tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10616273605565392182011-04-21T13:13:07.620-07:00Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07644699333459396388noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061627360556539218.post-66498423370901720802007-12-01T01:44:00.000-08:002007-12-01T01:49:06.814-08:00<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">Lucknow, In a late Friday night development, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati banned the screening of Bollywood's much-awaited film - "Aaja Nachle" - in the state over an alleged derogatory insinuation to Dalits in a song.</span></strong> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br />The film, which marks the return of Bollywood queen Madhuri Dixit, was released Friday and expected to be a hit at the box office.<br /><br />Mayawati also shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to ban the movie across the country.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekhAjitbMmc/R1EtwN3QsAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/u-POneajvGg/s1600-R/dailynewsbig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138938956184858626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekhAjitbMmc/R1EtwN3QsAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/R-MEQj61YJs/s400/dailynewsbig.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The chief minister has taken strong exception to a particular line in a song, which, according to her, was derogatory to a section of Dalits.<br /><br />Principal secretary to the chief minister Shailesh Krishna told IANS: "A song in the movie contained certain derogatory insinuations against a particular Dalit community, which was also in violation of the spirit of the Indian Constitution."<br /><br />Confirming enforcement of the government order, Lucknow District Magistrate Chandra Bhanu said: "We have already ensured that the screening of the film is stopped with immediate effect."<br /><br />According to him, "All current shows of the film in different movie halls have been stopped." </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1061627360556539218-6649842337090172080?l=bollywood-inside.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Udayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07644699333459396388noreply@blogger.com0