HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | DOWN SOUTH : TAMIL Kollywood opposes campaign to ban on-screen smoking10th June 2008 11.00 IST By Agencies After Bollywood, it is now the turn of Kollywood to oppose Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss's campaign to ban on-screen smoking. The South Indian Artistes Association (SIAA), an apex body of actors, on Monday voiced its opposition to efforts by Ramadoss to ban smoking in films saying the Union Health Ministry's moves to ban smoking in films was not workable. 
"You cannot prescribe syllabus for acting. The move on the plea that it is influencing youth to smoke is not workable. The country's youth cannot be influenced through smoking scenes. If the government is serious on the issue, let them ban cigarettes or price it high', SIAA President and Tamil actor Sarath Kumar , told reporters in Chennai. He said smoking scenes in films would not have any influence among the youth. The top film stars of the country Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan had already opposed Anbumani's campaign saying the 'creativity' of actors should not be curtailed. However, superstar Rajnikant , whose style of lighting up a cigarette became a hit with his fans, had promised that he would not smoke on screen. Ramadoss had quoted a WHO report, which had stated that the smoking scenes in Indian films had an impact on the country's youth. Related Sarath Kumar Amitabh Bachchan Shahrukh Khan Rajnikant | ALSO READ scoop ~ Hrithik Roshan to play lord Ram? ~ Sada enters Bollywood with 'Khallballi' ~ Konkona Sen does a lesbian act! ~ Ash and Bon Jovi unite for Live Earth ~ How Salman improvised a romantic scene with Katrina! ~ Katrina Kaif did 'Yuvvraaj' for emotional reasons ~ When Zayed Khan learned to gamble ~ Priyanka Chopra as 'Goddess of Atlantis' ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Big B, Bon Jovi and Roger Waters team up for a cause ~ 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' to premiere at IFFI ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Yuvvraaj , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Sorry Bhai MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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