Omkara hearing deferred till Wednesday

Omkara hearing deferred till Wednesday
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 13:28 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
The complainant said the vulgar language used in the film would influence the younger generation.

Mumbai: The city civil court on Tuesday deferred till Wednesday the hearing of an application moved by a film actor seeking the court to direct immediate ban on screening the film Omkara across the country in view of using ''vulgar and abusive language'' all through the movie.

The matter which had come before the civil judge A T Vaidya have been deferred as the state was unrepresented.

Counsel M V Holmangi representing the complainant prayed the court to hear the application on Tuesday itself as he had sent notices to all concerned in advance.

However, Judge Vaidya assured him that in case they failed to turn up on Wednesday, he would pass an appropriate order on the same day.

Counsel Mamta Shah had appeared on Tuesday for the film director, producer and distributor of the film.

Nasim Khan in his application sought court directive to ban further screening of the film and prosecute the producer of the film, Kumar Mangat, Devgan films, director Vishal Bharadwaj, Censor Board, the Union Government and the Maharashtra government.

The applicant said that he had seen Omkara on August 17 and had been surprised at how the film had been granted a censor certificate.

He added that throughout the film the vulgar and unparliamentary words used insult the very set up of a great nation.
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