PALAKKAD: The capturing of the movie ‘Neeyaam Nadhi’ was known as off on Saturday following the protest by BJP and RSS activists at Katampazhipuram close to right here. They disrupted the shoot whereas the crew was picturising a scene which confirmed a woman popping out of a temple and being attracted in the direction of a youth from a special faith. They have been additionally irked by the “show of the flags of Muslim League and SFI close to the temple premises”.
Later within the day, the Sreekrishnpauram police arrested 5 individuals for disrupting the shoot of the movie on the Vayilamkunnu temple.
The arrested are Subramanian, Babu, Sreejith , Sachithanandan and Sabareesh. They have been charged with trespassing on the units, illegally gathering at one place and for attempting to bask in violence. It was the primary day of the shoot of the movie and the second shot needed to be deserted after the BJP protestors alleged conspiracy within the storyline and in selecting Vayilamkunnu temple in Katampazhipuram for the shoot. Among the activists additionally went on Fb stay in the course of the protest.
The police later escorted the crew of the movie to a special location. Salman Farris, the script author and one of many three administrators of the movie, advised TNIE that the temple committee members had granted them permission for the shoot. The temple authorities had additionally carried out a pooja and gave ‘payasam’ to the crew. He, nonetheless, mentioned the permission was not given in writing.
“The primary shot exhibits a woman popping out of a temple after praying. When the crew have been about to shoot the second scene the place she is proven being attracted in the direction of a youth from a special faith, wearing his conventional apparel, strolling on the street outdoors that the locals created issues,” mentioned Salman Farris, who additionally performs the position of the youth from a special faith. He mentioned the hand of a 13-year-old lady was injured in the course of the ruckus created by BJP protesters.
“Chairs and the digicam stand have been additionally broken,” he mentioned, including that the flags of Muslim League and SFI have been being dried for the shoot and was not displayed close to the temple premises as alleged. Salman mentioned the shoot was accomplished outdoors the temple and it ought to have been accepted by the protestors as a murals.
He mentioned the standard Muslim apparel was solely a dressing up. He had scouted for a lot of different areas just like the Varikassery mana, however the day by day lease of Rs 35,000 per day was not reasonably priced. “Because the lease was solely Rs 3,000 per day on the temple, we opted for this location which was perfect for a Malabar-centric story,” he mentioned. “It’s unlucky that the primary day of the shoot itself was disrupted,” he mentioned. Aashique, Shinu and Salman are the administrators of the movie. BJP district president E Krishnadas mentioned no permission was granted for the capturing of the movie. “Furthermore, the theme of the movie hurts the non secular sentiments of the temple devotees and a lot of the characters have been wearing conventional Muslim apparel,” he mentioned.
‘RSS UNLEASHING TALIBAN-MODEL ATTACKS’
T’Puram: The Purogamana Kala Sahithya Sangham has strongly condemned the incident the place RSS employees forcefully stopped the capturing of a movie in Palakkad. In a press release, the organisation mentioned beneath the quilt of the Narendra Modi authorities, the RSS has been unleashing Taliban mannequin assaults within the nation. There’s an pressing want for severe introspection to evaluate whether or not the nation is transferring in the direction of a scenario the place prior permission from non secular extremists is required for movie capturing, mentioned Purogamana Kala Sahithya Sangham president Shaji N Karun and secretary Asokan Charuvil.
