National Film Censorship Board’s (LPF) enforcement and control division secretary Razak Derahman said today that no decision has been made on the fate of the movie.
“The 16 ‘cuts’ were suggested by local film distributor, Lotus Five Star. The higher authorities here have yet to decide on the status of the movie,” said Razak.
The highest authority in this case would be Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as the censorship board comes under the ambit of the Home Ministry.
On Tuesday, Lotus Five Star and protesting Indian Muslim groups agreed to have 16 scenes muted. The 16 scenes take up 30 minutes of the movie’s running time.
The controversial movie starring Kamal Hassan revolves around the subject of international terrorism. Apart from tackling three roles, Kamal also directed and co-produced the movie.
“Vishwaroopam” was screened for a day in Malaysia on Jan 24 after nine scenes were censored.
Similar problem in Tamil Nadu
It was suspended the following day as a result of a memorandum from the Indian Muslim Youth Movement to the Home Ministry and a protest by the Indian Muslim League in Penang.
They claimed “Vishwaroopam” portrayed Muslims in a negative light.
In response, National laureate A Samad Said questioned the logic of suspending “Vishwaroopam” as Hindi movie, “Race 2” also depicted the Turkish underworld.
Controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen in her criticism on the suspension said that Malaysia was a coward nation.
The MIC has been attempting to get the film screened but faced the wrath of the Indian Muslim community here who called the party insensitive.
MIC’s strategy director S Vell Paari responded by claiming that the party also has to look into the interest of non-Muslim Indians who want to watch “Vishwaroopam”.
The movie also faced similar problems in Tamil Nadu after Indian Muslims there raised objections to the movie.
The ban in Tamil Nadu, however, has been lifted and the movie started its screening today.
Source : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/02/07/vishwaroopam-still-in-the-can/
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