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'Vishwaroopam' ban in Tamil Nadu stays
Wednesday January 30, 2013 06:27:54 PM,
Agencies
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Chennai:
The problems for the veteran actor Kamal Haasan's mega-budget "Vishwaroopam"
increased after the Madras High Court Wednesday set aside the
single judge's interim order that allowed screening of the film in
the state.
Hearing the appeal made by the Tamil Nadu government against the
single judge's order, a two-member high court bench set aside the
former's order.
The high court bench chaired by Justice Dharma Rao has nullified
the revocation of the ban on the film by Justice K. Venkataraman
Tuesday.
"The film stays banned as of now and it can't be screened across
Tamil Nadu," Justice Dharma Rao said.
The court has asked the state government to submit its responses
by Monday.
The Madras High Court Tuesday ruled in favour of "Vishwaroopam"
and revoked the ban by the state government. It, however, said the
administrative step was to be taken by the government.
"Vishwaroopam" was due to release Jan 25, but was banned following
objections from certain Muslim groups, who claimed that the film
portrayed their community in a bad light. Apart from Tamil Nadu,
the film was banned in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Earlier in the morning, citing the late M.F. Husain, actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan
had said he could be forced to look for a secular state
overseas and even change his passport if the final verdict on his
film "Vishwaroopam" was not in his favour.
Stating that he was "fed up", Kamal said at a press conference:
"If there is no secular state in India, I would go overseas. I
think Tamil Nadu wants me out. What would change is my passport; I
would still be an Indian. I have pledged all my property for the
film. I have lost my house because of delay in release."
"Going by what is happening with me, I'm very likely to seek a
secular state or country to release my film, on which I've
invested my lifetime's savings, including all my assets," Haasan
said.
"If by becoming a secular man like M.F. Husain, I can peacefully
continue making films, then so be it," an anguished Kamal told
reporters, referring to the late artist who died in a London
hospital in June 2011 after being forced to leave the country
following threats by right-wing activists upset with his paintings
of Indian goddesses.
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