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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Netflix pulls Indian film after backlash from rightwing Hindu groups

Annapoorani: the Goddess of Food promotional poster
The film’s makers said the film would be withdrawn the day after a rightwing Hindu group began a campaign against it. Photograph: Zee Studios

Netflix is embroiled in a backlash in India from rightwing Hindu groups over a film accused of offending religious sentiments for its depiction of a deity and a member of a traditionally vegetarian caste cooking and eating meat.

Annapoorani: the Goddess of Food, a film made in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, tells the story of a young woman of the privileged Brahmin caste, whose father cooks food in a Hindu temple, and her aspirations to become one of India’s best chefs.

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