Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit on May 9 condemned the ban of The Kerala Story movie by the West Bengal Government and called it a "big attack" on the freedom of expression.
This comes a day after the Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal banned the film The Kerala Story, citing "maintenance of peace" and to avoid incidents of "hatred and violence" in the State.
Reacting sharply to the ban of the film, Mr. Pandit, who is also the president of the Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association, told ANI, “I condemn the banning of the film The Kerala Story by the West Bengal Government. It’s a big attack on the freedom of expression of a filmmaker. It is sending the wrong signal to the entire country.”
