Thursday, July 27, 2017

Indu Sarkar to release today, SC dismissed the petition for ban:

Finally the controversial movie, Indu Sarkar will release today as the Supreme Court gave a nod to its release on Thursday stating that there is nothing wrong in dramatizing historical fact on the screen. The Madhur Bhandarkar film purportedly depicts the emergency period of the nation. 

After a bench of justices, Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy, and A M Khanwilkar watched the trailer of the said movie, they approved that the movie is no where a documentary and the filmmakers are allowed to show historical facts in the movie in a fashionable manner. "Depiction of history has its own nuances and perception. Allow researchers and projectors to showcase their work. Do not go behind them... As far as an exhibition of the movie is concerned, we are of the opinion that it is an artistic expression within the parameters of law and there is no warrant or justification to curtail the same," the bench said. 

The petition was filed by Priya Singh Paul, who claims to be Sanjay Gandhi’s biological daughter; Paul said that the movie shows the entire Gandhi family in wrong light. 

Her advocate also told the court that Madhur Bhandarkar, the director of the movie has also accepted that only 30% of the movie is based on true facts. 

"This is purely a commercial venture and it has nothing to do with education or documentation of that era," Singh said. 

On the other hand, an advocate of Madhur Bhandarkar, Senior advocate Dhruv Mehta said that the movie has fictitious characters and has cleared the scrutiny of CBFC. "In any film, a dramatisation of historical events cannot be curbed. CBFC has carefully considered the film and granted certificate... It is my fundamental right of expression and it cannot be curbed," he said. 

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