Will Direct Police To File FIR: MP Home Minister On 'Kaali' Poster Row

Amid a huge outrage over a controversial poster of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai's documentary 'Kaali', Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday said he will direct the police to register an FIR in this matter.?
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A massive row has erupted after the Madurai-born filmmaker based in Toronto in Canada shared a poster of 'Kaali' on Twitter on Saturday allegedly depicting the goddess disrespectfully. The poster showed the goddess smoking and holding an LGBTQ flag.
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?Mishra also said that banning the documentary in MP will also be considered.?
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"It is quite objectionable to show our Kali Mata smoking a cigarette in the documentary film 'Kaali'. I will direct the police to file an FIR in this matter. The banning of the film in Madhya Pradesh will also be considered,” Mishra told reporters.?
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He said stricter legal action will be taken if the poster of the film is not withdrawn immediately.?
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“Why Manimekalai make a documentary on our gods and goddess? Can she dare to make documentaries on other religions? This is objectionable,” Mishra said.
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Notably, the Delhi Police and the Uttar Pradesh Police have filed separate FIRs against Manimekalai.
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Under attack over the film poster, the filmmaker on Monday said she will continue to use her voice fearlessly till she is alive.
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"I have nothing to lose. Till the time I live, I wish to live with a voice that speaks what I believe without fear. If the price for that is my life, it can be given," she wrote in a tweet in Tamil in response to an article on the controversy.