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Kaali Controversy Row: 'शिव पार्वती' वाले नए ट्वीट को लेकर भड़के लोग, Leena Manimekalai के खिलाफ एक और FIR दर्ज

Kaali Controversy Row: ‘शिव पार्वती’ वाले नए ट्वीट को लेकर भड़के लोग, Leena Manimekalai के खिलाफ एक और FIR दर्ज

Image Source : TWITTER_LEENAMANIMEKALAI Kaali Controversy Row Highlights हरकतों से बाज नहीं आ रहींं लीना गुरुवार की सुबह फिर किए विवादित ट्वीट दिल्ली और भोपाल में दर्ज हुई FIR Kaali Controversy Row: बीते दिनों से देश में हिंदू देवी मां काली को लेकर विवाद चल रहा है। एक डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म ‘काली’ (Kaali) के पोस्टर में कलाकार को काली के रूप में स्मोकिंग करते दिखाया गया। जिसके बाद देश भर में…

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There is public outrage in India over the depiction of a Hindu goddess that critics say disparages the religious figure.

The image appears in a poster promoting the new short film Kaali by Canadian-based Indian filmmaker Leena Manimekalai. The poster depicts Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette and holding an LGBTQ+ flag.

After filmmaker Leena Manimekalai shared the poster in a tweet Saturday, the day a museum in Toronto hosted the film’s first showing, the image of the smoking goddess sparked a furor in India with angry Hindus demanding a ban on the film and legal action against the filmmaker.

Monday, the Indian High Commission in Canada said it had received complaints from Hindu community leaders over the “disrespectful depiction of Hindu gods” in the poster, and it urged the Canadian authorities and the event organizers to withdraw all “provocative” materials related to the film.

A day later, the museum issued an apology, saying the film was no longer being shown there, and that it regretted having “inadvertently caused offense to members of the Hindu and other faith communities.”

Manimekalai wrote and directed Kaali as an academic project in her graduate study program at Toronto Metropolitan University. In the film, Manimekalai is an incarnation of the goddess Kaali. Living as a queer female filmmaker in Toronto, she attempts to find belonging in a land stolen from its rightful inhabitants— the First Nations.

As the goddess of death, time and change, the dilemma of the reincarnated goddess in the film finds a resolution only at the end, when it dawns on her that ultimately, the land can be owned by no one; the universe is in a state of constant flux. The promotional poster shows a scene in which, dressed as the goddess Kaali, Manimekalai shares a cigarette with a homeless man.

“When I embody Kaali, I am Kaali myself. My Kaali is queer. She is a free spirit. She spits at the patriarchy. She dismantles Hindutva. She destroys capitalism,” Manimekalai told VOA. “She embraces everyone with all her thousand hands.”

Death threats

Manimekalai’s tweet of the poster went viral Saturday with tens of thousands of members of the Hindu community retweeting it with a hashtag reading “Arrest Leena Manimekalai.”

Police cases were filed against her in several states for “hurting the religious sentiments” of Hindus.

One Hindu group said in a police complaint that the depiction of the goddess Kaali in the poster was “completely unacceptable to Hindus” and Manimekalai “deliberately distorted the Hindu religion and culture with malicious intent to insult Hindu religious feelings.”

Manimekalai said she and her family members received death and rape threats from more than 200,000 social media accounts. In a video that surfaced online, a Hindu priest from the north Indian temple town Ayodhya threatened: “Do you want your head to be severed from your body?”

In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Manimekalai’s native state in India, police arrested the female leader of a Hindu right-wing group for allegedly threatening her with death. The leader allegedly posted a video online in which she condemned her using strong words and threatened to kill her.

Twitter on Wednesday removed Manimekalai’s poster tweet.

Reacting to Twitter’s action, she said in a tweet, "Will @TwitterIndia withhold the tweets of the 200000 hate mongers?! These lowlife trolls tweeted and spread the very same poster that they find objectionable. Kaali cannot be lynched. Kaali cannot be raped. Kaali cannot be destroyed. She is the goddess of death."

The filmmaker said that the reaction in India against her film cannot be termed just an “outrage.”

