Movie on Modi gives him cult status, will tilt electoral balance: EC to SC

The report was submitted after the SC on April 15 directed the EC to re-examine its earlier order and take an informed decision on banning pan-India the biopic’s release after watching the full movie

Elections:The biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “hagiography”, which treats the subject with undue veneration, and its open screening amid survey battle will “tilt the appointive parity”, the Election Commission (EC) has told the Supreme Court while restricting the arrival of the motion picture featuring Vivek Oberoi before the surveys end on May 19.

In its 20-page report submitted to the peak court seat headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on the film titled ‘PM Narendra Modi’, the survey board said that the biopic “produces a political domain where an individual procured religion status” and its open screening amid the period when model implicit rules is in task would support a specific ideological group.

The EC said “there are a few scenes delineating a noteworthy resistance as degenerate and appearing in poor light. Their pioneers have been delineated in such a way, that their distinguishing proof is clear and evident to the watchers.” It said that the biopic was in excess of a life story and was a “hagiography” (which regards the subject as holy people and gives undue adoration) and the build of the motion picture was “shamelessly uni-dimensional”, which puts a person on a higher platform through utilization of explicit images, mottos and scenes.

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