NewsX impact: Kolkata theatre revokes its dress code
- 5 years ago
A Taliban-like dress code at the KMC-owned Star Theatre drove a birthday girl, wearing a dress that barely revealed her knees, to tears with the hall staff labelling it 'drishtikotu' or obscene.
It was only when her outraged father intervened that she was allowed in. Neither KMC, nor Artage—the private firm managing the heritage theatre—had any reservations about screening Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Happy New Year' in which heroines gyrate to songs in skimpy dresses. After waiting for three days for an apology, the father filed a complaint with the state women's commission on Friday.
On October 28, the Class XI student, her father and younger brother went for the movie to celebrate her turning 17. She looked natty in a black-and-white floral print dress. The trio was about to enter the theatre when a female security guard asked the girl to step aside. "I thought I was being taken for frisking. But they took me to a ticket clerk's cubicle. He looked at my dress, pointed to the notice that read shorts aren't allowed and told me it was 'drishtikotu'. I felt so humiliated that I ran out crying," she recounted.
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It was only when her outraged father intervened that she was allowed in. Neither KMC, nor Artage—the private firm managing the heritage theatre—had any reservations about screening Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Happy New Year' in which heroines gyrate to songs in skimpy dresses. After waiting for three days for an apology, the father filed a complaint with the state women's commission on Friday.
On October 28, the Class XI student, her father and younger brother went for the movie to celebrate her turning 17. She looked natty in a black-and-white floral print dress. The trio was about to enter the theatre when a female security guard asked the girl to step aside. "I thought I was being taken for frisking. But they took me to a ticket clerk's cubicle. He looked at my dress, pointed to the notice that read shorts aren't allowed and told me it was 'drishtikotu'. I felt so humiliated that I ran out crying," she recounted.
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