Hate Story: Paoli Dam's bare back posters painted blue

Kolkata: As Bengali actress Paoli Dam makes her Bollywood debut in Vikram Bhatt's erotic thriller 'Hate Story', her posters are being painted blue in the city to hide her bare back following orders of the Calcutta High Court.

The film's regional distributors Kushagra Arts and cinema hall owners are now covering the bare skin of the Bengali bombshell by colouring it with blue ink. Justice Dipankar Dutta of the High Court yesterday refused to stay an order by the West Bengal Board of Censorship, which had directed the distributors not to display the posters showing the actress in sensuous positions.

Describing them as "obscene and provocative", the Censor board had banned two posters - one showing Paoli's bare back and the other of her in a compromising position with a man. Six other posters were cleared only after blotting out the bare body of the actress with blue ink. Admitting that the posters of his film are being modified with ink, director Vivek Agnihotri told PTI from Mumbai that the move by the state government run Censor board would only help in the publicity of his film.

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  Bengali actress Paoli Dam makes her Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatt's 'Hate Story'.

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  The film tracks Paoli's journey from being a journalist to a sex worker.

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  Censor board suggested many changes in the trailer of the film as it is too bold for television.

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  The makers released the uncut trailer online which became very popular.

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  Agnihotri says he made 'Hate Story' keeping an A certificate in mind.

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  According to the latest reports, censor has passed the film with an A certificate.

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  Paoli Dam's bold dialogues have been passed by the censor board.

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  She has done six intimate scenes in the film.

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  Censor board has demanded to shorten the sex scenes in the film.

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  'Hate Story' is India's first erotic thriller.

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  Do you think Bollywood audience will accept such a bold film.

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  Paoli Dam has high expectations with the film.

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  Paoli says, if the script demands, she has no issues in doing bold scene.

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  Paoli says, "There is a very thin line between aesthetic and soft porn. It's all about how you narrate the story."

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  Paoli Dam is a popular Bengali actress.

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  Will 'Hate Story' bring more Bollywood offers for Paoli.

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  Paoli in an intimate scene from the film.

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  Let's wait and watch whether Paoli can be a threat to actresses like Mallika Sherawat, who are known for their skin show and bold statements.

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  Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, Paoli Dam, Gulshan Devaiya and Nikhil Dwivedi play the lead roles in 'Hate Story'.

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  'Hate Story' hits the screen on April 20, 2012.

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"I am getting more publicity because of this. My film is now bigger than it was earlier," he said. With only her bare back visible, and a strategically placed gun and tattoo in the main poster of the film, Paoli created a tremendous buzz all over the country. "If I make a film on football, I will have football in the posters. But this is about sex and so a bare body will be on the posters to tell people what my film is all about," Agnihotri said.

'Hate Story' is based on a woman's vengeance and how she uses her sexuality as a lethal weapon as she transforms herself from a simple middle class journalist to a sex worker. The film, which also stars Nikhil Dwivedi and Gulshan Devaiah, hits theatres this Friday.

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