Hindu activists in Baindur, near Udupi, have blocked an attempt to put up a 20 metre statue of Charlie Chaplin for a film shoot. They claimed that locating a monument of a non-Hindu close to their temple was offensive.
A local politician from the main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party said there was no place for Charlie Chaplin in his area.
'If the locals are against the statue, I am also against it', he told The Times of India. 'Why should one bother so much about Charlie Chaplin, who was not even an Indian?'
In contrast, Jamalya, actor and president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, said 'How can anyone discriminate against an artist on the basis of religion or caste? Chaplin belongs to all.'
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Monday, March 23, 2009
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