Even as the dust is yet to settle over The Kerala Story, a Tamil film has now ruffled the feathers of Islamists. Islamist Organization Call For BTamil Film ‘Farhana’
Directed by Nelson Venkatesan, Farhana is a thriller film starring Aishwarya Rajesh in the lead role. Producer SR Prabhu and SR Prakash Babu have jointly produced the film under the banner ‘Dream Warrior Pictures’.
The film is about a young married Muslim woman who works as a customer support executive in the corporate world but suddenly gets her life overturned when she unwittingly gets into phone sex chat industry.
As soon as the teaser of the film was released, some Islamic organisations opposed the film, demanding a ban on the film. At this juncture, a statement was issued by the producer that the film was not made to hurt people of any religion.
Dream Warrior Pictures’s press statement said that it has been functioning with great social responsibility and work ethics. “Our films have spoken about religious harmony, social unity, and love. But the controversies created by a few people about Farhana, which has been duly censored by the government body, has pained us greatly. Farhana is not against any religion or their sentiments,” the company said.
The statement came at a time when several Islamic outfits have opposed the movie’s release. Indian National League (INL) party leader ‘Tada’ J Abdul Rahim claimed that the movie was against Islamic beliefs. TADA Rahim said that he lodged a complaint against the movie with the Chennai police commissioner’s office in the second week of May.
On April 25 TADA Rahim filed a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner to ban Farhana saying that teaser of the movie depict a Muslim woman who does sex work across the world wearing burqa. He urged the police to ban the movie.
Following this, the film was released worldwide today. In this situation, there was strong opposition to the film in Tiruvarur district. Farhana was scheduled to be screened at 6 PM today at Thailammai theatre near old bus stand in Tiruvarur district. However, it was announced that a protest will be held by the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam. Following this, the police were on duty at the theatre since morning. Succumbing to the protests and threats from Islamic Organizations the theatre management announced that the show has been cancelled.
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