthright of every human being. So long as poverty and oppression persist in the world, the human race cannot consider itself wealthy or free.”