Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, whose film Sexy Durga recently won the Hivos Tiger Award at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2017, has revealed that he has received death threats. On his official Facebook account, Sanal wrote:
Ever since the release of the film, Sanal has become the target of death threats and vile abuse on social media. The filmmaker has been ‘ordered’ to apologise for ‘harming the sentiments’ of his film’s title.
Our review: Sexy Durga – Where Fear Is The Protagonist
Meanwhile, Sexy Durga was screened in the Havos Tiger Awards Competition section at 46th IFFR and won the presitigious award. The film has been lauded by critics all around, with even director Anurga Kashyap showing his interest in watching the film.
I am dying to see the faces of the people on the timeline, when they actually see the film “Sexy Durga” and they realise it’s about them..
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) February 4, 2017
The film highlights the patriarchal society in Kerala, with actress Rajshri Deshpande playing Durga.
