Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra doesn't like movie Jugaad

Updated on: 06 March,2009 12:11 PM IST |
Surender Sharma |

Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra unhappy with film Jugaad portraying MCD head as a 'womaniser'

Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra unhappy with film Jugaad portraying MCD head as a 'womaniser'

Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra is an angry woman. She is miffed with the Bollywood movie Jugaad for its "insensitive" portrayal of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD). The MCD is angry too.

Released on February 12, the movie is allegedly based on the problems Delhiites faced in 2006 during the MCD sealing drive. Directed by Anand Kumar, the movie claims to focus on the underbelly of the civic body.

Mehra, who has watched the movie, is upset with the protrayal of the MCD Commissioner's character played by actor Govind Namdeo. "I have seen the movie and am not happy with the portrayal of some top officials' characters. The director should have been more sensitive," said Mehra.

The MCD Commissioner, KS Mehra, denied comment.

Meanwhile, the Opposition too is backing the MCD in its protests. "I have watched the movie and also seen the real sufferings of people. The movie doesn't show reality. The sealing drive affected lakhs of people and the director should have been more careful while dealing with the subject," said Jaikishen Sharma, Leader of Opposition in the MCD.

The real story

Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra
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In February 2006, following a Supreme Court order, the MCD started to seal commercial establishments all across the city. It sealed many illegal shops in residential areas.

As per rough estimates, over 15,000 shops were sealed during the drive which continued till early 2007. The drive saw loud protests from Delhi's trading community and in September 2006, four people were killed in riots that broke out after MCD teams tried to seal shops in east Delhi.