Recently, the CBFC has been levying restrictions on filmmakers that they should not promote any scenes, promos or songs from their films without the certification from them. Following this, Kannada film producers have been fighting against this act, and they have requested the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) to intervene this.

The filmmakers have apparently termed this move as 'illegal.' It was reportedly argued that the CBFC should have let the film fraternity know about such a restriction through notifications. It was said that a few promotional videos were removed from Youtube as the content was not certified. Recently, a controversial scene from the film Dandupalya 2 was removed by the CBFC, but they faced criticism for the scene going viral on social media. 

Most of the producers have ostensibly gone against this restriction and are hoping to be freed from this soon as they feel that online promotion is a cost-effective method.