Police stressed that the state was assisting theater owners to screen the film statewide on May 5, despite strong opposition from certain Muslim groups.
Posted Date – Tue, 16 May 23 at 03:03pm
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu police told the Supreme Court that the makers of the film “A Kerala Story” made intentionally misleading statements that the state government had imposed a “shadow or implied ban” on the screening of the film, emphasizing that the film was Released in 19 multiplexes, but deleted due to poor response, even after protests and opposition from Muslim groups.
In a counter-testimony, the Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) said: Tamil Nadu is fulfilling its positive obligations to create and maintain conditions for film screenings. Exhibitors themselves stopped showings of films due to poor audience response, and the government was unable to do anything to increase audience sponsorship of said films other than providing security for cinemas. “
State police insisted that there was nothing express or implied about the film, arguing that because the film lacked any popular stars, the theater owners themselves stopped showings, citing poor box office receipts. Movie. It stresses that the state has no control, that decisions are made by theater owners themselves and that the state has no role to play.
The police said, “In order to protect the rights of petitioners to freedom of speech and expression, the state has taken sufficient measures to protect studio owners from any potential threats and the impact of showing films…”
Police stressed that the state was assisting theater owners to screen the film statewide on May 5, despite strong opposition from certain Muslim groups.
In a Supreme Court notice on the filmmaker’s plea against the “shadow ban”, the police said the petitioner did not produce any document or order or evidence to show that Tamil Nadu had taken steps to ban the screening of the film, which The Hindi of the movie is on May 5 with 19 multiplexes across the state.
Police filed nine charges against protesters and deployed more than 965 officers, including 25 DSPs, to protect 21 movie theaters showing the film, the affidavit said.
The Supreme Court on May 12 sought responses from the governments of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu as to why the film, which had been successful across the country, could not be screened in their states. The court served notice on the motions of filmmaker Sunshine Pictures Pvt Ltd and producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah.
