India, Sept. 10 -- Serve in my language - that's a commonly heard refrain from Kannada audiences, at least on social media. The ground reality, though, is rarely conducive enough for filmmakers to consider putting in the effort to have a quality Kannada dubbed version in theatres. Barring Mahavatar Narsimha and Pushpa 2 The Rule, no other film has come close to the Rs 10 cr mark in the Kannada dubbed version.

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Recently, Superstar Rajinikanth's Coolie was expected to rewrite this record, considering that it was a Lokesh Kanagaraj film, and had a stellar star cast, including Kannada acto...