Topic: Leena Manimekalai

The Supreme Court on Friday protected filmmaker Leena Manimekalai from arrest and other coercive actions in connection with multiple FIRs lodged by Hindutva groups against her over a poster of her documentary film featuring a woman dressed as Goddess Kaali and smoking.

Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India challenging the multiple FIRs registered against her in various states over the poster of her documentary "Kaali".

Leena Manimekalai was finally able to screen her film four months after the initial incident at the originally planned location of the Aga Khan Museum, in collaboration with Toronto Metropolitan University, which backstepped from its initial decision.

A Delhi Court has issued summons and notice of injunction to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on a suit seeking to restrain her from depicting Hindu goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.

An FIR has been registered against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in Bhopal for her remarks on the controversy over Leena Manimekalai's film poster showing a woman dressed as Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette.

After a poster for the documentary “KAALI” by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai has sparked a hate campaign against the filmmaker on social media by Hindutva handles over the way it shows Goddess Kali, the High Commission of India in Ottawa, Canada has asked the authorities there to immediately withdraw all “provocative material”.