The Central Board of Film CertificationICBFC)has refused to clear a Bengali film
for taking pot-shots at the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Singur movement that forced the Tatas
to exit the state.
Starring rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman, ‘Kangal Malsat’ (War Cry of Poor) is directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
It is based on a book written by eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi’s son Nabarun Bhattacharya.
The film shows a person watching the swearing-in ceremony with disdain.
It also has a controversial shot of Kabir Suman saying in Bengali, ‘The
Tatas have cut a sorry figure. Now there are so many committees. They
are making Kolkata into London...”
“The way the honourable CM’s oath taking ceremony has been shown seems
distortion of history and may hurt many common people of West Bengal and
create sensation (violence),” the letter issued by the Central Board of
Film Certification (CBFC) to the film’s producer
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