I am not against Kannadiga or Karnataka.
The Kannadiga bride also goes in for a 9-yard saree
very similar to the Maharashtrian style.
Kannada protesters also felt that Prakash, being a Kannadiga should have told the team that it is not right.
The biggest example for this is that for the
last 30 years, my assistant has been Shekar, who is a Kannadiga.
the controversy has started just because I am a Kannadiga and I used the word'Karnataka border' in the film because the villain
Prakash reacted to it to the Kannada and the Telugu media by saying:"I am a Kannadiga myself and I love my mother tongue Kannada.
It said officers in all industrial
units in the state should invariably be Kannadiga, and all jobs in the private sector were reserved for Kannadigas barring,
if necessary, senior/skilled positions.
I am a Maratha in the movie,
the controversy has started just because I am a Kannadiga and I used the word'Karnataka border' in the film because the villain
in the film stays in Goa, the Karnataka border.