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Relief for Prakash Jha as AP Govt Lifts Ban on 'Aarakshan'

  •   Sun, Aug 14 2011 12:32:19 PM

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Hyderabad, Aug 14: The Andhra Pradesh government has given the green signal for the screening of Prakash Jha's controversial movie 'Aarakshan', after it had imposed a ban following appeals from SC, ST and BC organisations earlier.

The movie will now be screened across the state from Sunday August 14.

Following the ban, the government had set up a committee to study the movie and submit a report within a week.

The committee members watched the movie along with representative from SC,ST and BC organisations and recommended its screening after some minor changes, to which the producers of the movie agreed.

Other than Andhra, governments of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab also banned the movie after objections that it contained dialogues that hurt the sentiments of backward and SC, ST communities.

Though Prakash Jha claimed that Punjab too has lifted the ban, theatres in the state refused to screen the movie.
  

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  • Nikhil Sablania, New Delhi

    Sun, Aug 14 2011

    Aarakshan mercilessly exploits prejudices against SC/ST/OBC (depressed classes) for commercial benefits. The film crew maintained false notion that it is about reservation & misguided society into a debate which is not there & created panic. Rather it deals with conflict among privileged caste Khatriya, Viashya & Brhamin. Such exploitation is irresponsible from the part of filmmaker, producer & film’s unit.

    I have never seen such a movie where 600 million depressed class has been made fun of. And trying to reviving only Aryan civilization. What was the purpose of personifying Seila Dixit as CM Shakuntala Dixit in the end as philanthropic. Are we poor then her? Everyone knows that she is a Brhamin and involved in Commonwealth scam. Why there are so many Brhamin teachers in the class? Is this movie from 1930 or tries to create 1930?

    Film’s director Prakash Jha and Amitabh continued saying that SC/ST/OBC should not shy away from debate on reservation or caste problem. But seeing the film, it is as if they are the one who used poor people’s emotion to earn money. The movie sidelines SC/ST/OBC and enters in the Mhabharathaa (epic war) of Aryans (privileged caste Hindus with three castes Brhamin, Kshatriya and Vaishya). So there is no debate in the film on caste issue but inter-clan debate of Aryans, between Brhamins versus Vishyas of Gandhi versus Hindu Parishad (Hindu Organization). And thereby dilutes the presence of depressed classes in movie too as there in reality. Ban it!

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