India, June 24 -- As a director, producer and now actor too, D Satya Prakash is worried about the slump that the Kannada film industry is facing, what with audiences barely ever making theatre visits. Unlike earlier, when people would watch a film and then pass their judgement, today, the big issue that filmmakers face is that they don't have anyone to say if a film is good or bad. "When you start writing a story, the excitement and energy that you have at the start in the anticipation of entertaining audiences, dwindles by the time you get to the release window and you start wondering why you took the effort and for who," says Satya, who is bringing his film X&Y to theatres on June 26.

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