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Ram Gopal Varma's Film On Veerappan Is Full Of False Information, Court Told

Ram Gopal Varma's Film On Veerappan Is Full Of False Information, Court Told
-, INDIA: (FILES) An undated file photo shows India's most wanted man, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan. India's most wanted criminal, Veerappan, who was accused of more than 100 murders, has been shot dead after decades on the run, police said 19 October 2004. The bandit, said to be around 60 years old now, was killed in a forest in southeastern Tamil Nadu state, said Special Task Force chief K. Vijay Kumar. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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-, INDIA: (FILES) An undated file photo shows India's most wanted man, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan. India's most wanted criminal, Veerappan, who was accused of more than 100 murders, has been shot dead after decades on the run, police said 19 October 2004. The bandit, said to be around 60 years old now, was killed in a forest in southeastern Tamil Nadu state, said Special Task Force chief K. Vijay Kumar. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

CHENNAI -- A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking an interim stay on the release of Ramgopal Verma's multi-lingual film Killing Veerappan, based on the operation leading to the killing of the dreaded forest brigand, on the grounds it is full of "false information."

Citing the trailer of the film released recently, petitioner Paneerselvi of a village in Salem district alleged that the "entire movie is filled up with false information which is nothing but creating law and order problems in Tamil Nadu."

Seeking a a direction to the state Home Secretary and the Censor Board's regional office to file a report with regard to issue of U certificate to the film, she sought an interim injunction on the release of the film, set for January 1.

The petitioner claimed that the director of the film, produced by Sivaprakash in various languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, degraded Tamils, specifically women, and depicted that Karnataka police alone had taken all steps to curb the menace of the sandalwood smuggler who was killed in 2004 in a joint operation by the two states.

The petitioner further submitted that the movie falsely depicted the wife of Veerappan as having killed several persons.

The film director had visualised some "negative" images about Tamil Nadu police and politicians, she charged.

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