Bengal oppositions write to EC to hold release of film inspired by the life of Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, Apr 17 (IBNS): At a time when the Election Commission prevented the release of a biopic based on PM Narendra Modi, a Bengali movie inspired by the political life of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been cleared by the censor board for theatrical release. Both the opposition CPI-M and the BJP in West Bengal have raised an alarm and approached the Election Commission to stop the release of this film which its makers claimed is not exactly a biopic.
The movie has been titled Baghini - Bengal Tigress".
The CPI-M, one of the major opposition parties in the state, submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission and sought stay on the release of the film.
"Earlier Modi biopic was stopped by the commission. There is one more biopic on Mamata Banerjee, so we feel in all fairness that one should also not see the light of the day before elections are over," CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu was quoted as saying by India Today.
Bharatiya Janata Party has also written a letter to the Election Commission requesting "the Hon'ble Election Commission of India and its representative in West Bengal the CEO to review the said biopic before release, on similar lines that was done by the Hon'ble Election Commission in the case of another biopic depicting Narendra Modi.."
Director Nehal Dutta , however, told media that the movie was not a biopic.
"Unlike Modi's film, ours is not a biopic. You can say we have been inspired by her (Mamata Banerjee). She is an iconic figure. It is an emotional story about women's empowerment," Dutta told India Today TV.
Theatre actor Ruma Chakraborty is playing the lead character in the movie.
She was quoted as saying by India Today: "It is not easy to portray such a living legend. I saw several videos of her, tried to practice her mannerisms, the way she conducts herself."
In the trailer, one can find Ruma wearing the rubber slippers,white cotton sari, as the CM could be seen wearing in real life, in her attempt to replicate the Bengal leader onscreen.
The trailer also makes references to Banerjee's Singur and Nandigram movements which had eventually played a crucial role in her coming to power in West Bengal in 2011.
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