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Rajnikant regrets, pro-Kannada groups nod to 'Kuselan' release
01st Aug 2008 11.00 IST
By Agencies

Pro-Kannada groups on Thursday called off plans to disrupt the release of Tamil superstar Rajnikant 's new film Kuselan in Karnataka after the actor expressed regret over a remark he made on the Hogenakkal row.

The film is scheduled for release today.

Earlier on Thursday, members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike assembled at Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce and demanded Rajnikanth's apology and announced they would not allow the release of the film unless he apologised.

"By expressing his regret, Rajnikant has showed his greatness. We no longer oppose the release," KRV president Narayana Gowda said.

"It is going to be a smooth screening for ‘Kuselan’," said V S Suresh, vice president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. "The matter has been resolved," he said in Bangalore.

Rajnikant told Kannada channels in Hyderabad his comment "kick them" made during the Hogenakkal row was targeted at lumpen elements and stressed he was not at all referring to Kannadigas and pro-Kannada organisations fighting for the cause of the language.

Expressing regret, he said, "It was a mistake. I have learnt a big lesson. What's important is that the mistake is not repeated. I will be careful while speaking in future and see that I don't hurt anybody."

Rajnikant said he bows before good people but insisted he would not apologise to goondas. He also gave a clean chit to a few people, including Vedike chief Shivarame Gowda saying they are fighting for the cause of Kannada and he was with them.

Meanwhile, cinema houses in the city geared up to release the film. "The matter has been resolved and we will screen the film tomorrow. There has been a lot of interest and enquiries that have poured in," said Mohit Bhargav, Regional GM of Inox Bangalore.

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