Shravan Shuklapaksha 11, Kaliyug Varsha 5116
Mumbai : Bollywood’s actress Mallika Sherawat has embroiled herself in legal trouble as she has courted controversy by draping herself with the Tricolour in her upcoming movie ‘Dirty Politics’. The provocative poster of the film had raised many eyebrows as Mallika is seen wrapped only in the Tricolour.
A 24-year-old law graduate Sumit Kumar has filed a complaint against Mallika and film director K C Bokadia for allegedly disrespecting the national flag. If convicted they can face up-to 3 years of imprisonment.
The movie Dirty Politics is based on the infamous case of Bhanwari Devi sex scandal and Mallika, who is reportedly playing the role of Bhanwari Devi is seen sitting on the roof of a beaconed ambassador with a CD in her hand right in front of State Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, Bokadia has maintained that the Tricolour in which Mallika is wrapped in does not resemble the Indian flag as it does not have the Ashoka Chakra. “It has nothing to do with Tricolour nor it is any political party’s symbol. Also there is no Ashoka Chakra in the centre, so essentially it is just a piece of cloth in three different colours,” asserted the director.
Bokadia further added, “As far as the guidelines are concerned, the poster will be censored according to the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association guidelines. So I don’t know why I am being asked by this political party to change it.” The movie that has grabbed the media attention even before its release also features veteran actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Govind Namdev, Ahustosh Rana and Rajpal Yadav.
Is there a law that says one cannot wear the tricolour?
According to the prevention of insults to national honour Act, 1971: ‘Whoever in any public place or in any other place within public view burns, mutilates, defaces, defiles, disfigures, destroys, tramples upon or otherwise shows disrespect to or brings into contempt the Indian National Flag – or any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both’.
The Act was amended in 2003 and now has an added explanation which reads: ‘The disrespect to the Indian National Flag means and includes using the Indian National Flag as a portion of costume or uniform of any description or embroidering or printing it onto cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins or any dress material’.
Source : One India , Times of India
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Hyderabad: Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat lands in a legal soup
Mallika Sherawat courts controversy, wears the Tricolour in ‘Dirty Politics’ poster
Hyderabad: Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat lands in a legal soup
July 30, 2014
Shravan Shuklapaksha 3, Kaliyug Varsha 5116
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) : In a major setback for Bollywood item girl and actress Mallika Sherawat, a legal case has been filed against her in a court in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
T Dhangopal Rao, a resident of Hyderabad and a human rights activist, filed a Public Interested Litigation (PIL) in Andhra Pradesh High Court. Mr Rao sought strict against actress Sherawat who allegedly used Indian tricolour obscenely in her upcoming movie Dirty Politics.
Mr Rao claimed that the Bollywood actress along with the producer of the film — Mr Kastoor Chand Bokadia had intentionally humiliated the national flag by using it obscenely in one of the promotional posters of the film.
In the poster of the film — Dirty Politics, Sherawat was found sitting atop a beaconed ambassador car with the tricolour draped below her waist. The petitioner in his appeal to court said that the use of the national flag for commercial purposes was an insult to the nation’s honour and urged the court to restrain the producer from further exhibiting or displaying the poster as part of the film’s promotion.
Mr Rao also urged the high court to direct the Centre to seize all related material and to punish the guilty for their alleged violation of the provisions of The Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
Source : One India
Mallika Sherawat courts controversy, wears the Tricolour in ‘Dirty Politics’ poster
June 1, 2014
Jyeshtha Shuklapaksha 4,Kaliyug Varsha 5116
Actress Mallika Sherawat is back! This time with yet another controversy. A poster of Mallika sitting atop an ambassador car with the Tricolour draped around her has been released for her upcoming film, ‘Dirty Politics’.
The background of the poster features the State Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan. Mallika Sherawat is shown flaunting her toned legs with a CD in her hand.
However, as expected the poster has given rise to a huge outcry from people all over the country especially from the state of Rajasthan.
Directed by K.C. Bokadia, ‘Dirty Politics’ also stars Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, Om Puri and Atul Kulkarni.
Last year, the actress promoted ‘Dirty Politics’ at the Cannes Film Festival.
Talking about the film, in her heavy American accent, the actress had said, “It’s about a woman who gets involved with a politician, who was a nurse (sic),” she said as she kept shuffling between ‘hurr’ American and Indian accent, “And how she gets murrderred in the end… here was this woman who actually had the ‘currrage’ to stand up to this politician who kind of raped her, molested her, abused her and record his misgivings and everything (sic), and release it to the press.”
However, director Director K C Biokadia had clarified that the film is not about a murdered nurse. It’s inspired by the real-life case of Bhanwari Devi, a midwife who went missing in 2011 and the remnants of whose corpse were eventually found in early 2012.
Allegedly, she got involved with a politician and threatened to release to the press a CD of the two of them if he didn’t pay her. Soon after, she disappeared. Her husband then accused the politician of the rape and murder of Bhanwari Devi.
Mallika Sherawat attended the 67th Cannes Film Festival this year as well.
Source : Indian Express
