The
ban
on
Mithun
Chakraborty's
films
in
Bihar,
due
to
an
ongoing
tussle
between
the
actor
and
a
local
producer-distributor,
has
taken
its
toll
in
unlikely
quarters.
The
casualty
is
none
other
than
director-turned-producer
E
Niwas
whose
on-release
film
My
Name
Is
Anthony
Gonsalves
has
been
prevented
from
release
in
Bihar.
Niwas
who's
running
helterskelter
trying
to
find
his
bearings
in
his
new
role
as
a
producer,
is
aghast.
"I
had
no
clue
about
Mithun-da's
ban
in
Bihar.
It
seems
so
strange
to
be
kept
out
of
the
state
where
my
first
film
Shool
was
set.
I
really
wouldn't
want
My
Name
Is
Anthony
Gonsalves
to
be
kept
out
of
Bihar.
But
I
don't
know
how
I
can
help
the
situation."
The
ban
on
Mithun's
films
in
Bihar
has
its
antecedents
in
a
Bengali
film
entitled
Coolie
which
its
producer
dubbed
into
Bhojpuri
without
the
actor's
consent
and
by
using
someone
else's
voice
in
dubbed
Bhojpuri
film.
The
incensed
actor
retaliated
by
refusing
to
return
money
paid
as
signing
amount
for
another
proposed
film
to
be
made
by
the
same
Bihari
producer-distributor.
Mithun
who
plays
a
priest
in
My
Name
Is
Anthony
Gonsalves
is
determined
to
see
the
fight
to
the
last.
For
the
moment
the
big
beneficiary
is
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi's
Halla
Bol
which
gets
a
clear
unrivalled
run
in
Bihar
this
Friday.
Incidentally,
the
last
film
that
got
left
out
of
Bihar
was
Aamir
Khan's
Taare
Zameen
Par,
apparently
because
the
producers
demanded
too
high
a
price
for
the
Bihar
territory.
Story first published: Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 15:32 [IST]