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Venice Title ‘Pooja, Sir: Rajagunj’ Released in Nepal After Extensive Censorship Battle: ‘An Attack on the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Deepak Rauniyar's crime thriller 'Pooja, Sir: Rajagunj' has finally released in its home country of Nepal after a censorship battle.
After world premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, director-producer Deepak Rauniyar ‘s crime thriller “Pooja, Sir: Rajagunj” has finally released in its home country of Nepal, but not without hurdles. The politically charged film, which follows Detective Inspector Pooja ( Asha Magrati) investigating a kidnapping in a fictional border town during the 2015 Madhesi protests, has been subjected to what Rauniyar calls “an attack on the fundamental right to freedom of speech guaranteed by the constitution.” Gajendra Kumar Thakur, the censor board chair who also serves as assistant secretary at Nepal’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, allegedly accused Rauniyar of inciting racial tensions without even viewing the film, the filmmaker says.
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