Stay on review of controversial films

By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, Nov 10: The AP High Court on Friday stayed the government’s move to review the controversial Telugu movies, Denikaina Ready and Woman in Brahmanism.

The court of Justice K.C. Bhanu said the government had no power to go for a review of the films as the Censor Board had cleared them.

The government had issued two GOs constituting two committees to screen and make recommendations to the government on certain representations made by the Brahmin organisations' joint action committee and others seeking a ban on both the movies. Both have been stayed.

Brahmin organisations had alleged that the movies hurt the sentiments of the community.

Twenty Four Frames Factory Pvt Ltd, the production house of the film Denikaina Ready and the film makers of Woman in Brahmanism, moved the court against the state government action.

They said the movies had been duly censored and certified by the CBFC.

Meanwhile, Ragunatha Rao, a city resident, filed a petition in the High Court seeking cancellation of the certificate issued by the Censor Board for the Vishnu-starrer, Denikaina Ready.

He submitted that the film has wrongly shown that Brahmins craved for non-vegetarian food.