Aarakshan the Movie: How the opinion leaders of India reacted.

Amitabh Bachchan 

And the argument for the ban to #aarakshan continues ...Prakash Jha moves Supreme Court, hearing on Tuesday ..first weekend destroyed 

barkha dutt 

As aarakshan gets banned in up and andhra and stayed release in punjab, is politics hijacking cinema? 

Rajdeep Sardesai 

all the netas who are wasting time trying to ban aarakshan should ensure a total ban on manual scavenging.

Kanchan Gupta 

Azadi minus freedom of speech is meaningless.

Madhur Bhandarkar 

It is really sad that states are banning AARAKSHAN. Should we filmmakers from now on start making Cartoon films ?

SUHEL SETH 

Aarakshan is a film for God's sake. We can't be paranoid and have creativity held hostage by lunatic politicians!!!

Amitabh Bachchan 

Back from #aarakshan ..have cried at our helplessness in not making people understand that this art needs to be seen not banned !!

Rajdeep Sardesai 

only 2 winners in aarakshan debate. prakash jha whose film will now 'sell' and ramdas athavale, dalit leader who has struck a 'deal'

barkha dutt 

Aarakshan banned in up and andhra, punjab stays release. Is politics hijacking cinema? 

Rajdeep Sardesai 

punjab becomes the second state after UP to ban aarakshan. is it any surprise that both states go to the polls next year?

Rajdeep Sardesai 

there are netas who look for their 15 minutes of fame. PL Punia, SC/ST commission head has found his in aarakshan.

10 Aug 

आखिर सामने आ ही गया इस जातिवादी ब्राह्मण पर्काश झा की आरक्षण विरोधी मानसिकता

http://twitter.com/#!/prakashjha1/status/69375308100415488

प्रकाश झा के दिमाग में शुद्ध ब्राह्मणववादी जहर भरा हुआ है। SC/ST/OBC को निकम्मा और कमअक्ल बताने का दुस्साहस करने वाले प्रकाश झा की फौरन गिरफ्तारी की मांग करें। Pl Punia जी को लिखें। मैसेज शेयर करें। अपना मैसेज क्रिएट करें। वह ऐसा कैसे कह सकता है कि OIBC सिर्फ एक सवाल का जवाब देकर एक्जाम पास करेगा। SC/ST के बारे में उसने और भी अश्लील और घिनौनी बातें लिखी हैं। फोटो देखें।

Land allotment: 4 Bihar plots for filmmaker Prakash Jha

Posted: Fri Jul 22 2011, 01:18 hrs Patna: More names with political connections in the land allotment by the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) are tumbling out — a Madhepura JD-U leader said to be a close aide of JD-U national president and Madhepura MP Sharad Yadav; a relative of then president of Bihar Industries Association, an ex-officio member of BIADA’s project clearance committee filmmaker Prakash Jha. Jha, who will screen his new film at his ready-to-open multiplex, Cinepolis, at the Pataliputra Industrial Area in the presence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was allotted four plots for multiplexes, malls and a super-speciality hospital.
JD-U leader Abdul Sattar (who fought 2000 Assembly election from Uda Kishanganj Assembly segment, now Bihariganj), said to be a close aide of Sharad Yadav, was allotted 87,120 square feet to start a cold storage.
While Sattar could not be contacted, JD-U spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari said: “I am not sure about Sattar’s proximity to Sharadji.”

Saharsa Congress leader Ghulam Ghaush, a former Seva Dal functionary, was allotted 6800 sq ft for a wooden furniture unit at Saharsa. State Congress spokesperson H K Verma could not be contacted.
Former Bihar Industries Association president K P S Keshri was allotted 1.5 acres at Hajipur for a fruit and vegetable processing plant. The BIA president is an ex-officio member of the five-member project clearance committee of BIADA.
When contacted, Keshri said: “I am an industrialist and have been allotted the land in that capacity. So are several other BIA and other industry houses members. Forget my case, I am anguished at media questioning the land process. Where is the proof of subversion of rules?”
Jha was allotted 58,066 square feet plots in Pataliputra Industrial Area and Aurangabad and 87,773.4 sq feet in Muzaffarpur to construct a mall and multiplexes and 1.29 acres at Hajipur for super-speciality hospital.
Jha told The Indian Express: “Our Patna multiplex is ready and will screen Aarakshan on August 12 after its simultaneous release at several places. Our three other projects have been going with full speed. There is no question mark on any project whatsoever”.
BIADA managing director Anshuli Arya has defended the allotment saying there were not many takers for these plots and this would speed up industrialisation in the state. The Chief Minister has asked the Chief Secretary for a report on the allotments.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/land-allotment-4-bihar-plots-for-filmmaker-prakash-jha/820728/0