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Apr 22, 2010
Malaysia’s first gay-themed movie could hit cinemas within months, its producer said, after government censors eased restrictions that have stifled the film industry here for decades.
Although the Malay-language movie – “Dalam Botol” or “In A Bottle” – won’t have explicit sex or even kissing, its screening would be a huge step forward for freedom of popular media in this Muslim-majority country that many fear is coming under the influence of Islamic conservatism.
“We are taking a risk,” Raja Azmi, a longtime movie producer, said in an interview this week. “I’m very nervous. We still don’t know if the censors will allow our movie to be shown in the end.”
Raja Azmi submitted a preliminary script last year to the Home Ministry’s Film Censorship Board, which verbally approved it after advising her not to shoot scenes of men kissing or being in bed together.
Censors also told her to change the original title: “Anu Dalam Botol,” or “Penis in a Bottle.”
from WiG and AP reports
