[IMC-Editorial] [India Thinkers Net] Hindutva nazis against movies again.

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[The latest film under attack by the Hindu right ]

BAJRANG UP IN ARMS OVER 'VULGAR' MOVIE

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2003 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/
articleshow?msid=216487

AMRITSAR: The Bajrang Dal is demanding a ban on 
the ongoing filming here for Gurinder Chadha's 
Indo-British movie, Bride and Prejudice. They 
burnt her effigy on Saturday and petitioned the 
deputy commissioner.

The film, they alleged, denigrates Indian culture 
and values, by the filming of sensual scenes of 
our actresses with foreign actors. Their state 
convenor, Rakesh Madan, told journalists Bride 
and Prejudice was misrepresenting Indian culture

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031005/punjab1.htm
PROTESTS MARK SHOOTING OF 'BRIDE AND PREJUDICE'
Aishwarya shoots in 'old house' amid security
Rashmi Talwar

Amritsar, October 4
Protests marked the first day of shooting by 
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai on the sets of 
Indo-British production "Bride and Prejudice" 
here today.

Activists of the Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu 
Parishad (VHP) burnt the effigy and shouted 
slogans against film director Gurinder Chadda in 
the busy Hall Bazaar area, protesting against the 
shooting here. They alleged that the film would 
exhibit "improper and vulgar" scenes that were 
against Indian and Punjabi cultural values and 
would adversely affect the perception of the Holy 
City the world over.

Mr Rakesh Madaan, state activist of the dal, gave 
a memorandum to the Amritsar Deputy Commissioner 
demanding a halt to the shooting of the film. 
They also demanded that the Censor Board of India 
should ban the movie.

[...]
PHOTO: Activists of the Bajrang Dal and the VHP 
burn the effigy of film director Gurinder Chadda 
in Amritsar on Saturday. - Photo by Rajiv Sharma.

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