Do Mary Kom Release In Manipur
Priyanka Chopra upcoming movie Mary Kom
which is based on the life of Five time boxing champion Mary Kom. The
film cannot be released in Manipur which is the home town of Mary Kom.
There has
been ban on the use of Hindi and the screening of Hindi films and TV
shows at Manipur when the revolutionary People where fighting for a
separate state in September 2000. During the period thousands of video
cassettes of Hindi films and many cinema halls have been destroyed and
shutdown.
“We are
trying very hard for this to happen, but the movies association and
underground groups should allow it. It looks difficult but we will speak
to the government about the same.’’ said Mary Kom.
Utpal
Borpujari, a filmmaker from Assam, says, “In today’s globalised world,
such bans have no meaning as everyone can access films through DTH
networks and the internet. There’s no point in banning films from a
particular language or culture except perhaps scoring some political
brownie points for the militant group involved. It will be in the spirit
of things if the film, Mary Kom, gets released in Manipur so that
Manipuris can see how the story of one of them has been told on a large
canvas. And why only Mary Kom, films from any language should be
screened wherever there is a market for it. Even if one concedes, for
argument’s sake, that Bollywood films are a ‘bad influence’ on
Manipuris, does it mean that the rich Manipuri culture is so weak that
it can get affected by such films? its best is to let people decide
about these things.”
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