Kolkata: The film Industry in Bengal will stop work for 15 minutes on Tuesday in a mark of protest against the anti-Padmavati campaign in some parts of the country and the threats issued against chief minister Mamanta Banerjee and actor Deepika Padukone.
At a meeting at Technicians Studio, one of Kolkata's oldest film making units, top actors, filmmakers and producers gathered to condemn groups like the Karni Sena that are objecting to the film.
"Medieval mentality in the age of android," said national award winning filmmaker Goutam Ghosh. "If a film is good or bad, who decides? CBFC (the Central Board of Film Certification, informally called the censor board) and no one else. If it objects, the producer can go to court. Before CBFC certification, some people are passing vulgar comments, this has no logic," he said.
Besides Mr Ghosh and Mr Chatterjee, others present at the meeting included Srikant Mohta, head of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association, and Swarup Biswas, the South Kolkata District Committee chief of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
On Friday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had publicly condemned the attack on the film by Sanjay Leela Bhnasali. Ms Banerjee said Mr Bhansali was welcome to premiere the film in Bengal. She urged the film state's film industry to unite on the issue.
The film's release has been "voluntarily" deferred by its producers, Viacom18, from its scheduled date of December 1. The makers haven't got a clearance from the CBFC yet, which said the application from the makers was "incomplete".
At a meeting at Technicians Studio, one of Kolkata's oldest film making units, top actors, filmmakers and producers gathered to condemn groups like the Karni Sena that are objecting to the film.
"Medieval mentality in the age of android," said national award winning filmmaker Goutam Ghosh. "If a film is good or bad, who decides? CBFC (the Central Board of Film Certification, informally called the censor board) and no one else. If it objects, the producer can go to court. Before CBFC certification, some people are passing vulgar comments, this has no logic," he said.
Besides Mr Ghosh and Mr Chatterjee, others present at the meeting included Srikant Mohta, head of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association, and Swarup Biswas, the South Kolkata District Committee chief of the ruling Trinamool Congress.
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On Friday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had publicly condemned the attack on the film by Sanjay Leela Bhnasali. Ms Banerjee said Mr Bhansali was welcome to premiere the film in Bengal. She urged the film state's film industry to unite on the issue.
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The film's release has been "voluntarily" deferred by its producers, Viacom18, from its scheduled date of December 1. The makers haven't got a clearance from the CBFC yet, which said the application from the makers was "incomplete".
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