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| Sunny Leone's Baby Doll song from Ragini MMS 2 has become Chinnada Gombe Na in Kannada! (Video below) |
Sandalwood, the Kannada film industry, is split vertically on the dubbing controversy.
After the Karnataka High Court and Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled that dubbing ban was illegal, many have come out in support of the decision. But the old guard remains steadfast in its opposition arguing that dubbed content will finish off the struggling industry.
Kannada film industry has resisted dubbing of any content into Kannada; even programmes with strong social messages like Satya Mewa Jayate were not exempt from the informal ban placed by an industry association.
But T-Series has been dubbing many of its songs into Kannada and releasing them on YouTube for more than two years now. It owns the content and the Kannada industry association has no influence over the distribution channel, which is owned by Google and is hungry for content.
The quality of dubbed lyrics and performance is also professional.
The T-series regional channel on YouTube has dubbed Aashiqui 2 songs into several languages, including Kannada. The Kannada Version of Sunn Raha Hai has clocked over 56,000 views.
Late last year T-Series Kannada dubbed Sunny Leone's "Baby Doll" song from Bollywood film "Ragini MMS 2." The former adult star now croons "Chinnada Gombe Na" in Sandalwood!