In my continuing awe of the Kannada Film Industry, I'd like to put down some peculiarities that I noticed. Im glad to note that, I found some of them very heartening !The entire industry seems to be well knit (or well controlled ?) in their fight against video piracy. Since my earlier visits to National Market, in Gandhinagar, Bangalore, I have noticed pirated DVD's of all South Indian languages except for Kannada. I have found this to be very strange, for the Indian ingenious mind is always adept at finding the back door quickly. This is indeed a victory for the industry ! DVD's are apparently not printed until 5-7 years after the release of the movie. The only downside I could find - I have missed some recent, good Kannada movies and the only way to watch them is on TV with a zillion ad's or wait for 5-7 years....!
Coming to the better part : While shopping for the Aa Dinagalu CD, I noticed the price tag of some of the new stuff and was absolutely amazed by the pricing ! For 50 bucks, I had the music of about 3 movies. On some CD's it was 5 movies and 8 movies on some others.. all for a mere 50 bucks !!! It was unbelievable ..! I ended up with a good haul of about 6 CD's costing me just - Rs.300 in total. Btw, the quality is excellent and the print job is cool, as well. With that money, I wonder how many SONY or EMI CD's I could have bought of The Beatles or Britney !
What I really appreciate here is that the Suppliers have taken away the need for Piracy. They've kept the CD's affordable and presented a splendid mix of movies for the cine buff to listen to and enjoy - while NO intellectual property is infringed upon ! Sheer common sense and Economics may be... but worthy of praise ..!! DEFINITELY YES !!
A job very well done & this time its for our cine industry to give a strong pat on its own back!
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