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Jayalalitha defends 'Vishwaroopam' ban, to sue
Karunanidhi
Thursday January 31, 2013 02:44:18 PM,
IANS
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Chennai:
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said Thursday that Kamal Haasan's
movie "Vishwaroopam" was banned in Tamil Nadu due to fears of
violent protests and not because she had a grudge against the
actor.
The chief minister also announced that she would file cases
against DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and sections of the media that
she said had maligned her on the issue.
Jayalalithaa said it would have been near impossible to provide
security to all the 524 cinema theatres in Tamil Nadu where the
multilingual film was to be released after Muslim groups announced
a string of protests.
"I have no personal grudge, no personal interest in banning the
movie," she told the media.
She said her government decided to ban it for 15 days so that
tempers could cool down and "both sides could have a discussion
and come to an agreement".
She pointed out that the movie had also been banned in
neighbouring states as well as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates,
Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore. "Was I responsible for all
that?"
The chief minister said some Muslim leaders had now told her that
they were ready to accept the movie after Kamal Haasan had agreed
to delete some portions they found objectionable on religious
grounds.
"If the leaders of Muslim organisations and Kamal Haasan can sit
together and work out an amicable agreement, the government will
do everything possible to facilitate that ... and the deck will be
cleared for screening the movie.
"There is no question of curbing the freedom of speech."
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