Case Against Actor-Director Mahesh Manjrekar Over Objectionable Portrayal Of Children In Movie

A case has been registered under actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar, for allegedly showing obscene scenes involving minor children in a Marathi film. 

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New Delhi: A case has been registered under actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar, for allegedly showing obscene scenes involving minor children in a Marathi film. 

The actor has been booked under IPC Section 292, 34, POCSO Section 14 and IT Section 67, 67B. According to the Mahim Police, the court has ordered probe in the matter.

An ANI tweet reads as, "Case registered against actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar under IPC Section 292, 34, POCSO Section 14 and IT Section 67, 67B, for allegedly showing obscene scenes involving minor children in a Marathi film; court orders probe in the matter: Mahim Police, Maharashtra."

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Case registered against actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar under IPC Section 292, 34, POCSO Section 14 and IT Section 67, 67B, for allegedly showing obscene scenes involving minor children in a Marathi film; court orders probe in the matter: Mahim Police, Maharashtra

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— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2022

 

The film titled 'Nay Varan bhat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha', explores the aspects of growing up in a deprived community. Manjrekar's film shows teenage children satiating the physical needs of older women. 

The film is being criticised by a section of the audience who believe that such obscenity involving children should not be portrayed in movies.

Expressing her disbelief over the depiction of obscene scenes by Manjrekar, one twitter user wrote, "I saw the trailer of his film & was shocked how he showed such scenes of kids making out with ladies Most women in the film looked like perverts preying on kids How did he make all those kids act in those scenes? Isn’t it against their child rights ?"

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Mahesh Manjrekar is critically acclaimed for helming the Sanjay Dutt starrer 1999 film, 'Vaastav: The Reality' and 2000 film 'Astitva', for which he also won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi.