Mary Kom Hopes Her Priyanka Chopra Starrer Biopic Releases In Her Native State
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Monday, 18th August, 2014, 07:00 PM IST Five-time boxing champion Mary Kom is hoping that the Priyanka Chopra starrer film based on her life will be screened in Manipur, her home state. She says, “We are trying very hard for this to happen, but the movies association and underground groups should allow it. It looks difficult but we will speak to the government about the same.”
Since the year 2000, Revolutionary Peoples Front has been fighting for Manipur to become an independent state. And some militants have imposed a ban on use of Hindi and screening of Hindi films and shows in Manipur. The group even conducted raids and confiscated thousands of video cassettes of various Hindi films. Utpal Borpujari, an Assamese filmmaker said, “In today’s globalised world, such bans have no meaning as everyone can access films through DTH networks and the internet. There’s no point in banning films from a particular language or culture except perhaps scoring some political brownie points for the militant group involved. It will be in the spirit of things if the film, ‘Mary Kom’,gets released in Manipur so that Manipuris can see how the story of one of them has been told on a large canvas. And why only ‘Mary Kom’, films from any language should be screened wherever there is a market for it. Even if one concedes, for argument’s sake, that Bollywood films are a ‘bad influence’ on Manipuris, does it mean that the rich Manipuri culture is so weak that it can get affected by such films? It’s best is to let people decide about these things.” |