The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee clarified on Facebook on Monday that her government has not banned any particular film from public viewing, referring to Teen Kanya, a film ostensibly based on the Park Street rape case.
‘If the govt is determined to ban the film, how is it possible that it is being shown at all these places? Obviously, the answer is that it is a well-designed campaign against the government to embarrass and humiliate it’, Banerjee explained.
The film was was not screened on the opening day at the Star theatre in North Kolkata – owned by the KMC. Banerjee also named a number of theatres where the controversial film was being screened till date– like Priya, Prachi, Darpana, Purabi, Jaya, Ashoka, Malancha, Mahua, Inox (City Centre, Swabhumi), Cinemax (Manisquare) and Fame (South City, Hiland Park) in Kolkata as well as in Jalpaiguri, Drugapur, Howrah etc.
Teen Kanya, starring actors Rituparna Sengupta and Ananya Chatterjee among others is directed by Agnidev Chatterjee who is reportedly planning to take the Star theatre to court over the cancellation of the screening of the film. The story revolves around a woman who was raped by three men and her quest for justice after she went to a television channel with her story.
Banerjee also posted an appraisal of her government’s achievements. ‘Despite financial constraints faced by the present government due to mal-administration and lack of financial discipline of the previous government for 34 years, many constructive and positive initiatives have been taken. Very recently, Durga Puja and Eid festivals had passed off peacefully, with millions and millions of people participating in it. Even though state administration had done splendid work to make it happen, there has been a deliberate attempt to suppress it’, she elaborated.
She urged the public not to believe in ‘concocted’ stories, which are motivated and designed to serve the vested interests of one section of the media. ‘In order to continue to fight for the cause of the common people, All India Trinamool Congress Ministers resigned from the union govt as a mark of protest against the decisions of the UPA-II on introduction of FDI in multi-brand retail, pension sector, insurance sector, increase in the prices of fertilizers and diesel, restriction on use of subsidised LPG cylinders and widespread allegations of corruption.
‘If the govt is determined to ban the film, how is it possible that it is being shown at all these places? Obviously, the answer is that it is a well-designed campaign against the government to embarrass and humiliate it’, Banerjee explained.
The film was was not screened on the opening day at the Star theatre in North Kolkata – owned by the KMC. Banerjee also named a number of theatres where the controversial film was being screened till date– like Priya, Prachi, Darpana, Purabi, Jaya, Ashoka, Malancha, Mahua, Inox (City Centre, Swabhumi), Cinemax (Manisquare) and Fame (South City, Hiland Park) in Kolkata as well as in Jalpaiguri, Drugapur, Howrah etc.
Teen Kanya, starring actors Rituparna Sengupta and Ananya Chatterjee among others is directed by Agnidev Chatterjee who is reportedly planning to take the Star theatre to court over the cancellation of the screening of the film. The story revolves around a woman who was raped by three men and her quest for justice after she went to a television channel with her story.
Banerjee also posted an appraisal of her government’s achievements. ‘Despite financial constraints faced by the present government due to mal-administration and lack of financial discipline of the previous government for 34 years, many constructive and positive initiatives have been taken. Very recently, Durga Puja and Eid festivals had passed off peacefully, with millions and millions of people participating in it. Even though state administration had done splendid work to make it happen, there has been a deliberate attempt to suppress it’, she elaborated.
She urged the public not to believe in ‘concocted’ stories, which are motivated and designed to serve the vested interests of one section of the media. ‘In order to continue to fight for the cause of the common people, All India Trinamool Congress Ministers resigned from the union govt as a mark of protest against the decisions of the UPA-II on introduction of FDI in multi-brand retail, pension sector, insurance sector, increase in the prices of fertilizers and diesel, restriction on use of subsidised LPG cylinders and widespread allegations of corruption.