Apolice complaint was registered against Leena Manimekalai, director of thedocumentary film ‘Kaali’ for hurting religious sentiments with a controversialposter.
DirectorLeena Manimekalai recently tweeted a poster of the new documentary film Kaaliwhich created huge unrest among the people of India. The poster shows a pictureof a woman dressed as the Hindu- goddess smoking a cigarette.
Theposter faced outrage from netizens as they felt that it has hurt the sentimentsof the Hindu community due to its depiction of the goddess Kali.
Thedirector 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 mycrew.”
Sometimeafter her tweet, the hashtag ‘ArrestLeenaManimekalai’ also started trending onTwitter and many people also demanded that the Home Minister should alsointervene in this matter.
Today,a Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against the director by calling theposter of the film “highly objectionable.”
A report published in news agency IANS quoted thelawyer as saying, “The Director has hurt my religious sentiments by showingGoddess Kali smoking which is highly objectionable and not acceptable in anymanner.” The complainant called the poster ‘deplorable’ and added that using itto promote a film is highly ‘outrageous, atrocious and hurting the sentimentsand beliefs of the Hindu community.’
Acomplaint registered with the cyber cell of Delhi also read that circulation ofthis photo on different social media platforms has hurt the feeling of theHindu community and is offensive under the sections298,295A, 505, 67 I.T Act, and 34 IPC and she should be pushed for the same.