The Movie ‘Prabhakaran’ Will be Screened in Sri Lanka From the 25th of This Month

The movie ‘Prabhakaran’ will be screened in Sri Lanka from the 25th of this month (April), Film Producer Saman Thanthirige told www.news.lk.

The producer has been able to make 16 copies of the film in Italy.

The English subtitled version of the movie will also be screened internationally from the 27th of this month.

The Director of the movie Thushara Peiris was assaulted by a group of pro- LTTE thugs when he was in Chennai to collect the Tamil subtitled version of the movie from the Gemini Colour Laboratories. The assailants took off with his film. Thereafter the mob leader obtained a temporary restraining order from the courts to stop the release for a week arguing it would affect the whole Tamil race.

“The decision to screen the film in India is pending with the ongoing legal process,” Peiris said. Although the Central Government in India has given approval for the screening of the film in their country, The Censors Board in Tamil Nadu has not given consent, he explained.

Mr. Thanthirige said that the film ‘Prabhakaran’ was the first Sri Lankan movie waiting to be screened in India. He also said that parties requesting a ban on the movie are LTTE aides.

Meanwhile the senior Tamil politician and the leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front, V. Anandasangaree is of the view that by showing a film exposing the atrocious activities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cannot become a problem to Tamils in general and in no way brings discredit to the entire Tamil race.

Source: Government of Sri Lanka

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