Court summons filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on plea looking for injunction towards film ‘Kaali’

By PTI

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court docket has summoned filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on a plea looking for injunction towards her upcoming film “Kaali” for allegedly depicting Hindu goddess in an uncalled manner in its posters and promotional movies.

Judge Abhishek Kumar directed Manimekalai to seem earlier than the court docket on August 6, saying she wanted to be heard earlier than passing any order.

“Undersigned (decide) is of the opinion that the defendant must be heard earlier than passing any order towards them. Therefore, problem summons of the go well with and see of the injunction utility…,” the decide stated.

The petition looking for a everlasting and obligatory injunction towards the filmmaker alleged that the accused depicted the Hindu goddess in a really uncalled manner within the poster and promo video of their upcoming Movie “Kaali”.

“Further, the poster of the movie depicts Hindu goddess Kali smoking cigarette which not solely hurts the non secular sentiments of frequent Hindu however can be towards fundamentals of morality and decency,” it claimed.

The plea added that the poster was tweeted by Manimekalai from her Twitter deal with. The plea, filed by Raj Gaurav, additionally sought an interim injunction to restrain Manimekalai quickly from depicting goddesses in the way in which they’ve been depicted within the poster and video, and the tweet.