The decision to air the movie was made after a meeting between distributors Lotus Five Star Sdn Bhd, representatives from a coalition of 60 Indian-Muslim NGOs and MIC officials today.
The meeting agreed to mute 16 scenes in the three-hour movie. Prior to the ban, the movie had nine scenes muted.
The ban came about after some Indian Muslims staged a protest against “Vishwaroopam” for having scenes offensive to Muslims.
Speaking on behalf of Lotus Five Star, former MIC vice-president S Veerasingam said the distributor hoped that the Home Ministry would revoke the ban imposed on the movie.
“Initially Lotus had muted nine scenes. Now it will mute another seven scenes. In total, 16 scenes will be muted. It will be similar to what is shown in Tamil Nadu, India,” Veerasingam told a press conference here.
Also present were MIC strategy director S Vell Paari and the Coalition of Indian-Muslim NGOs leader Mohd bin Kader Ali.Veerasingam, however, did not specify when the movie would be released.
“The distributor has to send the muted version of the movie to the Censor Board for a second review. Only after we get their go-ahead can we screen the movie. So, it will take some time before the movie hits the screen,” he said.
“Vishwaroopam” was released on Dec 24 and was screened at theatres here. However, the movie was banned by the Home Ministry the very next day after a group of Indian Muslims staged a protest against it.
Veerasingam, meanwhile, also urged Malaysian Hindus not to be too emotional over the banning of the movie as the Muslim NGOs never asked the movie to be banned.
“They never asked the movie to be banned, instead they wanted some scenes cut from it. We as Hindus need to respect their religion,” said Veerasingham.
He also said MIC will arrange a tripartite meeting with Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to revoke the ban on the movie.
Source : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/02/05/vishwaroopam-to-screen-with-16-cuts/
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