00:00A film called Beef, it is not about cow slaughter, it is actually about a rap artist.
00:04They banned it because they saw the title. This kind of thing won't work.
00:07Kerala's International Film Festival or the IFFK is in the middle of facing a unique dilemma.
00:13Despite the central government banning the screening of a dozen titles,
00:16the film festival will proceed to screen all titles,
00:19in line with the notification released by the Kerala government.
00:22The titles of contention include the Spanish film Beef,
00:25films linked to the Palestine conflict and Sergei Eisenstein's century-old classic battleship Potemkin.
00:31Thiruvanthapuram's very own Shashi Tharoor has also slammed the centre's decision,
00:35calling it an extraordinary degree of cinematic illiteracy on the part of the bureaucracy.
00:40The Congress MP went on to say that the film Beef was banned just because of the title.
00:44Not to mention, some of these 19-odd films have been classics through many decades,
00:48viewed by millions across the world.
00:55As Kerala finds itself in the middle of an unlikely storm,
00:59the question is whether cinema lovers will have the last laugh.
01:02Our bureaucrats have to develop a more refined sensibility because it is India's image that is at stake.
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