Christians Object to Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal

Christian associations have sought immediate removal of "objectionable" scenes from director Priyadarshan's Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal and demanded special screening of the film before its release tomorrow.

"We have registered our protest against the movie. We demand a special screening of the movie urgently and deletion of objectionable scenes as we feel that a priest is shown in a bad light in the movie," Association of Concerned Catholics (AOCC) Secretary Judith Monteiro told PTI.

Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal is a comedy film starring Nana Patekar, Shreyas Talpade and Paresh Rawal.

"There has to be some limit the way the community is portrayed on screen as it gives a wrong message to others. We demand the resignation of Censor Board Chief Leela Samson and transfer of Censor Board CEO Pankaja Thakur," Monteiro said on the portrayal of the community in the film.

In a protest held last evening, around 100 people took out a march starting from St Peter's Church in suburban Bandra to Indian Motion Picture Producers (IMPPA) and Film Makers Combine (FMC) office a few kilometres away.

The protest was called by the Association of Concerned Catholics (AOCC), Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), Maharashtra Christian Youth Forum (MCYF), Catholic Residents Organisation for Social Services (CROSS) and Catholics for Preservation of Faith (CPF).

Shailendra Singh of Percept Picture, the producer of the movie, said that it is a "clean" comedy.

"I truly respect the sentiments of all the communities including catholics....I am a god-fearing person. But we have shown the film to the Censor Board and they have approved it without asking us to cut any scenes or giving 'A' certificate," Percept Pictures' head honcho Shailendra Singh told

"It is a clean film. If they have any grievances they should take it to the right forum i.e the censor board," he said.

The community members will be meeting the Indian Motion Picture Producers (IMPPA) officials to push for the cuts.

"We have a meeting with IMPPA today. We also demand a permanent representative from our community on the Censor Board in Mumbai be taken into consideration soon," Monteiro said.