Leena Manimekalai

A poster for a documentary directed by filmmaker leena manimekalai has drawn flak on social media for hurting religious sentiments with the depiction of Goddess Kali. The Madurai-born, Toronto-based filmmaker had earlier taken to Twitter to share a poster of her film which depicted a woman dressed in a costume portraying the goddess and smoking. A flag of the LGBT community is seen in the background.

Author and documentary filmmaker leena manimekalai faced backlash on social media after sharing a poster of her upcoming short film 'Kaali'. The poster of the documentary shared by the director has reportedly stirred controversy as it depicts the goddess Kali smoking a cigarette and holding a rainbow pride flag in her hand.

Movie lovers can enjoy not one but two films by director leena manimekalai online.

Terming the depiction of goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette in the poster of a film titled ‘Kaali’ as “highly objectionable”, a 'pujari' of Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya, Mahant Raju Das, threatened the filmmaker, leena manimekalai, of “dire consequences”.

The Supreme Court on January 20, announced that filmmaker leena manimekalai will be given protection from further coercive proceedings. According to reports, multiple FIRs were filed against the director after she announced her film ‘Kaali’. The case was heard by the Supreme Court bench that included Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. The statement from the judge reportedly stated that the director will be free from further coercive steps of the complaints filed against her over the ‘Kaali’ row.

Coimbatore police have arrested a right wing functionary 'Athiradi' Saraswathi for releasing a threatening video against leena manimekalai who directed a documentary film named 'Kaali'.

Director leena manimekalai is now facing FIRs in two states in India, after she released the poster of her upcoming film ‘Kaali’. The controversial poster features a women dressed as Hindu goddess Kali and smoking. An LGBTQ community’s pride flag is seen in the backdrop.

The city police on Wednesday arrested founder-president of Sashti Sena Hindu Makkal Iyakkam ‘Athiradi’ Saraswathi for releasing a video threatening Toronto-based filmmaker leena manimekalai, who directed a documentary film named ‘Kaali’.

An FIR was registered against Toronto-based filmmaker leena manimekalai at Vaishali Nagar police station on Thursday after Shree Rajput Karni Sena (SRKS) lodged a complaint about the controversial poster of ‘Kaali’.

Annapurna police have registered an FIR against filmmaker leena manimekalai for hurting religious sentiments.

The controversial ‘Kaali’ poster continues to make headlines. After the Indian High Commission in Canada urged the organizers of the event to withdraw all provocative material, the Aga Khan museum, which was hosting the event, has issued an apology.

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The Madhya Pradesh Police on Thursday issued a lookout circular against filmmaker leena manimekalai following outrage over the poster of film 'Kaali' showing the Hindu goddess smoking and holding the LGBT flag. The development came hours after Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra said he would urge the Centre to issue a lookout circular against Canada-based film director Manimekalai for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus.

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An FIR has been registered against Indian documentary filmmaker leena manimekalai for poster of her new film ‘Kaali’ in which a woman dressed as Hindu deity is seen smoking.

A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders handed over a memorandum to the police commissioner demanding action against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and film director leena manimekalai for their alleged offending comments against Goddess Kali on Saturday.

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The ‘Kaali’ poster controversy intensified on Thursday after filmmaker leena manimekalai tweeted a photograph of two artistes dressed as Shiva and Parvati, smoking ‘bidi’. After this, state home minister Narottam Mishra said the MP government will write to the home ministry to issue a lookout circular against Manimekalai.

'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri seemingly took a dig at filmmaker leena manimekalai, for her comments about the Goddess Kaali. The independent filmmaker is courting controversy for depicting the goddess smoking a cigarette.

Sunil Kumar Singh SHO of Kotwali police station told this newspaper that they cannot file the FIR as the matter did not fall in their jurisdiction. “If they want to lodge complaint they should go to the court or else file the case online. They want to register complaint against TMC leader and film-maker of Kaali. We told them that they should lodge complaint in Mumbai and Kolkata,” he said.

An FIR was registered at Hazratganj police station in Lucknow against Indian documentary filmmaker leena manimekalai for a poster in her new film 'Kaali' where a woman dressed as the Hindu deity is seen smoking.

Amala also says she applauds Leena's courage and that it is high time government and judicial benches device a system to address such issues

With the #Me Too movement also making its way to the various regional film industries, Kollywood has also faced the aftermath of it. One of the latest names to crop up was director Susi Ganesan who was accused by leena manimekalai.

The recent tweet of filmmaker leena manimekalai releasing the poster of the film 'Kaali' was removed by the microblogging site. The poster of her film depicted a woman dressed in a costume portraying the goddess and smoking.