West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

After clamping down on senior IPS officer Nazrul Islam's book that criticised the West Bengal government's pro-Muslim policies few months back, Mamata Banerjee's administration came under fire, yet again, as it has stopped the screening of newly-released film 'Teen Kanya' (Three Girls) for portraying the controversial Park Street rape incident.Directed by Agnideb Chattopadhyay, the screening of the film was stooped at the state-run Star Theatre in north Kolkata on Saturday on the grounds that it carries some anti-state message.Interestingly, State Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu has acted in the film that was released on Friday. The development sparked off a high-voltage controversy in the state's intellectual circuit, as the film was dropped within 24 hours of its release, despite the censor board's certification."It is totally unacceptable. I don't know why the movie has been removed from the theatre hall. If there is influence of Park Street Rape case, the government has nowhere been blamed. How can a government act like this?" said Agnidev Chattopadhyay, director of the film.He said the state education minister also watched the film and was all praise for it. "The censor board also cleared the film and even appreciated the message that I tried to send out," he said.Terming himself a 'non-political film-maker', Chattopadhyay said, "Later I was informed that Star Theatre authorities will not allow the movie to be screened as it hurts the image of the state administrative machinery. I came to know that the state government has an objection to some lines."Meanwhile, State Home Secretary Basudeb Banerjee said that the state government played no role in banning the screening of the film."The state government is no way connected with the development. Though Star Theatre is a Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC)-owned body but it has been leased out to a private party. So it is a matter of that particular firm whether they will allow it to be shown or not. We are not involved in it at all. The claim is totally baseless," Banerjee told media persons at the state secretariat Writers' Buildings.Teen Kanya tells the story of three women played by Rituparna Sengupta, Ananya Chatterjee and Unnati Davara. The story revolves around the lives of three women Aparna, Damini and Nancy. Aparna is a journalist and she suspects her husband is having an affair with Damini, an IPS officer. Aparna's husband gets kidnapped. Aparna goes to meet Damini and a relationship between Aparna and Damini begins.Nancy is a call-girl who gets raped. She lodges a complaint with the local police but it goes in vain. She then approaches a news channel where Aparna is a journalist. Aparna finally helps Nancy to get justice."It is really shocking. All shows were booked in advanced. But it is really unfortunate that screening has been stopped due to some unknown reason. It is highly condemnable as everybody should have a freedom of expression," said Rituparna Sengupta who acted in the film.Another actor of the film, Ananya Chatterjee said, "There was a dialogue in the movie where i said 'I have full faith in our law and order system'. I don't know how it can carry an anti-state message. It is strange. I don't know why it has been banned."In another development, a documentary film based on the Nandigram anti-land acquisition movement was denied entry at the International Kolkata Film Festival that begins on November 10.Festival authorities have rejected the film 'Nandigramer Chokher Pani' written by Manik Mondal as the CM personally rejected the entry.