Goddess Kali poster row: Delhi Court summons filmmaker Leena Manimekalai
New Delhi, July 11: A Delhi Court has issued summons to Canada-based filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and others on a plea over the controversial poster of her documentary ‘Kaali,’ and has asked her to appear before the court on August 6.
The plea sought an interim injunction to restrain the defendants from depicting Goddess Kaali in the way they have depicted in a poster and video.
Civil Judge Abhishek Kumar of Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court in an order passed on July 8, 2022, issued “summons of the suit and notice of the injunction application” under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 CPC to the defendants – Leena Manimekalai and Touring Talkies Media Private Limited – for August 6.
Advocate Raj Gaurav filed the suit seeking a permanent and mandatory injunction against the defendants. He stated that the defendants have depicted the Hindu Goddess Kali in a very uncalled way in posters and promo videos for their upcoming movie “Kaali”.
The poster of the film depicts Goddess Kali smoking cigarettes which not only hurts the religious sentiments of common Hindus but is also against the basics of morality and decency, he added.
