In agitating mood, the Chairman of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, Sa Ra Govindu has pen down a letter to Information and Broadcasting Ministry seeking the replacement of current Chief of Karnataka Regional Censor Board, Natasha S D'souza who is a Non-Kannadiga.
IIS (Indian Information Service), Natasha S D'souza took charge as the Karnataka Regional Officer of Censor Board for Film Certification on December 4, 2015, replacing M Nagendra Swamy. Natasha hails from Delhi.
The contention of Sa Ra Govindu is Regional Officer should possess vast knowledge of local language (Kannada) in order to censor the movies that arrive to the desk of the officer. Govindu speaking to OneIndia said "We have no personal grudge against the officer but our woe is her no knowledge of Kannada language." For a recent Kannada movie, Kiragurina Gayyaligalu to which Natasha performed the duty of providing certificate went ahead to mute important dialogues of the movie. This sparked furore among the viewers and the cine-makers. However, Sa Ra pointed that "the regional officer did not had any problem with the same dialogue which is present in the promo or the trailer of the movie."