Plea against ‘Churuli’; should be removed from the OTT platform

The plea filed against the recent release of LP’s movie ‘Churuli’ on High court demanded the movie should be removed from the OTT platform. As per the reports, the petition was moved by a lawyer Peggy Fen, who said there was the usage of foul language in the film and should be removed from the OTT platform.

The Kerala High Court on Monday described as a publicity interest litigation a plea seeking removal of a Malayalam mystery-horror film ‘Churuli’ from an OTT platform and said no statutory provision appeared to have been violated by the screening of the film. With the observations, Justice P V Kunhikrishnan reserved the judgement on the matter.

Additional Advocate-General Grashious Kuriakose, appearing for the Censor Board, said the movie was cleared for public viewing with an ‘A’ certification and related warnings. The petition said there were filthy words in the film that could be offensive particularly to women and children. It contended that the movie did not adhere to the censor board rules and regulations and did not display any statutory warning when showing characters using alcohol or smoking, which is mandatory.