Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 06:
Cine artistes and technicians under the aegis of the Film Forum, Manipur today staged a dharna against the monetary demand served on them by the underground outfit KCP (P) at Keishampat junction with placards reading �To save our films is our right,� �We want artistic freedom� etc.
Following the ban imposed on digital films by the KCP (P), the Film Forum Manipur had formed a Preview Committee to screen all films before they are released.
The committee had screened eleven films while seventy other films are await screening.
Even then the outfit is still demanding Rs 3 lacs from the Forum to lift the ban, said the Forum.
The Forum flatly rejected the demand saying that cultural heritage and social values cannot be sold.