A fragmented nation : Meghnand Desai

Police know the clout of vote banks because their masters tell them to tread carefully when such identities galvanise themselves. Recall the Mumbai demo and the ensuing troubles last August in Azad Maidan. They were about the Kokrajhar riots where Bodos and Muslims fought each other for complex reasons. But at Azad Maidan, police women were assaulted by rioters, but as they are a solid vote bank, nothing was done. A police woman expressing her anger by writing a poem had to apologise. Violence against police women went unpunished. Freedom of expression was suppressed.

Kamal Hassan's new film Vishwaroopam was cleared by the censors but banned in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh merely on the threat of disruption from Muslim groups, many of whom would not have seen the film. The Chennai High Court approved of the film but then changed its mind. Kamal Hassan will have to recensor his film to please his detractors. Is this to happen in each State? Are we telling artists that the mob dictates what is allowed? ""

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Ha s any one read what Teesta ,RamPunyani or Sabbo appa said about abve ???
No ? Why because no Petro Dollars here ?? 

 The Tamil version of the movie is running smoothly in Kerala and Karnataka after minor hiccups as also Vishwaroop in Hindi in the North.

Now that an amicable settlement has been reached will there be two versions of the movie in circulation - a Muslim acceptable version in Tamil Nadu and a Muslim objectionable one elsewhere?

Manish Tiwari has tweeted about amending the Cinematograph Act. One suggestion he should conside is that in future all films should have at least three censor certificates in order to be shown - one issued by the CBFC and the others by the Shiv Sena and the unnamed Muslim groups represented by Sankarasubu. If Christians, Sikhs, Parsees also want to have veto powers over the screening of any film, they may also apply.

 And to think that NDA's favourite chief minister did all this kowtowing to communal outfits, what a shame! Where was Chubramanyam Chami, the great seeker of justice?

  The right course for TN Islamist Oraganizations, if they felt offended , was to approach the census board, asking for a review.  If they were then not satisfied by the census board they could have gone to the court.  Instead they threatened to demonstrate and picket  outside theatres that would screen the movie causing authorities to fear for violence and law and order problem, leading to banning of the screening of rthe movie. Its not even clear what exact dialogues or scenes they objected to ? Do they object that terrorist organizations like LeT or Al-Qaida, are shown to consist of muslims ?

What would the general reaction be if goons of Shivsena threatened to demonstrate outside movie theatres in Maharashtra, for whatever offense they might take ?  Just the threat of demonstrations would cause theatre owners to fear for safety and security and lead to virtual ban on screening of the movie.  Those islamists and jihadis now speaking up for the TN islamist organizations , would be the first to criticize Shivsena.

The acts and methods of the TN islamist organizations were the same. Threats and intimidation , instead of approaching the census board or the courts.