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Lakshmi's NTR: Election Commission directs Ram Gopal Varma to not release biopic until further order

Press Trust of India • May 1, 2019, 09:38:24 IST
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The Election Commission on 30 May, directed Ram Gopal Varma not to release Lakshmi’s NTR, the biopic based on the life of former AP CM N T Rama, reiterating its 10 April order not to screen it and another movie until further orders

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Lakshmi's NTR: Election Commission directs Ram Gopal Varma to not release biopic until further order

The Election Commission on Tuesday, 30 May, directed filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma not to release _Lakshmi's NTR_ , the biopic based on the life of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama, reiterating its 10 April order not to screen it and another movie until further orders. [caption id=“attachment_6427391” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]A still from Lakshmi’s NTR A still from Lakshmi’s NTR[/caption] The biopic was planned to be released on 1 May. State Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi informed Varma, in reply to the latter’s letter, that the movie should not be released till the model code of conduct was in force. Dwivedi cited the Election Commission of India’s 10 April order related to biopics and said it should be adhered to. The EC had on 10 April ordered the producers of Lakshmi’s NTR and Udyama Simham, the two biopics based on the lives of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao respectively, not to release the movies till further orders. It had said that any biopic material in the nature of biography/hagiography sub-serving the purpose of any political entity or an individual entity connected to it, which is intended to, or which has the potential to disturb the level playing field during the elections should not be displayed in electronic media including cinematography during the operation of Model Code of Conduct. Lakshmi’s NTR, is based on the life of Telugu Desam founder and former Chief Minister N T Rama Rao. Following a ban imposed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the movie could not be released in the state early this month, though it hit the screens in all other places. “It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that the said movie is publicized as a biopic of late N T Rama Rao, which purported to depict N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and a leader of a recognized political party, in a manner allegedly diminishing the electoral prospect of his party. You are hereby directed not to exhibit the film till further orders,” the ECI had said in its April 10 order. As the general elections in the state were completed on 11 April, Ram Gopal Varma wrote to the CEO on 25 April, requesting exhibition of Lakshmi’s NTR in Andhra Pradesh. The CEO, however, rejected Varma’s plea and maintained that the film should not be released till further orders.

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