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New Delhi: A day after the Bengali movie Bhobishyoter Bhoot (The Ghosts of the Future) was released on Friday. It would have disappeared from the movie theaters of West Bengal without explanation. According to Indian Express the film's directors do not know why this measure was taken.
"Yes, I heard that the projections had been stopped, but what I understood was that the local police stations ordered the wards. The cops had already warned my producers that the film's content could be a problem, "Anik Dutta told the newspaper.
Police had requested a special screening of the film before the release, said Dutta, but that request was denied. The film – a dark comedy that would explore the current political scenario – had already been certified by the Central Film Certification Board.
"Despite the exit orders issued to the operators with advances paid for the projection of the film from February 15 to April 21. February 2019, but without notice or information, they suddenly removed the film in the afternoon of February 16, "said in a press release the film's producers, Indibily Creative Pvt Ltd,
Dutta had criticized West Bengal. The working style of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a few months ago. At a roundtable held at the Kolkata International Film Festival in November 2018, he stated that Banerjee advocated a culture of sycophany and that his photos covered one of the festival's key venues.
While single-screen theaters largely said that the film was taken off for "technical" reasons, the multiplexes claim to have received an order from the "authorities," Indian Express reported .
Several prominent figures in the Bengali film industry expressed surprise at the move and lent their support to Dutta. A protest demonstration was held Sunday in Kolkata against the "censorship" of the government, in the presence of several activists, poets and professionals of the film industry.
The demonstration in Kolkata. Credit: Facebook / Bhobishyoter Bhoot
"I can not believe it. How is a film, even after receiving the censor's permission, confronted with such a situation? After liberation, the reaction was mixed. Some said it was good and few others criticized. It's natural. Nobody gives the exact reason. All speak of a higher authority. This is not a good advertisement of Bengali cinema, "said actor Kaushik Sen, who plays in the film, at Times of India .
Director Srijit Mukherji expressed his solidarity with the makers of Bhobishyoter Bhoot on Facebook.
According to Scroll.in the film ran into a series of obstacles even before its release. "Different state film federations have pressured technicians to leave the film, and many are gone," Dutta told the website. "Some producers told the actors and the technical crew that they were working in the film, their work in other television series and in other films would be interrupted." [19659002] According to Dutta, this problem is due to the link that exists between the film and the Bengali production house. SVF, who bought the rights of the director's previous film Bhobishyot Bhooter. One of the founders of SVF, Shrikant Mohta, was arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau on January 24 in connection with Rose Valley's chit fund swindle.
SVF sued the producers of Bhobishyoter Bhoot . Dutta told Scrut.in that they held the rights to the first film and therefore the sequels. However, the director insisted that this film was not a sequel. "A sequel should have the same characters or a story that advances from the previous movie. By this definition, Bhobishyoter Bhoot is not a sequel. "
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