Over 10 Kannada films have hit a roadblock at the Regional Office of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Bengaluru, because of the ongoing controversy over muting of dialogues in Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu .

The film directed by Suman Kittur, which is in news for the past few days, is an adaptation of the landmark short story by the late K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi. Strength of the film lies in narrating the story through the slang and dialect of rural southern Karnataka. Muting of the dialogues with rural vituperations, according to critics and audience, has taken away the “soul” of the film.