‘Dark Chocolate’, a Bengali feature film inspired by the Sheena Bora murder case, is going to be released on 2 September. But three days before its release, the lawyers of the prime accused in the case, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, served the director and producer of the movie with a legal notice asking them to halt the screening.
However, the producer Pradip Churiwal has said that there will be no change in the release date of the movie.
Directed by Agnidev Chatterjee, the film stars Mahima Chaudhry, Riya Sen, Sudip Mukherjee, Mumtaz Sorcar and Kaushik Sen, and is set for a bilingual release in Bengali and Hindi.
Khimani and Associates, the advocates of Peter and Indrani Mukherjea, has issued legal notices to us and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) alleging misleading and illegal content. The content of the notice is completely baseless and false.Pradip Churiwal to the Hindustan Times
A trailer of the movie:
Earlier this year, Peter Mukherjea’s lawyers had issued a legal notice to CBFC, demanding that Peter’s representatives be shown the film before its commercial release.
The media czar was worried that Kolkata-based director, Agnidev Chatterjee’s work of fiction will reflect badly on those involved, who have not been proved guilty yet.
Meanwhile, Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhry, whose character in the film is said to be based on Indrani Mukherjea, said the script has an uncanny resemblance to the events that are unfolding now.
Mahima has already won a best actress award for ‘Dark Chocolate’ which was recently premiered at the Festival of Globe (FOG) in California.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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