02-19-2009, 02:41 PM
Rajesh's post above of minority community movie goers having issues with lyrics of a song reminds me of the M F Hussain episode.
Husain pulls Meenaxi out of theatres
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Painter Maqbool Fida Husain has pulled out his movie, Meenaxi â A Tale of Three Cities, out of movie theatres a day after some Muslim organisations here raised objections to one of the songs in it.</b>
<b>âI have told my sole distributor Yash Chopra to withdraw the film from public shows with immediate effect,â Husain said </b>in a statement today. Husain who was visibily upset, however, refused to provide any reasons for his action to reporters. âI have not made the film to make money, nor have I sold it to anyone. Therefore, I need not give any reason for the withdrawal of the screening of the film to public,â Husain said.
Yesterday, the All-India Ulema Council kicked up a row by terming the qawwali number in the film, âNoor-un-Ala-Noorâ as blasphemous. The council claimed that the song featuring the filmâs main protagonist, Tabu, contained words directly lifted from the Quran. The councilâs statement was supported by Muslim organisations like the Milli Council, All-India Muslim Council, Raza Academy, Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind and Jamat-e-Islami.
The organisations had demanded that Husain change the words of the song. The organisations had even filed a complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner A.N. Roy.
âFor us, the term Noor-un-Ala-Noor is very sacred. It shouldnât be used to describe the physical beauty of a heroine,â Maulana Abdul Quddus Kashmiri, general secretary of the All-India Ulema Council said in his statement.
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All those who supported M F Hussain's freedom to paint naked India icons/ Bharat-mata etc kept mum on this episode. I wonder why?
Husain pulls Meenaxi out of theatres
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Painter Maqbool Fida Husain has pulled out his movie, Meenaxi â A Tale of Three Cities, out of movie theatres a day after some Muslim organisations here raised objections to one of the songs in it.</b>
<b>âI have told my sole distributor Yash Chopra to withdraw the film from public shows with immediate effect,â Husain said </b>in a statement today. Husain who was visibily upset, however, refused to provide any reasons for his action to reporters. âI have not made the film to make money, nor have I sold it to anyone. Therefore, I need not give any reason for the withdrawal of the screening of the film to public,â Husain said.
Yesterday, the All-India Ulema Council kicked up a row by terming the qawwali number in the film, âNoor-un-Ala-Noorâ as blasphemous. The council claimed that the song featuring the filmâs main protagonist, Tabu, contained words directly lifted from the Quran. The councilâs statement was supported by Muslim organisations like the Milli Council, All-India Muslim Council, Raza Academy, Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind and Jamat-e-Islami.
The organisations had demanded that Husain change the words of the song. The organisations had even filed a complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner A.N. Roy.
âFor us, the term Noor-un-Ala-Noor is very sacred. It shouldnât be used to describe the physical beauty of a heroine,â Maulana Abdul Quddus Kashmiri, general secretary of the All-India Ulema Council said in his statement.
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All those who supported M F Hussain's freedom to paint naked India icons/ Bharat-mata etc kept mum on this episode. I wonder why?