Hindutva groups continue to threaten freedom of expression of film makers

The Times of India

Producer gets threat calls over song

Bharati Dubey, TNN 5 October 2009, 02:07am IST
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MUMBAI: Producer-director Vipul Shah has been receiving threat calls allegedly from a right-wing Hindu organisation asking him to delete the Hanuman Chalisa part from Barso Re, a song from his forthcoming film, London Dreams.

Shah said he has spoken to some of his friends in the police force. However, no official complaint has been lodged, he added. JCP (crime), Rakesh Maria, said the police were verifying facts related to the threat calls.

"The song is an important sequence in the film. I cannot remove it,'' Shah said.

The censor board had felt that the song could hurt the sentiments of a section of the society and asked Shah to delete it. The board referred the matter to the revising committee, which agreed with the board and referred the case to the censor board tribunal. The tribunal cleared the song with minor changes.