Panaji, Aug 16 : The Congress in Goa Thursday
demanded a ban on the
Ekta Kapoor produced film "Kya Super Kool Hain
Hum," saying the film offended the sensibilities of the Christian
community.
Addressing a press conference here, Congress
spokesperson and legislator
Reginaldo Lourenco said that a first
information report (
FIR) would be filed against Kapoor in Panaji Friday.
"We
are demanding a ban on the screening of the film because it insults
Christians. The
FIR will be filed tomorrow," Lourenco said.
A
scene in the film, which stars
Tusshar Kapoor and
Riteish Deshmukh,
shows another actor, Chunky Pandey (playing the role of a priest),
solemnise the wedding of a dog and a bitch.
Lourenco raised the
issue of a possible ban on the film or censoring the controversial
scenes in it during the recently-concluded monsoon session of the Goa
legislative assembly.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, however,
said that the Central Board of Film Certification, the statutory
censorship and classification body, functioned under the aegis of the
central and not the state government and hence not much could be done by
the Goa government.
"This is not under the jurisdiction of the
state government because censor board jurisdiction lies with the central
government. No religious group should be offended in the film. If you
give me a complaint in writing, I will take it up with the board,"
Parrikar said.
Lourenco said that the Goa government had
succeeded in banning "The Da Vinci Code", following protests by
Christian groups several years back and that the same could be done with
"
Kya Super Kool Hain Hum".
"Parrikar is making excuses. This is a film which offends the sensitivities of the Christian community," Lourenco said.
Christians constitute 26 percent of the Goa's 1.4 million population.
© IANS