Renuka Shahane supports 'S Durga' amid IFFI row

Mumbai, Nov 14 (PTI) Actor Renuka Shahane has come out insupport of Malayalam movie "S Durga", which was pulled outby Information and Broadcasting ...

Mumbai, Nov 14 (PTI) Actor Renuka Shahane has come out insupport of Malayalam movie "S Durga", which was pulled outby Information and Broadcasting ministry from the 48th editionof the film festival in Goa.

The ministry had dropped Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's "SDurga" and Ravi Jadhav's "Nude" from the Panorama section,overruling the IFFI jury's final decision.

"They have changed the name to S Durga bowing to thosesentiments. Now what is the problem? There is nothingoffencive in that film. Why has it become a trend to get hurtpresumptuously! Have you seen the film?" Renuka tweeted.

Following the controversy, filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh hasresigned as head of the jury of IFFI's Indian Panorama sectionSeveral jury members also expressed their displeasureover the ministry's move to drop the films from the list theysubmitted.

"S Durga", which was earlier titled "Sexy Durga", is aroad movie that follows the horrifying experience of twohitchhikers, a man and a woman, at the hands of two men. Itwon the Hivos Tiger Award in the International Film FestivalRotterdam 2017. PTI SHDSHD.

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