Film
celebrities
like
Madhoo
and
Soha
Ali
Khan
on
Friday
continued
to
question
the
viability
of
the
ban
on
the
broadcast
of
"India's
Daughter",
a
documentary
based
on
the
December
16,
2012
gang
rape
in
Delhi.
Actress
Soha
Ali
Khan,
daughter
of
former
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
chairperson
Sharmila
Tagore,
tweeted,
"Pls
see
Leslee
Udwin's
doc
India's
Daughter-we
need
to
understand
why
rape
happens
so
often
in
this
country
Only
then
can
we
find
a
solution."
The
documentary,
by
British
filmmaker
Leslee
Udwin,
has
grabbed
eyeballs
for
including
an
interview
with
a
rapist,
one
of
the
six
men
who
raped
the
23-year-old
trainee
physiotherapist
on
December
16,
2012
in
a
moving
bus
in
Delhi.
The
victim
later
died
of
her
injuries.
The
central
government
on
Thursday
served
a
legal
notice
to
the
BBC
in
connection
with
the
documentary,
which
was
also
uploaded
on
video
sharing
website
YouTube
by
an
individual
and
received
reactions
from
all
quarters.
While
some
people
are
slamming
the
documentary
for
giving
a
platform
to
a
rapist,
others
are
applauding
it
for
telling
a
truth
in
its
entirety.
Actor-filmmaker
Lakshmy
Ramakrishnan
wonders
"what
we
are
trying
to
hide" by
banning
a
film
like
this.
"If
it
has
to
create
public
disorder,
so
be
it.
Only
when
people
know
what
really
happened
with
the
girl,
we
as
a
country
realise
the
value
we
give
to
women.
This
documentary
may
not
prevent
such
crimes
from
happening
again,
but
it
would
at
least
educate
and
make
us
understand
about
the
heinous
incident," Ramakrishnan
said.
Questioning
the
very
reason
why
permission
was
granted
for
the
film
to
be
made,
she
added,
"Our
government
doesn't
mind
banning
porn
websites
but
has
issues
with
such
a
documentary,
despite
granting
permission
to
be
made
in
the
first
place.
All
of
us
have
the
right
to
information,
and
nobody
can
stop
someone
from
accessing
it."
Actress
Madhoo
believes
in
the
creative
freedom
of
a
filmmaker,
but
she
feels
"India's
Daughter" has
given
voice
to
a
rapist
--
which
she
objects
to.
"I
totally
believe
every
filmmaker
should
be
given
the
creative
freedom
and
right
to
show
what
they
want
to
show.
But
as
a
viewer,
I'll
choose
what
I
want
to
see...I
feel
it's
unfair
to
ban
this
documentary.
"Having
said
that,
I'm
a
mother
and
I
fear
for
my
daughters'
safety.
And
I
strongly
object
to
the
platform
these
rapists
have
been
given
to
voice
their
opinions," she
said.
"By
putting
these
criminals
on
camera,
you're
giving
them
an
opportunity
to
be
popular.
Should
society
really
need
to
hear
what
they
have
to
say?
I
don't
think
all
crimes
have
to
be
dealt
with
publicly.
I
don't
want
to
wake
up
and
read
a
cover
story
on
what
the
rapist
had
to
say
about
a
crime
he
committed
two
years
ago,"
she
added.
Livid
over
the
ban,
filmmaker
Sangeeth
Sivan
opined,
"In
India,
it
is
not
easy
to
stop
a
rape
happening
every
20
minutes,
but
its
very
easy
to
Ban
a
Movie
like
#indiasdaughter
in
less
than
20
mts."
Jewellery
designer
Farah
Khan
Ali
described
the
documentary
as
"an
actual
representation
of
d
repressed
&
hypocritical
views
of
mass
India.
A
society
where
women
r
2nd
class."
Filmmaker
Mahesh
Bhatt
makes
a
pertinent
point
when
he
says,
"A
flourishing
Democracy
relies
upon
access
to
a
wide
range
of
opinions
and
sources
of
information.
Our
laws
&
our
guardians
of
culture
sometimes
silence
opinions
in
a
manner
that
they
hurt
the
democratic
spirit
of
our
nation."