Click to play videoNew Delhi: The screening of controversial film Parzania during the Budget session of Parliament, is one of the treats planned by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry for its Parliamentarians.
The film, which tells the story of a Parsi family losing their son in the Gujarat communal riots, is expected to divide the political class down the middle. But the I&B Minister says its important that MPs see the truth for themselves.
“So much has been said about the movie. It’s important that they see what the film is about,” says Minister, I&B, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
The movie ran into trouble in Gujarat after multiplex owners decided to give the movie a go by. But with the Government's latest move, director Rahul Dholakia is happy.
“Its great. I hope it helps screening it in Gujarat too,” says Dholakia.
But the BJP sniffs politics in Delhi is a move meant to embarrass the party in Parliament.
“It can be screened anywhere. Why in Parliament,” says BJP spokesperson, V K Malhotra.
The question they are asking is if Parzania can be screened, why not Black Friday, another controversial movie which is based on the 1993 Mumbai riots and banned by the NDA.
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