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Actor Amol Palekar said he was injured after being interrupted during his speech at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). He was speaking at a press conference he had organized after the incident.
At NGMA (Mumbai), Amol Palekar was interrupted several times while he was trying to express his dissatisfaction with a decision made by a government agency. Palekar was speaking at the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Inside The Empty Box" organized in memory of the artist Prabhakar Barwe. The National Gallery of Modern Art is run by the government. Palekar was speaking at the podium on Friday.
The apparent criticism of Palekar concerned the Ministry of Culture which would have abolished the advisory committees of its centers in Mumbai and Bengaluru.
"In 2017, we were pleased to hear about the project The news of the extension of this Mumbai site was also encouraging, but on November 13, 2018, another disastrous decision was apparently made", said Palekar in the program video. 19659002] At that time he is interrupted by curator Jesal Thacker, who tells him to talk about the artist Prabhakar Barwe, the event with the theme of his works. Palekar then asked her if she had asked him not to speak.
During his press conference, Palekar had stated that he was simply talking about changes to the rules of the NGMA and that there was nothing uncomfortable about it. he had said during the speech.
He added that if the GNAM wished that he only spoke about the inauguration ceremony, he should have been informed beforehand. He added that he had skipped pbadages from his speech after being interrupted.
Sandhya Gokhale, the wife of Amol Palekar, was present at the press conference.
Sandhya Gokhale said that conservative Jesal Thacker appeared to have been pressured to interrupt Amol Palekar's speech on several occasions.
"It is not important to know which party is in power, this institution has restricted freedom of speech for years," said Mr. Gokhale.
In his speech to the NGMA, Amol Palekar also spoke about the recent incident with author Nayantara Sahgal.
In another video of the same event at the NGMA, a lady criticized her critical remarks about Palekar.
"… he raised all our concerns, but you should nevertheless appreciate that the National Gallery of Modern Art is a government gallery, sir," she said.
(With contributions from Mustafa Shaikh)
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