2002 riots icon sues makers of flick Rajdhani Express
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- Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:50
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Qutubuddin Ansari, the man who’s image become a ghastly icon of the 2002 Godhra riots, has sent a notice to the maker of the Bollywood flick Rajdhani Express for "illegally" using his photo and causing him and his family "mental trauma".
"We have sent a legal notice to the producer and principal director of the film for using the photo of my client (Ansari), which was taken during the 2002 riots, in a demeaning way causing mental trauma to him and his family," said advocate Amit Nair, who is representing Ansari in the matter.
Ansari has taken strong exception at the film for showing his photo in apolice station and identifying him as a common man in depressing need of help, against whom a cop, played by Jimmy Shergill, pulls trigger of a gun in the end of the movie.
"My client states that your action has caused emotional distress on him and brought back the horrors of the unfortunate incident. Your malicious action has inflicted extreme mental pain, fear and agony on him and affected his normal life," says the legal notice.
Notice has been sent to producers SLA Impex and Manoj Kejriwal and to the principal director of the film Ashok Kohli while giving them two days to reply from the receipt of the notice.
"We are also seeking a sum of Rs 25 lakhs as damages for their actions and have demanded to publish an apology prominently in two leading newspapers having national circulation," Nair said.Â
Ansari had earlier requested people not to use his picture since it appeared in a threat mail issued by Indian Mujahideen after serial blasts that rocked Ahmedabad in July 2008.
In the notice, Ansari has also alleged that the film makers used his photograph to sensationalize the film and have left a "false and negative image" of his character.
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