Amid the escalating controversy over the poster of the film ‘Kaali’, filmmaker Leena Manimekalai shot off a original tweet on Friday. Leena Manimekalai, who is caught within the investigate cross-take a look at of a storm as outrage grows over the poster of her movie, said that ‘My Kaali is irregular. She is a free spirit. She spits on the patriarchy.’
The filmmaker further said, regarding Goddess Kaali, ‘She dismantles Hindutva. She destroys capitalism, She embraces all people with all her thousand palms.’
Taking to her legit Twitter take care of, Leena Manimekalai wrote, “My Kaali is irregular. She is a free spirit. She spits on the patriarchy. She dismantles Hindutva. She destroys capitalism, She embraces all people with all her thousand palms.” (sic).
KAALI POSTER ROW
An enormous controversy erupted after filmmaker Leena Manimekalai shared the poster of the film on social media. The poster depicts a girl wearing the costume of Goddess Kaali. She is seen smoking a cigarette within the photo. With her fashioned accoutrements of trishul (trident) and sickle, the actor playing the goddess is confirmed wielding the LGBTQ+ neighborhood’s pleasure flag.
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A pair of FIRs like now been filed at some stage in India in opposition to Leena Manimekalai for allegedly hurting the spiritual sentiments of Hindus.
On Thursday, Manimekalai tweeted a photograph that presentations two folks smoking whereas wearing the costumes of Lord Shiva and a Hindu goddess. She has succinctly captioned the photo “Someplace else”. The photo has inserting similarities to the controversial image on the poster of Kaali.
Although Manimekalai said the documentary was about a girl strolling within the streets of Canada’s Toronto, several correct-waft teams took offence and 2 complaints had been lodged in opposition to her, which finally led to Canada’s Aga Khan Museum doing away with the presentation of the documentary.
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