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By T S Sekaran - CHENNAI
29th January 2013 08:34 AM
The Madras High Court on Monday orally asked parties concerned to explore all possibilities to amicably settle the issue relating to the release of Vishwaroopam, starring Kamal Hassan, in the State.
When the batch of writ petitions from Rajkamal Films International, which sought to lift the ban imposed under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) by the City Police Commissioner on January 23 for 15 days, and other petitions supporting the ban from Muslim individuals and organisations came up, Justice K Venkataraman asked the parties to explore the possibilities, taking note of the unity of the nation.
The film was specially screened for the judge and others here on Saturday.
The judge, however, did not comment on whether the film contained any objectionable scenes or dialogues — either on Saturday or on Monday.
Rajkamal International’s senior counsel P S Raman said he would file a separate petition challenging the ban on the film under Section 144 of the CrPC.
He would also file petitions challenging the ban orders of the 32 district collectors, individually.
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Comments(24)
Many people r seeing ur film without paying money. Sorry Kamal sir.. Because of doing like only many working professional Indians recognized well in abroad, not in India.
Posted by mano at 01/29/2013 10:29 Reply to this Report abuse
How come when Hussain painted and hurt Hindu sentiments, all the muslim journalists, Christian journalists and leftist atheist Hindus came out in support of art and Hussain and called Hindu's fundamentalist and so on. Now, when the right wing fundamentalist Muslim's are doing it..no one calls them.
Posted by Michale Jacob at 01/29/2013 10:33 Reply to this Report abuse
M.F hussain has drawn a hindu god semi nude picture. But in this case there is nothing aginst muslim and only against terrorism.
Posted by sajudeenkadir at 01/29/2013 12:10 Reply to this Report abuse
Its a shameful admission by the High court judge ,that the court is influenced by the pressure tactics of fringe elements ,and it cannot and doesnt have the the will to implement the spirit of judgement.Surely this is bad news for sustaining a democratic system int his country.Either the Judge should resign from his post or recluse himself from this case.
Posted by Anand at 01/29/2013 10:40 Reply to this Report abuse
People approached Court to seek a Ban on the movie and now Court asks parties to settle the row 'amicably'. So, Court either does Not have 'Brain' to settle the case or is under Political Pressure from JJGovt Not to pass any Judgement...which is it? Kamal spent 95 Crores for this movie and it passed Censor Board. So why the ban? Another question i am asking is , are Muslims 'amicable' in this or any matter involving their Religion? They always want it their way, similar to what Taliban wants. You cannot have Taliban style Laws or Sharia in Secular India. If they dont like it, feel free to move to Saudi or Pakistan or Afganistan, whichever is convenient to you guys. India is Not the place for you!
Posted by Unnmai at 01/29/2013 10:43 Reply to this Report abuse
I am, therefore, puzzled that there are those who claim to have watched it and say that it portrays religion in a bad light. What did they watch? There are groups, which are really a minority, that usually crop up to object whenever a major film or a film which presents something that is different than the norm is screened. These groups do not promote creativity, subjectivity and freedom. They cause nations to regress. I am puzzled when people create controversies when none exists. I urge such groups to rather work to improve our country and her citizens. Our country is a multi-racial country and certain issues that intentionally incite controversy by negative comments on religion and race should be vetted and weeded out. However, banning everything without even trying, or giving people a chance, to understand what is the content and intention is reflective of an immature mindset. In future, are we also going to ban news of real events just because a minority of people believe it
Posted by yogesh at 01/29/2013 11:00 Reply to this Report abuse