BANGALORE: Following attacks on three theaters and the snatching of film reels by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists over the past few days, film exhibitors in Bangalore have called for a theater bandh across Karnataka on 14 October to express solidarity with the theaters that were attacked.

Exhibitors of non-Kannada films and Kannada films are divided over the bandh. The Hubli based Karnataka Film Exhibitors Federation (KFEF), which has been the only body to really sustain a fight against the government-sponsored Pandey committee recommendations on the seven-week moratorium on non-Kannada films, has opted for a wait and watch strategy.

Meanwhile on 11 October, eight producers resigned from the Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerce (KFCC) reportedly citing loss of faith in the KFCC. Two more members followed suit on Tuesday. The producers who have resigned allege that KFCC president Gangaraju is hand in glove with the theatre owners. Gangaraju is yet to accept the resignations. The Karnataka Film Producers Association (KFPA) is seeking CM Dharam Singh's intervention to end the row over the moratorium.