'Aligarh' movie a conspiracy to defame Aligarh: Mayor

February 28, 2016 15:36

The mayor of Aligarh, Shakuntala Bharti, on Sunday said that they would not let the Manoj Bajpayee starrer 'Aligarh' based on homosexuality to run in the cinema halls of the city and alleged that an attempt has been made to defame the city.

"We are protesting against the screening of this film in Aligarh cinema halls because we feel that it was a conspiracy to defame the city by naming a film on homosexuality as 'Aligarh'. What was the need to do this? What was the intention behind naming the movie as 'Aligarh'?" Bharti told ANI.

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