<p>Sathyu said social commitment should be the motto of any film maker, not profit. The people working in the government controlled Doordarshan think like frogs in a well and reject screening of the movies produced in Hindi language just because it was not in Kannada. <br />A similar attitude is seen among other TV channels too. “A few years ago, jail authorities denied permission when I wanted to interview a person who has been sentenced to capital punishment. Then I moved the Supreme Court got permission and produced a movie. Unfortunately, no channel came forward to screen that picture”,said Sathyu.<br /><br />The award winning director said in America, people pay money and watch documentaries; but in India nobody came forward to screen the movie ‘Ijjodu’ a movie which was based on a social issue. So, the movie was screened in Bangalore and Udupi.<br /><br /> The filmdom is not giving any encouragement for the movie produced by the Reliance Big Pictures. Nobody came forward to buy the print, he added.In the four-day workshop, a lot of award winning movies were screened. <br /><br />On this occasion, a newsletter ‘Swaroop’ brought out by the Mysore Film Society was released. The workshop was successfully conducted by Prof V N Lakshminarayan, Manu, Prashanth and Govardhan.</p>
<p>Sathyu said social commitment should be the motto of any film maker, not profit. The people working in the government controlled Doordarshan think like frogs in a well and reject screening of the movies produced in Hindi language just because it was not in Kannada. <br />A similar attitude is seen among other TV channels too. “A few years ago, jail authorities denied permission when I wanted to interview a person who has been sentenced to capital punishment. Then I moved the Supreme Court got permission and produced a movie. Unfortunately, no channel came forward to screen that picture”,said Sathyu.<br /><br />The award winning director said in America, people pay money and watch documentaries; but in India nobody came forward to screen the movie ‘Ijjodu’ a movie which was based on a social issue. So, the movie was screened in Bangalore and Udupi.<br /><br /> The filmdom is not giving any encouragement for the movie produced by the Reliance Big Pictures. Nobody came forward to buy the print, he added.In the four-day workshop, a lot of award winning movies were screened. <br /><br />On this occasion, a newsletter ‘Swaroop’ brought out by the Mysore Film Society was released. The workshop was successfully conducted by Prof V N Lakshminarayan, Manu, Prashanth and Govardhan.</p>
