Kannada filmmaker P. Seshadri strongly objects to the word ‘ban’. “It’s an understanding between the distributors, producers and exhibitors,” he says. The national award-winner’s allusion is to the unofficial embargo in Karnataka on dubbed movies and TV serials from other languages, a practice that’s been in place for over 50 years now and has the support of the state’s authors, artistes and filmmakers. “It’s like someone has parked his car in front of your gate. You will object to it even though the road may not belong to you.”