Taare Zameen Par is the latest victim of dubbing stand-off in Sandalwood. Film body wants to remake it instead with a local hero playing the Bollywood star's role

The state education department had proposed to dub Taare Zameen Par in Kannada, but has been forced to drop the plan following loud protests by members of Karnataka Chalanachitra Kaarmikara Okkuta, a body of Kannada film workers, artistes and technicians.

The department had hoped to screen the dubbed version of the film in schools across the state as TPZ revolves around the challenges of a dyslexic child in a formal school. TPZ has been dubbed in Tamil (Vaal Natchathiram) and Telugu (Nelameedha Taaralu).

Remake, don't dub

The Film Workers' Federation president Ashok admits that Taare Zameen Par is a 'good film with a strong message for students and teachers alike', but adds that he is against the plan of having the film dubbed in Kannada.u00a0

"We don't want it to be dubbed in our language. We've offered to remake the film for the education department, with our own actors like Ravichandran, Sudeep or Upendra in the lead role. Only then will the film have an impact on children in our state," he argues.

The Kannada film industry and the state government have vehemently opposed dubbing of other language films in Kannada since the 1960s. The government, in 1994, had even unambiguously stated that there was no question of accommodating any cinema dubbed in Kannada from any language. The plan of dubbing popular TV serials like Ramayana and Tipu Sultan in Kannada too had to be dropped after objection by the Okkutta and others.u00a0

The State Women's Commission had proposed to dub Provoked, the Aishwarya Rai-starrer, as it had a strong social message, a couple of years of ago. The plan too had to be shelved.

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