ts been a few years now that local artistes have been asking for kannada songs to be played at restaurants and pubs now the matter has surfaced once again thanks to rapper and musician chandan shettys recent experience where a city watering hole was hesitant to play kannada music but eventually gave in to requests from guests when pubs and bars can play songs in other languages why dont they play kannada songs there are so many artistes especially independent artistes who have made brilliant tracks that are very popular among the youth there are plenty of party songs made by kannada artistes all they need to do is play says chandanchandan and fellow musician and singer all ok are planning to file a petition and take this matter further i had filed for a petition in 2015 which got close to six lakh signatures but once the petition was submitted to the cms office we didnt get a response and i was not able to follow up due to professional commitments but chandan spoke to me recently and we are planning to file a petition and personally submit it to the chief minister this time says all okinclusivity is keymusic composer raghu dixit whose tracks are quite popular at commercial establishments as well says that there are two things to note first since it is a private establishment they have the freedom to play what they want and what goes with their brand and image having said that there is a sizeable kannada speaking audience that they need to cater to establishments can prove that they are largehearted and can cater to everyone which in turn will only increase their business if establishments play kannada music more customers will visit by refusing to play certain music they are hurting their own businesses