“If a person in the street pounces upon you, it is a crime. If a person violates your body in a public place, it is sexual harassment. If a person throws acid on your face, it is an attempt of murder. If a person uses foul language against you, it is abuse. If a person goes after your family and friends and supporters and threatens them, it is violence. If all this is done by a mob, how can you call it just an 'outrage'?” she asked.

“How can I report 200000 ids? Where should I report? Who is going to take action? There is no law in India. The Constitution of the country is dead.” _________________________

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Kaali poster row: ‘Goddess Kaali is queer, free spirit that spits on patriarchy,’ says Leena Manimekalai

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Leena Manimekalai feels unsafe amid 'Kaali' poster row | Hindi Movie News

Leena Manimekalai feels unsafe amid ‘Kaali’ poster row | Hindi Movie News

Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, whose controversial July 2 tweet was taken down by Twitter on Thursday said she does not feel safe “anywhere at this moment”. The filmmaker has been accused of hurting religious sentiments after she shared a poster of her documentary ‘Kaali’ which portrays Goddess Kali smoking and holding an LGBTQ flag. Leena took to Twitter today to post: “It feels like the whole…

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Kaali Poster Controversy: 'काली' के पोस्टर विवाद के बीच डायरेक्टर लीना ने शेयर की 'शिव पार्वती' की विवादित तस्वीर

Kaali Poster Controversy: ‘काली’ के पोस्टर विवाद के बीच डायरेक्टर लीना ने शेयर की ‘शिव पार्वती’ की विवादित तस्वीर

Image Source : TWITTER_LEENA MANIMEKALAI Leena Manimekalai Highlights ‘काली’ के बाद एक और तस्वीर डायरेक्टर लीना ने फिर खड़ा किया विवाद ट्विटर पर लोग हुए नाराज Kaali Poster Controversy: हाल ही में एक डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म ‘काली’ (Kaali) के पोस्टर के रिलीज होते ही उसे लेकर सोशल मीडिया से लेकर हर तरफ विरोध शुरू हो गया, इस पोस्टर में हिंदू देवी मां काली के वेश में एक महिला थी जो सिगरेट पीते नजर आ…

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अशोक पंडित ने 'काली' डायरेक्टर लीना पर निकाली भड़ास, बोले- राम का भी उड़ाया मजाक, जेल जाना चाहिए

अशोक पंडित ने ‘काली’ डायरेक्टर लीना पर निकाली भड़ास, बोले- राम का भी उड़ाया मजाक, जेल जाना चाहिए

फिल्ममेकर लीना मणिमेकलाई अपनी नई डॉक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म काली के पोस्टर की वजह से विवादों में घिर गई हैं। पोस्टर में देवी काली के गेटअप में महिला को सिगरेट पीते और LGBTQ+ कम्यूनिटी का झंडा लिए दिखाया गया है। पोस्टर की वजह से उनके खिलाफ कई शहरों में एफआईआर हो चुकी है। अब फिल्ममेकर अशोक पंडित ने उनके खिलाफ जमकर भड़ास निकाली है। उनका कहना है कि लीना नफरत फैलाने वाली हैं। उन्हें जेल में होना…

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Twitter takes down director Leena Manimekalai's 'Kaali' poster tweet | India News

Twitter takes down director Leena Manimekalai’s ‘Kaali’ poster tweet | India News

NEW DELHI: Microblogging site Twitter has removed the controversial July 2 tweet of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai. Leena had released the poster of the film ‘Kaali’ via a tweet which led to outrage in the country. The poster of her film depicted a woman dressed in a costume portraying the goddess and smoking. Reacting to Twitter’s action, Leena in a tweet asked whether the social media platform…

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Twitter removes filmmaker Leena Manimekalai's controversial 'Kaali' poster tweet | Hindi Movie News

Twitter removes filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s controversial ‘Kaali’ poster tweet | Hindi Movie News

Social media platform Twitter has pulled down filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s tweet about her documentary ‘Kaali’, which is currently at the centre of a controversy, in response to “a legal demand”. In the said tweet posted on July 2, the Toronto-based director had shared the poster of ‘Kaali’, which depicted the titular goddess smoking and holding an LGBTQ flag. “This Tweet from @LeenaManimekali…