Rajinikanth fans have been up in arms for the past week or so because of cuts to his latest film, Kabali, and also for a tacked-on caption at the end that left no doubt about its previously open-ended, er, ending. But this isn’t new. Movies – and Malaysian moviegoers – have been subjected to this for years.
A lot of it stems from the censorship requirements that there must be “police action”, there must be “retribution”, and that vigilantism cannot go unpunished.
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