BANGALORE: BP Srinivas is a disappointed man. The reason — the number of people with a wrong notion about his forthcoming film ‘Mussanjeya Gelathi’ is growing day by day. He had thought that announcing ‘Mussanjeya Gelathi’ as the “first ever film to have father and daughter as hero and heroine” would help it score at the box office.
“Initially, we had no intention of claiming it as the first film to have real-life father and daughter as the hero and the heroine in the film.
Somebody at the shooting location gave us this idea. He said that the tag ‘first ever’ will help the film but it has ruined the peace of my mind and is inviting unnecessary criticism from women associations and tabloids,” says Srinivas.
A national daily recently quoted KC Chandrasekhar, chairman of the Regional Censor Board, while reacting to the controversial film Mussanjeya Gelathi, as saying, “What would have happened if the first people on earth, Adam and Eve, had been father and daughter? Oh my god! Shantam papam! That luckily did not happen or else all of us would have been brothers and sisters. Then what’s the point in making a film featuring a father and daughter romancing each other?” It was said that he went on to say, “What does the director think of us? A dumb audience ready to watch anything on the screen? Till I am there in the Censor Board. I will never allow such a film. Even if the movie rights are sold in other languages, I will see to that it is is not released anywhere.” But KC Chandrasekhar has made it clear that he did not give any interview on this film. “Let me make it clear that no one contacted me for my opinion on this film. I am planning to contact the editor of that newspaper. I will advise them to carry a rejoinder. As far as the film is concerned, I had no objection if a father and daughter act as hero and heroine. I am yet to watch the film. If the film is against the norms of Censor Board.
I will not give in to any pressure to issue the certificate to Mussanjeya Gelati,” said Chandrasekhar.
Meanwhiole, reacting to the report published on May 10, Srinivas said, “How can the Censor Board officer come to a conclusion without watching the film? If he refuses to certify the film without watching it, I will approach the court for justice.” Gandhinagar is full of rumours that a few women organisations are approaching Parvathamma Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan to garner their support to stop the release of the film.
“The first copy of the film is yet to be ready. I do not understand what made them have such a notion about a message-oriented film. Our’s is an educated family. Do you think that my wife would allow my daughter Shalini to act in obscene and romantic scenes in the film?” asked Srinivas.