A
police complaint was registered against Leena Manimekalai, director of the
documentary film ‘Kaali’ for hurting religious sentiments with a controversial
poster.
Director
Leena Manimekalai recently tweeted a poster of the new documentary film Kaali
which created huge unrest among the people of India. The poster shows a picture
of a woman dressed as the Hindu- goddess smoking a cigarette.
The
poster faced outrage from netizens as they felt that it has hurt the sentiments
of the Hindu community due to its depiction of the goddess Kali.
The
director shared a tweet on 2nd July saying, “Super thrilled to share the launch of my recent film – today at
@AgaKhanMuseum… as a part of its “Rhythms of Canada”. Feeling pumped with my
crew.”
Sometime
after her tweet, the hashtag ‘ArrestLeenaManimekalai’ also started trending on
Twitter and many people also demanded that the Home Minister should also
intervene in this matter.
Today,
a Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against the director by calling the
poster of the film “highly objectionable.”
A report published in news agency IANS quoted the
lawyer as saying, “The Director has hurt my religious sentiments by showing
Goddess Kali smoking which is highly objectionable and not acceptable in any
manner.” The complainant called the poster ‘deplorable’ and added that using it
to promote a film is highly ‘outrageous, atrocious and hurting the sentiments
and beliefs of the Hindu community.’
A
complaint registered with the cyber cell of Delhi also read that circulation of
this photo on different social media platforms has hurt the feeling of the
Hindu community and is offensive under the sections
298,295A, 505, 67 I.T Act, and 34 IPC and she should be pushed for the same.