an upcoming hindi film dubbed in telugu a woman in brahmanism which is inspired by legendary telugu writer chalams brahmanikam has given raise to a huge furore in the city the explicit trailers of the movie which tells the story of a bhramin woman having an extramarital affair because her husband is impotent may have been banned but the controversy surrounding the film is refusing to die down the andhra pradesh brahmana seva sangha samakhya apbsss has in fact filed a case in the high court pressing criminal charges against the films producer gangadhar thopuri the members even held a protest rally in the city on saturday demanding stringent action the brahmin community always prays for the well being of all other communities as we chant sarvejana sukhinobhavanthu the trailers of the film are downright blasphemous and portray brahmin women in very poor light such brahminbashing is unacceptable and we will not stop until the producers are put behind bars fumes dronamraju ravikumar the state youth president apbsss the filmmakers claim that the fact that the movie is based on an iconic telugu writers book has only added more fuel to fire chalam was a very progressive writer who sought to highlight how unfair the institution of marriage is for women and raised his voice against the feudal ideas predominant in the indian society in the early 1900s the filmmakers just seem to be interested in making a soft porn film out of it exclaims ravikumar some filmmakers believe that this is nothing but a cheap publicity stunt harikrishna mamidi nandi awardwinning film historian thinks the films trailers are distasteful there are issues of taste and sensibility here the trailers suggest that the filmmakers are ready to piggyback on chalams name just for the sake of cheap publicity it is painful to see a literary classic being reduced to such a farce says harikrishna he is quick to point out the there have been many instances in the past where literary classics dealing with sensitive caste issues have been translated on screen successfully he sights girish karnads 1970 film samskara directed by pattabhi rama reddy as an example the film was based on a novel of the same name written by jnanpith award winner ur ananthamurthy the film had a 20 minute love making scene between a devout brahmin played by girish karnad and a shudra woman in the precincts of a temple it created a furore back then but the episode was shot so aesthetically that you could not find fault with it it even went on to win the presidents gold medal for the best indian feature film of 1971adds harikrishna mohan krishna indraganti director of national awardwinning film grahanam which was based on another popular work of challam believes that when adapting literary classics into cinema they need to be given the respect it deserves the biggest challenge when adapting a literary work on screen is to make sure the movie stays true to the essence