CM, SHANTARAM MEET AMBIKA ON “DUM MARO DUM”
Producers/exhibitors of “Dum Maro Dum” are putting forward the pretext of prints of the films for overseas exhibition, having been dispatched by them, to various countries, long back, that they cannot, now delete the objectionable dialogues from those prints
The stand of the exhibitors/producers became known when Mr Naik telephoned CEO of Censor Board, Mumbai, on wednesday morning , which stand of the producers/exhibitors was confirmed when Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digamber Kamat and Shri Shantaram Naik M.P. met Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Mrs Ambika Soni, in the evening in New Delhi.
Mrs Soni also said that unfortunately, the powers of revision under section 6 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 are not available to the Central Government anymore as, the Supreme Court, according to a ruling given by them in 1991 has said that such a rule which gives power to the government to overrule quasi judicial authorities like film censor board and Tribunal functioning under the Act, is against the rule of law, which is the basic structure of the constitution.
Mrs Soni also said that the Government is seeking to bring an amendment, soon, to empower it to intervene in public interest.
Mrs Soni expressed her dissatisfaction over the stand of the producers/exhibitors to retain dialogues in the prints meant for overseas distribution and said that, in the present situation, seeking redress from the court after the release of the film abroad, is the only solution remaining, in order to protect the dignity of women.
Mr Naik, has, however, requested Mrs Pankaja Thakur to bring to the notice of Shri Ramesh Sippy that he is an Indian citizen , and that, he owes his duty towards his nation, and that, he cannot take a stand that he has no control over the prints dispatched abroad.
SHANTARAM NAIK
