The
Bombay
High
Court
on
Thursday
will
hear
a
petition
seeking
a
ban
on
the
release
of
Rohan
Sippy's
film
Dum
Maaro
Dum
for
portrays
Goa
and
Goan
women
in
a
bad
light.
Savio
Rodrigues,
who
owns
a
local
media
website
stated
in
his
petition
"movie
is
against
public
order,
decency
and
morality
and
there
is
clear
violation
of
the
fundamental
rights
guaranteed
under
the
Constitution
of
India
to
the
people
of
Goa".
The
petition
has
named
the
state
chief
secretary,
the
chairperson
of
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification,
M/s
Fox
Star
studios,
and
Ramesh
Sippy
Entertainment
as
the
respondents.
It
is
also
stated
that
the
bad
portrayal
of
the
state
in
Dum
Maaro
Dum
will
"create
a
ripple
effect
on
Goa's
tourism" if
it
is
released.
The
petition
also
added
that
Dum
Maaro
Dum,
which
is
scheduled
to
be
released
in
April
22,
2011,
will
attract
criminal
minded
tourists
and
offenders
and
drive
away
decent
travellers
and
tourists
from
Goa.
Tourism
Minister
Nilkanth
Halarnkar
told,
"We
are
worried
that
Goa
may
be
projected
badly
in
the
film.
The
industry
in
Goa
and
the
government
have
worked
very
hard
to
build
the
reputation
of
Goa
to
what
it
is
today.
We
will
intervene.
The
Chief
Minister
and
I
will
take
up
the
issue
with
Sippy.
(director
of
the
film)."
Dum
Maaro
Dum
stars
Abhishek
Bachchan
and
Bipasha
Basu.