This Article is From Mar 06, 2014

Gulaab Gang producers challenge court decision to stop film's release

Gulaab Gang producers challenge court decision to stop film's release

Gulaab Gang was slated to release on March 7.

Highlights

  • The producers of actresses Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla's film Gulaab Gang have moved the Delhi High Court asking that the stay order on the movie be lifted. The court will hear the plea later today.
  • Yesterday, the Delhi High Court ruled that the movie not be released anywhere in India in its censored or uncensored form till May 8. Gulaab Gang was meant to release tomorrow.
  • Activist Sampat Pal, the leader of the real-life Gulabi Gang - a group of pink sari clad women vigilantes from Uttar Pradesh - on which the film is based, moved the Delhi High Court to block the release of the film.
  • Sampat Pal moved the high court seeking a restraining order on the release of Gulaab Gang, saying the filmmakers did not ask her permission before making the movie.
  • She also sought financial compensation, saying there are certain scenes in movie which will affect her reputation.
  • The court agreed that the film promos, shown in January 2014, depicted Ms Pal "in the negative light and gave her a fresh cause of action".
  • "Reputation once lost is lost forever and can not come back and even can't be compensated with monetary terms," the court said.
  • Gulaab Gang is directed by debutant Soumik Sen and produced by Anubhav Sinha.
  • With agency inputs
New Delhi: The producers of actresses Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla's film Gulaab Gang have moved the Delhi High Court asking that the stay order on the movie be lifted. The court will hear the plea later today.

Yesterday, the Delhi High Court ruled that the movie not be released anywhere in India in its censored or uncensored form till May 8. Gulaab Gang was meant to release tomorrow.

Activist Sampat Pal, the leader of the real-life Gulabi Gang - a group of pink sari clad women vigilantes from Uttar Pradesh - on which the film is based, moved the Delhi High Court to block the release of the film.

Sampat Pal moved the high court seeking a restraining order on the release of Gulaab Gang, saying the filmmakers did not ask her permission before making the movie.

She also sought financial compensation, saying there are certain scenes in movie which will affect her reputation.

The court agreed that the film promos, shown in January 2014, depicted Ms Pal "in the negative light and gave her a fresh cause of action".

"Reputation once lost is lost forever and can not come back and even can't be compensated with monetary terms," the court said.

Gulaab Gang is directed by debutant Soumik Sen and produced by Anubhav Sinha.

With agency inputs
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