Tiger film banned in India as it humiliates friendly Sri Lanka

Tiger film banned in India as it humiliates friendly Sri Lanka

A Tamil film has been produced based on the life story of rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,

Isaipriya Sobha a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and television broadcaster who had died during the ethnic war in 2009.The film titled “Porkkaaththil Oru Pu” had been produced but had not been passed by the censor board.

It is learnt that Isaipriya had surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army but alleged to have killed by the army. The Hindu Newspaper had published that the approval of the censor board had not been given to be shown in the Indian film circuit. The film “Porkkaaththil Oru Pu” has been banned as it would bring disrepute to Sri Lanka by foreign countries as well as Sri Lanka is considered a friendly country.

The director of the film K.Ganeshan had objected to this decision. He had emphasised that the Tamil Nadu State do not consider Sri Lanka as a friendly country of India. The meaning of “Porkkaaththil Oru Pu” in Sinhalese is ‘A FLOWER in Battlefield’.