there are also challenges but someone has to take the initiative among others who joined the team prakash satyanarayan is from singapore prakash shivayya is from london chaitanya from tokyo and raghu and gopi from the us it was not easy at all then we can expand to a few more centres in japan itself the next two months many indians in the us will be back in india for summer holidays for vaastu prakara jaggesh and parul yadva shot a promo soon we will release kannada films in these places also says darshan we are just in the infant stage compared to them for all of us it is a hobby and our love for kannada films says darshan susan a japanese fan of sudeep who had come here last year during the release of maanikya watched the film in tokyo but in the next 34 years we can have regular releases so the turnout will be poor facebook twitter and youtube took this news to other kannadigas in other parts of the world there are unique challenges you face in each country he says after the show in tokyo on sunday that was the main request with his help contact was established with a kannada organisation there and sudeeps bachchan was released in the last two years they helped release kannada movies in nontraditional markets like uae australia uk and even japan in uae a new rule says all films should have arabic subtitles barring the us and japan in all other countries we need to get the film censored again producers will definitely see some additional revenue but it is still a long way to go compared to those languages says darshan some respond immediately while others need persuasion then convincing kannadigas abroad to queue up for the film was another task this is only the second kannada film ever to be screened in japan for public darshan says my brother is working in dubai for the last 12 years in other countries it would help if we have english subtitles one by one others made contact and now we release kannada films in 78 countries the only nontechie in the team is darshan soma a tour operator and brother of deepak somashekar who is working in dubai for the last few years even in uae we cant release the films during ramzan but producers still dont believe in the concept of subtitles he says the timing of the release too plays a role the first one was oggarane again by the same team last december darshan says nonkannadiga audience can be tapped with english subtitles deepak somashekar prakash satyanarayan prakash shivappa chaitanya kulkarni raghu and gopi are techies from karnataka working in different corners of the world the group started the firm overseas kannada movies two years ago to promote kannada films outside india if not in japanese they want the subtitles in english at least with the help of the actors a separate promo is