Hindu group moves SC against Dasavatharam

Jyeshtha Shuddha Chaturthi

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New Delhi: The June 13 release of Kamal Haasan-starrer movie Dasavatharam may have to wait for the outcome of a petition filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday objecting to the title of the film as well as certain scenes in it on religious grounds.

Apprehending such a move by the petitioner, International Sri Vaishnava Dharma Samrakshak Society, which lost its case in the Madras HC, the director and producer of the film had on Wednesday filed caveats to prevent the group from obtaining any ex-parte order from the apex court against the release of the movie.

On May 29, a HC bench comprising Justices K Venkataraman and M Satyanarayana dismissed the petitions filed by the society and ‘Kalyana Suba Samiti’ seeking change of title of the movie and deletion of certain scenes in it.

Terming the apprehensions of the petitioner as mere presumptions as they had not viewed the movie, the bench had said: “Freedom of expression guaranteed under the Constitution cannot be curtailed on mere assumption of the petitioners that the said film contains certain scenes which will hurt the sentiments of the Hindus, more so the Vaishnavites.”

Rejecting the plea that Hindus had a copyright over the title Dasavatharam , the HC had said: “Admittedly, there is no copyright over the word Dasavatharam .”

Source: Times of India

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