Tuesday, July 26, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Aarakshan "anti-Dalit" film: SC Commission

 

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Aarakshan "anti-Dalit" film: SC Commission
PTI | 07:07 PM,Jul 22,2011

Chandigarh, Jul 22 (PTI) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes
today dubbed upcoming Amitabh Bachan- starrer film "Aarkashan" as
"anti-Dalit" and said it will not allow it to hit the screens till it
is satisfied after watching it. "Aarakshan is anti-Dalit and against
the depressed class and the portrayal is unfair," Commission chairman
P L Punia told reporters here. He said the Commission had written to
the Film Censor Board that it wanted to watch this film before it is
released next month. "The release date of the film had been deferred
as the Commission wanted to watch it with the censor board," he said.
Punia said a meeting of the Commission with the censor board is fixed
for July 25 on the issue of "Aarakshan". Taking a dig at the film's
director Parkash Jha, Punia said "Jha says he will not show the movie
to the Commission but we have not even asked him as the matter is
between us and the Censor Board." When his attention was drawn towards
the Censor Board's certificate to the film, he said that "the
Commission had enough powers to intervene in the matter." He said the
movie is "anti-Dalit" and the Commission will not allow it to hit the
screen till it is satisfied after watching it with the Censor Board.

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