Known for his salvos against film actors, Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S Ramadoss sprang a surprise on Saturday by seeking to revoke the ban on 'Vishwaroopam'.
It urged the Tamil Nadu
government to do so since the movie had been cleared by the Central
Board of Film Certification, and appealed to the protesting Muslim
organisations to arrive at a consensus with actor-director Kamal Haasan.
The ruling AIADMK government had on Wednesday banned
'Vishwaroopam' for a fortnight, citing law and order issues. In a press
statement, a first from a political party in the state supporting Kamal
Haasan, Ramadoss said that the state banned the film without seeking
opinion from others and its action hindered the freedom of expression.
"The state government has been resorting to such acts frequently. It is
the duty of the state to manage (law and order), if it feels that the
screening the film will create problems. It is unfair to ban it," said
Ramadoss, adding that political reasons could be behind the ban. The PMK leader said Kamal Haasan
was beyond religion and had been associated with an organisation called
Harmony India, which works for Hindu-Muslim amity. In fact, Kamal
Haasan has condemned the killing of Muslims in the wake of Babri Masji
demolition in 1992 and called on the then Prime Minister P V Narasimha
Rao to prevent riots. "We can believe that such an actor would not have
made a film to hurt the sentiments of Muslims. It has to be left to the
fans to decide, when the actor himself has said that the film has been
made to make the Muslims feel proud," Ramadoss said.
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