Saturday, October 23, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Contempt petition brings movie on Ambedkar out of cans

http://www.lawetalnews.com/NewsDetail.asp?newsid=2571

Contempt petition brings movie on Ambedkar out of cans
22.10.2010 | 21:31
Chennai
A. Shankar

A contempt petition filed in the Madras High Court had brought out the
Tamil version of the movie 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar' out of the cans.
The original movie directed by Jabbar Patel in which Malayalam actor
Mamooty donned Ambedkar's role got entangled in red tape and remained
in the can for more than five years.

The English version of the movie which was produced jointly by
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and government of
Maharashtra was released in the year 2000.

In December 2006 the government of Tamil Nadu sanctioned rupees ten
lakhs for dubbing the movie into Tamil. In spite of the amount
sanctioned, the movie never hit the screens. S. Sathiachandran,
advocate and Dalit activist in March sent a representation to the
government of Tamil Nadu to take necessary action to release the movie
on April 14, on the eve of Ambedkar's birth day. When there was no
response from the government, Sathiachandran filed a writ petition in
the Madras High Court seeking a mandamus to the General Manager of the
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) to release the movie. The
High Court of Madras in its order on April 30, directed NFDC to take
necessary steps, expeditiously to release the movie within a period of
four weeks.

Since the movie has not been released so far, Sathiachandran, moved a
contempt petition before the Madras High Court to initiate contempt
proceedings against both NFDC and the distributor for their failure to
comply with the Court's order.

In his affidavit filed before the High Court today, D. Ramakrishnan,
Deputy General Manager today informed the Court that the Tamil version
of the movie on Ambedkar would be released in theatres on the December
6, which happens to be the death anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar.

Ramakrishnan, in his affidavit apologised for his failure to comply
with the Court's earlier orders and contended that the analog and
digital prints of the movie are being collected from the previous sole
distributor and all steps would be taken to release the movie on
December 6.

When Law et al. News spoke to S. Sathiachandran, the petitioner, he
said it is unfortunate that he had to knock the doors of the Court for
releasing the movie and move a contempt petition for
non-implementation of earlier orders. However, he expressed hope that
the NFDC would keep up its promise and the Tamil version of the movie,
will be released as submitted before the court.


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