Palekar’s latest challenge
Live MintIt was 25 years ago that Amol Palekar last performed on stage at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Earlier this year, the artist’s speech at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai was cut short when he commented on the “loss of independence” and criticized the Union ministry of culture for reportedly scrapping the advisory committees at the gallery’s Mumbai and Bengaluru centres. Are you applying censorship to that?’ Mr Palekar responded.” Palekar says that he is not against censorship, as long as it doesn’t curb the constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression. Palekar cited examples from the past, such as Vijay Tendulkar’s Gidhade, which was banned by the scrutiny board, “contending that its realistic portrayal of perverted socio-familial complications was unsuitable for a public performance. And why only in these two states?” Palekar points to this instance last month where the Mumbai police stopped a play on the Batla House encounter from being staged.
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