Oscar-nominated documentary faces flak over filming minor rape survivor

Priyanka Dasgupta / TNN / Updated: Mar 12, 2024, 09:36 IST

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The controversial documentary 'To Kill a Tiger' by Nisha Pahuja reveals the face of a gang-raped teenage survivor, violating the Pocso Act. Despite losing the Oscar race, the film sparked a divide among activists and filmmakers regarding the survivor's decision to reveal her identity.

Oscar-nominated documentary faces flak over filming minor rape survivor

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KOLKATA: Oscar-nominated documentary feature 'To Kill a Tiger', which chronicles a Jharkhand father's fight to get justice for his gang-raped teenage daughter, has been accused of violating the Pocso Act by revealing the survivor's face during an interview with her when she was still a minor.
The controversy triggered by the documentary's OTT release on Sunday coincided with it losing the Oscar race to Ukraine's '20 Days in Mariupol' at the Academy Awards on Monday.
Activists and filmmakers are divided over Canadian-Indian Nisha Pahuja's documentary showing the survivor's face, although her name has been changed. The documentary ends with the disclaimer that she is "one of a handful of survivors who chose to reveal their identity" after "watching her 13-year-old self in this film". "Her parents fully support her decision.
After consulting extensively with women's rights activists in India, the filmmakers decided to reveal her," it states.

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Priyanka Dasgupta is the features editor of TOI Kolkata. She has over 20 years of experience in covering entertainment, art and culture. She describes herself as sensitive yet hard-hitting, objective yet passionate. Her hobbies include watching cinema, listening to music, travelling, archiving and gardening.

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