This weekend, TV9 Bangla investigates the contentious plot or the political intolerance that led to the screening of Director Sudipta Sen’s recently released film, “The Kerala Story,” being prohibited in a news documentary called “Nishidhow Cinema,” which will air on May 21, Sunday, at 10 p.m. on TV9 Bangla News Series.

It seems difficult for an artist to remain independent in India. In our country, political intolerance, unwarranted interruptions of the filming process with the aid of political goons, and attacks while the film was being made have a long history. Why does the ban happen? Is it the mindset that the best opinion counts or the looming fear of losing a vote bank? In the wake of the government’s ban on the screening of Sudipto Sen’s “The Kerala Story” and the Supreme Court’s rejection of the ban, TV9 Bangla examines the lengthy tale of political intolerance.

No political party, whether led by the right or the left, is less. The filming memories of “City of Joy” in the early 1990s are still fresh in the minds of many. The left-led government vigorously opposed the film’s production, which was based on Dominique Lapierre’s novel “City of Joy.” Even the director’s team, which includes Oscar winner Rola Zoff, was put together momentarily. Leaders of the nationalist movement shared the same ailment. What films have been prohibited in the nation?

What was the cause of it? What about “The Kerala Story” caused Mamata Banerjee, the Bengali government, to tread in the same waters? Is it merely an excuse for the movie’s propaganda, or is it still the same disease of that previous intolerance? Can the government alone or another impartial body decide whether to view the movie? Don’t watch the movie if you don’t want to and if you want to, watch it. Is this mindset even viable here? TV9 Bangla aims to discover all of these solutions through this show.

Priyanka Dutta