Sri Lankan journalists urge Indian High Commission to get back the master tapes of 'Prabhakaran'

 


An umbrella media organization, comprising five organizations today urged Indian High Commission in Colombo to intervene to get back the master tapes of Sri Lankan film director Thushara Peiris's movie 'Prabhakaran' from the Gemini Studios in India.

The group in a letter to the Indian High Commissioner, Alok Prasad said, “We wish to register our disquiet about this incident and our concern here is with the principle, not the content of the film per se.”

Film Director Peiris was attacked in Chennai when he visited Gemini Studios last week by a group calling themselves the ‘Tamil Nadu Film Directors Association’.

“We believe that right to hold and express opinions are fundamental rights accepted by both our countries and enshrined in our respective constitutions. Making films or any other cultural production related to a social, an economic or political theme is to exercise this inviolable right. It is in this context that we believe the recent attack against Peiris is a violation of that right,” the release stated.

The five media organizations are Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association, Federation of Media Employees Trade Union, Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum, Sri Lanka Tamil Journalists Alliance and Free Media Movement.