Darbar (film): Difference between revisions

Darbar has two scenes where characters speak of prison inmates being allowed to go out and shop. The dialogues are not mouthed by [[Rajinikanth]] in either scene, though the actor is present in the shot in the movie. [[Lyca Productions]] announced that it would be removing controversial dialogues in the film, deemed to be a reference to [[V. K. Sasikala]], the jailed aide of former Chief Minister [[J. Jayalalithaa]]. [[Lyca Productions]] released a statement on [[Twitter]] that read: “In Darbar, particular words and dialogues having references to prisoners or inmates going out of jail or prison during their imprisonment was only included with an intention of providing entertainment to the audience and not intended to refer to any specific individual or to offend anyone. However, since some of those words seemed to have hurt some people, we have hereby decided to remove the same from the film."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/controversial-scenes-to-be-removed-from-rajinis-darbar/article30538841.ece |title=Controversial scenes to be removed from Rajini's Darbar |website=The Hindu}}</ref> Talking about the same, ''Sam Daniel'' from [[NDTV]] wrote, "Fans watching superstar Rajinikanth's ''Darbar'' will miss his dialogues on irregularities inside prisons which many felt were a tacit dig at jailed Sasikala, close friend of late Chief Minister [[J. Jayalalithaa]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/rajinikanths-darbar-to-remove-tacit-reference-to-sasikala-in-jail-2162206 |title=Rajinikanth's "Darbar" To Remove Tacit Reference To Sasikala in Jail |website=NDTV}}</ref>