Blood bath for Actor Duniya Vijay's cutout during film release Simhadri- Davangere Karnataka (SSS)
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Govindarajan.L.N.
Oct 4, 2014, 10:16:22 PM10/4/14
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Film heroes are worshipped as God, particularly in south India. cinema is a
route to reach political power. We have seen, heard of hero worship,
pouring of milk on cutouts of Shivaji Ganesan, NGR, Raj Kumar, N.T.Ramarao,
Rajini etc . But this is the first time it is reported that animals were
sacrificed and blood of animals, chickens were poured on the cut out in
Davangere, Karnataka. The cut out is of Duniya Vijay. This happened on Oct-2
birthday of Gandhi . Pl read the full news item from Bangalore Mirror.
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Chicken sacrificed for Duniya Vijay
By
Shyam Prasad S, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Oct 4, 2014.
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Picture: R
Manohar
It hardly mattered to actor Vijay's fans
that it was Gandhi Jayanthi and animal slaughter is banned
In the south, some of the enigmatic movie stars are celebrated and worshipped like god. Praying in front of cutouts and offering milk, garlanding the cutouts are a common sight and a ritual followed by hardcore fans.
But on Thursday, Duniya Vijay's fans took this ritual to a whole new level by sacrificing dozens of chicken in front of the cut out at Pushpanjali theatre in Davangere which is showing his newly released Simhadri.
That it was Mahatma Gandhi's birthday and killing of animals is officially prohibited didn't matter to the crazy fans. The arrival of the police at the scene was a little late for action as the 'fans' who killed the birds ran away. Sadly, two days since the incident, the crime has been conveniently buried.
This is not the first time that Davangere has seen animal sacrifice for film stars. When the film Varadanayaka was released, unconfirmed reports suggested that 10 sheep were sacrificed because one of the leading men praises the caste of the other. On October 2, it was a dozen chicken which had their throats cut twenty feet in the air and dropped down. The blood was drenched on the cutout featuring Vijay. A person who was at the theatre, said, "The fans had held a press meet to announce that they would distribute sweets on the day of the film's release. But at the theatre, they sacrificed chickens instead. The police arrived and they ran away."
The manager of the theatre, Arun Kumar, said "I was at the ticket counter when this incident occurred. I came to know that someone had sacrificed chicken to the cutout. The theatre has nothing to do with it." The local police have washed their hands off the incident.
Thomas D'souza, secretary (exhibitor sector) of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) said, "I am very pained by what has happened. I heard about another such unconfirmed incident in Bangalore on the same day. The KFCC condemns such acts and it is nothign but uncivilised behaviour. The chamber will send directions to member exhibitors not to allow any such activities in their premises henceforth. Such animal sacrifice incidents has not happened before and we should not allow it to continue. It will dent the image of the theatres and film personalities. We do not approve of it."
In the south, some of the enigmatic movie stars are celebrated and worshipped like god. Praying in front of cutouts and offering milk, garlanding the cutouts are a common sight and a ritual followed by hardcore fans.
But on Thursday, Duniya Vijay's fans took this ritual to a whole new level by sacrificing dozens of chicken in front of the cut out at Pushpanjali theatre in Davangere which is showing his newly released Simhadri.
That it was Mahatma Gandhi's birthday and killing of animals is officially prohibited didn't matter to the crazy fans. The arrival of the police at the scene was a little late for action as the 'fans' who killed the birds ran away. Sadly, two days since the incident, the crime has been conveniently buried.
This is not the first time that Davangere has seen animal sacrifice for film stars. When the film Varadanayaka was released, unconfirmed reports suggested that 10 sheep were sacrificed because one of the leading men praises the caste of the other. On October 2, it was a dozen chicken which had their throats cut twenty feet in the air and dropped down. The blood was drenched on the cutout featuring Vijay. A person who was at the theatre, said, "The fans had held a press meet to announce that they would distribute sweets on the day of the film's release. But at the theatre, they sacrificed chickens instead. The police arrived and they ran away."
The manager of the theatre, Arun Kumar, said "I was at the ticket counter when this incident occurred. I came to know that someone had sacrificed chicken to the cutout. The theatre has nothing to do with it." The local police have washed their hands off the incident.
Thomas D'souza, secretary (exhibitor sector) of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) said, "I am very pained by what has happened. I heard about another such unconfirmed incident in Bangalore on the same day. The KFCC condemns such acts and it is nothign but uncivilised behaviour. The chamber will send directions to member exhibitors not to allow any such activities in their premises henceforth. Such animal sacrifice incidents has not happened before and we should not allow it to continue. It will dent the image of the theatres and film personalities. We do not approve of it."
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