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A documentary by a controversial Indian artist will be shown at the country's most prestigious film festival, despite a row with hardline Hindu nationalists, organisers said Wednesday.
Two right-wing groups had protested against M.S. Husain's 1967 film "Through the Eyes of a Painter", and earlier succeeded in getting it taken off the schedule of the International Film Festival of India in the resort state of Goa.
But festival director S.M. Khan told a news conference: "Husain’s film was just deferred. That means it will be shown again. The documentary will be shown during the festival."
The Hindu groups had objected to the now 93-year-old artist's work because of a lingering controversy about his paintings of nude Hindu deities.
That led to court cases, attacks on his house and death threats. Goan authorities asked for the documentary to be deferred over fears about law and order.
The original screening had been due to take place on Tuesday in a 50-seat venue, but it has been moved to a bigger venue because of the interest sparked by the row, organisers said.
It will be shown on an as-yet unspecified date before the festival ends on December 2, they added.
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