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Matir Moina denied certificate

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The government has banned the feature film "Matir Moina", terming it religiously sensitive.
The film has qualified for screening at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 16.
On April 27, the majority of the Film Censor Board members suggested that the film be released uncut. It was expected to be given certificate within a day or two, sources said.
The 98-minute film that portrays childhood of the director of the film,
Tareque Masud, who grew up in a village and was educated in a madrassah, in the backdrop of the rising mass movement of the late sixties.
"I made the movie as a fellow Muslim and wanted to inform people about the life in a madrassah that has both strict and liberal teachers," director Tareque Masud told The Daily Star late April.
But on May 9, the Film Censor Board (FCB) of the Ministry of Information in a letter to Tareque Masud said the film should not be projected in the public as it contains materials religiously sensitive.
The letter said the film's prayer for censor certificate has been cancelled under the Section of FCB Code 16(5). It, however, said an appeal for further consideration could be submitted.
Director Tareque Masud and Producer Katherine Masud are now on a visit to France. Tareque was notified about the FCB's refusal to issue certificate. Tareque and Katherine will appeal for reconsideration of the FCB's decision, the sources said.
Information Secretary Mirza Tosaddak Hossain Beg meanwhile told the BBC Bangla service that there would be no problem, if the film is screened at the Cannes festival.
"I did not find anything objectionable that could hurt religious sentiments," a member of the censor board, who watched the film during its first screening on May 27, told The Daily Star.
During the first screening, eight board members watched the film. Six members suggested that the film be released uncut, one refrained from commenting on it and the other gave a note of dissent for verification of recitation of the verses from the holy Qur'an in the film.
Later, the board decided that the
film must be screened before the full board. However, the board did not take any step to re-screen it. Information Minister Toriqul Islam, Secretary Mirza Tosaddak Hossain Beg, Vice-Chairman of the FCB, Director General of the Film Development Board and other officials on Monday watched the film.
The film was placed before the FCB on April 21 for certificate, sources said.
Meanwhile, the film has received tremendous response from the French media and film critics at the Cannes. They praised the film for depicting Bangladesh as a land of religious tolerance and tremendous cultural diversity. Contrary to the image of Bangladesh, as recently portrayed by a section of western media, the film depicts Bangladeshi society as a liberal Muslim one, they observed.
The movie has been acclaimed for its technical excellence at the Cannes Film Festival, the sources added.