The release of Satyadev IPS , an Ajit starrer, dubbed from Tamil to Kannada, appears doubtful in Bengaluru city, with Kannada organisations and Kannada cine artistes threatening to launch a protest. However, the release is expected on Friday, as scheduled, in about 60 screens in other parts of Karnataka.

“Since the exhibitors in Bengaluru backed out at the last minute, we are not able to release it here. But it will hit screens in other cities,” said G. Krishne Gowda, president of Kannada Film Chamber of Commerce (KAFCC), a pro-dubbing body formed a year ago. They are also weighing legal options, considering that the Competition Commission of India, a quasi-judicial body, had cleared all legal hurdles for allowing dubbing of other language films into Kannada.