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S(exy) Durga film made headlines when it was when it was dropped from the Indian Panaroma section during International Film Festival of India (IFFI) from Goa. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, the director of the film, decided to approach the Kerala High Court regarding the matter. Also, the verdict too was ruled in their favour.
Considering the ruling, the film was also screened for the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However, a re-examination of the film was ordered later. Eventually, the film couldn’t be screened at IFFI. The CBFC was not convinced with the way Sexy was replaced in the film’s posters. They alleged that the patches of the four letters (Sexy) covered on the poster weren’t acceptable.
On the other hand, an eight-member Revising Committee decided to review the film on January 23, 2018. However, this resulted in favour of the film. They cleared the same without any cuts. This time around, the film was screened without any such patches or replacements. Post the screening, the committee has also ordered for the makers to exhibit this particular version only. Whereas Sasidharan has already asserted that the international rights of the film have already been sold in the name of Sexy Durga. However, considering the Indian objection, he had to change the title. However, he did agree to the change and has made all the necessary changes.
Finally, the film is all set to begin its theatrical journey and will be released on March 23, 2018, after a long struggle with government bodies like Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Mr. Sasidharan is also trying out a new, parallel system of distribution, involving cinephiles. S Durga will be distributed by local cinema lovers who have formed groups for the purpose. Since last week some 25 such groups, with about 100 members each, have got together across Kerala — from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasargod — to publicise the film at the grassroots and also lobby for it with the local theatres.
The groups have been negotiating with wary theatre owners in their respective localities to screen the film commercially, assuring them that even such a small indie can have a loyal, dedicated viewership; and if tapped sensibly, can yield fairly good returns. Some 20 theatres have already come on board and the number is likely to increase in the coming week.
The trailer of the film, which has won laurels at many international feats, was recently released. It offers a glimpse into the plight of a woman who travels alone in a car in the company of a few men at night, and how she goes through the dirty dance of masculinity. The film makes you question the goodness of religion and the sense in following blind rituals in today’s world, where devil might be more of Saviour than god in whose name maximum atrocities happen in the country.
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