Opposing the screening of the film ‘Madras Café’ for allegedly portraying the LTTE in bad light, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India warned that activists would take to the streets if the film was screened.
Expressing concern over the nature of the film, the Mumbai president of the BJP, Ashish Shelar, said
“The movie deals with the Rajiv Ghandi assassination and mentions Tamil organisations as terror outfits,”
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