A day after Vels Studios and Entertainment Private Limited (Jolly Wood Studios & Adventures), where the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada was being shot, was seized for violations of environmental regulations , Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Wednesday instructed the deputy commissioner of Bengaluru South to reopen the premises.

The closure of Jolly Wood studios turned political after the Janata Dal (Secular) alleged that the closure was done at the behest of Shivakumar. A video of his remarks in March at the 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2025 went viral, in which he expressed his disappointment that the film fraternity did not participate in the Mekedatu Padayatra. The Congress launched the foot march to demand the implementation of the Mekedatu project across the

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