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Supreme Court declines plea to screen Pazzhasiraja at IFFI [Thursday, December 3, 2009]
The Supreme Court on thursday declined a petition filed to it to include recently released malayalam film 'Pazzhasiraja' in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) under the Indian Panorama section. The team behind the film argued that the film should be allowed to be screened as it reflected many 'artistic and historic values'. However, the court held that the movie was purely a commercial venture and that it reflected the views of the team behind it and said that there was no circumstances of infringment of Article 21 in this regard. “This court can grant the relief in cases where manifest injustice has been done; or where there is manifest illegality or manifest want of jurisdiction. In the present case, we are concerned with a purely commercial venture, where Pazhassi Raja is vying for fame with another commercial film, Mangal Pandey.”