the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic saw almost every industry getting affected and the kannada film industry was one of them now the government has relaxed the restrictions and allowed apart from film shooting and theatres has given permission for shootings with certain guidelines which can be implemented only for serials ad films and documentaries many people from the kannada film industry have approached the government to remove the lockdown for film shootings as well however that is not something that the government is ready for at the moment speaking exclusively to etimes about the same directors jayatheertha and r chandru expressed their thoughtsdirector jayatheertha said the lockdown situation has affected me very negatively there is a lot of confusion about the shooting and releases of movies apart from the film industry everyone has started shooting including serials ad films documentaries and others the criteria the government gave cant be applied to movies because we have to do what the script demands and film shootings generally require a lot of people at the shooting spot to handle the lighting production work and other thingsthe industry is waiting until everything clears up even certain artists are scared because of an increase in the spread of the pandemic we cant shoot with all this confusion cinemas are the most important celluloid sector more than serials ads or anything because people watch the movies repeatedly which increases private tv channels trp during the lockdown he addedmeanwhile director r chandru said the government has said that we will have to live with the coronavirus while taking all the precautions theres no point being silent after the government has announced an ease in the lockdown according to me the film shooting permission will be given by the end of next month when they give permission we are planning to be careful and use all the safety precautions on the sets and start shootingthe kannada film industry is estimated to lose around rs 1000 crore because of the coronavirus we will wait for another 2 months until everything clears up but if this still continues we will make sure everyone on the shooting set is healthy and then continue shooting there is a lot of confusion in the government itself they dont know how to create rules and regulations the government is ready to give permission for shooting but we cant logically implement those rules and regulations that they want us to follow we dont know what the situation is after 2 months everyone is enthusiastic and has started to work we should be aware of everything and god should bless us said director jayatheertha