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Maharashtra Govt bans Deshdrohi for two months
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has banned the Kamaal Khan produced and acted film Deshdrohi for two-months, after Mumbai police’s report to the government.
A fresh review will be taken after sixty days. The film was slated to release on 14 November.
The movie was specially premiered for the Mumbai police, who complained that it is inappropriate to release the movie at this time as it may escalate tension between north Indians and the Marathi people in the state.
The film starring Khan, Gracy Singh, Kadar Khan, Aman Verma and Hrishitaa Bhatt, touches upon the sensitive migrant issue.
In the film Khan‘s character is beaten up in public places for being a “bhaiyya” (north Indian) and is told to leave Mumbai. He retaliates by saying that he is an Indian first and all the freedom fighters who fought for the country never thought whether they were North Indians or South Indians but only as Indians.
The timing of its release, as it comes soon after a recent spate of troubles, had the state worried.
