08-11-2005, 04:27 PM
<b>BJP's UP unit seeks ban on Mangal Pandey</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BJP on Thursday demanded an immediate ban on forthcoming film Mangal Pandey -- The Rising accusing the producers showing falsehood and indulging in character assassination of the freedom fighter.
<b>"The film shows that Pandey was born in London, which is a lie," </b>state BJP spokesman SS Dung claimed on Thursday.
<b>"The whole country knows that Mangal Pandey was born in Ballia," </b>he said.
Dung said the Aamir Khan-starrer shows <b>Pandey visiting the house of a prostitute, which was nothing but character assassination.</b>
Demanding an immediate ban on the film, he said stern action should be taken against the producer and director of the movie.
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<b>"The film shows that Pandey was born in London, which is a lie," </b>state BJP spokesman SS Dung claimed on Thursday.
<b>"The whole country knows that Mangal Pandey was born in Ballia," </b>he said.
Dung said the Aamir Khan-starrer shows <b>Pandey visiting the house of a prostitute, which was nothing but character assassination.</b>
Demanding an immediate ban on the film, he said stern action should be taken against the producer and director of the movie.
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