Hyderabad: Protestors in Hyderabad ransacked an IMAX theatre for screening the controversial Hollywood movie The Da Vinci Code.
The movie was cleared for screening after the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the ban imposed by the state government on the screening of the film.
Fearing more trouble, IMAX has cancelled other shows of the film also.
Trouble had started brewing a few months ago when over 200 Catholic organisations submitted a petition against the screening of the film to the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Priyaranjan Dasmunsi.
Speaking against the controversial film, Father Donald D'Souza of the Catholics Bishops Council had said, "In a country where people are still learning about Christianity, such films can be quite harmful. We don't want people to imbibe a wrong view of this religion in India."
Many state governments had opposed the screening of the film, besides the Goa government, which vehemently asked for a nationwide a ban to be imposed on the film.
Goa Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane had said that he would write to the Censor Board "either to censor or stop the release" of the controversial film in the state as he feared the film would hurt the sentiments of Christians.
The Catholic Association of Goa had attached a letter written by the Archbishop of Goa and Daman, Rev Fr Filip Nery Ferrao, to parishioners asking them to refrain from viewing the movie.
Despite all the protests staged by various Christian groups in the country, the film was released in India in the month of May.
(With inputs from PTI)
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