Supreme Court seeks Karnataka governemnt's reply on Kamal Haasan film 'ban'
File photo: Kamal Haasan
Supreme Court
on Friday sought Karnataka government's response to a PIL seeking safe screening of
Kamal Haasan
's Tamil film 'Thug Life' in the state while alleging it was being kept out of theatres due to threat of violence by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike.
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