S. DURAIRAJ Vs. CENTRAL BOARD OF FILM CERTIFICATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners, who are devotees/disciples of the Sri Ramakrishna Order, have come up with the above writ petition, seeking a Mandamus to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to issue appropriate directions to the respondents 3 to 5, to delete a dialogue in the Tamil feature film 'Velai Illa Pattadhari', on the ground that it shows the educational institutions run by Sri Ramakrishna Mission in poor light.

(2.) HEARD Mr.R.Krishnamurthy, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners.

(3.) FROM the averments contained in the affidavit and the set of documents filed by the petitioners, it appears that in a Tamil feature film titled 'Velai Illa Pattadhari' directed by the fourth respondent, produced and acted by the third respondent and distributed by the fifth respondent, the lead actor is shown to reply to his father in one sequence that since he studied in a school run by Sri Ramakrishna Mission, he was not able to speak fluently in English and that consequently, he was not successful in interviews and that he could not be blamed for the same.