Film poster displaying Goddess Kali smoking cigarette sparks outrage
A film poster shows Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette has created uproar on social media.
started to go viral just as the festival of Goddess Kali comes to a close. The director of the film is being accused of hurting religious sentiments and has been called “irresponsible”. On Twitter, some people said they had seen the movie, saying that it was “amazing”
A film poster which shows Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette has created uproar on social media.
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A film poster which shows Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette has created uproar on social media.
The director of the film, Ramesh Babu, has been accused of hurting religious sentiments by showing Goddess Kali in such an inappropriate manner. The director has been called “irresponsible” and “insensitive”. The film’s title is called “Kali”, and it deals with the goddess’ story. This is the first time that she has had a starring role in any movie.
The poster of film Kali started to go viral just as the festival of Goddess Kali comes to a close.
The film poster of Kali, a new horror movie, has sparked outrage among some Indians for depicting Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette. The goddess is revered as the female counterpart of Lord Shiva and is associated with power and destruction.
The festival of Kali Puja, dedicated to the Hindu deity who is said to have wiped out both demons and evil in the universe, begins in October and ends on October 31st. This year’s celebrations were marred by controversy after director Shakti Singh posted his film’s trailer which features Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette while sitting on top of the corpses of children killed during an earthquake:
“My intent was not to hurt anyone’s sentiments,” Singh told BBC News’ Vikas Pandey. “I just wanted to depict how powerful she really is.”
The filmmaker claims that he has received death threats since sharing his work online and has been accused of hurting religious sentiments by some angry fans as well as members from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The director of the film is being accused of hurting religious sentiments and has been called “irresponsible”.
The director of the film is being accused of hurting religious sentiments and has been called “irresponsible”.
The director, who is a known offender, has been arrested and is in jail. He has also been banned from making films and entering India.
He has also been banned from entering any religious place or cinema hall.
On Twitter, some people said they had seen the movie, saying that it was “amazing”
Some people on Twitter said they had seen the film and found it “amazing,” with some saying that it was a good depiction of Goddess Kali. Others said that the poster was just bad marketing, or simply offensive.
One user tweeted: “I mean the movie itself was okay. The poster though, I don’t know how you could think this is acceptable.”
Another user replied: “You’re not alone! It’s absolutely disgusting & disrespectful.”
This director really needs to think about his poster choices
This director really needs to think about his poster choices. I mean, what kind of person would use the sacred image of a Hindu Goddess for their movie poster? I just think this whole thing is a big mess and it’s not something that we should be tolerating in any way shape or form.
I’m not sure if the director knew better or not but he definitely should’ve known better. If he didn’t know better, then he should have done some research on the subject matter before making an offensive decision like this one. And even if he did know better, then why didn’t he show more respect for his religion? He could’ve used something else instead of using this particular image for his poster design – anything would’ve been better than using an image that people hold sacred in their hearts with such disrespect!
Conclusion
Film posters are a powerful tool to get people interested in a movie, but they can also cause harm. In this case, it appears that someone at the production house decided that using an image of Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette would be appropriate for the film’s marketing campaign. That may have been fine if there was some context behind this choice (for example, if her character smoked), but they did not take those considerations into account when designing the poster and now we have another controversy on our hands. This raises some questions about what exactly happened during production and whether or not anyone involved with making decisions about promotional material should have anticipated how such images would be received by viewers before pressing “send.”