<i>Fanaa</i> no release despite SC Order
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Tuesday,
June
06,
2006
Ahmedabad
(UNI):
Gujarat
Multiplex
Owners
Association
(GMOA)
today
said
they
would
not
screen
Aamir
Khan's
flim
Fanaa
in
the
state,
despite
Supreme
Court's
observation
while
dismissing
the
petition
of
an
NGO.
''Fanaa
would
not
be
released
in
the
multiplexes
of
the
state
to
express
our
solidarity
with
the
sentiments
of
the
people
of
Gujarat,''
GMOA
president
Manubhai
Patel
said
while
welcoming
the
apex
court's
decision
of
dismissing
the
petition.
Aamir
Khan's
involvement
and
comments
on
the
Sardar
Sarovar
Dam
issue
had
invited
the
wrath
of
Gujarat's
polity
resulting
in
his
film
being
banned
in
the
state.
Mr
Patel
also
stated
that
the
GMOA's
decision
on
the
controversy
was
not
taken
with
a
fear
of
hooligans
at
the
cinema
houses
or
by
activists
or
workers
of
the
political
parties
threatening
to
stall
the
proceedings,
but
to
echo
the
feelings
of
people
of
Gujarat.
Mr
Patel
said,
the
multiplex
owners
in
Gujarat
have
made
losses
of
several
crores
because
of
the
non-release
of
the
movie
in
the
state.
Gujarat
BJP
Yuva
Morcha
welcomed
the
Supreme
Court's
observation
and
dismissal
of
petition
filed
by
noted
filmmaker
Mahesh
Bhatt
over
controversy
on
banning
of
Aamir
Khan
starrer
Fanaa
in
multiplexes
in
Gujarat.
BJP
Yuva
Morcha's
state
president
Amit
Thakar
told
UNI
that
Supreme
Court
has
echoed
the
feelings
of
the
five
crore
Gujaratis,
whose
lives
are
attached
with
the
Narmada
dam
project.
Mr
Thakar
said
the
decision
of
not
releasing
Fanaa
in
the
multiplexes
in
the
state
was
of
the
Gujarat
Multiplexes
Owners
Association
(GMOA).
The
ruling
BJP
or
its
any
wings,
including
Yuva
Morcha,
had
never
banned
the
movie.
He
said,
Aamir
should
have
realised
before
sitting
on
the
side
of
Narmada
Bachao
Andolan
(NBA)
activist
Medha
Patkar
and
others
that
Narmada
is
the
lifeline
project
for
the
poeple
of
Gujarat.
The
actor
should
also
keep
in
mind
that
he,
Medha
or
few
others
are
not
just
only
the
citizens
of
India
but
all
those
who
are
living
in
India,
too,
and
they
also
have
right
to
express
their
views
and
have
equal
weightage
on
the
issues
relating
to
the
nation
or
its
people.
The
BJP
youth
leader
also
demanded
that
Aamir
should
apologise
to
the
people
of
Gujarat
for
his
anti-Gujarat
actions
and
comments.
Aamir
has
been
facing
in
Gujarat
opposition
following
his
support
to
the
Narmada
campaign
leaders
in
April.
Following
this,
some
political
workers
allegedly
attacked
a
cinema
hall
showing
Aamir's
movie
'Rang
De
Basanti'
in
Vadodara
and
forced
the
authorities
to
suspend
the
show.
The
demonstration
spread
to
many
other
parts
of
Gujarat.
Effigies
of
the
actor
and
Narmada
Bachao
Andolan
leader
Medha
Patkar
were
burnt.
The
cinema
theatre
owners
in
most
parts
of
the
state
have
suspended
Aamir
Khan's
films
apprehending
disturbances
last
month.
Aamir's
much-publicised
strong
stance
in
support
of
Narmada
Bachao
Andolan
and
statements
against
communal
violence
in
Gujarat
have
also
added
to
his
appeal
amongst
the
youth.