if public had outraged for the corruption and crime like the way they are outraging for a movie, TN would have been a different place now. Not even 10% of these people outraged when Dam 999 or Da Vinci Code was banned (or Amu at india level) which clearly shows, in my opinion, to me, that the motivation for this outrage is not the freedom of expression, but hero worship and political inclination. Nevertheless, banning movies is not new to india, right from the time of 'Nine hours to Rama', it has always been political because its only the govt that can impose a ban, but the influence has always been from sections of ideology based societies that felt offended by the movies concerned.
As per law, govts can ban a movie that is cleared by censor because censor does not have quantifiable measures to restrict either offensive depictions or untrue depictions; and courts can take up litigations against such bans, this is a normal democratic legal process sanctioned by the constitution. While these provisions intend to provide a way to challenge offensive or untrue depictions, unfortunately many a times, this is misused by both society and the govt either for challenging the truthful and practical depictions or for allowing untrue and offensive depictions unchallenged, depending on the electoral power and tolerance of the society or group that is concerned.
While I am happy that this outrage has helped the silent movie going average Joe realize the importance of freedom of expression in a civilized society, I only hope this encourages them to protest for protecting this right in all social aspects, even if its not related to his favorite actor, and even if its not related to entertainment industry.
No offence meant to Kamal's fans. While I agree that this ban is not legitimate, I also think there are many movies of Kamal that deserved stricter censorship; and he doesn't deserve the kind of sympathy wave that is generated after the ban, purely because he is a distraction to the main issue that is 'freedom of expression'.
As per law, govts can ban a movie that is cleared by censor because censor does not have quantifiable measures to restrict either offensive depictions or untrue depictions; and courts can take up litigations against such bans, this is a normal democratic legal process sanctioned by the constitution. While these provisions intend to provide a way to challenge offensive or untrue depictions, unfortunately many a times, this is misused by both society and the govt either for challenging the truthful and practical depictions or for allowing untrue and offensive depictions unchallenged, depending on the electoral power and tolerance of the society or group that is concerned.
While I am happy that this outrage has helped the silent movie going average Joe realize the importance of freedom of expression in a civilized society, I only hope this encourages them to protest for protecting this right in all social aspects, even if its not related to his favorite actor, and even if its not related to entertainment industry.
No offence meant to Kamal's fans. While I agree that this ban is not legitimate, I also think there are many movies of Kamal that deserved stricter censorship; and he doesn't deserve the kind of sympathy wave that is generated after the ban, purely because he is a distraction to the main issue that is 'freedom of expression'.
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