Kolkata:
Two days before its release, theKolkata Metro Railway authorities issued a formalno-objection certificate to the producers of the Vidya Balanstarrer Kahaani.
They had earlier raised objections to a scene in theupcoming film where the actress is shown as being pushedperilously before a speeding underground train.
"They sent us a video from the film today and we have notfound anything objectionable or something that will harm theimage of the Metro. So we have cleared the film," Metro's DGMProtyush Ghosh told PTI here.
The film's trailer shows a pregnant Vidya waiting on theplatform to board a train at the Kalighat station. As soon asthe train arrives, she is dangerously pushed onto the tracksby a man standing close to her.
Worried that the scene will remind people of the frequentacts of suicides on the tracks that has been tarnishing theimage of India's first tube railway, officials had written tothe film's producer asking him to remove the scene from thetrailers as well as from the film, which releases this Friday.
A source close to the film said the shot is part of adream sequence and has been shot using CGI (computer-generatedimagery) technique.
The film by Sujoy Ghosh was shot at many places in thecity, including the ever-busy Metro stations.
Kahaani revolves around a seven-month pregnantLondon-based woman Vidya struggling through the bylanes ofKolkata in search of her lost husband.
They had earlier raised objections to a scene in theupcoming film where the actress is shown as being pushedperilously before a speeding underground train.
"They sent us a video from the film today and we have notfound anything objectionable or something that will harm theimage of the Metro. So we have cleared the film," Metro's DGMProtyush Ghosh told PTI here.
The film's trailer shows a pregnant Vidya waiting on theplatform to board a train at the Kalighat station. As soon asthe train arrives, she is dangerously pushed onto the tracksby a man standing close to her.
Worried that the scene will remind people of the frequentacts of suicides on the tracks that has been tarnishing theimage of India's first tube railway, officials had written tothe film's producer asking him to remove the scene from thetrailers as well as from the film, which releases this Friday.
A source close to the film said the shot is part of adream sequence and has been shot using CGI (computer-generatedimagery) technique.
The film by Sujoy Ghosh was shot at many places in thecity, including the ever-busy Metro stations.
Kahaani revolves around a seven-month pregnantLondon-based woman Vidya struggling through the bylanes ofKolkata in search of her lost husband.
