Another fake news spread relating Cinematography act. This time for Director Sennu Ramasamy!
Claim
Seenu Ramasamy Tweet : I will leave the film industry if the Union government does not ban the proposed Cinematography amendment bill. Many directors and actors like me will leave the industry if the amendment happens.
Rating
Explanation
Many filmmakers have been protesting against the BJP government’s cinematography amendment bill, urging it to withdraw the bill.
In this context, a News 7 channel’s news card is viral on social media where the famous Tamil film director Seenu Ramasamy said regarding the cinematography amendment bill, “I will leave the film industry if the Central Government does not ban the cinematography amendment bill. Many directors and actors like me will leave the industry, “.
Tamil Nadu BJP treasurer SR Sekhar had posted the news clippings of comments made by the Tamil film industry regarding the cinematography amendment bill. In it, there was a above mentioned news card.
இந்திய இறையாண்மைக்கு எதிராக போகும் படங்களுக்கு அனுமதி இல்லை – புதிய சட்டம்
நீ ஏன் அலறுகிறாய்.
இறையாண்மைக்கு எதிராக போனாயா? போவாயா?குற்றம் செய்யும் மனமே குறுகுறுக்கும்
யோக்கியனுக்கு ஏன் பயம்? @ikamalhaasan @Suriya_offl @Karthi_Offl pic.twitter.com/yPWuNhUxJp— S.R.SEKHAR (@SRSekharBJP) July 3, 2021
What’s the truth?
தணிக்கை செய்து
திரையரங்கில் ஓடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும்
திரைப்படத்தை
அரசியல் காரணங்களை கூறி மறுதணிக்கை செய்கிறோம் என்று அத்திரைப்படத்தையே முடக்கும் அபாயம்
இருக்கிறது ஆகவே#ஒளிப்பதிவுசட்டவரைவு மசோதாவில் ‘மறுதணிக்கை’ எனும் சரத்தை நீக்கவேண்டும்#cinematographact2021#FreedomOfExpression— R.Seenu Ramasamy (@seenuramasamy) July 2, 2021
Seenu Ramasamy posted on his Twitter page on July 2, where he said, “There is a risk that a film will be banned if an already censored film is re-censored for political reasons.T herefore this “re-censoring” procedure should be removed from the Cinematography bill”
While searching for Seenu Ramasamy’s post on News 7 Tamil channel, the news card quoted the exact same thing what Seenu Ramasamy said on his twitter.
This News 7 channel’s news card has been edited and it is going viral on social media. Even the director Seenu Ramasamy has mentioned one such post and confirmed that it was a fake one.
இது போல ஒரு டிவீட்டை நான் பதிவிடவே இல்லை.இந்த பொய்யான டிவீட்டை பதிவிட மெனக்கெட்டவர்களுக்கு ஒரு வேண்டுகோள்.நான் கலைஞன் அரசியல்வாதியில்லை ஆகவே இது போல செய்வதால் பயனில்லை.#FreedomOfExpression #cinematographact2021 https://t.co/fWixr53ORT
— R.Seenu Ramasamy (@seenuramasamy) July 3, 2021
In his twitter post he said ,” I have never posted a tweet like this. A request to the suspect who edited this fake tweet. I am not a politician. I am an artist. So there is no point in doing this.”
Regarding this controversial bill, actor Surya had tweeted, “Law is to protect freedom of expression … not to strangle its voice.” It is note worthy that even his tweet has been edited and rumoured it as “He will quit cinema if the bill is not withdrawn.”
Conclusion :
In our search, we came to know that the viral news card that claims the film director Seenu Ramasamy had said that he would leave the film industry if the Central Government did not ban the cinematography amendment bill was forged and edited.
