Those that are approved sometimes screen with major cuts. No public statements from either Tencent or Sony Pictures on the movie or the controversy were seen as of Tuesday.Ĭhina has some of the world's most restrictive censorship and the Communist Party's Central Propaganda Department approves only a handful of foreign films for release each year. "The lines may not be a big deal for westerners but in the Chinese context 'knees' has a humiliating connotation," said one user. Many users of China's popular Twitter-like Weibo platform said they were offended by the apparent linking of "Chinese" with the symbolism of someone being brought to their knees. It said the line had been removed from the film. "There was absolutely no intent to discriminate, insult or otherwise offend anyone of Chinese heritage," the company said, according to the site. The white male character replies, "What kind of knees are these?" and Jin jokes, "Chi-nese."Ĭriticism of the line went viral on Chinese social media over the weekend, with many saying it was racist and some calling for a boycott.Ĭhina's censors do not as a matter of course announce when films are pulled, but following the controversy the movie disappeared from the country's ticket-booking sites.Įntertainment news site said Constantin Film, a German company that co-produced the movie with Chinese tech giant Tencent and Sony Pictures, issued an apology on Sunday for the line of dialogue. In the scene, a character played by Asian-American rapper and actor Jin Au-Yeung tells his companion, "Look at my knees!" The movie, an adaption of a popular role-playing video game of the same name, premiered in China on Friday but quickly became embroiled in online controversy, the latest example of the sensitivities of operating in the huge but heavily censored Chinese movie market. It was eventually declared that Sugam Enge was not based on Ammaiyappan, but a popular folk tale.The fantasy action movie "Monster Hunter" has vanished from Chinese cinemas just days after its release, after a brief line of dialogue was targeted by local social media users as racist. Karunanidhi with allegations that Sugam Enge had plagiarised Karunanidhi's Ammaiyappan. There was a misunderstanding between Kannadasan and M. "Samyuktha Mini Drama.Magaraani Naaninimael" Music was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and lyrics were written by Kannadasan and A. Muthulakshmi as Maragatham, Veni's friend Subbaiah as Boopathy, The Postman/Nagappan hitchmen
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