RGV wants justice!

Ram Gopal Varma���s Rann with Amitabh Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh, an expose on the working of the media is eagerly awaited by the critics and the junta alike.
Trade reports say that the film that was slated for an end-September release has now been postponed to a much later date. ���One is because of the two month multiplex strike,��� says RGV. ���We���re still to set a fresh release date.������ And secondly, the issue of the use of the Indian National Anthem in a song of Rann is still pending before a tribunal.The hearing for which, will come up on July 25.
For those who tuned in late, in May this year, the Central Board of Film Certification had refused RGV permission to play his version of the song Jana Gana Mana Rann Hai.
It was reported that a Censor Board official has said that the song violates the guideline 219 of section 5B2 of the Cinematography Act and adding words to Jana Gana Mana is
violation of the National Honour Act of 1971. The Supreme Court had asked RGV to approach a tribunal set up under cinematography laws to challenge the censor board���s direction against the movie.
Speaking to BT for the second time on this very sensitive issue, the maverick film-maker said, ���I have a dozen instances of the National Anthem having been used in several Hindi films for different reasons. I���m going to present my case to the tribunal with the research that we���ve done. I���m hopeful I will get justice.������
The most notable cases of the use of the National Anthem according to Varma are: In Rang De Basanti, when Alice Patten and Soha Ali Khan are holding auditions, a boy raps the first line of the anthem along with ���Vande Maataram...��� not once, but twice.
In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, there is a scene where the UK anthem can be heard. Additionally, there is reference to the fact that the kids at the summer camp should be made to sing praises of Britain rather than India. In Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kajol���s son goofs up while reciting the national anthem. He later apologises and is helped by his mother to complete the anthem. In Krazzy 4, where the four central characters are running away from some goons, Rajpal Yadav abruptly halts the moment he hears the anthem. Or when he sees a theatre actor dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, he asks, ���Bapu, ba kaisi hai?���.
Varma is sure that with many such instances in hand, he may get the permission he is looking forward to. ���I have tremendous faith in the Indian judicial system,��� he says, keeping his fingers crossed.