Leena Manimekalai

Delhi court summons filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on plea seeking injunction against movie 'Kaali'

Additional Senior Civil Judge Abhishek Kumar directed Manimekalai to appear before the court on 6 August, saying she needed to be heard before passing any order

From beheading over Prophet remarks to ‘Kaali’ FIRs, religious hypersensitivity is the latest threat to India

People belonging to religious communities have developed a propensity to feel that their beliefs are under attack

PM Modi says, 'Limitless blessings of Maa Kali are always with India'; BJP takes jibe at Mahua Moitra, Mamata Banerjee

PM Modi's remark comes amid a raging controversy triggered by the depiction of Goddess Kali in in a film poster by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and the comments by Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra

'Kaali' poster row: Twitter pulls down Leena Manimekalai's controversial 'smoking' goddess post amid backlash

On Tuesday, the Delhi Police and the Uttar Pradesh Police filed separate FIRs against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai over the controversial poster of her documentary 'Kaali'

From Kaali poster to K-pop band Blackpink: When art offended religion

FIRs have been filed against director Leena Manimekalai in Delhi and UP for the 'offensive' poster of her film ‘Kaali'. A look back at times when artists courted controversies for hurting religious sentiments

Leena Manimekalai miserably misconstrues the meaning of 'Freedom of Expression'

Even Toronto the city where the Goddess is going to be seen letting her hair down, is not convinced. Canada has expressed its disapproval at Leena’s alarmingly panoramic vision of what the Gods can do, and can’t.

Kaali poster row: Indian High Commission in Ottawa urges Canadian authorities to withdraw 'provocative material'

Leena Manimekalai shared the poster of her documentary Kaali' on Twitter on Saturday which shows the goddess smoking and holding an LGBTQ flag in her hand

Kaali poster row: Two FIRs filed against director Leena Manimekalai

Delhi Police and UP Police on Tuesday filed FIRs against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai for hurting religious sentiments with the 'highly objectionable' movie poster of Goddess Kaali.

Leena Manimekalai shows goddess Kaali smoking cigarette in film, faces severe backlash for 'hurting religious sentiments

The poster of the documentary showing a woman dressed as Kaali smoking a cigarette while a pride flag hangs in the background has drawn flak, with several people accusing the filmmaker of ‘hurting religious sentiments’ and clamoring for her arrest

Leena Manimekalai on India's #MeToo movement, fighting defamation case: 'Absolute truth is my absolute defence'

Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, who has just finished the tenth hearing of the case filed against her on 7 March by Tamil film director Susi Ganesan (named by her), says the MeToo movement in India is an example of how the society consistently continues to fail the women.