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Jul 9, 2022 · Courtesy Leena Manimekalai. CNN —. A Toronto-based filmmaker says she has received a deluge of death threats and abuse from Hindu nationalists in India after she depicted the goddess Kali ...
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According to local reports in India, there are several police cases against Manimekalai in various states for her depiction of Kali and a lawyer in New Delhi filed a court case, asking the filmmaker and her company be stopped from promoting the poster or videos from the film. The New Delhi court issued a summons to the director and her company, whi...
While supporters say Manimekalai has every right to her artistic freedom, critics argue the director's portrayal of Kali is disrespecting a sacred figure. For Arti Dhand, an associate professor at the University of Toronto's religious studies department, specializing in South Asian religions, including Hinduism, seeing the poster was "a little bit ...
Since the controversy erupted, several Hindu groups have also come out in support of Manimekalai. including U.S.-based Hindus for Human Rights, which issued a statement Mondaysaying the filmmaker has "every right to explore these [Hindu] traditions through her art." It called the apologies by Toronto Metropolitan University and the Aga Khan Museum ...
Jul 6, 2022 · <B> Kaali Movie Poster : Director Leena Manimekalai has been issued a death threat for her film 'Kaali' which shows a woman smoking a cigarette while dressed as Goddess Kaali on the poster. As the ...
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Nov 3, 2022 · After Leena Manimekalai received death threats and backlash for her tweet promoting her film Kaali, the Toronto Metropolitan University faculty association’s equity committee has organized what ...
Oct 5, 2022 · This is not the first time that Leena Manimekalai has faced threats for her exercise of freedom of expression in defence of human rights. Manimekalai’s first feature film Sengadal (2011), based on the war in Sri Lanka and its impact on the lives of fishermen, was refused clearance by the Indian censor board stating that it made denigrating political remarks about the governments of Sri Lanka and India.
Leena Manimekalai, embroiled in Kaali controversy, said she is confident that she has the support of more people than the ‘mercenary-oiled bigotry’. "Thousands of all these threats/abuse ...
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Feb 22, 2023 · Manimekalai says she has received thousands of death and rape threats as a result of a movie poster she tweeted promoting her film, Kaali — which uses an alternate spelling of the goddess's name ...
