{"id":15648,"date":"2013-01-31T18:09:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T23:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=15648"},"modified":"2013-01-31T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T23:09:51","slug":"tamil-nadu-chief-minister-jayalalithaa-ready-to-releasevishwaroopam-if-kamal-haasan-and-muslim-organizations-come-to-an-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=15648","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Ready to Release”Vishwaroopam” if Kamal Haasan and Muslim Organizations Come to an Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Special Correspondent <\/strong><\/p>\n

Making her position public for the first time on the row over Vishwaroopam, a film made by Kamal Haasan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday said the decks could be cleared for the screening of the movie if leaders of Muslim organisations and the actor arrived at an amicable agreement and he agreed to delete objectionable portions. <\/p>\n

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\u2018No question of curbing freedom of speech\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cThe government of Tamil Nadu will do everything possible to facilitate such an agreement. There is no question of curbing freedom of speech,\u201d the Chief Minister told reporters at an unscheduled press conference here. <\/p>\n

Clarifying several points on the controversy, she said it was a total misconception that the State government did not have powers to ban a movie. Section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1955, provided full powers to the State government to effect a ban. She pointed out that using the clause, the movie Dam 999 was banned and this was upheld by the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n

\u2018No political vendetta\u2019 <\/p>\n

In the case of Vishwaroopam, the State government had applied only Section 144 of the Cr.PC because it wanted to give time for tempers to cool down and both sides could come together. The government could have straight away banned the movie, if it wanted to do so. But it did not. \u201cThat itself should prove that this is not political vendetta. There is no reason for any vindictiveness. Mr. Haasan is not my rival in any way,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mr. Haasan had agreed to delete some of the objectionable portions. The leaders of Muslim organisations are in a frame of mind to accept this, she said.<\/p>\n

As her first and foremost priority was the maintenance of law and order, she justified the ban, citing intelligence reports which stated that the protest, planned by various Muslim organisations, could turn violent in some parts of the State. <\/p>\n

She also referred to inadequate police strength for giving protection at 524 cinema halls where the movie was to be screened. <\/p>\n

The Chief Minister criticised Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M. Karunanidhi for using every opportunity to politicise the issue. As far as her government was concerned, the controversy was not a political issue but a matter of law and order. <\/p>\n

\u201cFilms do not interest me any more. I have no time to watch movies,\u201d said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in an interaction with reporters on Thursday, when she explained her position on the controversy surrounding Kamal Haasan\u2019s Vishwaroopam. <\/p>\n

Ms. Jayalalithaa, who was a leading film star in the 1960s and 1970s, said she stopped seeing movies years ago. During her earlier tenure as Chief Minister, many film producers and directors invited her to watch their movies and \u201conce in a while, I obliged them if they were friends,\u201d she said adding that they had understood that she was no longer interested in seeing movies.COURTESY:THE HINDU<\/em><\/p>\n

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By A Special Correspondent Making her position public for the first time on the row over Vishwaroopam, a film made by Kamal Haasan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday said the decks could be cleared for the screening of the movie if leaders of Muslim organisations and the actor arrived at an amicable agreement …<\/p>\n

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